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Mary Lou Johnson's "Water: Above and Below" exhibit will be on display for the next year at the Longboat Key Club & Resort's Tennis Gardens facility.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 2, 2013
YOUR NEIGHBOR | Mary Lou Johnson

Mary Lou Johnson's work is 100% photography. But taking the photo is just the beginning.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
County staff is seeking assistance from the Sarasota County Commission to recruit new members for some empty advisory councils. Observer File Photo.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • August 19, 2014
County seeks recruits for advisory councils

Several county advisory boards have so many vacancies that meetings are unable to attain a quorum.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Owner Don Whitson-Schmidt
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 17, 2014
Business Briefs

Neal home sales on the rise, adds employees; WCI starts construction on carriage home models; LWR olive oil shop celebrates anniversary

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Crosby. Filte photo
  • By David Conway |
  • September 24, 2014
Mote makes public push for bayfront aquarium

The head of Mote is going public with the organization's plans for expansion - and gaining support along the way.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Minta Getzen, Ashley Kozel and Sandy Crabtree at Pique Nique
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • April 7, 2014
Black Tie Untied

Untie the weekend with Black Tie Untied featuring Pique Nique, Sarasota Film Festival Opening Night Film and Party and Orchid Ball.

  • Arts + Culture
Lourdes Ramirez, president of CONA, thanked the candidates and two dozen audience members for attending the forum.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 14, 2014
CONA questions candidates on 2050 platforms

Sarasota County Commission candidates nailed down their stances on Sarasota 2050 at the Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations forum Monday.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 11, 2014
Debate reveals candidate similarities

Four Longboat Key commission candidates, for the most part, expressed a need for updated codes, a town center and a new Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
File photo Cheryl Loeffler participated in last year's fashion show.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 22, 2014
Taste of the Keys offers new flavors in 2014

The Longboat Key Garden Club event brings fashion, food and fun to the Key for the fourth year in a row.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Longboat Key Town Commission will consider extending a contract with Waste Management six months while the town works to put out a new trash and recycling project out for bid.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 7, 2013
Commission reviews telecommunications changes tonight

The Longboat Key Town Commission will also consider budget changes to pay for an assistant town manager position in fiscal year 2012-13.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • March 3, 2014
Black Tie Untied

Untied the weekend with Black Tie Untied, featuring Asolo Repertory Theatre's "A Night at the Rainbow Room," 21st annual Celebration of Imagination and Community Humanitarian Awards Gala.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 15, 2013
Sarasota Designer creates costumes for NBC

Sarasota-based designer Alice Bee created 10 nun garments for NBC's "The Sound of Music" starring Carrie Underwood as Maria.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By David Conway |
  • December 11, 2013
Urban Design Studio to provide form-based code update

A joint meeting of the Sarasota City Commission and Planning Board will feature a presentation from the Urban Design Studio regarding the development of a new form-based zoning code.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Artist Erin Ernst created a sculpture of giant cigarette butts in the sand  to help raise awareness. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2022
Sarasota senator sponsors cigarette butts bill

The measure would give local governments the ability to ban smoking on beaches.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dick McLaughlin and Julia Piermont
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • June 14, 2024
Christ Church builds community to become a year-round church

Christ Church of Longboat Key hosted its first monthly lunch to encourage fellowship among congregants.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
From the Sarasota Ballet's Margaret Barbieri Conservatory is Macie Miersch, 14, who performs a classical ballet dance between dinner courses.
  • By Janet Combs |
  • January 2, 2024
Selby Gardens dazzles NYE with lights, ballet, front-row seats to fireworks

Guests rang in 2024 at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens with an elegant evening packed with fun.

  • Black Tie
All the way from California is the Briscoe Family; Back: Cody, Alicia, Jeff, Jeff, Jacob, Debbie, "the original Jeff'; Front: Kinsley, Walker and Wesley
  • By Janet Combs |
  • January 2, 2025
Sarasota rings in 2025 with 25th annual block party and pineapple drop

The event, held downtown New Year's Eve, attracted more than 30,000 people to celebrate.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The National Hurricane Center says a tropical system heading into the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to become a hurricane on Wednesday and continue strengthening as it moves across the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • September 23, 2024
Manatee County readies as tropical system approaches

Lake Manatee Dam work is complete, and sandbag stations are open.

  • East County
  • News
Peninsula Sarasota will bring 23 luxury residences to Golden Gate Point.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2023
Construction begins on luxury development Peninsula Sarasota

The condominium complex will bring 23 residences, priced from $2.6 million, to Golden Gate Point.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Christian Ziegler
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 9, 2024
Christian Ziegler ousted as Florida GOP chairman

The Executive Committee elects Evan Power of Tallahassee to Republican Party of Florida's leadership position.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota man charged with smuggling electronics into Russia
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2024
Sarasota man charged with smuggling electronics into Russia

The microelectronics had military applications, prosecutors say.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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