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City Commissioners discuss sound enforcement.
  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • May 3, 2013
May 3: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: City Commissioners to discuss sound enforcement Monday; GMD lights modified for turtle season; Tennis Resorts Online names Key club No. 12 resort; Weekend Best Bets

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • March 29, 2012
Siesta Key Village preps for annual Easter egg hunt

The Siesta Key Village Easter Egg Hunt has been an island tradition for more than two decades.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 4, 2015
Ben Carson draws hundreds to downtown Sarasota book signing

More than 600 people filled Main Street today waiting for their chance to see Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 17, 2014
Commission will discuss legal counsel today

The Longboat Key Town Commission is solely responsible for two Longboat Key positions: the town manager and the town attorney.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The meeting will be held at the commission chambers.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 30, 2014
Administrator to share budget plan

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker will share his budget plan for the next fiscal year Tuesday.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2009
Our

Never surrender

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Mayor Jim Brown declined an invitation to meet with a police officer and union representative this week.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2013
Aug. 30: Daily Headlines

Today's Stories: Vehicle burglaries hit one Lakewood Ranch street; TAC unit nabs burglars; City scraps State Street garage proposals; Town and police union at odds over new contract

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Proposed legislation would limit the town' s ability to regulate infrastructure of wireless communication providers.
  • By John McGuire |
  • March 29, 2017
Town stands up to Tallahassee

Commission hires lobbyist over bills affecting regulation of planned utility project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Helping businesses do what works, the Digital Observer Media team: Alex Mahadevan, Kathleen O’Hara, Eddie Kirsch, Jordon Stone, Brandon Steinert, Clint Weldon, Emily Walsh and Caleb Stanton
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2013
Observer Media Group launches Digital Observer Media

Observer Media Group made another step into the digital world with the launch of Digital Observer Medai Monday, June 17, at The Francis.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Mustangs lost 1-0 to Oakleaf High.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 23, 2018
Mustangs softball falls in state semifinals

Lakewood Ranch High lost 1-0 to Oakleaf High.

  • East County
  • Sports
Cast members and recurring characters Madisson Hausburg, Pauly Apostolides, Kelsey Owens, Garrett Miller, Brandon Gomes, Chloe Trautman, Juliette Porter and Alex Kompothecras — Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • July 26, 2017
MTV releases teaser video prior to premiere of ‘Siesta Key’ reality show

The sneak peak gives a nearly three-minute long introduction of the characters and how they’re all connected from the perspective of cast member Juliette Porter.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 28, 2015
Changing Tunes: Five O'Clock Club's new image

After 60 years as a blues bar, the live-music venue is reaching out to new audiences with its first hip-hop show.

  • Arts + Culture
Founder and Dreamers Academy Principal Ruby Zickafoose.
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • February 19, 2019
Sarasota School Board OKs bilingual charter school

Sarasota’s newest charter school, Dreamers Academy, is slated to open in August.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A modern-day Renaissance woman, Tanya Weinberger has spent her career in various artforms.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 26, 2012
Neighbors: Tanya Weinberger

From animation and film to books and jewelry, Tanya Weinberger has done it all.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 1, 2015
FDOT gives green light to signal at Greenbrook

FDOT gives green light to signal at Greenbrook

  • East County
  • News
Rosenda Calloway and Mary LeMay
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • July 10, 2015
Little Black Dress Fashion Show and Luncheon

Goodwill Manasota and the Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida partnered together for the Little Black Dress Fashion Show and Luncheon on Friday, July 10, at Michael’s on East.

  • Black Tie
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • August 12, 2019
Local property management group gives back to the children of veterans

Castle Group partnered with organizations around Sarasota to provide back-to-school supplies for children in need.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Traffic leaving to the south from Tangerine Bay and other communities and businesses along Gulf of Mexico Drive often must contend with an unbroken line of cars in both directions.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 12, 2019
Longboat condo complex warns of traffic circle side effects

Tangerine Bay board says long-term vision for GMD might make it harder to exit and enter residences and businesses.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Commissioners could discuss Colony matters tonight at their 7 p.m. regular meeting at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 8, 2014
Commissioners peruse Colony occupancy issue

The Longboat Key Town Commission is perusing old documents and reports regarding Colony matters as some unit owners receive building permits for work at the dilapidated resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch's Mickey Quinn enjoys a beer at MacAllister's Grill & Tavern.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • October 1, 2017
Lakewood Ranch resident uses laughter everyday to keep the doctor away

For Mickey Quinn, laughing provies his very own 'fountain of youth'.

  • Health
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