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  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2015
Obituary: Sylvia Cohodas

Sylvia Cohodas, 93, of Longboat Key, died Feb. 18.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • June 13, 2013
Gillespie Park grill sparks safety concern

The parks board recommends posting 'charcoal only' signs to dissuade improper and unsafe use of the grill.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 19, 2018
Gocio flips for Principal's Breakfast

Gocio Elementary School Principal Steve Royce, and his father Sid, made 500 pancakes for the Principal's Breakfast on Jan. 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2012
News Briefs

Undercover sting comes up short; Staff wants permit reductions to stay; Siesta Key Village flags need tending

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Zara Barrie |
  • March 6, 2014
Factory Girl: Ratchet Ball

Factory Girl: Ratchet Ball

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Joe Stokes
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2018
Manatee County School Board District 4: Joe Stokes

Joe Stokes is a retired educator and school district official.

  • East County
  • News
Construction of Aria condominium at 2251 Gulf of Mexico Drive is nearing completion.
  • By Jack Short |
  • March 23, 2016
Key construction reaches five-year high

Three projects represent just a fraction of a construction boom on the Key, where permit numbers continue to rise.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Morgan Skillman is the volunteer coordinator for the 2017 World Rowing Championships.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 20, 2017
Ready to serve

Volunteers, many of them local, will help the World Rowing Championships function.

  • East County
  • Sports
Fresh paint dries on regular and handicap parking spots in the Siesta Key Village parking lot.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 11, 2012
UPDATE: County relines village lot

Sarasota County closed the municipal parking lot in Siesta Key Village and relined all spaces. It was reopened this afternoon.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
In April 2011, Ogilvie was convicted of engaging in contracting without proper certification or licensing, and the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation issued the same finding in October 2011.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 20, 2012
Unlicensed contractor arrested

A Nokomis man has been arrested for taking money for contracting work he never performed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Guest food editor Lois Scheyer and her famous seafood platters
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 22, 2010
Love in the Kitchen

Guest food editor Lois Scheyer shares her favorite recipes and cooking tips.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2010
A time for leadership

We print the cogent messages of two letters to the editor regarding the Longboat Key Club and Resort's renovation-and-expansion project hearing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Matt Orr |
  • July 5, 2012
Matt's List: Five Saracentric places to gain perspective

Matt's List: Five Saracentric places to gain perspective

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Pine View School for the Gifted eighth-grader Hallie Schiffman began sailing competitively when she was 10 years old.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 5, 2014
Setting sail

Thirteen-year-old Hallie Schiffman was recently named the recipient of the 2014 Young Woman Sailor of the Year Award.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • January 13, 2011
My View

Politically incorrect suggestions

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 26, 2010
Condominiums see sand loss due to Islander groins

Unit owners at En Provence condominium and Villa Di Lancia say the two groins built behind The Islander Club are quickly eliminating their beaches.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch Boulevard south  of the new Centauri Insurance building is blocked off. Schroeder-Manatee Ranch is waiting for Sarasota County to acquire the right of way needed so it can extend the road to Fruitville Road.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 1, 2017
Negotiations delay road extension project for Lakewood Ranch

LWR Boulevard extension can't begin until Sarasota County purchases properties.

  • East County
  • News
Seva Anthony and Erica Reynolds star in "Master Class."
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 10, 2015
'Master Class' is now in session at The Players

Terrence McNally’s “Master Class” is now in session at The Players.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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The Lido Beach home at 85 S. Polk Drive recently sold for $2,131,300. Built in 1958, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,462 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.7 million in 2008.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 10, 2018
Lido Beach home sells for $2,131,300

Residential real estate transactions for Sept. 24-28.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Bri Demeno (7) takes a face-off for Monsters Lacrosse against Beast Lacrosse.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 27, 2018
Rip up your conceptions of area lacrosse

The 2018 Rippin' at the Ranch showcase, held at Premier Sports Campus on June 23-24, was an example of how much the sport has grown in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
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