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Rosedale Golf and Country Club resident Fred Booth said Rosedale maintains 87th Street East and residents would be upset if cement trucks use the entrance to get to State Road 70.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 11, 2020
Concrete plant approved on Lena Road

Some Rosedale residents concerned about future impacts.

  • East County
  • News
Country Club resident Romeo Turcotte has added landscaping and made other changes behind his home in Riviera to try to divert and absorb water, but the area still remains too wet.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 1, 2019
Drainage issues confound homeowners in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch CDD 5 works to resolve drainage issues from Lorraine Road berm.

  • East County
  • News
The Vietnamese mossy frog, a master of camouflage, will be among the first frogs ever to be on display at Mote. (Mote Marine Laboratory)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 23, 2014
Mote exhibit will highlight extremes of survival

"Survivors: Beautiful and Extreme Adaptations" will run from Feb. 1 through Sept. 14, at Mote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Beth Callans started Beth Callans Management in 1998.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 10, 2011
Callans closes, landlord seeks damages

A Sarasota judge signed an injunction banning Beth Callans and the company's agents from removing property from its office suites.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Former Sailor star Alexis Johns is hitting .400 for Florida Atlantic as of March 2. Photo courtesy FIU Athletics.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 5, 2020
Prose and Kohn: Going big, not home

Local alumni are tearing up the collegiate sports scene.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Lido Key resident David Riedlinger believes the Lido pavilion can be improved and remain a public asset.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 2, 2017
Lido residents resist pavilion privatization

The city will make a decision regarding the future of the Lido Pavilion this month. David Riedlinger is working to ensure it remains a publicly run facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
An example of the type of organization of development that Sarasota County aims to implement as part of the Fruitville Initiative.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 25, 2014
Fruitville Initiative gets back on track

Sarasota County's plans to rezone 360 acres of land east of I-75, gains momentum with a neighborhood workshop scheduled for Thursday, March 27.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2016
Longboat Key Letters to the editor

Three reasons to vote against Floridays hotel; Let’s hope voters drive developers out of town; More traffic will ruin the feel of the Village

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Myakka City's Charles Cole, 39, holds one of his racing pigeons at home in the pigeon loft.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • November 30, 2016
Myakka City man, not-so-empty nester

Charles Cole crows about his pigeons when it comes to racing.

  • East County
  • News
Isabella McDevitt.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 25, 2018
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Isabella McDevitt

The Cardinal Mooney girls soccer captain talks breaking her back and mission trips to Jamaica.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Ben Hartvigsen and Isabelle Jester are the leaders of Sarasota High's cross country teams.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 28, 2017
Two junior runners anchor Sarasota High cross country

Both set personal records at the North Port Invitational Sept. 23.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The Woman'   s Exchange has not made a decision about its plans for the future.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 16, 2017
Future of Woman’s Exchange remains unclear

The city made zoning changes to accommodate the expansion of the consignment shop, but the Woman’s Exchange still may not stay in its Orange Avenue home.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Photos by Greg Wilson Photography and Gene Pollux
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • June 25, 2014
Home of the Month: And the winner is ...

A stylish renovation transforms a Lido Shores home.

  • Arts + Culture
Democrat Andrew Gillum, left, and Republican Ron DeSantis are squaring off to be Florida's next governor.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 20, 2018
Follow the money

Gillum takes in 4x more than DeSantis

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2012
News Briefs

St. Armands access point temporarily closes; Longboat Key makes groin modifications; Town Commission approves alcohol sales

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The revised sign ordinance is nearly five months in the making.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 3, 2015
City Commission to make decision on sign ban

On Monday, the City Commission will discuss an ordinance banning the placement of private signs in the public right of way — regulations that warrant further vetting, according to the city Planning Board.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners must approve any settlement agreement by a 75% majority vote.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 5, 2013
Colony settlement extension granted

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May is giving Colony Beach & Tennis Resort parties three more weeks to present a settlement that affected parties will sign.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 22, 2018
C3 project unites Community Day and VMA students through theater

Ria Cooper of Asolo Repertory Theatre created a space for Visible Men Academy and Hershorin Schiff Community Day School students to get to know each other and themselves using theater games and activities.

  • Arts + Culture
New food truck regulations could come before the County Commission by late September, staff says.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 12, 2016
County hits brake on food truck rule changes

Although the Sarasota County Planning Commission is interested in relaxing the regulations on food trucks, any changes won’t take effect until fall, at least.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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