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Mangoes are prolific. A small portion of the harvest from the other half of the tree is shown here.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • July 13, 2011
July is mango month in Florida

This month, the mangoes are literally falling off the trees. If you want them at their prime, you have to pick them before that happens and let them ripen a few days or more on your kitchen counter.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By June LeBell |
  • April 21, 2010
Music Review: Curtis in Sarasota

A review of a performance featuring Abraham Feder and violinist Ray Chen from the Curtis Sarasota Society series.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2014
Our View

The amendments

  • East County
  • Opinion
Braden River High sophomore Kayla Gray scored two goals for the Jamaican U17 women’s team during the World Cup Qualifier May 2 to May 6 in Guatemala City.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 30, 2012
Pirate scores on national stage

Braden River High sophomore forward Kayla Gray was selected to play for the Jamaican U17 women's team in the World Cup qualifier May 2 to May 6, in Guatemala City.

  • East County
  • Sports
This home at 208 N. Polk Drive has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,085 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.65 million. Photo by Katie Hendrick.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 30, 2013
Home in John Ringling Estates sells for $1.65 million

A home in John Ringling Estates tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Nigel Mould and Nathalie Randanee De Vazeille, of Sarasota, sold their home at 208 N. Polk Drive to Christopher Banner and Katherine Huelster, of Longboat Key, for $1.65 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • September 30, 2009
Progressive Dinner - Indulge in downtown Sarasota's culinary treats

Downtown Sarasota has a plethora of wonderful restaurants and types of cuisine.

  • Arts + Culture
The unoccupied vehicles, first used in April, are a general crime-deterrence technique.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 15, 2013
Empty city police cars serve as crime deterrent

Since April, the Sarasota Police Department has been stationing unoccupied vehicles around town in an attempt to prevent criminal activity in the area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This home at 843 Norsota Way sold for $2.55 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 26, 2017
Bay Island home sells for $2.55 million

Residential real estate transactions took place between Jan. 9-Jan.13.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock discusses town issues with the Longboat Observer.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 24, 2015
Bullock bytes: Town manager sounds off

Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock sits down with the Longboat Observer to discuss town issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • 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
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2011
News Briefs

SCF hosts Workforce Forum; Manatee FCAT scores improve; We Care Manatee seeks donations

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 2, 2014
Tennis Center nets 15th annual Observer Challenge

Get your game faces on: From Dec. 12 to Dec. 14, the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center will hold the annual Observer Challenge tournament.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch-Sarasota Elks Lodge Trustee Jack Ogren makes a new friend.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 30, 2015
East County Elks salute veterans

Lakewood Ranch-Sarasota Elks Lodge helps foster relationship between horse and veteran.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 15, 2014
Police increase marine patrol

Police Chief Pete Cumming hopes to train the majority of his officers to patrol the waters by the end of 2014.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
INFluence
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • January 15, 2014
Hot Flash: Cold weather fashion

Black Tie's Heather Merriman bundled up, braved the cold and headed out to St. Armands Circle to find the scoop on the trendiest winter fashions and tips on the best ways to dress for winter weather.

  • Arts + Culture
The Beach Residences
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 30, 2015
Beach Residences condo sells for $4 million

The unit 1101 condominium at 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive has three bedrooms, three and a half baths and 4,194 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Cedars Tennis Resort is an example of a community that already has underground utilities. Commissioners are struggling with how much owners at properties with buried utilities should pay. File photo
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 17, 2015
Commission delays flipping undergrounding switch

There's no undergrounding decision yet, but there's still time to surge ahead to a November vote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Daisy Vulovich, an associate vice president, explains how State College of Florida aligns itself to help area businesses.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 30, 2016
CORE searches for class act

Regional colleges, universities consider ways to eventually serve Lakewood Ranch's incoming biotech campus.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 1, 2010
Longboat tar baby: a cell tower

It's becoming the Br'er Rabbit tar baby of Longboat Key - subject of cell towers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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