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Lou Newman photo///Black skimmers spread out over Lido Beach.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 17, 2020
Shorebird season lasts long on Lido

The area's nesting shorebirds flocked to Lido Beach this year, where their season has been successful.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The former Quay property has sat unoccupied for years, but a step towards its eventual sale and development was taken Monday, Aug. 12.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 15, 2013
Quay property for sale

After years of litigation, the bayfront land at Fruitville Road and U.S. 41 is on the market - with an asking price of as much as $40 million.

  • Sarasota
  • News
David Brenner is the Vice Mayor of Longboat Key
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 29, 2012
Election Q&A: David Brenner

Vice Mayor David Brenner believes Longboat Key is a residential community that needs a mix of tourism.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Max Goldner at a Long Island beach. File photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 15, 2012
Dogs still want a say on access to Longboat beaches

The dog beach feasibility committee is now the LBK9 Committee and will most likely report to the Longboat Key Town Commission later this fall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The  Sept. 22 budget hearing will be held in the first-floor chambers of the county's administrative building, 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 18, 2015
Commission laments lack of budget progress

Manatee County commissioners will approve the millage and FY 2016 budget Sept. 22.

  • East County
  • News
Jellyfish float in along a groin on Longboat Key.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2017
Top Story - November: Longboat beaches swarmed by jellyfish

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Drew Lascari spent five years at Don Bosco Prep, where he helped coach the Ironmen to a pair of state championships and the national title in 2011. Courtesy photos
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 4, 2015
Welcome to Cougar Country

Former Don Bosco Prep offensive coordinator Drew Lascari scores the head football coach position at Cardinal Mooney.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The playground, installed in December, was created for children ages two to 12.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 18, 2014
Joan M. Durante Park installs new playground

The playground is made from post-consumer recycled materials.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A.G. Lafley, Cathy Layton, Ric Gregoria and Debra Jacobs pose around the board announcing The Patterson Foundation's contribution toward the first phase of the bayfront project.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 21, 2019
Patterson Foundation announces donation to The Bay

The foundation’s initial $2 million contribution could grow to $5 million as The Bay Park Conservancy embarks on the first phase of its park project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
USRowing Olympic hopeful Michalina Fili practices rowing at Nathan Benderson Park. Excluding athletes who are training for the Olympics, very few rowers are coming to Nathan Benderson Park this winter. (Courtesy of SANCA)
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • January 27, 2021
Olympic Trials return to Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota to spark competitive thrills

While it won't be as significant as the previous Trials in terms of economic impact, having the Olympic rowers train and compete in Sarasota will offer a boost during the pandemic.

  • East County
  • News
Map by Nicole Thompson
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 12, 2015
Developer fights cost to extend Osprey roadway

Bay Acres Avenue was supposed to be extended to connect two thoroughfares, but developer D.R. Horton wants to be released from the responsibility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Pip Smalley, 12, plays shortstop and also pitches for the Sarasota American 11-and 12-year-old All-Star team.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 30, 2016
A hero in his own right

Sarasota 12-year-old makes fourth straight Little League All-Star team.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • December 11, 2019
'John Ringling's Circus Nutcracker' turns two tales into one

Sarasota Ballet production adds big top spectacle to Tchaikovsky's ballet dreamscape

  • Arts + Culture
Cintia Manasseh-Caputo does plank exercises during a fitness class at LIVE Training Center, in Palmetto, where she also can practice Ninja Warrior obstacles.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 16, 2016
Paralyzing disease proves no obstacle

A Mill Creek resident beats the odds after battling Guillain-Barre syndrome and now trains for her shot at 'American Ninja Warrior.'

  • East County
  • News
Lauren Henry, 18, and professional dancer David Martinez Corso
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 19, 2014
Spotlight: School of Russian Ballet swims under the sea

The School Of Russian Ballet will perform "The Little Mermaid" in April, the first time the Ukrainian ballet will be performed in the United States.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 21, 2017
Cops Corner 9.21

Police reports from around Longboat Key

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Elliott Falcione said Premier Sports Campus could pursue a naming rights deal for its stadium in the future.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 10, 2019
Willis Smith lands contract to build a library in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch contractor awarded Manatee County library contract

  • East County
  • News
Jane Buckman is executive director of the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 17, 2012
Arts Center discusses future plans

Plans for the Longboat Key Center for the Arts include expanding the center's programming to achieve sustainability.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • August 11, 2015
"Why Can't I Be You?" by Llywelyn Jones wins the Players Theatre's 2015 New Play Festival

The play depicting the story of a famous rock star and his stalker will receive a full-stage production from August 23 to 28, 2016.

  • Arts + Culture
Remy DeVictor. Photo courtesy of Susan DeVictor.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 30, 2020
Despite COVID-19, pandemic birthday party in Lakewood Ranch goes on

Despite COVID-19 pandemic birthday party in Lakewood Ranch goes on

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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