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Visitors coming to Sarasota County to see the top beach in the country in 2011 helped push county tourism tax collections to a level not seen in several years. Norman Schimmel.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • November 23, 2011
County tourist tax revenue passes $11 million mark

Siesta Beach's No. 1 ranking gets considerable credit for the county's best tourist tax revenue total since the 2006 fiscal year.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The SMA drumline performs during the Town Hall Lecture Series on Feb. 6. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 21, 2013
SMA drumline and pipe band to open for Black Watch Battalion

Sarasota Military Academy performs as the opening act for the professional military group from Scotland.

  • Arts + Culture
Officer Patrick Schurr told Siesta Key Association members March 1 that he had written two citations over the past week, during three patrol periods at Beach Accesses 3 and 10.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • March 8, 2012
Officers watch for loose dogs

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office personnel have stepped up enforcement of the county's ordinance forbidding dogs on most public beaches.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Rebecca Hopkins, Jocelyn Stevens, Andrew Stevens and Beth Duda. Photo by FST.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 22, 2012
Scene & Heard

Eighth-grader donates bar mitzvah money; Here's a Little more news; Calling all singers, actors and dancers; Hitting the pavement

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 25, 2016
Lake Club home leads home sales at $1.65 million

Built in 2013, 16326 Daysailor Trail has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,978 square feet of living area.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
File photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2013
News Briefs

Two injured in Lakewood Ranch apartment robbery; Goodwill Manasota's new corporate campus approved; Main Street events benefit local charities

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2015
Letters to the Editor

Condo Council lighting contest is unfair; Settling the lawsuit would have no effect

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
4 — The number of first-place finishes Tre Gregory has posted so far this season.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 20, 2013
JUST THE STATS

4 - The number of goals Max Provost scored to lead The Out-of-Door Academy boys lacrosse team to an 8-6 victory over All Saints Academy March 13.

  • East County
  • Sports
This Richmond Park home, which features four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,454 square feet of living area, sold for $760,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 2, 2011
University Park home tops sales at $760,000

A home in Richmond Park tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Adrienne and John Wagner, trustees, Sarasota, sold the home at 8120 Collingwood Court to Robert and Wendy Grady, of Haddonfield, N.J., for $760,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 13, 2010
Tropical depression impacts turtle nests

About 200 nests in Sarasota County have been affected.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Friends Donald and Debbie Reaves, and Bill and Ronnie Lytle show support for the Sarasota chapter of the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 10, 2015
Group shares interest in community service

Members of the Gamma XI Boulé chapter of Sigma Pi Phi dine, dance at 20th anniversary celebration

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2012
CYD launches new campaign

Community Youth Development recently launched recently its Community Without Leaders awareness campaign.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 27, 2012
County bucks CLUCK request

Unwilling to add another burden to Sarasota County code enforcement, county commissioners declined to revise an ordinance against chicken keeping.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Siesta Key No. 1 Beach sign was restored Tuesday, April 3, after being stolen.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 5, 2012
Vandalised sign restored

The front of the Siesta Key No. 1 Beach sign was stolen earlier this month, but a new sign was reinstalled Tuesday morning.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • August 15, 2018
Longboat north end gas station project in limbo

The owner of the abandoned gas station at the north end of Longboat Key dumped a developer who's been working with town officials and residents for months.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
W. Howard Rooks. Photo by Caleb Motsinger
  • By Caleb Motsinger |
  • September 17, 2014
Restaurant that's Amore' to open in October

W. Howard Rooks and Andrea Bozzolo plan to open a new Italian eatery in the vacant former Mattison's Steakhouse at the Plaza building.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Modifications to improve the interchange of I-75 and State Road 70 include a bypass lane for westbound State Road 70 to southbound I-75.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 17, 2014
Interchange improvements underway

FDOT spokesman Robin Stublen said the I-75/S.R. 70 interchange project helps set the stage for what FDOT calls the ultimate I-75 alignment -- two express lanes, three general use lanes and an auxiliary lane in each direction.

  • East County
  • News
Jaymie Klauber spends time on her Polo Club ranch with 14-year-old Macarena. She has opened a new business, Epic Equine Experiences.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 15, 2018
Epic start in Lakewood Ranch

Former Polo Grill & Bar co-owner Jaymie Klauber takes a different trail in starting equine business.

  • East County
  • News
Bob Lurie, Banyon Bay Club
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2010
Sunrise, sunset ...

The Longboat Observer and its sister newspapers, the Sarasota and East County Observers, will begin a weekly contest on the weather page for winning photos of sunrise and sunset photos.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Siesta Key Breeze trolley recorded more than 10,000 rides in its first week serving the island.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 29, 2017
Siesta Key Breeze trolley service tops 10,000 rides

The new Siesta Key transit option is outpacing last year’s daily ridership numbers of the previous bus service by more than 530%.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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