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  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 28, 2017
Artists bring creativity to St. Armands

Original work by more than 175 artists filled the Circle over the weekend.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The new plan calls for SMR to exchange 100,000 square feet of commercial space and 100,000 square feet of office space for 1,008 single-family homes.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • October 4, 2013
Commissioners approve changes to Lakewood Centre project

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners approved Schroeder-Manatee Ranch's proposal for less commercial and office space in the first phase of the project and more residential housing than originally requested.

  • East County
  • News
Mike McCarter drives off with his passengers from McNeal Elementary for the last time.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 5, 2014
Favorite bus driver steers education

Children surprised longtime McNeal Elementary bus driver Mike McCarter with letters and plenty of hugs on his last day.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota County Commissioner Charles Hines spoke to Siesta Key Association members about capital projects.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 3, 2015
Siesta Key Association voices concern about Army Corps re-design

The new design has a different preferred sand source than before.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Water and mold damage to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's mid-rise hotel building is rampant because the building's structure has been compromised.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 14, 2012
Colony mid-rise building deemed unsafe

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's mid-rise hotel tower has been labeled as "potentially hazardous and unsafe."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Lakewood Ranch High senior Richie Morales steps up to the plate. Baseball is one of the sports on hold for the foreseeable future.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 1, 2020
East County high schools feel effects of sports stoppage

Three athletic directors talk the impact of not hosting events and more.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 18, 2013
Siesta Key retailers push for regulation changes

Overlay District revisions will need support from the island's three associations, county commission says.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A May 2015 referendum will allow the resort to build the new Longboat Key Club Hotel under General Manager Jeff Mayers.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • November 16, 2016
$100M hotel project looms for Resort at Longboat Key Club

A May 2015 referendum will allow the resort to build the new Longboat Key Club Hotel.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The majority of the Kress Building, including the ground floor space, is currently vacant. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 5, 2020
Historic Main Street building sold for $5.8 million

The Kress Building in downtown Sarasota was built in 1932. New ownership plans to target high-end retail tenants.

  • Sarasota
  • News
MCAT riders will see different far rates and routes later this year.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 18, 2014
MCAT riders to see change in fares, extended bus routes

At their meeting June 17, Manatee County Commissioners approved higher fares and extended bus routes for MCAT riders.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 28, 2010
Cops Corner

April 17 Feel the burn 2:26 p.m. - 2100 block of GMD. Larceny. Two men were arrested for stealing heartburn medication at a drug store and trying to return it at a grocery store. The Longboat Key Publix store manager positively identified the suspects and the men were taken to the Sarasota Jail.

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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 5, 2018
Cops Corner: What a pretty boat . . . ooops

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
A group of planners is floating some major changes to the bayfront land around the Van Wezel as an effort to better gauge community desires.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 29, 2018
Bayfront planners share preliminary site concepts

The Bay Sarasota has three early outlines for redeveloping city-owned bayfront land that include ambitious ideas — including a new building for the Van Wezel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 6, 2012
Comment: Summer is start of new kind of season

Over the course of the past week, a single phrase has been stuck in the back of my mind: "School's out for summer."

  • East County
  • Opinion
Republican Club of Longboat Key President Joe McElmeel and Unicorp National Developments President Chuck Whittall
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • April 10, 2018
Colony developer visits Longboat Republican club

Chuck Whittall, who has plans to develop the site of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, spoke to about 90 republicans.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2015
News briefs

Longboat Pass drawbridge closures; Finance Department to shift ; Meetings canceled

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  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 2, 2019
Honoring hunger fighters

The couple co-founded the Campaign Against Summer Hunger.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Participants in Friday's beach smoking ban event ceremoniously place giant cigarette butts in a trash bag, illustrating the state's enabling legislation allowing localities to prohibit smoking on the beach. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 1, 2022
No butts about it: local governments set to take up beach smoking ban

With enabling legislation going into effect last week, city and county governments are poised to implement smoking bans on public beaches

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sofia Delgado of The Out-of-Door Academy rides public transportation in London. She spent her summer vacation learning about human rights in London and The Netherlands.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 2, 2016
Summer of learning

ODA students travel abroad for human rights summit.

  • East County
  • News
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