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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
Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming holds the plaque he received at his Feb. 13 graduation ceremony.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 26, 2015
Cumming books 400 hours in training program

Police Chief Pete Cumming is ready to put the lessons he learned in a four-month Southern Police Institute course to work on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
MUSICAL MOMENT. Andy and Lisa Weiland catch up on their Longboat Observer news in front of the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2015
IT’S READ EVERYWHERE

Headed on a great trip? Make sure to take your Observer along! Snap a photo of you holding your Observer on vacation, then submit it and you could win travel tickets, courtesy of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 16, 2010
Group solicits new ideas for city's power source

Looking for a way out of a 30-year utility agreement with FPL, a group of Sarasotans is sponsoring a contest seeking designs for a new electric utility for the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This week’s FYI Friday features a video from the grand opening of the Mall at UTC, a downtown Taco Bus update and more!
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 17, 2014
FYI Friday - Your weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The City Commission held its first video conference meeting Monday to abide by social distancing requirements.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 7, 2020
City approves COVID-19 grant program for small businesses

The $2.3 million initiative will issue $5,000 grants to help businesses offset costs associated with the ongoing pandemic.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rabbi Daniel Cohen. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 28, 2021
Temple Beth Israel hosts Scholar in Residence event on Zoom

Though in previous years, the occasion marks a weekend full of in-person lectures, the scholar isn't in residence this year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
"My job is fun." Teri Booth says. "On my worst day, I’m the luckiest and most blessed person in the world."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 5, 2013
Pied piper of Sarasota: Teri Booth

Musician Teri Booth climbed the corporate ladder as an engineer only to end up in the pits. And she wouldn't have it any other way.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 31, 2019
Hundreds gather for town hall over Sarasota YMCA closures

Government officials and YMCA administrators, employees and members gathered at the Evalyn Sadlier Jones branch.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 4, 2021
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE FEATURES

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE FEATURES

  • Sarasota
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 2, 2013
Pre-party it up at the second-annual Safe Sex Kiki

Pre-party it up at the second-annual Safe Sex Kiki

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Mike Hein resigned from his position as Longboat Key's assistant town manager, effective Aug. 5.
  • By John McGuire |
  • August 9, 2017
Mike Hein resigns as Longboat's assistant town manager

Hein began his tenure with the town in January 2016.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 19, 2021
Lido Key condo sells for $3.6 million

The condominium at 1300 Ben Franklin Drive was the top seller on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key for the week of Sept. 6-10

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 12, 2011
Event to celebrate positive change on Longboat Key

the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce's "The New Year, the New Longboat: A Celebration of Things to Come" event will take place Wednesday, Jan. 19, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • June 17, 2015
People with Purpose: Eileen Roemer

Eileen Roemer discusses her life serving our country and serving our community.

  • Black Tie
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 27, 2015
Sensors could drop bucket of savings in LWR

New technology that measures soil moisture could save homeowners 30% on their irrigation water assessments.

  • East County
  • News
Christian Sharbono and Chance Sharbono, who finished in second place at 138 pounds in Class 2A. Courtesy photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 8, 2017
Big wrestling efforts fall just short for locals

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Katie Johns |
  • May 24, 2017
Longboater pens medical mystery book

Dr. Stuart Mushlin is on faculty at Harvard Medical School, but the patients he's met have taught him more than any other research could.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • August 14, 2021
Unconditional Surrender statue celebrated at ceremony

The rededication ceremony was held Aug. 14.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Colin Farrell stars in "The Way Back."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • January 26, 2011
Film Review: 'The Way Back'

Director Peter Weir's new film, "The Way Back," tells the story of a diverse group of men who bravely escaped a Siberian prison camp at the onset of World War II.

  • Arts + Culture
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