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The town's beaches drew high marks in the town survey.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 9, 2020
Town survey hits high marks for quality of life

About 97% of respondents called Longboat an excellent or good place to live.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 21, 2010
Memorial may have home

CDD2 supervisors are considering Lakewood Ranch Town Hall as the site for the Fallen Heroes Memorial.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • June 12, 2013
Sarasota County in top 20 for 2013 All-American City community

Sarasota County and the Patterson Foundation partnered to make Sarasota County a the 2013 All-American City community

  • Sarasota
  • News
Charli Nimz, Kelly Fernandez, JLS President Amy Sankes and Michelle McSwain
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • August 21, 2018
Junior League of Sarasota kicks off new season

The Welcome Back social meeting was hosted Aug. 21 at the Art Ovation Hotel.

  • Black Tie
  • By Sarah Felder |
  • April 2, 2013
The Engine 2 Diet challenge with Whole Foods Market Sarasota: final results

The Engine 2 Diet challenge with Whole Foods Market Sarasota: final results

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Bridget Ziegler, Geoffrey Griswold Fisher and Ken Marsh are running for the Sarasota County School Board District 1 seat.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 30, 2014
Another School Board candidate emerges

Ken Marsh has filed paperwork to run for the Sarasota County School Board seat vacated by Carol Todd.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A typical lunch at Gilbert W. McNeal Elementary School sits on a tray ready to be served. The lunch meets all nutritional requirements.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • January 24, 2017
Hearty to healthy

School lunches today may look similar to the past, but the difference is what they’re missing.

  • East County
  • News
Built in 1998, unit 113 at the Sarabande building has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 4,534 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 10, 2022
Condo in Sarabande sells for $4 million

A Sarabande condo on Palm Avenue tops the week's sales at $4 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Brody Winch. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • May 5, 2021
Students enjoy box of quackers in east Bradenton

Tara Elementary School class cares for and learns about ducklings.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 3, 2011
Cops Corner

Feb. 22 Stunt woman 4:52 a.m. - 3000 block of Wood Street. Suspicious Incident. A woman was seen hanging off a man's car while he drove down the street. She reportedly fell off the car. Police arrived and tried to talk to the woman, but she said she did not want to file a report. She said her ex-boyfriend had moved into her home the previous day, but he was not going to stay there any longer.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Floridays Development Co. is proposing a 200-room hotel similar to the architectural style of the building above.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 14, 2012
Floridays' hotel concept chosen

The developer promises it will be a top 10 Florida hotel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
MW Development Group pitched a Colony redevelopment proposal in 2008 and has been part of two failed settlement negotiations; currently MW Development is in the middle of settlement negotiations with affected Colony parties.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 26, 2013
MW Development Group pushes Colony project

Longboat Key-based MW Development Group is negotiating settlement agreements with Colony Beach & Tennis Resort parties, even though the Colony Association Board of Directors didn't select its project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Innovation Station operates out of the University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering facility located at 1468 Boulevard of the Arts.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 23, 2020
Innovation Station receives another $1.2 million

The program helps support the growth of high-tech, high-wage jobs in Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Showcasing eco-friendly and healthy living, this home incorporates the designs of the Sarasota School of Architecture.
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • March 19, 2015
Simply Sarasota home tour showcases sublime houses

Junior League of Sarasota hosts the annual Simply Sarasota Tour of Homes

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • February 24, 2016
Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: Bixler Home

The home is at 613 Triton Bend.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lead Bartender Candice Marie created the new spring drinks. Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • April 19, 2017
Jack Dusty blends the old with the new for spring cocktail menu

Reimagined with an American traditional tattoo theme, Jack Dusty’s spring cocktail menu honors its nautical history.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Commissioners said the move to require signatures from 10% of the county’s registered voters is in line with other charter-rule counties.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 30, 2018
County floats higher standards for amendments

In November, voters will consider a commission-initiated charter amendment that would create more stringent rules for citizen-initiated charter amendments.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Michelle Sampson and Small Business of the Year nominee Rob Wagner at September's Business After Hours.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 9, 2017
Longboat Chamber finalizes Small Business Week schedule

Throughout the week, businesspersons can attend five seminars focusing on social media.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Dienna family (Maria, Denise, Michael, Ava, Nicki and Matt) advocate for school to start with complete e-learning.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 22, 2020
Virtual woes confound School District of Manatee County

Students' needs must be assessed before being able to move completely online.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 10, 2013
MONDAY NEWS MASHUP: Tropical Storm Humberto

Tropical Storm Humberto forms in Atlantic Ocean; Ringling Shopping Center owners sue city of Sarasota;Save Our Seabirds vindicated

  • Sarasota
  • News
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