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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2009
Birth Announcements 06.25.09

The East County Observer would like to congratulate all the parents who celebrated recently the births of their new bundles of joy. All of the following babies were born at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Maggie Pahos |
  • July 27, 2009
Man on the street: All business

We asked residents and business owners what new businesses they would like to see on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 5, 2010
Town creates pipeline Web site

The replacement of water pipes along Gulf of Mexico Drive will cause temporary pedestrian and vehicular delays through September 2010.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 25, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Health care reform

President Barack Obama signed into existence new health care legislation Tuesday. The East County Observer caught up with residents in the area to get their thoughts.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 26, 2010
Town prepares its oil response plan

The U.S. Coast Guard has a strategy in place for the oil spill in the Gulf that includes plans for Longboat Pass and New Pass.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 11, 2012
Library Foundation receives grant

The newly formed Library Foundation for Sarasota County has received a $10,000 grant from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation to raise public awareness about the county's nine Sarasota County libraries.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The old Gompertz space, which is next door to the new space, will be rented out for storefronts.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 15, 2012
Scene & Heard

If you build it, they shall come; Cat is out of the bag

  • Arts + Culture
Crews with Gerdes Construction Inc. recently demolished these two beachfront properties on Ocean Boulevard.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 17, 2012
Pardon our dust: Key construction is back

As tourists leave Siesta Key for their permanent homes, island residents are seeing what the recession effectively blurred: new construction.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2012
News Briefs

Sarasota High School meetings set

  • Sarasota
  • News
Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2012
June 15: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Chief of Staff Ron Turner helps attendees at the June 13 Town Hall meeting determine their new precinct name and polling place.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 15, 2012
Dent pushes absentee voting

Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent during a June 13 Town Hall meeting said the November ballot would be complex and lengthy.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The County Commission is set to review today its capital improvement projects and summarize its financial directions for the 2013 fiscal year.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 15, 2012
Commission won't commit funds to homeless program

Sarasota County commissioners decided not to allocate taxpayer dollars to a new homelessness program until it can review detailed financials and firm donation commitments.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Jerry and Gail Klink are spending their first winter on Siesta Key.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 23, 2012
New Siesta Key snowbirds share their life experiences

Gail and Jerry Klink discussed life in Saudi Arabia and more Feb 21, at Siesta Key Chapel.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Residents in about 100 homes were to have been notified by the end of the day Friday, Jan. 20. Those residents are on Goodwater Street, Blue Water Avenue, Bowline Drive, Prairie Lane and Markridge Road.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 20, 2012
Gulf Gate Estates residents advised about water project

A Sarasota County map shows the streets in Gulf Gate Estates where a boil-water advisory will go into effect Jan. 24

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 21, 2011
County hires embattled search firm

Sarasota County will enter into a contract with a management-recruitment company, in spite of concerns that have been raised about that company's effectiveness.

  • Sarasota
  • News
FIRST Prize/The Longboat Observer: Sophia Nibi took The Longboat Observer to Yerevan in historic Armenia.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2010
It's Read Everywhere contest winners named

After nearly 7,000 votes, the grand-prize winners from The Longboat, Sarasota and East County Observers are Tim and Lisa McElhiney, who caught up on all their East County news while in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kitty Cassis is remembered as the consummate southern woman.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 4, 2011
OBITUARY: Kitty M. Cassis

Kitty M. Cassis, 55, worked in commercial real estate for 25 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 17, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Coldwell Banker NRT recognizes seven Longboat Key agents; Simon Group joins St. Armands MS&Co. office; Coldwell Banker Longboat Key announces July stats

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The Sarasota City Commission approved a new fiscal year budget Monday night that includes a 5.3% millage increase
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 20, 2011
Commission approves 5.3% millage increase

Sarasota city commissioners approved on second reading tonight a new fiscal year budget that raises the millage rate to 2.9249 mills.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Robert Lincoln
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 5, 2011
DCA reverses Islandside ruling

The Florida Department of Community Affairs reversed a previous ruling, but the significance of the decision has yet to be determined.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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