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The new store is slated to open before the end of this year, but for the eight months between now and then, the island will be without a supermarket for the first time in nearly 32 years.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 4, 2012
Publix to close Saturday

The nearly 32-year-old Longboat Key supermarket will close starting this weekend for eight months of construction of a new store.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 28, 2017
Artists bring creativity to St. Armands

Original work by more than 175 artists filled the Circle over the weekend.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Nick and Moe’s Shell Gas Station managers Jose Rodriguez and Mike Hass and owner Nick Salem show off one of their pumps aimed at helping R. Dan Nolan Middle School and Gilbert W. McNeal Elementary.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • November 29, 2017
East County businesses get their piece of the pie

Local businesses have key role in Partnership in Education (ePIE) program.

  • East County
  • Schools
Richard Gonzmart, president of the Columbia Restaurant Group, started in the family business when he was six. He represents the fourth generation in the family business.  Â
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 29, 2016
Pattigeorge’s new owner: ‘It’s my destiny’

Richard Gonzmart says the successor to Pattigeorge’s ‘won’t be anything we do now.’ He envisions patrons dining on a glass floor and watching fish.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 15, 2011
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIPS: Fundamentals for consistency

This week, PGA Master Teaching Professional Jacques Panet-Raymond shares the fundamentals necessary for consistency.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mill Creek's Valerie Cooper-Miller listens as Jeff Mednick, a FDOT project manager for design, shows her what the roundabout would look like.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • October 13, 2016
FDOT gets high-speed feedback about State Road 64/Rye Road project

More than 150 concerned citizens discussed possible options, such as a traffic signal or roundabout.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Get moving on the garage

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • August 27, 2014
Beyond the Business: Asparagus

Since her days working in an antique store on Park Avenue in Orlando, Elizabeth Bentley has had a dream to own a store. In January 2013, she opened Asparagus in Towles Court.

  • Arts + Culture
Liv Coleman
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 19, 2018
District 73: Liv Coleman

Democratic candidate focuses on schools.

  • East County
  • News
Jozef Batko
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 1, 2016
Freedom of Expression: Jozef Batko's abstract art

Jozef Batko finds a sense of freedom in painting.

  • Arts + Culture
The Ski-A-Rees opened their 2020 show season on Jan. 26.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 23, 2020
Sarasota Ski-A-Rees will donate all Giving Challenge proceeds

All money brought in by the Ski-A-Rees will go to All Faiths Food Bank.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo courtesy of Jon F. Swift Construction
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 8, 2017
Bayfront Park pickleball and tennis courts open to public

The courts officially opened on March 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

Enjoy the top Cops Corner stories that ran this week.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kevin Boehm
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 27, 2019
Another Longboat grad off to college

Kevin Boehm graduates from Manatee High.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Marty Fugate and The Grim Reaper enjoy a game of chess. Photo by Ellie Bloom.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 20, 2017
Review: Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure

IPA adventures celebrate experience at The Ringling.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Dr. Kumar Mahadevan is president of Mote Marine Laboratory.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 21, 2010
Mote receives $25,000 BOOST grant

The award is one of 38 grants from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • June 7, 2017
Staying on track

Three Sarasota business professionals share their advice for staying healthy on the road.

  • Health
L. James needs to have more to say than "Honey, I'm home" after he returns to Mary Williamson after a year in "Sender." (Photo: Dylan Jon Wade Cox)
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 13, 2020
'Sender' compelling even as it is ambiguous

Story about slackers resisting full adulthood isn't without sympathy

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 16, 2014
Pension debt: the $23 million question

Board trustees Armando Linde and Michael Seamon disagree about how to retire the town's unfunded pension liability.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jakobi Davis developed Novum through the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County’s Perlman Price Young Entrepreneurs Program.
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • October 23, 2018
Pedal power

Jakobi Davis combined a passion for engineering and environmental sustainability to create a new way to get charged.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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