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IT Director Jason Keen (Left) and IT Specialist Barry Gaines (Right) in the control room. All photos by Sten Spinella.
  • By Sten Spinella |
  • September 25, 2019
Longboat Key improves production quality on Town Commission videos

The Town's IT team controls camera use from a back room.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Rendering of Thornton's gas station that will be built on the church's 1.155-acre parcel of land
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 10, 2013
Local church sells property to gas-station chain

Faith United Church of Christ is selling a portion of its property to pay off its mortgage. A new pastor is helping to oversee the process.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Statute 316.3045 prevents sound produced from a soundmaking device in a motor vehicle that is "plainly audible at a distance of 25 feet or more from the motor vehicle."
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 7, 2022
Florida law changes tune on loud car stereo music

Lakewood Ranch residents differ on whether government should define what is too loud.

  • East County
  • News
On March 13, Longboat Key Detective Sgt. Bob Borque drove to the Mobil Longboat Key Mart to uncover a credit-card skimmer after he realized a device allowed a Key resident’s credit-card information to be stolen.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 23, 2015
Top Story — March: Skimmer swipes card info at Mobile station

Longboat Key police plan to pump license-plate camera information and surveillance videos to find out who’s responsible for the high-tech heist.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • March 4, 2020
RCLA speaker delivers stark view of opiate abuse

Sam Quinones, Los Angeles-based freelance journalist and former L.A. Times reporter, was the fourth speaker in the RCLA series.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • December 1, 2017
CAC swings for a big(ger) top

Circus Arts Conservatory’s most recent capital campaign is about more than just a building.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 19, 2020
Slim Odds

The area is home to two Division 1-caliber quarterbacks this season. Their talent is just one of the things that sets them apart.

  • LWR Life
Despite significant public support at Monday's meeting, the City Commission did not approve a proposed land use change that would allow plans for an affordable housing project to proceed.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 2, 2016
Vengroff apartment project: “Not going to happen”

As the City Commission debated whether to require annual inspections for a proposed affordable housing complex, the property owner walked out of the hearing, proclaiming the project dead.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo by Carol Doty.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • June 13, 2013
Moments in time

Siesta Key resident Doug Stone had more use of a fish than anyone else in his neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Blue Oyster Cult's Eric Bloom sings at Premier Sports Campus in January, 2017. Lakewood Ranch still has no amphitheater or events center.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 3, 2019
Embrace Temptations ... build an amphitheater in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch could use an amphitheater to draw rockers, other music acts.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 3, 2012
New Pass dredging offers sand options

A management plan paid for by Sarasota County now suggests sharing sand dredged from New Pass with the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 25, 2015
High five moments

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • East County
  • Sports
The owners of Main Plaza are taking their time selecting a plan for redeveloping the property.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 20, 2018
Main Plaza owners ponder changes

More than two years after buying the Hollywood 11 complex, the owners have no set plans for redeveloping the property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Riverview High junior Daevon LeBron said the key to "Madden" is using real football strategies in the game. Photo courtesy Daevon LeBron.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 16, 2020
Sarasota athletes get their competitive sides flowing with video games

Does getting virtual victories make up for a lack of real sports?

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Sarasota Crew alumnus Clark Dean (right), here competing at the 2019 World Rowing Championships, will compete in the men's four at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo via USRowing.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 21, 2021
A Sarasota swimmer and rower will hit Olympic waters this week

Emma Weyant and Clark Dean will compete for the U.S. in Tokyo

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2013
Sidelines: Highlands Golf Course ready to re-open

The Highlands Golf Course, part of The Meadows Country Club, will hold its grand re-opening July 5 through July 7.

  • East County
  • Sports
The last sand haul concluded Monday on Longboat Key.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • October 12, 2016
Longboat Key dredging delayed again by hurricane

It’s the second time project manager Steve Bassett had to move his dredge from Longboat to Tampa for safe harbor.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 16, 2014
Builder seeks insight from locals

Canadian homebuilder Mattamy Homes uses focus groups to help create its new community in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • January 16, 2021
Local charities hit the jackpot as Sisterhood for Good brings Vegas to the Sarasota Polo Club in Lakewood Ranch

Guests bet it all during Sisterhood for Good fundraiser at the Sarasota Polo Club in Lakewood Ranch on Jan. 15.

  • Black Tie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2015
Sidelines

McMahon verbally commits to Louisville; Players, coaches rack up honors

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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