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Randy Langley
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • January 15, 2019
Langley drops out of Longboat Commission race

Commission should set policy, not run town

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Emma Burke Jolly |
  • February 19, 2020
Key Notes: 'Siesta Key' Season 3, Episode 7

Key Notes: 'Siesta Key' Season 3, Episode 7

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 1, 2009
Siesta Key condo sells for $562,500

A condominium in Fisherman's Cove tops all real-estate transactions for the week of Sept. 2 to Sept. 9. Carolyn Byers, trustee, sold her Unit A-304 condominium at 8900 Blind Pass Road to William Bortz, of Parachute, Colo., for $562,500.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2018
Letter to the editor

Letters to the editor for the week of Sept. 27

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Volunteers Benny Parrish and Bus Fischer work together.
  • By Dora Walters |
  • May 11, 2011
Volunteers make clean sweep on Sister Keys

The third annual Sarasota Bay Watch Sister Keys Cleanup was Saturday, May 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 440 Meadow Lark Drive sold for $1.55 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 7, 2017
Meadow Lark Drive home sells for $1.55 million

Residential real estate transactions for May 22-26.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Meklit Hadero. Photo by Rus Anson.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 19, 2011
Scene & Heard

RIAF drama, cool encores, mistaken identities; Sarasota Ballet gets its pink on; Former dancer sells massive canvas

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota County project scientist Rachel Herman looks over mangroves in Turtle Beach Park, during a tour around the lagoon.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 18, 2012
County wants residents more mangrove-minded

The lagoon in Turtle Beach Park offers a unique view of a thriving mangrove habitat.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Patty Cooper reads a book to Dreya.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 27, 2019
Patty Cooper lends helping hand throughout Sarasota area

The Longboat Key resident volunteers at Children First and Selah Freedom, teaches mahjong at The Paradise Center and is the treasurer of the Longboat Key Garden Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 26, 2017
Longboat Chamber celebrates its members

The chamber held it annual meeting and awards breakfast on Jan. 26 at the Holiday Inn Sarasota-Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 26, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Close call in New Pass

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson has been alerted via email again that when the Siesta Key main public beach parking lot is full, Siesta residents offer up their residential properties as parking lots for money. File photo.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 12, 2012
Residential pay-for-parking irks Siesta residents

The Sarasota County Commission gave approval for a task force to sniff out residential lots offering up places to park for cash.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2012
Our View: Effective sales 'prevention'

Mention the word "parking" to Diana Corrigan, executive director of the St. Armands Circle Association, and you're likely to see flames and smoke spewing from her eyes, nose, mouth and ears. Talk about a hot topic.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Some drivers speed through the intersection of Central Sarasota Parkway and Legacy Trail while others slow to check for oncoming bicyclists and pedestrians. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 11, 2014
Legacy Trail street crossing remains source of confusion

Since the Legacy Trail opened in 2008, the signage at its crossing with Central Sarasota Parkway has befuddled motorists and trail users alike.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Everything from equipment failures to underground power line issues has caused power outages on the Key since July.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 24, 2015
Power problems remain on Longboat Key

The island of Longboat Key has experienced seven power outages and several other power flickers, or surges, since July 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Harriett Barker and Harris Barber
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 24, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: LBK Historical Society Lecture

Professor Mary Williams spoke to the Historical Society and its guests on April 17 at Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design. Williams teaches history at the State College of Florida, and when she was getting her Masters in History she did papers on Sarasota County. One focus area was on the hardships and tourism of Sarasota in the 1930s. While there was a depression and Sarasotans were experiencing hardships, at the same time the population was increasing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Brewster's prolific list of arrests include charges of burglary, forgery and use of stolen credit cards.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • February 21, 2012
Sarasota man arrested for the 40th time

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested Stephen Brewster, 32, marking his 40th arrest, early this morning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Five Sarasota Ballet dancers moved up from the corps de ballet to corypheé. Photos by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 28, 2013
Spotlight: Climbing the Ranks

Five Sarasota Ballet dancers moved up from the corps de ballet to coryphee. Get to know them before you see them on stage.

  • Arts + Culture
CinéBistro is another step closer to opening in Westfield Southgate Mall with a permit from the city of Sarasota for a $297,000 demolition of the former Saks Fifth Avenue, while nearby redevelopment continues to take shape.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 18, 2015
City issues permit for Saks demolition

CinéBistro is another step closer to opening in Westfield Southgate Mall with a permit from the city of Sarasota for a $297,000 demolition of the former Saks Fifth Avenue, while nearby redevelopment continues to take shape.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 21, 2013
Man burglarizes Radio Shack - again

Sarasota Police arrested Jody Cubbage for breaking into the business on the North Trail for the second time in two years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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