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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 28, 2021
School Board majority: Themselves above voters

In making it more difficult for their bosses to speak to them, Sarasota School Board sees themselves as elite rulers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Tom Harmer has worked 100 days as Longboat Key's town manager.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • May 30, 2018
Q&A: 100 days with Harmer on Longboat Key

After 100 work days in office, the Longboat Observer sat down with Town Manager Tom Harmer to discuss his tenure on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town staff will continue to meet with Hilton officials and project engineers throughout the summer to help speed up the project.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • May 29, 2013
May 29: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Hilton eyes October as project start date; Family Trade: Kibler Ranch; Manatee Schools' parents petition teacher cuts; New P.F. Chang's construction wrapping up

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 5, 2022
Two-home Nokomis property sells for $10.5 million

A Seagrape property in Nokomis is the top seller this week at $10.5 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2012
2012 Best of Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy the year's best Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
The Sarasota Ballet performed George Balanchine's "Serenade."
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • November 25, 2013
DANCE REVIEW: 'Serenade,' 'Illuminations' and 'Who Cares?'

Iain Webb continues to wow with his thoughtful programming for the season. The official kick-off performance to the 2013-2014 season featured two of George Balanchine's most famous works - "Serenade" and "Who Cares?" - and the very first ballet that Sir Frederick Ashton choreographed for the New York City Ballet (Balanchine's company) in 1950, "Illuminations."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 9, 2017
Two art forms collide to create A Celebration of Two Worlds: Music and Dance

The unique event featured performers from American Ballet Theatre and the Metropolitan Opera on Jan. 8.

  • Black Tie
Cougars senior Ashley "Skye" Ekes get a kill during practice.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 1, 2020
Cougars volleyball is searching for its chemistry

It is the first step on the road to a repeat title.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Allen Play Area is fenced off as the city looks for a way to address corrosion discovered on the playground equipment.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 21, 2014
Bayfront Park playground closed indefinitely

The city of Sarasota announced that the Allen Play Area at Bayfront Park will be closed temporarily due to a public safety issue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Columbia University professor Joaquim Goes listens as Out-of-Door Academy junior Reece Whatmore explains her work on creating oyster housing units.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 6, 2019
For ODA students, the world is their oyster

Columbia University professor and Out-of-Door Academy students find the world is their oyster

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2016
LBO Cops Corner 05.19.16

Cops Corner

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 25, 2021
Longboat Key Turtle Watch hosts January beach cleanup

The group got new volunteers to spend a Saturday on the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unicorp filed a new plan for the Colony property with the town in late July 2017.
  • By John McGuire |
  • August 2, 2017
New plan for Colony property on Longboat Key meets resistance

Preserve Longboat members, Tencon residents take issue with the scaled-down plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town Manager Dave Bullock
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 9, 2014
Bullock prepares for tight budget

A 2014-15 fiscal year budget will be crafted this summer with a flat operating budget and no new employee hires to combat another year of slim finances.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • May 19, 2015
Spice & Tea Exchange falls in Amore

The Spice & Tea Exchange held its monthly chef series at Amore by Andrea on May 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2016
Top Story — January: El Nino steals sand from eroded shoreline

Catch up on the hottest news items of the of the year with the Observer’s Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 11, 2009
Athlete of the Week: Tevin Bryant

The Observer spotlights Braden River running back Tevin Bryant.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 30, 2019
Cops Corner: A stray sailboat on shore leave.

Police reports from around the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 20, 2020
St. Mary, Star of the Sea brings members together over golf

The fundraiser is in its third year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Customers have been surprised that Sunday morning alcohol sales aren't allowed in the city, restaurant employees said.
  • By David Conway |
  • November 30, 2014
City could lift Sunday morning liquor ban

Following in the footsteps of Sarasota County, the Sarasota City Commission will consider ending a restriction on Sunday morning liquor sales.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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