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Jack Daly is Longboat Key's representative on the board of the Metropolitan Planning Organization.
  • By John McGuire |
  • June 14, 2017
Longboat commissioner to FDOT: swing for the fences

With Barrier Islands Traffic Study, Jack Daly hopes for big, deliverable ideas.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photo courtesy of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 4, 2016
Historic St. Armands property hits the market

The George Schueler home on Washington Drive is listed at $1.6 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
George Kurland submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

George Kurland submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Gary Berns |
  • June 8, 2011
Delay incorporation vote

As chairman of the Friends of Lakewood Ranch, I write to respond to your editorial entitled, "Too soon for petitions."

  • East County
  • Opinion
The home at 660 Neptune Ave. recently sold for $1,565,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 13, 2017
Neptune Avenue home sells for $1,565,000

Residential real estate transactions for Nov. 27 and Dec. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Menu for Nutrition will partner with community organizations to help teach the importance of a healthy regime.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 2, 2014
Junior League of Sarasota introduces Menu for Nutrition

The volunteer-based organization hopes to build a healthier Sarasota by offering the community a program focused on good nutrition.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Applebee stands in front of one of the now discarded shelter sites during a press junket.
  • By Jack Short |
  • January 12, 2016
County changes stance on homeless shelter efforts

Sarasota County said that staff will not do any more work on a “come as you are” shelter unless urged to do so by the community and city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Along Ringling Boulevard, construction on Sansara has begun in earnest as work on One Palm is wrapping up.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 10, 2015
City officials work to coordinate construction congestion

As Sarasota goes through a period of increased growth, how does city staff manage the scope and staging of the rising number of construction projects in a tight space?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Beth Cave and her Pomeranian, Rajah.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 1, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Church of the Redeemer Blessing of the Animals

Animal-lovers brought their pets to Church of the Redeemer to be blessed Sunday, Sept. 30. Animals of all types, including dogs, cats, birds, and even a hen, received blessings, and attendees joined in prayer.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • June 26, 2018
What does it mean to be an American?

We asked third- and fourth-graders at Sarasota's Ashton Elementary School

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 5, 2014
Colony hearing on hold until May

Commission expresses frustration with legal counsel after Colony public nuisance hearing is postponed due to a due process issue.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 26, 2010
IDA: Town Hall will be open Fridays

The Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority Board voted to open Lakewood Ranch Town Hall on Fridays with limited staff.

  • East County
  • News
The Longboat Key Town Commission is preparing to offer a third grandfathered tourism extension to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2013
Commission reviews Colony progress

A grandfathered tourism density for the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort expires at the end of the year and the commission will have to extend the deadline while a settlement is sought.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Van Wezel believes it needs a new, larger performance arts center to grow its mission.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 25, 2018
Van Wezel reveals $270 million venue vision

A new performing arts hall would expand the mission and capacity of the Van Wezel — but it needs significant public and private funding to become a reality.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 29, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 22, 2016
Water Club condo sells for $3.5 million

The Unit 1002 condominium at 1281 Gulf of Mexico Drive has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 3,435 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 12, 2009
The police report

Details from the 34 pages of an internal affairs report, conducted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, of the investigation of the videotaped kicking of a handcuffed suspect, provide insight into why the police department handled the case the way it did.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bush
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2014
Our View

Why Jeb Bush will win

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A downtown grocer is one of the missions Andres Duany has accomplished
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • June 13, 2013
DUANY EFFECT

In 2000, Andres Duany created a wish list of more than 40 priorities as part of Sarasota's Downtown Master Plan. Thus far, 10 projects have been completed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
(Alex Mahadevan) Paradise Boat Tours captain Sherman Baldwin will go before the Sarasota City Commission Tuesday to pitch plans for a ferry across Sarasota Bay to Bradenton Beach.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 15, 2017
Water transit options float forward

Can water taxis and ferries help untangle the barrier island traffic problem?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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