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The Salvation Army will utilize The Sarasota Police Department’s vacant Central Avenue police substation this fall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 28, 2012
Salvation Army utilizes vacant building

An agreement between the city and the Salvation Army will allow the nonprofit to take possession of a vacant police substation on Central Avenue for $1 a year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 24, 2021
Deputies arrest man in Siesta crash, reverse-911 alert

Sunday crash prompts authorities to notify nearby residents of man who walked away from scene.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort General Manager Katie Moulton says helping parties achieve settlements as a professional mediator allows her to be with people again, and it just might help her heal from the one legal dispute she couldn’t settle.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 28, 2015
Top Story — August: Where is Katie Moulton now?

Five years after the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort’s closing, longtime general manager Katie Moulton and owner Murf Klauber still talk Colony every day.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2014
News Briefs

East County mourns sudden loss of community member; Sashay Dance Club closes; County accepting applications for criminal-nuisance board

  • East County
  • News
The Braden River Middle School Pom/Hip Hop team danced to "Blow."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 15, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Tara Dance Recital

Members of the Tara Elementary School Dance Team and Braden River Middle School Panther Dancers showed off their hard work and dancing skills May 15, with a special "Just Dance" recital performance at Braden River High School.

  • East County
  • News
A survey of a wastewater pipeline underneath Sarasota Bay will be performed next year.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 16, 2015
Longboat Key highlights 2016 legislative priorities

Preserving a longstanding vacation rental ordinance tops Longboat Key’s list of 11 priorities it wants the Legislature to take note of when it convenes in January for the 2016 Legislative session.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • September 11, 2018
Music Compound to open second location near downtown Sarasota

The Park East neighborhood location of Music Compound is the second in Sarasota and is set to open in late September next to The Bazaar on Apricot & Lime.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 4, 2018
Cops Corner: The fax machine has something to say

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Commission chambers were full of Siesta Key business owners and residents invested in the discussion. Many residents wore signs urging commissioners to "vote no."
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • April 11, 2018
County approves Siesta setback amendment

Tall commercial buildings could potentially be built closer to the street near the south bridge to Siesta Key, if commissioners allow it during the special exceptions process.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 2, 2011
Investigator releases findings

An interim report by Firefighters Pension Board-hired investigator Edward Siedle reveals all three town pension plans could have lost millions of pension dollars.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Su Byron |
  • August 19, 2021
Art and About: The Arts Scene is Back!

It’s fall, but it feels like spring. The once-dormant area art scene is finally making a comeback. Here’s a glimpse of what’s happening.

  • LWR Life
Signage outside of Publix requires most customers to wear a mask upon entering the store.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • July 19, 2020
Publix to require customers wear masks starting Tuesday

There are exceptions to Publix's mandatory mask policy.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Manatee County has announced meeting schedule changes.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 30, 2020
Manatee County announces meeting schedule changes

Manatee County commissioners' summer schedules have been altered.

  • East County
  • News
Fernando Vega is optimistic a new approach will help address criminal activity near his business.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 26, 2017
2nd Street businesses unite to fight crime

Businesses near City Hall and the SCAT transfer station say the area is rife with drug dealing and other criminal activity — and they hope a new philosophy will help stop it.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Pickleball and tennis are constant sources of enjoyment on the Key.
  • By Sten Spinella |
  • September 5, 2019
Longboat Key pleases pickleball and tennis players with court solutions

The question now is, which comes first: the new pickleball courts, or the replacement tennis courts?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • April 11, 2019
Decision looms on Fruitville Road redesign

Longboat Key leaders are formulating a strategy for fighting a road diet, but downtown stakeholders stand behind the city’s proposal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • September 10, 2020
Betty L. Suarez

Betty L. Suarez, nee Olson, 87, of Rolling Meadows IL, longtime seasonal resident of Longboat Key FL, passed away September 8, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family and loved ones.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 16, 2011
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Feb. 4 through Feb. 10, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 30, 2016
Focus on Film: Our Sarasota Film Festival picks

The 18th annual Sarasota Film Festival opens this week — what are you going to see?

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: July 15

Ann Klemeyer captured this photo of these swans,“Fred and Ginger”, swimming in Camelot Lakes Village in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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