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  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 5, 2013
Early voting for Manatee special election begins June 8

The special election ballot features two items: A vote on a half-percent sales tax increase, from 6.5% to 7%; And a vote that would allow the Manatee Board of County Commissioners to give new or expanding businesses ad valorem tax exemptions.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 5, 2013
Manatee County to allow backyard chickens

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-2 yesterday to approve a new ordinance and changes to the county Land Development Code, allowing residents to keep four female chickens.

  • East County
  • News
Manatee County polling stations are open until 7 p.m.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 18, 2013
Manatee County special referendum today

Voters will decide on a half-percent sales tax to fund indigent care and whether to allow ad valorem tax exemptions for some new or expanding businesses.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • July 21, 2014
Interim Regional Chancellor selected for USF

Vice-chancellor Terry Osborn will take the role of Arthur M. Guildford after he announced his retirement from University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee, in January.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Manatee County School District now ranks 37th among the state's 67 districts.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • July 21, 2014
Manatee County School District moves up in state district rankings

The Manatee County School District moved up three spots since last year, to rank 37 among the state's 67 school districts, Superintendent Rick Mills announced July 21.

  • East County
  • News
Property owners are seeking to turn the site of the former Longboat Key Animal Clinic at 5530 Gulf of Mexico Drive into a 74-seat restaurant.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 28, 2014
New restaurant sought for Longboat Key

A Charlotte County couple that have opened successful restaurants in Punta Gorda are interested in turning a former animal clinic across from Euphemia Haye into a restaurant.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lennar Homes received unanimous approval from the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners Thursday to eliminate plans for a marina from Heritage Harbour.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 5, 2014
Heritage Harbour marina eliminated

In place of the marina will sit 100 new townhomes with boat docks for those residences.

  • East County
  • News
The vacant parcels are located at 6271 and 6281 Gulf of Mexico Drive. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 4, 2014
Michael Kors bagged Longboat lot in November

The designer purchased two adjacent vacant Gulf-front lots for $6 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Town Commission will discuss a variety of issues that relate to north and south end beach projects at tonight's regular meeting at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2014
Commission discusses south end erosion tonight

The emergency sand fill would act as a stop gap before sand arrives in summer 2015 once the town and city of Sarasota reach a funding agreement to share sand that will be dredged from New Pass.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
JoAnn and Steve Belack
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • January 1, 2014
New Year's Eve Speakeasy Soiree

New Year's Eve Speakeasy Soiree

  • Black Tie
Vijay Iyer in his recent Hermitage Artist Retreat residency this summer. (Courtesy Hermitage Artist Retreat)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 26, 2013
Hermitage fellow Vijay Iyer receives MacArthur Fellow

New York City-based Jazz pianist Vijay Iyer is a Greenfield Prize winner and Hermitage Artist Retreat fellow, and he just received a MacArthur Fellow.

  • Arts + Culture
Retired Senior Editor Dora Walters snapped this picture of Kip O’Neill, Bob Spitzer, Fred Wilson and Maxine Spitzer.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2014
Dora the Explorer focuses her lens on the Village

Retired Longboat Observer Senior Editor Dora Walters found herself on familiar turf in December, when she made an appearance at Longbeach Village resident Kip O'Neill's 19th annual holiday party, then celebrated again with Village residents on New Year's Eve. And as usual, she started snapping photos.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2014
Wild: A Kiwanis man of all trades

At the club's Feb. 13 weekly breakfast meeting, Kiwanis Club President Richard Crawford surprised John Wild when he announced during his weekly remarks that he had created a new award called the President's Award for Wild's service to the club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The planning commission recommended approval of the plan at its Oct. 10 meeting.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • November 6, 2013
Commission to review church's plan for new home

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners Thursday morning will review the church's general development plan to take over an unoccupied office building at 12705 State Road 64 E.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 13, 2021
Longboat Key Democratic Club meets for December lunch

The club met for one last time in 2021 before breaking until the new year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tutti Del Monte and speaker Krystel Beall
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2024
Resilient Repartee speaker turns trauma into triumph

Krystel Beall shared her story with overcoming trauma at the luncheon, hosted by Resilient Retreat.

  • Black Tie
John H. Marble Park is undergoing major renovations.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 30, 2024
Manatee County funds community initiatives

The Manatee County Commission has approved funding for various initiatives for community organizations, public safety, transportation and more.

  • East County
  • News
Braden River Library is one of seven locations in the Manatee County Public Library System.
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • December 17, 2025
Library Advisory Board needs 2 new members

Manatee County is accepting applications for the board until Monday, Jan. 5.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Second suspect charged in 2024 Sarasota homicide
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 27, 2026
Second suspect charged in 2024 Sarasota homicide

21-year-old woman was notified of new charges while serving an unrelated prison sentence.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bethann Hardison and Frederic Tscheng co-directed "Invisible Beauty."
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • April 4, 2023
Documentaries steal the show at 25th Sarasota Film Festival

"Invisible Beauty," about Bethann Hardison's fight to change the face of fashion, won two documentary prizes.

  • Arts + Culture
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