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Gene Witt Elementary Principal David Marshall
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 23, 2019
Gene Witt Elementary renovation put on pause

Gene Witt Elementary School renovations on hold as School Board of Manatee County member approaches state about replacement.

  • East County
  • News
Nathan Benderson Park
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 19, 2020
Several of Sarasota's wide-open green spaces make social distancing a snap

There are plenty of places to avoid people, but we also have spots to avoid.

  • Health
Lakewood Ranch's Isabella Gomez will compete in the USRowing Youth National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park, held June 6–9.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 29, 2019
Lakewood Ranch rower hopes Zs lead to a W

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 21, 2015
City questions county about future plans

The county and city struggle over the former police station site on Ringling.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Esther Halt. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 18, 2019
Riding to remember in Lakewood Ranch

Riding to remember in Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 3, 2012
Colony granted one-year extension

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association did not receive the longer extension its attorney wanted.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Colette Russell  held her sign up high.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • November 2, 2020
Sarasota voters head to the polls

Here's what voters felt about the election in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
(Sarasota Police Photo) Firefighters work to extinguish the flames of a recyclable-collection truck in the Fire Points area of downtown this morning.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2019
Authorities reopen streets downtown after morning truck fire

Fire involves recyclable-collection truck.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sandy and Michael Albano with Sheryl Vieira
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • March 25, 2011
Tennis and Art on the Bay

Tennis and Art on the Bay

  • Black Tie
Suzanne Atwell, city commissioner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2013
Holiday wish lists

Sarasota leaders and residents unwrap their wishes for 2014.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Carla and Pete Rowan founded Keep Longboat Special in 2016.
  • By John McGuire |
  • May 24, 2017
A conversation with Keep Longboat Special

Carla and Pete Rowan founded the Longboat Key community group in 2016.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
facepaint
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 16, 2015
This week's best bets: Monday, March 16

This week's best bets: Monday, March 16

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
The home at 521 Harbor Point Road was built in 1979. It has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,631 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 1, 2020
Bay Isles home sells for $1.985 million

Residential real estate transactions for March 16-20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Braden River High senior and Marshall signee Knowledge McDaniel turns upfield against South Fort Myers High.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 13, 2019
After tumultuous season, Braden River senior now running with the Herd

After tumultuous season, Braden River senior Knowledge McDaniel is now running with the Marshall University Thundering Herd.

  • East County
  • Sports
Officer Jeffery Houchins
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • June 8, 2018
Longboat officer suspended over crime-scene photos

A Longboat Key police officer found to have taken photos of dead bodies has been suspended with pay as the department investigates his behavior and the town reviews its hiring policies.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
John Sims’ multimedia collaborative art project has taken on many iterations, but this is the most timely of them all. Photo by Kayleigh Omang
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 13, 2019
'SquareRoot of Love: Broken Heart' event remembers Parkland victims

Local poets and performers tackle America’s most heartbreaking issue on the anniversary of the Parkland shooting.

  • Arts + Culture
  • In Memoriam |
  • June 8, 2018
Janet F. (O’Neil) Deland

Janet F Deland (O'Neil) passed away following a brief illness, her obituary tribute is publishing in the Longboat Key Observer of the Observer Media Group.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 2, 2011
Colony unit inspections begin

The town is inspecting approximately 80 to 90 units that the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort owners wish to re-open this year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The State Street garage is supposed to be constructed at State Street and Lemon Avenue by February 2015, but commissioners have yet to select a design for the structure. File photo.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 19, 2013
Commission requests new State Street garage designs

City commissioners revisited older State Street garage plans at a meeting Monday and asked the city's Urban Design Studio to sketch out additional mock-ups.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 5, 2019
Name a turtle with Mote

Turtle name

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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