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The beach view from the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is deemed as unsightly from Key residents.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 31, 2013
Colony's appearance from the beach questioned

Now that the front of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort has been cleaned up, residents want the back of the resort to be spruced up.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 29, 2013
Bullock wants Key taxpayers to halt funding

The town does not have the poorest bus ridership route in Manatee County but, it's the only municipality asked to help fund the route's annual cost.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Sandy Shahinian, Lakewood Ranch's director of community relations, stands in front of a kiosk in the new information center on Lakewood Main Street.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 30, 2019
New information center opens in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Main Street information center opens while two existing information centers on Rangeland and University parkways both will close.

  • East County
  • News
Taylor Albano led the way for ODA in its 3-0 victory over Imagine High School Sept. 12.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 13, 2013
ODA sweeps Imagine

The Out-of-Door Academy volleyball team defeated Imagine High School 25-13, 25-13, 25-10 Sept. 12.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 30, 2009
10 to contend: Michael Welly

The general manager of the Longboat Key Club and Resort believes the club's Islandside project will be accepted by all residents - if it is built.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Damage from inclement weather would be an ongoing challenge for Longboat Key in 2017.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2017
Top Story - June: Longboat storms down trees, damage skylight

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 2, 2015
Orioles to host annual Birdland Classic

The Baltimore Orioles will hold their Sixth Annual OriolesREACH Birdland Golf Classic Feb. 22.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 15, 2014
MBC Elite wins national crown

The MBC Elite 9th grade boys basketball team went 7-0 to win the AAU National Championship July 10 through July 14, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

  • East County
  • Sports
Heritage Harbour South Community Development District officials may change how they utilize reserves so there is extra money for infrastructure repairs and other budget items. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 21, 2017
Governing board banks on new strategy

Heritage Harbour CDD considers change in financial strategy.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • June 17, 2015
Will Luera wants to improve Sarasota's improv scene

After 25 years pioneering Boston’s improv comedy scene, Will Luera is ready to revolutionize Sarasota’s improv community at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • October 10, 2014
Macy's to host charity shopping event

Macy's, located at The Mall at University Town Center, will host a charity shopping event from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 11.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2010
Turtle Tracks

Turtle Tracks

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Joseph Caulkins is Key Chorale's artistic director.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 17, 2018
Key Chorale fiddles with tradition in 'American Roots: Digging Deeper'

Key Chorale is showcasing an unusual bluegrass-choral fusion in its first concert of the season.

  • Arts + Culture
The two cars were traveling east on Webber Street, just west of Leafy Lane, at 2:50 a.m. when a red Cadillac driven by Brayam Alfaro-Piliado, 16, of Bradenton drifted to the right and struck two mailboxes on the south shoulder of Webber Street.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 2, 2012
Car crash splits car in half

A fatal car crash early Wednesday has left one man dead and another critically injured.

  • Sarasota
  • News
File photo
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 6, 2017
Tangerine Bay doctors aid heart attack victim

The man underwent surgery at Sarasota Memorial Hospital today.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 19, 2014
Turn a new page at Library sale

Before or after you cast your ballot for two commission races, stop by the Longboat Library, located next to Longboat Key Town Hall at 555 Bay Isles Road, to pick up new reads during its election week book sale.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • December 3, 2018
Candy cane hunt gets Sarasota kids in the holiday spirit

The Children's Garden hosts its annual event on Dec. 1.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 4, 2011
City mulls impact fee suspensions

City Commissioner Shannon Snyder suggested the city needs to examine closely the county's impact fees.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Twelve-year-old Abbey Siegel and her younger sister, Ari, 10, train for a couple of hours every day.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 11, 2013
Call of the court

Sisters Abbey and Ari Siegel have been playing tennis since they were about 2 years old.

  • East County
  • Sports
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