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  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2014
Obituary: Walter Long

Walter Long, 90, of Longboat Key, died March 23.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 11, 2014
Thunder swimmers post impressive finishes

The Out-of-Door Academy girls swim team beat Venice 87-77 in a developmental dual meet Sept. 9 while the boys fell 93-71.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sarasota County deputies suspect Colten Walker-Schmoyer stole firearms from High Noon Guns early Saturday morning.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 19, 2014
Deputies allege man stole guns, American flag

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office charged 24-year-old Colten Walker-Schmoyer with armed burglary and burglary for two weekend thefts.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Share your announcements in our new section.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2014
The Observer seeks submissions for its Occasions section

Send us your announcements of births, engagements, weddings and anniversaries. We want to share your celebrations.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Writer Marty Fugate has an infinite, sometimes terrifying, and hilarious knowledge of an imagined future, which he occasionally turns into science fiction anthologies.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2013
Sept. 12: Daily Headlines

Today's Stories: School Board to dish out 3% raises; Siesta Key seawall project put on hold; Deputies find two men with loaded weapons; Town attorney announces maternity leave; Out of this World

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The 5,041-square-foot home sold for $4.75 million in May. (Courtesy Premier Sotheby's International Realty)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 9, 2014
Key home is finalist for WSJ 'House of the Year'

The Bay Isles home is one of 50 finalists for the Wall Street Journal's online poll.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested a couple for prescription drug fraud Wednesday, Aug. 21.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 22, 2013
Sarasota firefighter arrested on drug charges

Sarasota County Firefighter/Paramedic Claiborne Moulton and his wife, Shannon Moulton, face a total of 80 charges for prescription drug fraud.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Chef Paul Mattison leads the school garden project at Philippi Shores Elementary.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • November 6, 2013
Phillippi Shores breaks ground on school garden

Volunteers laid the dirt this morning in the school's future vegetable garden.

  • Sarasota
  • News
File photo. U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan with his wife, Sandy, draw the winning ticket.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2013
Kids win big at Gourmet Lawn Party

This year's winning ticket was purchased as an anonymous donation for the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation in honor of Bob Gault, who recently won the club's Presidential Zeller Award.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Man-olo men Brian Bethune and Bennett Maki
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • December 5, 2013
HOT FLASH: Shoe Fever

Black Tie Assistant Editor Heather Merriman stopped by the exclusive, first-look Manolo Blahnik party Wednesday, Dec. 4, at Saks Fifth Avenue Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
Gary and Laurie Blakeman
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • January 27, 2014
The Play's The Thing: A Celebration of FST's 40th Season

The Play's The Thing: A Celebration of FST's 40th Season

  • Black Tie
The property at 5005 Gulf of Mexico Drive is located between Positano and Club Longboat. (Robin Hartill)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 28, 2014
Developer plans nine-home Longboat community

Holmes Beach developer Shawn Kaleta plans to build the new subdivision Bonaire on the vacant 3.48-acre parcel at 5005 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2021
No swim advisory posted for Bird Key Park

Results of follow-up testing expected on Friday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Regarding the Longboat Key library proposal
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • August 12, 2024
Regarding the Longboat Key library proposal

A reader writes that Sarasota County library on Longboat Key is a mistake.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Suspect arrested in Miami for deadly July 4 shooting
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2024
Suspect arrested in Miami for deadly July 4 shooting

Kevin Maurice Holloway was apprehended in Miami less than 24 hours after allegedly killing an adult in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Cliff Hornsby, aka "Gerry Atric," opens the show.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • May 15, 2025
Longboat Key comedian books streaming special

Longboat Key's favorite comedian Cliff Hornsby, aka "Gerry Atric," kicks off his 2026 tour with a standup special taping in November.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The new county logo after the merging of Venice and Sarasota.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2025
APRIL FOOL: Countywide government consolidation effort launched

Grassroots group seeking referendum on 2026 ballot.

  • April Fools
Incoming Longboat Key Chief of Police Russ Mager speaks during a ceremony in 2022 when he was Delray Beach's chief.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2025
Longboat Key gets a new police chief on Aug. 4

Public is invited to morning swearing-in ceremony of Russ Mager.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Summerfield Bluffs 13-year-old Leah Abrams looks over her destroyed yearbooks as her family works to clean up their home after it was flooded. "All of my yearbooks are ruined," she says.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 14, 2024
Hurricane Debby leaves Lakewood Ranch residents rebuilding

Unexpected flooding causes residents to make swift decisions as they work to rebuild their homes and lives.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 15, 2010
City aides downtown businesses

Downtown business owners applaud the city for the steps it's taking to protect them during several simultaneous construction projects, scheduled now through December.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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