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  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • September 12, 2016
$1B Colony Beach and Tennis Resort remains on track

Longboat Key Commission grants latest requests from developer

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
summerchefcover
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 15, 2015
Summer Chef Jam series returns

Summer Chef Jam series returns

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By John Ewing |
  • March 5, 2012
Inside the Creative Mind Soiree

Inside the Creative Mind Soiree

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • June 9, 2016
Sarasota County gets its first Wawa store

Sarasota residents and community leaders came out for the grand opening of Wawa’s new location.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Country Club Village home at 7111 Teal Creek Glen recently sold for $1,194,000. Built in 2008, it has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,963 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 31, 2018
Country Club Village home tops sales at $1,194,000

Residential real estate transactions for Oct. 15-19

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Planning, Zoning and Building Director Alaina Ray is the director of a department that’s in the middle of a staffing crisis. (Kurt Schultheis)
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 8, 2015
PZ&B scrambles to keep up with permits

With the Longboat Key's building department hitting record-breaking permits numbers this year, the town is searching to find extra staff to keep up with a contractor demand for permits.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Unit 1 at 360 North, 260 N. Shore Road, has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,077 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,335,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 8, 2015
Three-bedroom 360 North condo sells for $1,335,000

A condominium at 360 North tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Jim Arvanitis.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 10, 2017
Martial arts legend shares no-holds-barred stories

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
Triton Bend
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 22, 2014
Projects add inventory to market

Three new projects will bring new condos and single-family home construction to the Key, marking the first new inventory for the island since the recession.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A sandhill crane and its babies, called colts, forage for food along Hidden River Trail.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 12, 2017
Vehicle strikes, kills new Sandhill crane parent

Nesting season proves dangerous time for crane family.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • February 4, 2013
Manatee Schools release forensic audit supporting documents

The Manatee County School District posted all documents related to the forensic audit of the school district's $3.4 budget deficit Feb. 1.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2010
Kiwanis Club packs on the pounds for food drive

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key collected 2,218 pounds of food during its recent food-pantry drive, which benefited All Faiths Food Bank.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
School buses will be parked outside all Manatee County Publix locations from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 19 and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 20 in an effort to stuff the buses with non-perishable food items for the Food Bank.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 18, 2011
East County rallies to 'Stuff the Bus' for The Food Bank of Manatee

Buses will be outside Manatee County Publix locations this weekend for the 'Stuff the Bus' campaign.

  • East County
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libbys
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 23, 2015
Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 23

Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 23

  • Arts + Entertainment
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The Summerfield Information Center building is being used as a sales and information center.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 3, 2014
Information center workshop held tonight

Community Development Districts are discussing the possibility of acquiring the Summerfield Information Center.

  • East County
  • News
Rosedale Golf & Country Club resident Rae Ann Darling Reed ran her first marathon in 1995.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 27, 2016
Going the distance, again

Rosedale resident has run 25 marathons and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon.

  • East County
  • Sports
"Artichokes Adored" is a simple recipe using only four ingredients.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • April 30, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Barbara Glanz

One appetizer Barbara Glanz makes "Artichokes Adored," a simple recipe that is easy to make and is always a crowd pleaser.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Manfred Welfonder stands in front of the shuttered Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, where he used to play tennis. Photo by Robin Hartill
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 1, 2014
After seven years, Welfonder still pursues the Colony plan

Longboat Key resident Manfred Welfonder still believes he can solve the legal warfare over the shuttered resort through a business resolution.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ellenton pairs skaters Tarah Kayne and Danny O'Shea won their first U.S. Figure Skating National Championship Jan. 23.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 3, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Ellenton pairs skaters deserve their historic moment

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2013
News Briefs

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall to be early-voting place; Commissioners approve changes to Lakewood Centre, SMR Farms named top grower

  • East County
  • News
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