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After months of delays, the Shore restaurant has resumed construction.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • October 2, 2017
Shore construction passes inspection, makes progress

The restaurant on the island's north end is slowly advancing after clearing inspection.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 20, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 12, 2014
Braden River High students gather to support Sam Woolf on 'American Idol'

Students at Braden River High School will meet tonight for an "American Idol" watch party to support classmate Sam Woolf.

  • East County
  • Schools
Enjoy this week'     s edition of Cops Corner!
  • By John McGuire |
  • April 12, 2017
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 4.13.17

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner!

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"I can do anything from sweeping the floors to a lot of public speaking," Bruce Rodgers says.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 26, 2014
'The coolest place you can't get in'

Bruce Rodgers oversees the invitation-only Hermitage Artist Retreat, where he also oversees others as they turn their ideas into works of art.

  • Arts + Culture
File photo
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 14, 2016
Bird Key Yacht Club seeks pickleball courts

The club submitted an application for six pickleball courts on Oct. 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Hazel Nichols and Kayn Sims competed in the elementary school division with their team "Where's My Head?" Together they designed and constructed a replica of the droid BB-8 from "Star Wars the Force Awakens."
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • March 5, 2016
Science Center celebrates remote control competition victory

The Suncoast Science Center hosts the inaugural Remote Control Custom Car Open.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 23, 2014
Sidelines

ODA crowns state tennis champs; Rosedale to hold junior golf program; LECOM organizes annual golf tourney

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 15, 2011
Briefs

Gavin Meshad appointed BID director, Village sewer line ruptures on Broadway, Evacuation assistance program announced

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 1, 2013
Sarasota Police discover apparent murder-suicide

Sarasota Police detectives believe a 35-year-old woman shot her child and then turned the weapon on herself before 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, on the 4000 block of Old Bradenton Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This home at 637 Norton St. has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,654 square feet of living area. It sold for $995,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2012
En Provence unit sells for $2 million

A condominium in En Provence tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Mark Cassis, trustee, sold the Unit 3 condominium at 2151 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Dawn Beswick and Katherine English, trustees, of Ontario, Canada, for $2 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Katie Johns |
  • December 10, 2016
Longboat Harbour hosts holiday celebration

Residents gathered to ring in the holidays and donate to Toys for Tots.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Event co-chairs Maggie Edger and Beth Waldman
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • April 10, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Harbour Pizza Party

On Thursday, April 10, Longboat Harbour gathered for its annual pizza party at its private beach access on the Gulf. As the sun was setting, residents enjoyed a sweet treat from a visiting ice cream truck.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Fred Beyerlein submitted this sunset photo, taken near Spanish Main Yacht Club.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Fred Beyerlein submitted this sunset photo, taken near Spanish Main Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Fred Beyerlein submitted this sunset photo, taken near Spanish Main Yacht Club.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Fred Beyerlein submitted this sunset photo, taken near Spanish Main Yacht Club.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Local race team Slipstream was the only United States team in the top 10 at the F1 in Schools World Finals in Abu Dhabi.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 19, 2014
Slipstream rides into fourth place at World Finals

Local F1 in Schools race team, Slipstream, landed fourth place at the World Competition earlier this week in Abu Dhabi.

  • East County
  • News
Lorie Tiernay stands on her back deck directly across the canal from the Siesta Key wastewater facility.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 6, 2016
Siesta Key wastewater discharge raises questions

Some residents think the red tide bloom was exacerbated by wastewater released from a Siesta Key facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 26, 2012
Fish Fry to net good old time

Be prepared to take the bait and get hooked on Longboat's annual fish fry.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Venetian-inspired estate features a three-story main house.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2017
Top Story - February: Longboat Key property becomes most expensive listing in tri-county history

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

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 9, 2013
Colony Association monitoring litigation

The association has submitted a $50,000 cash bond to the town of Longboat Key as it works through settlement negotiations for three acres of property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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