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CONA President Lourdes Ramirez and Dawn Moore
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2013
CONA celebration

The Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations held its annual holiday party Monday, at the Sarasota Botanical Garden.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Art Center renovation: Architecture students at USF Tampa were responsible for renovating portions of Art Center Sarasota.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 11, 2012
Scene & Heard

Construction crews bode well for art scene; Clear your calendars for 'Cirque des Voix'; The Woman's Exchange offers grants to student artists

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 24, 2018
Cops Corner: Your papers, please

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Downtown Improvement board members said large events, such as the Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts, are the only ones that can afford to pay the fees associated with street closures.
  • By David Conway |
  • November 29, 2018
Downtown leaders talk event opportunities

Officials are exploring the creation of a recurring Main Street event and a new position to oversee downtown promotions.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport improvements should make guests more comfortable as they board aircraft. Courtesy image.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 22, 2017
Sarasota airport plans facility improvements

$7 million grant helps complete terminal upgrades

  • East County
  • News
A barge performed geotechnical investigation last week in Longboat Pass for a new water main that will be installed by the town to carry drinking water from Manatee County. Courtesy of the town of Longboat Key.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 10, 2012
Town will replace north-end water pipeline

A new $1.9 million water pipeline underneath Sarasota Bay, on the north end of the island, is needed for safety precautions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Riverview wideout Stephon Turner takes a short pass upfield for a score.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 7, 2017
Irma and previous storms put damper on football season

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Grapple trucks are better suited than front loaders for removing vegetative debris
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • December 13, 2017
Irma prods Longboat to buy grapple truck

The town is on course to purchase a grapple truck next year, a purchase the public works department has been advocating for 10 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
University Park's Polly Curran and Maureen Hager, pictured with University of Florida IFAS Manatee County Extension Office agent Susan Griffith, hope neighbors in University Park will make their yards Florida friendly.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 1, 2018
Manatee County women make friends for Florida through landscaping

Gardener Group members promote Florida-friendly landscaping in their University Park community.

  • East County
  • News
To combat potential flooding issues on the island, Aptim suggested the town make storm water improvements on Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • October 16, 2018
Longboat examines Michael's effect on beaches

Longboat officials are still assessing its beaches

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Richard Gonzmart says the successor to Pattigeorge’s ‘won’t be anything we do now.’ He envisions patrons dining on a glass floor and watching fish.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 27, 2016
Top Story — June: Pattigeorge’s new owner: ‘It’s my destiny’

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

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 8, 2012
HBA announces Parade of Homes winners

Winners of the Home Builders Association Manatee-Sarasota's Parade of Homes event were announced March 6.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 6, 2016
Sand trucks send shockwaves off island

While Longboat Key town commissioners and staff cite few local complaints regarding the mid-Key truck haul, the sand caravan is rankling some residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • August 31, 2011
Alliance, Observer announce finalists

The winners will be announced at the Sandies corporate awards dinner Oct. 5, at The Polo Grill and Bar's Fête Ballroom.

  • East County
  • News
Golf has become a way of life for Lakewood Ranch Country Club resident Debra Warren and her children Oliver, 12, and Sophia, 16.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 13, 2016
Her kids call the shots

Lakewood Ranch mom finds the perfect golf coach in her two children.

  • East County
  • Sports
Karen DeRitter at Brides Against Breast Cancer
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 8, 2013
The Good News: Karen DeRitter

Karen DeRitter is a bridal consultant at Brides Against Breast Cancer. Read more about her and watch a video in this week's Good News.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Esther Howard holds a photo of her son, Tim Howard, whose performance earned him acclaim at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 15, 2014
World Cup sensation Tim Howard has roots on Key

Tim Howard's mother, Esther Cook, is a Sarasota resident who previously lived on Longboat Key, and his grandparents were longtime Key residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Aaron Cushman is a Grand Bay resident who served during World War II and the Korean War.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • November 4, 2015
A veteran's voice: Aaron Cushman to speak at Veterans Day parade

Meet Aaron Cushman, one of the 130 veterans marching on Veterans Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Staff members plant young coral in a nursery near damaged reef in Grenada. Photo courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • September 13, 2016
Mote Marine and The Nature Conservancy sign MOU for coral restoration initiative

The goal of the initiative is to restore more than one million coral reefs across the region.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Executive Director recognized Town Hall’s Director of Operations, Ryan Heise, at the Aug. 16 meeting, for five years of service with the Inter-District Authority.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 22, 2012
District 2 takes financing lead

Lakewood Ranch CDD 2 supervisors agreed their district will take the lead role in financing a new maintenance facility for Lakewood Ranch Town Hall's Operations Department.

  • East County
  • News
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