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The workshop will take place at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 15, 2011
Proposed bill could terminate town's business tax receipt program

The Longboat Key Town Commission will discuss Florida House Bill 4025 and Florida Senate Bill 760 at today's workshop.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Members of the public wait for their turn to speak. 81 people voiced their opposition to the proposed recycling plant.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • August 23, 2017
Commission votes not to allow recycling facility outside of Celery Fields

After a nearly 10 hour public hearing with 81 speakers, commissioners voted 3-2 not to allow the facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Evan Lagassee, William Lahners and Charlie Kempston show off their website and their robot, ROB. E.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • November 21, 2012
Students put tech knowledge to use with own company

Three best friends and ODA fourth-graders have pooled their creativity to start their own company, called Internet Progress.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners voted to allow the Ellenton Ice & Sports Complex to erect a new electronic sign that would allow offsite advertising.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 3, 2013
County approves ice rink sign changes

Manatee County commissioners today allowed the Ellenton Ice & Sports Complex the ability to use offsite advertising on a new electronic billboard.

  • East County
  • News
Daisy Vulovich, an associate vice president, explains how State College of Florida aligns itself to help area businesses.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 30, 2016
CORE searches for class act

Regional colleges, universities consider ways to eventually serve Lakewood Ranch's incoming biotech campus.

  • East County
  • News
"Talking With … " runs through Aug. 17, at Players Theatre.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 11, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Talking With ... '

Jane Martin's 'Talking With ... ' gives voice to 11 women on the fringes of American normality at The Players.

  • Arts + Culture
Downtown Improvement District board member Mark Kauffman thinks an alternate design could allow for a Sarasota Orchestra venue near Payne Park while minimizing or eliminating the need to use parkland.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 3, 2021
Downtown group revisits orchestra venue talks

Despite the city previously ruling it out, the Downtown Improvement District continues to have interest in placing the Sarasota Orchestra at Payne Park

  • Sarasota
  • News
Gopher tortoises regularly get hit by cars or suffer other injuries like this one being cared for by Bayshore Animal Hospital. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 26, 2017
Agency beefs up reward for gopher tortoise deaths by $5,000.

Florida law prohibits purposefully injuring or killing gopher tortoises.

  • East County
  • News
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium staff with Longboat Key Turtle Watch members.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 6, 2019
Longboat Key Turtle Watch donates to Mote

The Turtle Watch has donated over $80,000 to the aquarium over the years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • In Memoriam |
  • November 19, 2021
Patsy Ann Wingo (née Christian)

On Monday, July 12, 2021, Patsy Ann Wingo (née Christian) died at the age of 85 in her WV home in Lewisburg.

  • Siesta Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Arthur Keyser was the winner of the 2017 Players New Play Festival. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 13, 2019
Friendship Center Theatre Troupe helps founder stay forever young

Playwright Arthur Keyser started a senior theater group to keep older residents active physically and mentally.

  • Arts + Culture
B.B. Gault, left, and Shadow Gault, right, with their owner, Shannon Gault, pose for a picture before wolfing down their dog cakes.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 3, 2012
Key business gets the party started for dogs

Shannon Gault's new Pupcake Pooch Parties online business allows humans and canines to celebrate any occasion together.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The top selling property in Sarasota was the  Unit 408 condominium at 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,055 square feet.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 13, 2021
Point of Rocks property sells for $4.85 million

Siesta Key home is the top seller for the week of Nov. 29-Dec. 3 in the Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch area.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2012
Letters to the Editor

IPOC should sue Longboat Key Club and Resort parties; The Grinch paid a visit to St. Armands Circle

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Eduardo Anaya |
  • May 10, 2012
PREEN & CHIC: MAMA'S DAY!

PREEN & CHIC: MAMA'S DAY!

  • Arts + Culture
Expectant parents Jane and Matt Thompson. Photo by Stephanie Hannum
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
Black Tie & Tales

Baby on the way; The Giving Girls; Wanted: man who cooks; Dealing for the Afikomen; and Tidbits

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 12, 2010
Musician, golf pro add star power to Payton event

Musician David Nail and golfer Victoria Tanco will be among those supporting The Payton Wright Foundation May 14.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota County Schools currently contracts with agencies like the Sarasota Police Department to provide security at schools, but as early as next year some students could see the district's own police force on campus.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • April 17, 2018
Sarasota County Schools to hire internal police force

After looking at the options, board members agree they'd rather start their own police force from the ground up than contract with local law enforcement agencies for security services.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2011
Letters to the Editor

A note of thanks and appreciation; Thanks to community for support of event; Longboat Key should widen its bike lanes; People should abide by dog-leash law

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Workers will try to mitigate the steepness of an eroded riverbank near the Braden River, behind Greenbrook Adventure Park.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • December 18, 2013
Braden River erosion repairs set to begin

Repairs to keep two bodies of water separated should take less than a week to complete, once started.

  • East County
  • News
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