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Sergio Albuquerque submitted this photo, taken from Cedars West condominium.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2015
Longboat Key photo contest winner: August 20

Sergio Albuquerque submitted this photo, taken from Cedars West condominium.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 28, 2011
GOVERNMENT GONE WILD

Blaise Ingoglia is traveling the country spreading the word on just how big and bad the United States' debt is.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
This home at 344 W. Royal Flamingo Drive has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,344 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,675,000. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 16, 2011
Bird Key home sells for $2,675,000

Jimmy and Lynn Hayes, Atlanta, sold their home at 344 W. Royal Flamingo Drive, on Bird Key, to David and Kelly Cain, Sarasota, for $2,675,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Dylan McDermott is collaborating with Ringling College and Selah Freedom to create a new web series called "Sugar."
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 28, 2016
Actor Dylan McDermott to produce web series with Ringling College

The Golden Globe Award-winning actor will tackle a subject close to his heart.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 6, 2012
New community editor on Key beat

You'll be seeing a new face around town this week.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Evan Berlin, far right, founded Berlin-Patten, a Sarasota-based law firm, in 2004. Brenda Patten, middle, joined the firm in 2009 and local attorney, Jamie Ebling, left, was named a partner last year. Photo by Mark Wemple.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 22, 2013
Legal Eagles: Evan Berlin

Evan Berlin built a large niche-driven real-estate law firm in less than a decade. He now seeks to maintain the growth.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2011
GOVERNMENT GONE WILD

Blaise Ingoglia is traveling the country spreading the word on just how big and bad the United States' debt is.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Lester Washer, 59, was captured in Mexico, where he worked on a golf course.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 27, 2011
Fugitive captured in 2002 child molestation

Lester Washer was arrested in Mexico for assaulting a girl in December 2002.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Hill
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2011
TBI soloist to perform in collaborative recital

Rebecca Hill, Temple Beth Israel cantorial soloist, will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 1 in a recital with friends at the Church of the Redeemer, in Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Fisher Schlabach, Trey Lantz, Garrett Mullenax, Grady Martin and Julian Soriano are enjoying every minute they get to spend on the soccer field with Tony Colton.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 10, 2015
No time for excuses

Sarasota Christian sophomore returned to the soccer field this fall after his fourth battle with Clear-cell sarcoma — a rare form of kidney cancer.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Red tide is back on Longboat Key bringing with it bad smells and dead fish. Doesn't seem to bother this gull though.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • September 20, 2016
Red tide, fish kills confirmed near Longboat Key

Dead fish are accumulating along the shoreline from Beer Can Island as far south as central Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In February, Mote release this male adult sea turtle, Sea Salt, off Lido Key.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • June 27, 2017
Mote recovers dead turtle off Lido Key

The approximately 175 pound adult male loggerhead turtle was removed from the beach by Lido Key lifeguards.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2014
Letters to the Editor

The Observer's readers weigh in on local issues.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
This Roberts Point home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,773 square feet of living area, sold for $854,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 19, 2012
Sandy Hook home sells for $2.7M

A home in Sandy Hook tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Kim and Olga Nielsen, of Tarzana, Calif., sold their home at 2 Sandy Hook Road to William and Georgia Weisberg, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for $2.7 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Six proposals were opened Wednesday, Dec. 7, from companies interested in landing the multimillion-dollar job of placing all remaining overhead Longboat Key utilities underground. File
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • December 11, 2016
Six firms submit proposals to take Longboat utilities underground

The cost of this project will determine the final amount the town will assess Longboat Key residents for it.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 28, 2010
Arts groups support donation

A deal to create another festival to showcase local talent has arts organizations approving of a $250,000 donation to the Ringling International Arts Festival.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County is planning a $2.8 million drainage project that includes a larger retention pond on Beach Road.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 21, 2012
Aesthetics, costs clash for project

Sarasota County commissioners will consider the fate of 26,000 cubic yards of soil left over from Beach Road drainage improvements Dec. 11.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Superior Asphalt Inc. prepares Cape Leyte Drive for new asphalt as part of a $2.9 million contract that includes resurfacing eight Siesta Key streets.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 21, 2012
Sarasota County repaves Siesta Key streets

The contractor assigned to the project expects to finish work in the center of the island by Nov. 28.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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  • By Nicole Unger |
  • July 24, 2014
Day Trippin' — Point of Rocks, Siesta Key

Day Trippin' — Point of Rocks, Siesta Key

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Lakewood Ranch’s LaDazhia Williams drives to the basket.
  • By Jason Clary |
  • February 17, 2015
Just the beginning

Lakewood Ranch misses opportunity in final seconds.

  • East County
  • Sports
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