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Beach Access 12 closed Aug. 1 to enable Sarasota County workers to improve drainage and realign the parking spaces.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 2, 2011
Beach Access 12 re-opens on Siesta Key

Beach Access 12 on the south end of Siesta Key re-opened Friday afternoon in time for Labor Day.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 8, 2010
Three species of turtles come out of their shells for release

The turtles were treated at Mote and released this morning on Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Visit Sarasota is working with the Siesta Key Village Association to modify "Number 1 Beach" signs for long-term use.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 11, 2012
Visit Sarasota thinks big

Visit Sarasota will partner with the newly formed U.S. marketing campaign called Brand USA to target European tourists.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
SMR Farms prepares a truck load of pineapple orages for shipment to Tropicana.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 27, 2016
Wasp is new buzz word in citrus industry

Growers hope citrus greening efforts come to fruition.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • July 7, 2016
City approves Cask and Ale plans

After a show of support from younger residents, the city has approved plans for a Main Street bar. Now, can nightlife businesses and downtown residents peacefully coexist?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Cellexia Foster.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 15, 2016
Booker basketball senior came a long way in a short time

She is headed to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University next season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jessi Smith |
  • May 3, 2012
Will a Spoonful of Spray Paint Help the Medicine Go Down? New MTO Mural Sparks (More) Controversy

Will a Spoonful of Spray Paint Help the Medicine Go Down? New MTO Mural Sparks (More) Controversy

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Rendering courtesy of SJ Collins Enterprises.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 26, 2016
Sarasota County commissioners approve Whole Foods project

The project is located on 4.5 acres of wetlands.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jennifer Aaron |
  • December 2, 2009
LETTER: Careless drivers endanger children

I hope this letter makes some people stop and consider that their lives and the lives of others can change so dramatically because they decided not to slow down for one-quarter of a mile.

  • East County
  • Opinion
CDD supervisor George Mosinskis is a longtime advocate of pond and wetland maintenance.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 11, 2015
Heritage Harbour South ponders clean up methods

The community considers ways to improve pond health.

  • East County
  • News
Tara's Running Club tests out the new space.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 11, 2015
Your Town

Tara Runners' Club laps new track; ODA students host interactive story time; and Adams Family benefits from dinner sales.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 29, 2010
Local shelter needs help

Napier's Log Cabin Horse & Animal Sanctuary needs dog food and other items to care for about 50 dogs it took in recently.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 29, 2010
Local shelter needs help

Napier's Log Cabin Horse & Animal Sanctuary needs dog food and other items to care for about 50 dogs it took in recently.

  • Sarasota
  • News
“I joined Kiwanis when women were first allowed to join,” Jo Rita Stevens says. “They did a lot at Riley Hospital for Children, where I spent the first six months of my life.”
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 11, 2011
Neighbors: Jo Rita Stevens

There's not much than can slow Jo Rita Stevens down.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Four candidates will face off in the May 12 runoff election.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 10, 2015
Headed to runoff, commission race takes partisan turn

City Commission races may be nonpartisan, but the local Democratic and Republican parties say they’ll fight to give their runoff candidates a fair shot of winning May 12.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Siesta housing market has been recording strong sales figures over the past months, Realtors say. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • March 1, 2012
Buyers flocking to Siesta homes, condos

With the No. 1 beach drawing more tourists, the inventory of houses and condos is decreasing, and prices are going back up, Realtors say.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2011
Our View: Caution on beach schedule

Sarasota County is considering a dramatically revved-up schedule for the renovations of Siesta Key Beach, but needs to be cautious about entering into anything that could be financially constricting.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The IDA paid Colin Baenziger & Associates $20,000 to conduct the search.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 19, 2011
Ranch IDA asks for more candidates

Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority Board supervisors said they were not satisfied with the candidates presented by Colin Baenziger & Associates.

  • East County
  • News
Commissioner Lynn Larson wants to discuss a canal neighborhood watch program in Country Club Shores at the regular workshop in November.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 28, 2015
Police eye crime watch programs for land, sea

The Town Commission will discuss neighborhood watches next month after Country Club Shores residents sought canal watch signs in their canals earlier this month.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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