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Pictures of Gurchieck’s previous homes line the main stairway.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 22, 2017
Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: Gurchieck Home

The annual home tour takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 4.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Olivia Thomas, chairwoman of 2010; Kristine Nickel, chairwoman of 2012; current Town Hall Chairwoman Stephanie Grosskreutz; and 2011 Chairwoman Kathleen Weiner dish on the scoop.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 23, 2013
Chairing it All: Town Hall Lecture Series

Town Hall Lecture Series organizers give the scoop on stories from ice-cream vending machines to 'oh-no!' moments.

  • Arts + Culture
A developer has been selected to teardown and rebuild the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 1, 2013
Colony subcommittee picks developer

A committee has chosen Stamford, Conn.-based JHM Financial Group LLC to redevelop the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 6, 2015
County considers UTC expansion

Benderson Development is shopping a plan that would add more than 700,000 square feet to University Town Center.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 26, 2012
Braden River Key Club to host Sandbox Volleyball Tournament

The Braden River High Key Club will host its first Sandbox Volleyball Tournament from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 10 at Bee Ridge Park in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Sports
Clayton Spencer, a 2015 graduate of Lakewood Ranch High, works with 8-year-old Nathan Callahan on a cast handstand to back hip circle. After reaching Level 10 status, Spencer is now turning his attention to coaching at EVO Athletics.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 17, 2016
Clayton Spencer turns the page on gymnastics career

Former Lakewood Ranch High gymnast takes on new role as an assistant coach for EVO Athletics’ boys gymnastics team.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 30, 2020
May we quote you? The Longboat Observer news quiz

You're not going to a New Year's Eve party, so why not play our little game?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photo by Justin Demutiis Photography
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 9, 2014
Just Married: Emily McKee Eagle and Kyle Paul Kluska

Emily Eagle and Kyle Kluska were married Feb. 15, at the Bay Preserve at Osprey.

  • Arts + Culture
Four living levels are planned above a ground-level parking facility.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 24, 2021
New developments, newer resales help drive condo market up on Longboat

Sage and St. Regis sales progress past milestones.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Schroeder-Manatee Ranch's Todd Pokrywa stands in front of the future extension of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard — a project connected with the Villages of Lakewood Ranch South. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 28, 2014
From plan to project

With approvals from Sarasota County in hand, SMR can begin planning for its Villages of Lakewood Ranch South project.

  • East County
  • News
Photo: Dutchman Hospitality, Inc.
  • By Jack Short |
  • November 23, 2015
Developer proposes four-story hotel in Pinecraft community

The hotel will serve the Amish and Mennonite community, as well as midwestern tourists and sports tourists.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 18, 2019
Longboat first responders restart shock victim's heart

Rescuers arrived to find man with no pulse.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 27, 2022
Sarasota Cops Corner: No motor, no service

Police reports from around Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Doug Hay, a 62-year-old retired maintenance mechanic, is a Lakewood Ranch snake charmer.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 14, 2018
Snake Charmer

Doug Hay, Florida snakes, Lakewood Ranch

  • LWR Life
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences Alessa Laczkoski and students Kila Sons and Sriva Boggavarapu say Tech Trek helps encourage a career in STEM.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 14, 2021
Camp encourages young girls to pursue STEM careers

Tech Trek accepts about 100 young, female students from around Florida. This year, six Sarasota County Schools students were chosen.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Photo by Chris Ogden
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 22, 2018
Sarasota chosen as next host of traveling photography exhibit 'The Fence'

United Photo Industries announced Feb. 22 that Nathan Benderson Park will be a regional host site for the Brooklyn-based exhibit in fall of 2018.

  • Arts + Culture
The plan will eventually eliminate all above-ground utilities on the Key.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 15, 2016
Longboat underground utilities referendum passes

The Town Clerk reports that 59.98% of voters cast ballots in favor of the referendum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • March 13, 2014
Traffic spurs noise complaints

Residents of Wellington Chase, a neighborhood within Palmer Ranch, want the county to install sound walls along Honore.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The third project that’s still awaiting a final federal permit is a $3.5 million Longboat Pass dredging project that will bring 200,000 cubic yards of sand from Gulfside Road north to the North Shore Road beach access.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 10, 2016
Town receives south-end permit

Town Manager Dave Bullock plans to use some sand from a $11 million mid-Key beach dump truck haul project set to begin in April for the south end behind properties such as L’Ambiance that have major erosion issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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