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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 4, 2015
Promenade condo tops sales at $1,275,000

A condominium in The Promenade tops all transactions in this week’s real estate

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • June 9, 2016
Cat Depot: The lucky 13

Families who took in 13 cats known as the Baker’s Dozen come full circle for a reunion on National Doughnut Day.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Two properties at 316 Beach Road recently sold for $1,725,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 7, 2017
Sarasota Beach properties sell for $1,725,000

Residential real estate transactions for Aug. 21-25.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Former Sarasota guard Camille Giardina now plays for Florida Southern College.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 10, 2015
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 12.10.15

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 12.10.15

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By June LeBell |
  • April 20, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: La Musica: April 10 and April 13 Concerts

La Musica has brought us some stellar programs with equally stellar performers in the past but this year, much of what we heard has been quite special.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2011
Chef Martinez heats up food fest

Chef Jose Martinez, proprietor of Maison Blanche on Longboat Key, will be the only chef representing the West Coast of Florida in two appearances this week at Disney's Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 15, 2013
Town pension plans top regular workshop agenda

Town pension plans top the agenda for the Longboat Key Town Commission's regular workshop Monday, May 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michelle Zirkle works on her serve during her tennis lesson with pro Michael Skwira on a court at the Siesta Key Public Beach. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 20, 2011
Siesta Key tennis court rumors prove untrue

County staff has reassured Key residents that tennis courts will be available at all times when work begins on the planned Siesta Public Beach improvements.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Palm Aire's new general manager, Joe Rassett, talks with Kyle Bourassa, the assistant golf professional at the country club's shop. Rassett is already working on his first major event at the country club: the 2015 ISPS Handa Cup.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 9, 2015
Waterlefe general manager heads for bigger greens

The former PGA professional started his new position at Palm Aire Tuesday, Sept. 1.

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  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The Longboat Key headquarters for the expansion will be at 7000 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 23, 2013
Starr forms alliance with Century 21 Beggins

Century 21 Beggins Enterprises will partner with real-estate developer Larry Starr.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2012
SIDELINES

Lady Thunder earn tournament berth; Lady Blazers take win during Senior Night; Lady Thunder take the win on Senior Night; ODA rolls past SW Florida Christian; Sarasota Crew 4+ squad wins gold

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 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. The Longboat Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Kevin Daves presented this conceptual drawing for a project Fruitville and U.S. 41. The 18-story segment is limited to land already entitled to that height.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 10, 2016
Downtown land swap highlights divide on growth

A proposed deal between the city and a developer could help the construction of a roundabout at U.S. 41 and Fruitville Road — and an 18 story, 80-unit condominium nearby.

  • Sarasota
  • News
These are just three of the thinly veiled environmental messages on the city’s sea level-rising sign at Lido Key Beach.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 12, 2017
Streets, trash and safety

Sarasota City Manager Tom Barwin has good intentions, educating the public about climate change. But the city shouldn’t be telling you to drive instead of fly or to eat less red meat.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • July 31, 2014
Ice Ice Baby

Everybody loves something cold and sweet, especially on a hot summer day.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch at 7112 Teal Creek Glen to Evan and Kathleen Trommer for $1.5 million. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,000 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 6, 2019
Pair of $1.5 million homes top local sales

Pair of $1.5 million homes top local sales

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Lakewood Ranch resident Darlene Stewart will have her work exhibited for the first time during the Lakewood Ranch Art Club's group exhibit at ArtCenter Manatee.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 16, 2011
Ranch Art Club debuts exhibit

More than a dozen members of the Lakewood Ranch Art Club will have their work displayed at ArtCenter Manatee.

  • Arts + Culture
Ian Arov, 5, organizes coins into separate areas depending on their value. He tells kindergarten teacher Shonna Brady the value of each coin.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • August 22, 2013
Teachers ease transition for incoming students

When Goldie Feldman Academy's kindergarten teacher Shonna Brady paid a visit to new student Ian Arov, 5, in his Siesta Key home, Ian shook her hand as if he were an adult.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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