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City Hall's compliance with FEMA standards has resulted in additional cost savings for city residents with flood insurance.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 27, 2010
Flood insurance costs to drop

All city residents with flood insurance will be getting an immediate 5% discount.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 18, 2012
Key leaders share wish lists

Representatives of community leaders shared their recommendations with the Longboat Key Town Commission at its goals-and-objectives workshop.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 30, 2014
Palmer Ranch seeks expansion

After getting approval to add 1,050 homes last year, Palmer Ranch now wants to add more land, too.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The spacious great room has a coastal feeling, with French doors opening onto the pool area. The stairway at left leads to two guest bedrooms, each with an en suite bath.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • February 20, 2020
Custom-made

Architect Clifford Scholz creates the perfect home for a Lakewood Ranch couple.

  • LWR Life
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 3, 2012
Siesta associations to meet this week

The Siesta Key Village Association will consider buying holiday lights, and Siesta Key Association members will hear about a new lost pet hotline.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
From left: Jerry Brabant, with Mulligan and Flora, of Dayton, Ohio; Tom Cetwinski, with Matisse and Vive la Femme, of Longboat Key; and Chuck Birenbaum, with Razor, from Connecticut.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2011
Dog days of summer set in early on Longboat

The final walk of the season for the Longboat Key group of Petit Basset Griffon Vendeens took place April 30, in Joan M. Durante Park.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
“We will have an affordable menu, fresh seafood, steak and fine Italian cuisine,” said W. Howard Rooks.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2014
Top Stories - Longboat Key: September

W. Howard Rooks and Andrea Bozzolo plan to open a new Italian eatery in the vacant former Mattison's Steakhouse at the Plaza building.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 31, 2018
Riverview football falls to Venice

The defending state champion Indians handed the Rams a 19-2 loss

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2012
News Briefs

Youth may register for free Orioles clinic; Second public meeting set for Gulf Gate Library; Background-check fingerprint process changed

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
A Sarasota County diagram shows plans for bus stops and a roundabout on Siesta Drive. Courtesy rendering.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • December 1, 2011
Siesta Drive roundabout plans to affect SCAT stops by mall

With planning still in the design phase, the Sarasota City Commission Jan. 3 is scheduled to discuss an interlocal agreement with Sarasota County involving changes planned for Siesta Drive, including a roundabout.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
File Photo. Kim and Cecil Calloway renew their vows during the Say 'I do' Again ceremony Feb. 14 on Siesta Key Beach.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • February 11, 2016
Sarasota calendar 2.11.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Feb. 11.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2014
Longboat: top issues to watch in 2014

We compiled a look at some of Longboat Key's most pressing issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota city and county commissioners approved studies of three sites as potential locations for a homeless shelter.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 8, 2014
Local homeless plan moves ahead

Engineering firm Cardno TBE is preparing an estimate for environmental studies of three city of Sarasota sites picked to potentially house a 35-000-square-foot homeless facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A rendering shows the completed store.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 27, 2017
Top Story - July: Whole Foods' plaza fully leased

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

  • East County
  • News
Brett Morrow says "if you aren't innovating, you're disintegrating."
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 16, 2019
Lakewood Ranch businessman rides in rare air with his Inflata Park

Lakewood Ranch entrepreneur hopes to spread joy, and make money, with Jumpin Fun Inflata Park.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • May 28, 2014
Kids camps heat up the Key this summer

The Observer presents Longboat Key's summer camp options.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The popular Riverside Park band shell sits on the site of a former run-down old mobile home park and came about as a result of incorporation.
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • July 13, 2011
A Tale of Three Cities: Bonita Springs: Second Time's the Charm

Bonita Springs seems to have everything going for it from a 1999 incorporation into a city, including lower taxes and self-determination.

  • East County
  • News
CineBistro, a new luxury cinema, is on schedule to open in February. It is being finished to debut to the public and will include seven screens with seating ranging from 80 to 90 per theater.
  • By Jack Short |
  • January 14, 2016
WHATS HAPPENING: Homeless shelter, affordable housing, CineBistro

WEEK OF JAN. 13 2016

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 10, 2011
FAB is not your momma's craft guild

The artists of Fabulous Arts Boutique will showcase their dazzling works starting with an opening reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, at Art Center Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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