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Firefighter/Paramedic Jamison Urch put out a building fire. Photo provided by the town of Longboat Key.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 6, 2021
Town encouraged at budget year's halfway mark

The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department had an average response time of 5.4 minutes during the current fiscal year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Christian McKay chats with coach Bob Smithers while changing weights during a practice at Booker High on Jan. 23. McKay will compete for a state title Feb. 2 at Panama City Beach.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 25, 2018
Sports gave Booker High senior a needed lift

The state title favorite weightlifter originally joined to gain mental toughness.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 13, 2019
New heights for Mustangs boys basketball

Lakewood Ranch High boys basketball loses to Blanche Ely High 57-52 in the state title game at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.

  • East County
  • Sports
Robert Lewis, interim director of SCAT, said he was on Longboat Key to listen.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • June 5, 2018
SCAT officials, business leaders talk transportation on Longboat

At an event organized by the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce, Longboat business leaders brainstormed ideas about how to replace bus service to the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Don and Suzy Gangnagel experimented with several different kinds of chicken breeds, but have settled with three, including the iconic white Delaware.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • June 15, 2016
Chickens on Rye

Love of chickens helps local couple discover another way to scratch out a living.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2014
Fall back an hour

Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Nov. 2, so turn back those clocks before bedtime Saturday night.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The home at 550 Norton St. was built in 2002. (Eric Garwood)
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 3, 2022
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $2.8 million

A Sleepy Lagoon home on Norton Street tops this week's sales at $2.8 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Aranibar says her priority is to get the board to set a stronger set of policies and procedures for itself that are transparent and easy to follow.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • November 20, 2013
Aranibar elected school board chair

The Manatee County School Board voted 4-1 to make Julie Aranibar, the district 5 representative, chairwoman.

  • East County
  • Schools
The Longboat Key Police Department is working with other law enforcement agencies to investigate a string of car burglaries.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • August 5, 2020
Longboat Key police urge residents to lock their cars

Florida's Gulf Coast has seen dozens of car thefts during the past few months, according to Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
File photo Recent research links exercise to less depression and increased facility with memory and learning, two of the brain’s basic functions. So get up and get moving.
  • By Kristine Nickel |
  • December 1, 2016
There's never been a better time to exercise

Shake off the political blues and holiday stress by getting your move on.

  • Health
Evan Tucker, Jack Berry, Austin Siegel, Ollie Gray and Harrison Paparatto. Courtesy photo.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 20, 2012
Scene & Heard

The Garbage-Men plan to rock New York City with trash jams; Rocker's memoir is a love letter to automobiles

  • Arts + Culture
The latest effort is coming through FDOT's Barrier Islands Traffic Study, an effort to evaluate traffic on Sarasota and Manatee county's barrier islands and the adjacent roadways on the mainland.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • October 10, 2017
Barrier island traffic study reaches second milestone

Town leaders will evaluate the study's latest figures in an effort to improve the island's traffic.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2014
Letters to the Editor

I-75 traffic affects all of East County; Fort Hamer bridge idea should be axed

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

It's not yet official, but Sarasota's Nathan Benderson Park very well may be the future venue for the 2017 World Rowing Championships.

  • East County
  • News
  • By The Marketing Department at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center |
  • September 10, 2020
Now and Always, Patient Safety is a Top Priority at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center

Now and Always, Patient Safety is a Top Priority at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center

  • Health
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Ocean Properties now has plans to submit a future application to the town for a 259-unit hotel, expanded meeting space with 10 to 12 meeting rooms and approximately 93 condominium/villa units that are 130 feet tall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 12, 2015
Key Club referendum passes

The first mail-only referendum vote of its kind for Longboat Key produced a record-setting turnout that’s prompting town officials to consider using the method in other elections.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2011
Civics 101 seats still open

Sarasota County government's Civics 101 program still has a few seats open for the session that begins Sept. 8.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Commissioner David Brenner worked on the Vision Plan on the Planning and Zoning Board level.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 9, 2011
Commission adopts town's Vision Plan

The commission officially adopted the Vision Plan, a document the town will use to plan the next 20 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Church of the Redeemer officials say they've paid more than $200,000 in permit fees to the city, but they believe they shouldn't have to assume costs associated with sidewalk closures.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 5, 2019
Church lobbies for construction fee waiver

The city will consider waiving fees associated with certain sidewalk closures, but staff says some residents have lobbied for tougher regulations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Demolition of the Longboat Key Center for the Arts began this month.
  • By John McGuire |
  • July 26, 2017
Longboat arts center demolition begins

The Longboat Key Historical Society is working to relocate two cottages from the construction site.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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