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  • By Emily Walsh |
  • November 10, 2010
Observer amps multimedia efforts

The Observer continues to strengthen its online efforts after winning an award for 'Best Site Architecture and Overall Design.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"Hotel Transylvania" opens this fall. Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 18, 2012
Scene & Heard

RCAD grad animates monstrous project; Still talking about it ...; Sarasota Opera seeks volunteers; The write play will be chosen

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 12, 2009
Downtown Partnership joins Chamber of Commerce

The Partnership will become a unit of the Chamber and will have a new name — Downtown Sarasota Council.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rita Ferrandino is chair of the Sarasota County Democratic Party.
  • By Rita Ferrandino |
  • August 9, 2012
My View: Which vision for America?

Let's quit the name calling and have a debate about how a strong economy is built.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 20, 2010
Longboat BP to go postal

The gas station will also serve as Longboat Key's only contract post office.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
One proposal calls for reducing Fruitville to a two-lane road between Lemon and Cocoanut avenues, with roundabouts at those two intersections as well as at Central Avenue.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2017
Try a Fruitville overpass

Sarasota city officials are stuck on narrowing Fruitville Road, seemingly ignoring the road is a major east-west artery. Surely there are creative alternatives. How about a charrette?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Twenty-one pounds of duct tape held Willis Elementary School Principal Bill Stenger to the wall Tuesday, Dec. 13, during a special event rewarding students for raising more than $45,000 for the school.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 14, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: All wrapped up

Twenty-one pounds of duct tape held Willis Elementary School Principal Bill Stenger to the wall Tuesday, Dec. 13, during a special event rewarding students for raising more than $45,000 for the school.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Tom Freiwald submitted this photo of a bald eagle that visited Spanish Main Yacht Club.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2015
Longboat Key photo contest winner: Sept. 10

Tom Freiwald submitted this photo of a bald eagle that visited Spanish Main Yacht Club on Longboat Key.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2013
Obituary: Irwin Tober

Irwin Tober, 92, of Longboat Key, died Dec. 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mosquito Management Services manager Wade Brennan hold a small sample bag of mosquitoes.
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • February 14, 2019
Mosquito experts keep an eye on Sarasota chickens

The state and county are monitoring levels of pest-borne viruses.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Julie Aranibar views losing her board seat as a step backward. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • October 8, 2014
Election 2014: Julie Aranibar: Manatee School Board, District 5

The Manatee County School District incumbent believes stability is necessary as the district rebounds from a period of financial instability.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Out-of-Door Academy student Mairead Studdiford holds her new business idea, Snappy Starters.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • April 5, 2017
Snappy idea impresses investors

ODA sophomore develops a business plan that isn’t a lemon.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 13, 2013
Residents fight whitefly

The tiny insects are bugging Longboaters - and its flora - by impacting palm trees and other plants.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2009
Horse sanctuary to host BBQ benefit

Sixteen Hands Horse Sanctuary's second BBQ Fundraiser will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, at the sanctuary, 6275 Wauchula Road.

  • East County
  • News
The Memorial Day parade marches down Main Street each year.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 26, 2017
City announces street closures for Memorial Day parade

The city's Memorial Day parade will conclude with a ceremony honoring the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Leila and Olivia Schaedler-Luera learn to listen for fairies from Fairy of the Daisies Marilyn Schwartz.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • March 5, 2016
Visitors flutter to Fairy House Festival

Historic Spanish Point hosts the 3rd annual Fairy House Festival Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 30, 2010
Islandside vote postponed until afternoon

The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside hearing will reconvene at 12:30 p.m. to allow the commissioners time to read through a revised ordinance before voting on second reading.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Students 18 and younger are eligible for free breakfast and lunch this summer, regardless of household income.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 4, 2015
Manatee County students receive free meals all summer

The Manatee County School District's Food and Nutrition Services Department will feed students this year during its Summer Food Service Program

  • East County
  • News
Marie Caswell
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Caswell expands interior design business locally; Sandbar Restaurant remains open during construction; Arpke, Miller team up for cooking class; Café L'Europe holds logo contest

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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