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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 12, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 5, 2010
Citrus Sunset

Jack Iungerman submitted this sunset photo taken from Sutton Place. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2010
WEATHER: Morning Magnitude

Christina Filkins submitted this sunrise photo, taken at Longboat Harbour, 4454 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sam Snead's St. Patrick's Party

Sam Snead's hosted its annual St. Patrick's Day block party Saturday, March 16, on Hillview Street. Partygoers dressed in green and enjoyed live music as well as traditional Irish food and drink.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Out-of-Door Academy student Mairead Studdiford holds her new business idea, Snappy Starters.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • April 5, 2017
Snappy idea impresses investors

ODA sophomore develops a business plan that isn’t a lemon.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy this classic Cops Corner entry from the Longboat Observer archives.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Renee Ryckman, Taura Agar and Angela Scroggins at last year's expo.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • September 14, 2017
East Meets West brings business together

The annual business expo has been postponed due to Hurricane Irma.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Waterlefe's golf course is a part of the community's amenities. Courtesy image.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 31, 2016
Waterlefe settles debt on golf course

Residents will pay 28 cents on the dollar on golf course bonds.

  • East County
  • News
Gabrielle Ayala, 12, Carson Sandiford, 17, Tanner Bleck, 13, William Dugan, 14, Alexandra Burman, 13, Gabrielle Mengden, 12, Rachel Mengden, 15 and Michael Mengden, 15, participated in summer intensive classes on Monday. Photo by Rachel S. O’Hara
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 10, 2011
Scene & Heard

Gloria Musicae artistic director seeks singers for musical commemoration; Night of comedy to benefit homeless youth; Sarasota Ballet appoints new development director; Carreño Dance Festival kicks off with intense summer programs

  • Arts + Culture
Town Manager Bruce St. Denis cites the town’s beach program, the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center and rebuilt town facilities as some of the town’s greatest accomplishments under his direction. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 21, 2011
St. Denis: a history

Bruce St. Denis began his tenure with the town in October 1996 and became town manager less than a year later.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Carol Vengroff’s family
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 12, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Carol Vengroff Opening

Carol Vengroff made her living as an artist. The exhibit opening at Bird Key Yacht Club on Friday, Dec. 9 was a display of work she has made throughout the past 50 years. It was very eclectic.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ryan Shaw. Courtesy Photos.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 26, 2011
Scene & Heard

Blues Fest rolls on, Strauss still rocking out; Wannabe TV scribes put on your thinking caps; Circus Sarasota expands its big top

  • Arts + Culture
Fred Beyerlein often walks the beach, which is how his collection has grown.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 24, 2019
Longboater’s beach walks led him to unexpected fossil collection

Over the years, Fred Beyerlein has come across various fossils while walking Longboat Key beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Marla Doss, president and CEO of Community Haven, Florida District of Kiwanis International Gov. Chuck Gugliuzza and John Moore, President of Kiwanis Club of Sarasota
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2014
A budding partnership

Local Kiwanis clubs joined forces to help break ground on a butterfly garden and new information center for Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2010
Weather

Larry Nugent submitted this sunset photo taken on Lido Beach. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • March 19, 2018
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee on the future of cancer

The author of “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” Siddhartha Mukherjee spoke at The Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series on March 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 19, 2017
Braden River football rolls in spring game

The Pirates downed Lakeland 42-13 after an 80-minute rain delay.

  • East County
  • Sports
A still image from the video Wayne Natt allegedly took of unsuspecting AirBnB tenants in his Longboat Key Condo, courtesy of Longboat Police Department.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • November 15, 2017
Longboat moves to confiscate home in suspected voyeurism case

The town's police department seeks seizure of the home of a man accused of filming AirBnB tenants without their permission.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Punsalan |
  • January 23, 2013
The cinematic expression of "Skyfall"

The cinematic expression of "Skyfall"

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2014
Obituary: David Sherman Young

David Sherman Young, 90, of Longboat Key, Washington, D.C., and Newton, Mass., died Nov. 24.

  • Longboat Key
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