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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 10, 2016
Heritage Harbour assessments remain stagnant

Supervisors say future budgets must better address the community's pending infrastructure needs.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 20, 2013
Town sends signal with wireless draft

A draft of the town's telecommunications ordinance doesn't ban cell towers, but forces applicants to prove why alternative technologies won't improve cellular reception.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Catherine Rodriguez will serve as the first principal at the bilingual charter school Dreamers Academy.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • April 23, 2021
Dreamers Academy names first principal

Catherine Rodriguez previously served as assistant head of school at Sarasota Military Academy.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Jordyn Byrd and the Cardinal Mooney indoor volleyball team hope to capture the program's second state title in 2022. (File photo.)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 4, 2022
Prose and Kohn: A non-football fall sports sneak preview

A look at the area's swimming, volleyball, cross-country and golf programs, in which multiple champions could be crowned by the end of the year.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 1, 2011
Pension board debates next step

The Firefighters Pension Board isn't sure whether it should fire Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, its investment consultant.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
“Butler” is one of 19 Florida Studio Theatre productions for which Moriah and Isabel Curley-Clay will have designed sets by the end of summer. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 23, 2018
The faces behind Florida Studio Theatre share common passion for dramatic art

It takes many types of people to run Florida Studio Theatre, and they have one thing in common: they can't get enough.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 26, 2014
Gans wants to keep serving in a new seat

Commissioner Terry Gans believes the Urban Land Institute's recommendations could jumpstart a town center concept.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Braden River High senior Troy Gatling spent the offseason running routes after practice in the hopes of becoming one of the area’s top wide receivers.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 21, 2011
Troy Gatling provides Braden River a deep threat

Braden River senior Troy Gatling hopes to leave his mark as one of this season's best wide receivers.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams Ambassador Gaby Tovar holds a waffle cone filled with brambleberry crisp ice cream, one of Jeni's signature flavors. Others include gooey butter cake and brown butter almond brittle.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • April 21, 2021
EYE ON BUSINESS: Splendid opportunity

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams comes to East County area

  • East County
  • News
This phase of the renovation includes the construction of a second cardiac catheterization lab mimicking the existing one shown here. The newly constructed lab will be finished by the end of first quarter of the year.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • February 22, 2019
Growth Mode

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center nears completion on an ambitious expansion to better serve the community.

  • LWR Life
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 22, 2021
The silencing of dissent

Rattled by the citizenry’s outrage this summer, the Sarasota School Board majority responds, showing its disdain for the people it serves.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Brenda Secky waited for days to win her eBay bid for her great-great grandfather's painting.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • October 6, 2020
Gillespie Park painter receives second painting from great-great grandfather

Brenda Secky has acquired another long-lost painting from AC Striffler.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Dave Brenner
  • By Katie Johns |
  • June 30, 2016
Dave Brenner announced as Freedom Fest grand marshal

Longboat Key resident will lead the iconic parade Monday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
With Siesta Key residents expressing concerns about plans to use 1.3 million cubic yards of sand from Big Pass to renourish Lido Beach, the county has hired a consultant to review the proposed project.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 10, 2016
City responds to county concerns on Big Pass dredge

Although a third-party review criticized plans to renourish Lido Key, city staff and the Army Corps of Engineers continue to push the project ahead.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Braden River defensive back Davion Bank returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown. Courtesy photo Dan Miller
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 29, 2014
Football Friday

The Observer recaps the week in football.

  • East County
  • Sports
The simmering tension between the city and Siesta Key residents could come to a head if and when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection issues a permit for a Lido renourishment project.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • July 7, 2016
Big Pass plans set stage for legal battle

As a Siesta Key group ramps up its preparation for a lawsuit, Lido Key residents are urging the city to get ready for a potential showdown.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 4, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Your destination is ahead

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 17, 2010
Rothenberg treasures his service

The current District 1 commissioner and mayor is running for his seat again because he still has things he wants to accomplish for Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Zy Grable takes a punt return to the end zone against Riverview (Hillsborough).
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 6, 2018
Riverview football reflects after state semifinal loss

Riverview High Rams football coach Josh Smithers believes his seniors, including running back Ali Boyce, helped save the season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • In Memoriam |
  • June 22, 2021
Ronald Thomas George Platt, OBE

It is with deep sadness that we share the news that Ron, a resident of Longboat Key for 30 years, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at his home surrounded by his children at the age of 94.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
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