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Bill and Lois Cohodas
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • February 13, 2013
Longboat Key love stories

To commemorate Valentine's Day, we traveled the Key in search of residents' stories of love and luck.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Siesta Isles Association members feasted on an Italian-themed meal at their annual dinner.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 26, 2015
Siesta Isles Association holds annual dinner

Sarasota County Commissioner Alan Maio attended and answered some residents' questions.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2014
Letters to the Editor

ULI report assessment lays a costly egg; Lord's Warehouse fashion show chairs give kudos; Suggestions to improve Bradenton Beach traffic; Winding Oaks board supported maintenance

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
In October, Colony Lender LLC filed lawsuits against unit owners seeking more than $5 million in damages for unpaid rent plus interest on a disputed recreational services lease that includes former Colony tennis courts.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 22, 2015
Trustee proposes $625,000 Colony rec lease settlement

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association is attempting to bury a Colony recreational facilities lease by acquiring all rights to the lease.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 28, 2016
VIDEO: Unicorp buys Colony rec property for $22 million

The Orlando-based firm with plans to revitalize the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort moves a step closer to its goal, and begins demolition at the iconic property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota County borrowed about $18.7 million to pay for renovations to Ed Smith Stadium, which guaranteed a marketing partnership with the Baltimore Orioles.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 28, 2012
Sarasota receives promotion

The marketing partnership between Visit Sarasota County and the Baltimore Orioles includes free advertising during the postseason.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 19, 2013
Beach project stance shifts

The town of Longboat Key will re-bid its beach project next year in the hopes of attaining a cheaper price. That project could include three groins.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Scott Dolan has owned Big Water Fish Market for nearly two years. In response to customer demand, he recently added a full lunch menu.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 5, 2013
Big Water Fish Market casts new services

The fish market, opened in 2011, recently added a full lunch menu.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2011
Cops Corner

7:05 a.m. - the intersection of Pope Road and Center Ice Parkway. Grand theft. Unknown person(s) stole storm sewer grates from the roadway on Pope Road and Center Ice Parkway. The person(s) fled in an unknown direction in an unknown vehicle.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Audrey Price and Jade Hayden with their 200-cap jellyfish design
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 24, 2013
Haile students collect caps for project

A sixth grade Earth Day project saw 260 students at Haile Middle School collect 30,000 plastic caps and assemble them into art projects.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
(Courtesy Catherine Luckner) Snowy plovers, shorebirds known to nest on Siesta Key, scrape "nests" out of the sand to lay their eggs.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 25, 2014
Vehicle disrupts Siesta shorebird nests

Sarasota Audubon Society members and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission suspect an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) Monday, disturbed or destroyed Siesta Key shorebird nests - including those of nesting snowy plovers.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Florence Katz celebrates her 100th birthday in July 2015. She told the Longboat Observer as she prepared to celebrate a century, “I’ve loved every day.”
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 6, 2016
Katz, 100, was small in stature, yet larger than life

Florence Katz died Dec. 26. Her magnum opus is her decades of service throughout the community.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Bradford Saivetz |
  • August 1, 2012
My View: Anatomy of getting on the Town Commission

What follows is a recapitulation of those posted messages leading up to the surprising appointment - over many of applicants - two weeks ago of Terry Gans to the Town Commission after the resignation of Hal Lenobel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Mary Cantrell, right, smiles as her campaign volunteers announce she has taken the lead in the election. Nolan Middle School teacher Margi Nanney cheers from behind.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 4, 2014
Cantrell ousts Aranibar

Longtime MTI director Mary Cantrell hopes to create a new culture, atmosphere for the Manatee County School District.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2015
Obituary: Andrew Perrine ‘Perry’ Monroe Jr.

Andrew Perrine “Perry” Monroe Jr., 91, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key and New Canaan, Conn., died April 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Steamed mussels at MoZaic
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 19, 2014
Tidbites

Verdi's 'Jerusalem' meets MoZaic; The Honey Tree Cafe offers dining all day; and The Serving Spoon owner earns his angel wings.

  • Arts + Culture
Goodwill Manasota is seeking non-perishable food items for its summer food drive to benefit the Food Bank of Manatee and All Faiths Food bank.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 2, 2013
Goodwill launches food drive

The public can donate food to any Goodwill location in Sarasota, Manatee, Hardee and DeSoto counties from Aug. 4 through Aug. 10.

  • East County
  • News
Commissioners know that any renovation of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is most likely years away.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 24, 2012
Colony extension delayed again

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort officials will receive an extension to rebuild the resort, although it comes with contingencies and hinges on who controls the resort moving forward.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 23, 2009
Mustangs coach celebrates milestones

Lakewood Ranch High boys golf coach Dave Frantz will celebrate his 50th birthday and his 25th season coaching with a charity golf tournament Oct. 3-4.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2009
A pat for the AJAX pavers

What a difference 14 years makes. For those who lived on Longboat Key in 1995, the last time Gulf of Mexico Drive was repaved, you probably remember how long and excruciating that process was.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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