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Bradenton-based ET MacKenzie completed repair work after the town of Longboat Key's June's sewage break. Photo courtesy of the town of Longboat Key.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 23, 2020
FDEP grants Longboat Key extension on sewage break penalties

The FDEP's new deadline for the town of Longboat Key is Dec. 15.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • February 6, 2020
Out-of-Door Academy celebrates 95 years

The school was first founded on Siesta Key in 1924.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2015
News briefs

Shredding event rescheduled; Pipeline pullback; Colony Association files dismissal

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Publix advertised its new store before opening in June 1980. At the time, the store sold two pints of strawberries for $1.29 and loaves of bread for 49 cents. File photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 5, 2013
Lore: Publix shopped first grocery store to Longboat in 1980

Longboaters celebrated the opening of Publix in 1980 because they no longer had to drive to the mainland for groceries.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2013
Letters to the Editor

To weakly paraphrase William Shakespeare, nothing presented itself as well in your '100 can't speak for all' editorial as its closing four paragraphs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Susannah Cripe started Nov. 4 as the new executive director of Foundation for Dreams. She said she loves working with clients in hands-on roles. “I want to be right in the middle of the action,” Cripe says.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 6, 2013
New director builds on roots

Longtime board member Susannah Cripe takes the helm at nonprofit Foundation for Dreams.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 13, 2009
Back to School: The Graduate Taylor Stein

Taylor Stein loves the feeling of starting something new. As Riverview High School student body president, Stein will be the first person to walk across the stage and graduate from the renovated school, leading the way for her fellow students - the class of 2010.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Siesta Key Water Reclamation Facility will be demolished in 2020.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • October 2, 2019
Siesta Key Water Reclamation Facility demolition slated for 2020

The facility was decommissioned in 2018 and the property is now home to the Siesta Key Master Pump Station

  • Sarasota
  • News
Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Willis Elementary School showed off their artistic talents May 26, as they presented their animated films during the Gecko Film Festival 2011.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2011
News Briefs

Willis art students walk red carpet for film debuts; Foreclosed restaurant space burglarized; Scott appoints three to SCF Board; and LECOM breaks ground on dental school.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • November 21, 2013
Mobility study could lead to development changes

At a City Commission workshop held Friday, city staff and a consulting group outlined some proposed changes stemming from an ongoing mobility study.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • September 4, 2019
Owen Bloom

BLOOM, Owen of Longboat Key, FL, entered into rest on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at the age of 89.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Three months after the accident, friends and family of Brendan Shreve and Jared Duran continue to place flowers and other memorabilia at the site where they died.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 22, 2015
CDD makes plans for crash site

CDD 1 supervisors hope to alleviate safety concerns by creating a new memorial location.

  • East County
  • News
For the 2012 Chalk Festival, 200,000 eventgoers came to Burns Square, as did 500 artists over the course of 10 days. Some Burns Square merchants, however, say the festival should not be more than two or three days. File photo.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • May 9, 2013
Chalk festival outlines possible move

A relocation of the festival in 2014, to the Rosemary District could alleviate the concerns of some Burns Square business owners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • June 22, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Chinese Puzzle'

'Chinese Puzzle' is the third installment in director Cedric Klapisch's trilogy about a man navigating life amid its innumerable complications.

  • Arts + Culture
Gene Sweeney had a steel beam from the World Trade Center secured for a memorial in Venice, where terrorists in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks trained.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 25, 2016
Main Street hosts grand tribute to veterans

Tribute to Heroes Parade founder selected as this year's grand marshal.

  • East County
  • News
Austin
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 21, 2014
Football preview: Sarasota High

Justin Austin made an immediate impact in his first season with the Sailors. He rushed for 1,200 yards last season.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Message boards along Osprey Avenue direct northbound drivers to head to U.S. 41 because of the bridge closure.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 21, 2016
Southside Village businesses protest traffic plans

The Osprey Avenue bridge is closing for a year. As officials address resident concerns, are businesses bearing the brunt of the impact?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 9, 2017
Ten Longboat things you missed while you were away

A lot happened while you snowbirds were up north.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 13, 2010
In Brief

Community news and notes

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 7, 2021
Prelude to Piney Point

No doubt there will be plenty of political blaming in the wake of the Piney Point leak that Manatee County commissioners were negligent. For the truth, just watch their Jan. 26 meeting.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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