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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 6, 2013
Committee debates ways to pay off pension debt

The town must wrestle with how to pay off $27 million in unfunded pension liabilities.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Commissioner Nancy Detert feared approval of a project that would extend past the county’s Gulf Beach Setback Line would set a bad precedent for future development on the island.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • September 2, 2020
Commissioners deny Siesta development on Beach Road

Commissioners feared approval of the project would set a bad precedent for the island.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Taylor Morrison's Southwest Florida Division President Cammie Longnecker said a focal point of The Heights will be a giant hill, inspired by the Celery Fields park in Sarasota.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 6, 2019
Field of possibilities for new development called The Heights

Taylor Morrison begins to build lifestyle community near Ward Lake.

  • East County
  • News
OnlyMoso's Diego Cespedes talks to Sarasota resident Nona Arnholt about how the bamboo grows at Mixon Fruit Farms.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 14, 2019
Mixon Fruit Farms has 'magic' harvest

Mixon Fruit Farms' first bamboo harvest is 'magic'

  • East County
  • News
The city hopes to complete the St. Armands parking garage by December 2018.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 3, 2017
City approves St. Armands garage project

The $15.5 million project will also bring the implementation of a paid parking system in St. Armands Circle.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nature lover Joe Sidiski walks trails weekly at state parks with his wife, Bonnie. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 27, 2015
Conversation with Joe Sidiski

Joe Sidiski’s love for ponds, wildlife and all things nature didn’t start in 2004, when he moved to the Greenbrook community.

  • East County
  • News
Tara Preserve Field Manager Jim Kaluk discusses the flooding issue with the community center's pool pump and electrical system.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 22, 2015
Tara Preserve CDD searches solutions to pool infrastructure issues

The pool’s pump and electrical system, located inside the community center, has caused flooding.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 25, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Consider giving the gift of friendship this season; 'Government of laws'

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Watch closely Long Bar Pointe project process

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A rendering of One Park West on Block 9 in The Quay. The building to the right is One Park on Block 1, both planned by Property Markets Group of Miami and New York.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 21, 2024
One Park West condo prices to top out at $3 million

Property Markets Group is taking reservations for the 75-unit companion condo tower to One Park in The Quay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2011
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Molly Lefevre and Lance Plowman give Bacon bread bits as a treat a week after he narrowly escaped a fire.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 13, 2013
Bringing Home Bacon

Bacon, a miniature potbelly pig, broke through a window last week to escape a house fire. He survived with a few scratches.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 31, 2012
Trusted scholars behind Trustee Scholars Awards

An invitation arrived in the mail for the 18th annual Trustee Scholar Awards. "Creating a Masterpiece" was inscribed across the front with framed silhouettes of 12 trustee scholars.

  • Arts + Culture
An attendee practices giving hands-only CPR on a dummy Jan. 23 at the Longboat Key fire station.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • January 28, 2020
'Stayin' alive' course has life-saving possibilities

Two additional sessions have been scheduled for Feb. 20 in this free-to-the-public, hourlong training course.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Desiree Brown and Mia Pompey. Photo courtesy of Brown.
  • By Andrew Atkins |
  • February 27, 2019
A place to call home in Manatee County

Local foster parents make the difference in the lives of children through the safe children coalition in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 15, 2021
Entire neighborhood sells on north Siesta Key

Lots in the Coronas Park neighborhood will be sold individually for the first time.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Before becoming entangled in legal disputes, the former Sarasota Kennel Club site was approved for an apartment complex through both legislative proceedings to amend the city's comprehensive plan and the quasi-judicial process for rezoning and site plan approval.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 8, 2023
Apartments no longer planned for kennel club site

With the closing deadline passing for Aventon Holdings to buy the Sarasota Kennel Club site, the airport is dropping its legal challenges to the project. The owner already has another buyer lined up.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Driftwood Beach Home & Garden hosts a class in the garden.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • February 21, 2023
Garden classes bloom at Driftwood Beach

Classes are scheduled throughout March and April.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 26, 2012
Hotel talks begin again

The committee that formed to recommend a hotel project to the commission for a downtown hotel site is negotiating again with two potential developers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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