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Raelyn Bastein
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 24, 2014
Moving on

Eighteen East County athletes signed national letters of intent last week to play at the next level.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Dora Walters |
  • October 21, 2009
History repeats itself

The threat of rain failed to dampen the high spirits of the overflowing crowd attending the fifth annual Longboat Key Historical Society Old Time Fish Fry Oct. 16, at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub,

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 4, 2010
Village hosts candidate forum

Five of six candidates for Longboat Key Town Commission discussed Key issues at the group's monthly meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 6, 2010
IN-DEPTH: A Soldier's Diary

Sgt. Maj. Steve Valley kept a journal from the day he was mobilized for war to the day he left the Middle East on Jan. 30, 2005. Now, his story is available to the public.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 29, 2013
Family Trade: Kibler Ranch

The 1,009-acre Kibler Ranch site will be sold June 6, for the first time in about 100 years.

  • East County
  • News
Brandon and Norm, played by FSU/Asolo actors Brendan Ragan and Jacob Cooper, fight over a document in a scene for "The Lucky 6" shot Friday, May 24.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 29, 2013
'LUCKY' BREAK: The Lucky 6

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is in the spotlight, as students from Ringling and FSU/Asolo collaborate on a feature film project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This Windward Passage condominium, which has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,277 square feet of living area, sold for $830,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 12, 2012
Siesta Beach House condo sells for $2.1 million

A condominium in Siesta Beach House tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Falcon Partners Ltd. sold the Unit 3 condominium at 508 Beach Road to Louis and Denise Colosimo, of Westport, Conn., for $2.1 million.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • April 25, 2013
New city ordinance prohibits political activism upon roadways

New city ordinance prohibits political activism upon roadways

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 5, 2009
Chapel property considered for cell tower

Jim Eatrides, with Alpha-Omega Communications, recently met with the congregation of the Longboat Island Chapel to discuss cell towers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
J.P. Knaggs, owner of Bijou Café, and Rebecca Hopkins, managing director of Florida Studio Theatre, lobbied the city for First Street improvements, such as wider sidewalks and new decorative lampposts.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 22, 2013
Year in Review: January 2013, First Street to undergo facelift

The street will get wider sidewalks, underground utilities, brick crosswalks and lush landscaping.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 6, 2010
Arts Center programs promise to make waves

The Longboat Key Center of the Arts will kick off its winter season with a 'Making Waves' exhibit by artist Malcolm Robertson that runs from Jan. 15 through Feb. 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 11, 2010
Nesting Mode

Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers rise early every morning to patrol the beach for signs of sea-turtle nesting.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2010
Letters to the editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 2, 2011
Both sides hope for resolution in Colony Resort mediation

A court-ordered conference has been scheduled for Nov. 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jim Warnecke made sure to get a hug from his daughter, Brie Middlebrook, who sat in on the presentation with her first-grade class.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 18, 2012
Jim Warnecke makes landfall at Willis Elementary

Lakewood Ranch resident and hurricane hunter Jim Warnecke spoke with Willis Elementary first-graders Jan. 12 about chasing storms with the NOAA.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2011
Cops Corner

8 p.m. - 5100 block of Caruso Road. Grand theft of a golf cart. Unknown person(s) stole the victim's golf cart during the night and fled in an unknown direction. The cart was parked next to the mobile home under the carport.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Marie Thompson and Tara Wagner were thrilled their hair donations would benefit others.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 21, 2012
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall employees donate hair to Locks of Love

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall employees Marie Thompson and Tara Wagner donated their hair to Locks of Love March 16, in honor of loved ones lost to cancer.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 8, 2009
City may prohibit park activities

Golfing, late-night football games and soccer matches could be banned from certain city parks under a proposed ordinance.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 1, 2010
TOP STORY, September: Vendors to control farmers market

The City Commission ruled Sept. 9 that the Downtown Farmers Market vendors would run the market instead of the Downtown Partnership. The partnership's chairman said the change was an insult to those who've worked to make the market a success.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 24, 2010
IDA moves forward with irrigation study

Lakewood Ranch CDD supervisors learned water could be coming in and out of the district without being metered.

  • East County
  • News
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