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  • By Donna Swan |
  • February 24, 2010
Deal Us In

Winning Play

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2011
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 23, 2009
Mote scientists to attend conservation meetings in Cuba

The scientists will set a five-year action plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • March 6, 2014
Big Pass debate faces the music

A performance of the Beatles song 'Let It Be' on an organ towed out to the Big Pass shoal highlights mounting opposition to a proposed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A threatened species, mostly due to habitat loss, direct human-caused mortality, such as shootings and car collisions, are also be a factor in the decline of the crested caracara. (Miri Hardy)
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • September 15, 2021
Bird of the week: Crested caracara

Native to Florida, the caracara lives on the state's disappearing dry prairie land.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • April 30, 2017
Urbanite Theatre throws End of Season Soiree

The company invited its main supporters to an exclusive bash on April 30 at the home of George Steitz.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 13, 2010
Unconditional Surrender agreement signed

Compromises from the sculpture's owner and its prospective buyer now are being reviewed by the city attorney's office.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Beachgoers  keep their distance during a Longboat Key  sunset.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • April 15, 2020
Beach visitors keep it few and far-between

Town Manager Tom Harmer said residents can walk the beach so long as they maintain appropriate social distancing and groups do not exceed 10 people.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 10, 2014
Rappaport tenders tentative resignation

Volunteer board members of the BID and DID have plans to resign if their finances become public through mandated financial disclosure affidavits.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Larry and Roberta Straff smile for the camera after Larry was awarded the 2016 Robert T. Ruff Award.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • June 3, 2019
Larry Straff laughed his way through life

The tennis-loving Longboat Key resident died June 1. He was 78.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 27, 2015
Sound off: Steube, Gonzalez, Gause

Reps. Greg Steube and Julio Gonzalez and School Board Chairman Bob Gause discuss top issues with the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance.

  • East County
  • News
Downtown Improvement District board members were critical of the city's previous efforts to paint mid-block crosswalks, suggesting the artwork was in conflict with the goal of clearly marking the crossing. File photo.
  • By David Conway |
  • November 3, 2021
Downtown group pursues mid-block crosswalks

Downtown leaders are eager to add brick crosswalks to the middle of streets in the heart of the city, but the cost of lighting could make the concept challenging to execute.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 13, 2010
Monte Davis joins ReMax

Monte Davis Realty owner Monte Davis is becoming an associate broker with ReMax Alliance Group after leaving ReMax in 2001.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 26, 2017
Noise violation, shoplifting top this week's cops corner

Read about crime in East County.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
SYV sings on the staircase at the Opera Garnier. Courtesy photos.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 23, 2014
Where Are They? Sarasota Young Voices take Paris

For nine days, beginning June 22, Sarasota Young Voices Chamber choir, a 14-woman ensemble, went to Paris -- the first time the group, founded in 2007, has traveled overseas.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Our #student volunteers are joining in on the #fun too...#AvantGarde2016 #blacktieuntied
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • March 30, 2016
Your Black Tie 03.31.16

#blacktieuntied: see Black Tie events through the eyes of the attendees

  • Black Tie
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 14, 2020
Chase ends in arrest Friday on State Road 64 in Bradenton

Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies arrest attempted murder suspect Friday in Bradenton.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2012
Our View: We recommend

If you haven't already made your election selections or turned in your absentee or early-voting ballot for Tuesday's primary election, herewith we present a few thoughts that might help you decide which bubble to color on your ballot.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2013
Worship Services

A list of worship services at churches, chapels and temples on the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan |
  • November 10, 2010
Deal Us In

It's best to avoid the 4-3 fit

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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