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  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
Cops Corner: Sarasota 3.19.2015

Cops Corner: Sarasota 3.19.2015

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2010
Cops Corner

June 21 "Snake Charmer" 5:24 p.m. - Animal Rescue. Police noticed an unsteady bicyclist swerving into Gulf of Mexico Drive. Police discovered he was holding a snake in his hand while riding. Police stopped the bicyclist, took the 3-foot dead rat snake from him and promised to give it a proper burial.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Mayor Jim Brown, far left, chaired his first official meeting as mayor Thursday, March 24, at Town Hall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 24, 2011
Town will seek beach bond validation

The Longboat Key Town Commission gave Town Manager Bruce St. Denis direction on how to fix a beach bond referendum requiring validation after a town clerk publication error.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 6, 2009
Public addresses Islandside project

Supporters and opponents of The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation and expansion made their voices heard Friday, Nov. 6.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Shawn Chaney submitted this sunset photo, taken at Crescent Beach on Siesta Key.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

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  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch’s Jay Scheck hangs out in his man cave with his collection of Japanese slot machines.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • April 12, 2017
Lakewood Ranch collector hits jackpot

Inoperable Japanese slot machines provide new challenge.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • February 9, 2016
Women’s golf goes for the cure

Longboat Key Club’s Key Niners and Women’s 18-Hole golf associations raised money and awareness for breast cancer at their annual Go for the Cure Feb. 9, at Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Sarasota
  • News
File photo. JDub's Brewing Company hosts a Food Truck Rally on Saturday, July 16.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • July 14, 2016
Sarasota Calendar 7.14.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of July 14.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • September 13, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'The Drop'

James Gandolfini's final film performance in "The Drop" is nothing short of perfection.

  • Arts + Culture
The east wing of the jail has inmates locked behind bars, representing an older ideology of how to punish crime.
  • By Cassidy Alexander & Anna Brugmann |
  • October 26, 2017
Sheriff seeks decision on the future of the jail

With his jail population nearing its practical ceiling, Sheriff Tom Knight says an ideological question must first be answered before deciding how to proceed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
McKitrick, second from left
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2014
Golfer sees swinging success

Longboat Key resident Arlene McKitrick celebrated her 200th golf championship win this week at Sara Bay Country Club in an FSGA event.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Patricia Bond submitted this sunrise photo, taken on Coquina Beach.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

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  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 22, 2010
Mayor, city manager spar

A rare public spat broke out between the mayor and city manager while the City Commission discussed the adoption of the Police Advisory Panel's recommendations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2015
OBITUARY | Michael Pill

Dr. Michael Pill, 88, of Westmont, Ill. and formerly of Longboat Key and Riverside, Ill., died Dec. 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Music Half Marathon medals. Photo by Amanda Morales.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 1, 2016
Turned Up: Sarasota Music Half Marathon returns

Sarasota Music Half Marathon rocks downtown for second year.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Aundria Castleberry, Director of Development at All Faiths Food Bank, and Paul Mattison, Co-chair
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • April 2, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Jazz Brunch in the Park

All Faiths Food Bank Jazz Brunch in the Park was a big success, Sunday, April 1, out at Phillippi Estate Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Fire Rescue Union Vice President Keith Tanner, firefighter/paramedic Jose Rivera Jr., Firefighter Lt. and union negotiator Jason Berzowski and firefighter/paramedic Brandon Desch make up the fire union's negotiation team.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 7, 2015
Town, firefighters play numbers game

Longboat Key firefighters like the extra $312,546 in wages the town proposes. But they say the town must subtract the 11% retirement contribution they pay toward a frozen plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Bob Lessard submitted this photo of a sunrise over the Big Top at the Big Cat Habitat.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch resident Barb Miller has been involved in caring for feral cats since she was a child. “A friend of mine said there is no out from rescue,” she says. “It’s like mafia. Death is (the out). Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 22, 2015
For the Love of the Cats

Barb Miller loves cats, and she’s on a quest to save the ‘wild’ ones — particularly a feral colony behind an East County apartment complex.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 12, 2014
Juggling act

The Lakewood Ranch High softball team has four pitchers it can rely on to take the mound at any given time.

  • East County
  • Sports
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