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  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2010
Our View

Why nice people go negative

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 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 Pam Eubanks |
  • June 2, 2010
Residents sew seeds for Ranch SmartFarm

Four women are working to build a sustainable, organic community farm and educational facility.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 2, 2010
Fishkind presentation earns mixed reviews

Dr. Hank Fishkind, the economist who conducted a feasibility study for Lakewood Ranch, spoke to residents about his findings last week.

  • East County
  • News
This home at 305 S. Shore Drive sold for $980,000. Photo by Nick Friedman.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2012
Three-bedroom Casey Key home sells for $1.7 million

A home on Casey Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. George Scantland III and Jancie Scantland, trustees, Nokomis, sold the home at 1608 Casey Key Road to Paul and Veronica Gross, Terra Ceia, for $1.7 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2009
Cops Corner 09.17.09

The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Dora Walters |
  • April 28, 2010
Historic evening

The Longboat Key Historical Society delved into the Key's rich and varied history for its 'Elegant Benefit' fundraiser.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 26, 2010
Clayton family remembers son

Kyle Clayton, son of Rosedale Golf & Country Club PGA Professional Mike Clayton, died May 16. He was 28 years old.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 26, 2010
Mixon, Matthews sever ties

Justin Matthews, of Matthews Wildlife Rescue, left the East County attraction after one of his animals, a deer named Buckey, was killed by a pack of dogs on the property.

  • East County
  • News
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 4, 2009
Sarasota Opera 'La traviata'

The Sarasota Opera joined forces with the Sarasota Orchestra for a compleat production of Verdi's "La traviata" as it opened its fall season this past Friday.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 4, 2009
Sarasota Opera 'La traviata'

The Sarasota Opera joined forces with the Sarasota Orchestra for a compleat production of Verdi's "La traviata" as it opened its fall season this past Friday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Unit 2-B in Hudson Crossing has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,511 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,775,000. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 2, 2013
Home in Hudson Crossing sells for $1,775,000

A home in Hudson Crossing tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Morton and Jytte Mandel, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 2-B condominium at 888 S. Orange Ave. to Claudio Ruben, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1,775,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2012
Our View: Hypocrisy of the state

When Florida lawmakers convene next week for the 2012 session, conventional wisdom says they will be almost totally consumed with protecting their turf - that is, the boundaries of their legislative districts. And, oh yea, they'll have to figure out how to cut another $2 billion or so from the state budget.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 21, 2010
Pension, budget woes mount

A status of the town's three pension plans and the certainty of another shortfall in next year's budget were presented to the Town Commission Thursday, April 15.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 29, 2009
Partnership offers possible dissolution

Downtown Partnership leaders said they will dissolve their 7-year-old organization if the DSA accepts the terms presented by the Partnership.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • September 2, 2009
Lakewood Ranch CDDs finalize 2010 budget, rethink process

Lakewood Ranch Community Manager Bob Fernandez said he has been charged with the task of reviewing the methods by which assessments are determined.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • September 2, 2009
'Last Comic Standing' finalist to take Trinity MCC stage

New York-based comedian Michele Balan will perform at the East County church Sept. 12.

  • East County
  • News
Lynda Lilley, aka Blossom, attracts a crowd outside the Ringling Museum. "I think people are too serious these days," she says. "It sounds corny, but to make somebody smile is so heartwarming."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 2, 2011
Bozo behavior

Lynda Lilley has rocked white face paint and size 14 sneakers for three decades. The free-spirited "granny clown" explains why she'll never hang up her red nose.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 9, 2010
Planning board recommends denial of Villages project

With a recommendation for denial by the Sarasota Planning Commission in tow, the project now will go before Sarasota commissioners for approval.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 20, 2009
Elderly victim to fight back

A man steals a woman's purse and throws her belongings out his car window during a high-speed chase. Said the 87-year-old victim: 'I want to hit him over the head with my cane.'

  • Sarasota
  • News
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