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The Longboat Key Education Center is preparing for its fall season.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 19, 2016
Longboat Key Education Center finalizes fall line-up

The fall season runs from Oct. 17 to Dec. 16.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kathleen M. Boyle, DO, Family Medicine Physician |
  • August 9, 2018
Don't Forget to See Your Primary Healthcare Provider for Your Annual Wellness Visit: This Visit Is Free When You Have Medicare Part

Don't Forget to See Your Primary Healthcare Provider for Your Annual Wellness Visit: This Visit Is Free When You Have Medicare Part

  • Health
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Two couches at the Starbucks at  Main Street Lakewood Ranch burned. The July 1 fire caused an estimated $30,000 in damages.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 12, 2017
No more patience for Main Street miscreants

Merchants hope new policy leads to better behavior by children on Main Street.

  • East County
  • News
Firefighters Pension Board Chairman Keith Tanner, right, holds a discussion with Benchmark founder and President Edward Siedle after a special pension meeting Jan. 12, at Town Hall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 19, 2011
Pension trustee interrogates investigator

A Firefighters Pension Board trustee believes pension investigator Benchmark Financial Services has preconceived notions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Members of the Laurel Park Neighborhood Association asked It's Time Sarasota to stop using the group's name in a campaign for a new city charter.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 3, 2014
Neighborhood association lobs complaint at political group

Some residents say It's Time Sarasota, the group behind the push for a new city charter, is improperly using the names of neighborhood associations in its campaign.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2011
Our View: No grimness in classrooms

Gov. Rick Scott has done an abrupt turnaround on education spending, proposing a $100 increase per student despite dealing with a $2 billion budget shortfall.

  • East County
  • Opinion
NATURALCHILD
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 12, 2015
TWIS Asks: Natural Child

TWIS Asks: Natural Child

  • Arts + Culture
Vanessa Bennington dove into the paleo diet, and found she could refine it to suit her tastes.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • April 13, 2017
A journey of learning leads to paleo

When it comes to living a paleo lifestyle, sometimes it's important to be willing to pivot.

  • Health
Courtesy photo
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 16, 2016
Lucia Blinn captures history in poems to late husband

The Longboat Key resident’s memos to her late husband range from the O.J. Simpson trials to the iPhone craze.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 246 condominium at 3040 Grand Bay Blvd. has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,781 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 29, 2022
Grand Bay condo sells for $3 million

A three-bedroom unit in Grand Bay is the week's top seller at $3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Raccoons are nocturnal but can be active during the day: A mother raccoon out with her kits is likely teaching them how to forage.  (Photo by Miri Hardy)
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • June 3, 2022
Raccoons are handy, adaptable

There's no masking this mammal's role in the state's habitat.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 2, 2011
Heritage Harbour residents: budget methodology flawed

Many residents of Heritage Harbour continue to oppose changes in the assessment methodology used for the 2012 fiscal year budget.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 22, 2013
General employees don't receive the DROP option

Town Manager Dave Bullock didn't offer some employees the chance to enter a DROP retirement program early.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Cutting Loose Salon celebrates its fifth year in business
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Florida Chamber of Commerce president to speak at kick-off breakfast; Cutting Loose Salon celebrates its fifth year in business; CrossFit Sarasota opens a new Sarasota location on McAshton Street

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2010
Key Club surrenders

APRIL FOOLS -- Loeb to sell golf courses, spa to the town. IPOC's Bob White, a L'Ambiance group and Al Green (aka Dan Dowd) will buy Inn on the Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photo by Pam Eubanks Bob Delaney says his presentations on post-traumatic stress disorder have proven to be more valuable than any of his NBA memorabilia.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 6, 2014
Retired ref earns 'spirit' distinction

After the basketball court healed his emotional wounds, Bob Delaney receives recognition for his work on PTSD awareness.

  • East County
  • News
Chris Fowler (right) will be honored at the 14th-annual Dick Vitale Gala. Photo courtesy ESPN.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 1, 2019
Chris Fowler 'very flattered' by Dick Vitale Gala honor

ESPN's Chris Fowler said he is 'very flattered' by receiving his Dick Vitale Gala honor.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 9, 2013
Commission approves new police vehicles

Longboat Key Police will receive three all-wheel drive SUVs and one patrol car this year, followed by two patrol cars, one SUV and one detective vehicle in 2014.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Barbara Banks in her studio
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • April 8, 2015
Studio Space: Barbara Banks

Photographer Barbara Banks may capture her subjects on film, but it’s the memories that leave a lasting impression.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2017
Letters to the editor

Some thanks, a missing element, and 'taking'

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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