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Regular SCAT buses now serve Siesta Key from Siesta Drive to Stickney Point Road. By mid-year, only trolley-type vehicles will be seen on all routes on the Key.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 13, 2011
Siesta Key trolley receives service boost

A $1 million state grant will allow the county to operate a trolley system that will run the entire length of Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 30, 2018
Temple Beth Israel celebrates Passover

About 180 congregants gathered for a Shabbat service and Seder.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Two males swans were moved to Sarasota Jungle Gardens from Camelot Lake on Sept. 28. Their names will be decided in a contest hosted by Sarasota Jungle Gardens.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 5, 2016
Longboat swans settle into new home

The two swans were born on Longboat Key in May 2015 to Susie and Sully.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A unit in 624 Palm Ave. was the top seller in the city of Sarasota. Built in 2018, it has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 3,784 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 6, 2022
Bay Island Shores home sells for $5 million

At $5 million, a home in Bay Island Shores tops all transactions this week in the Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch area.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Pat Herrmann
  • By Dora Walters |
  • November 15, 2010
Man on the street: Thankful time

We asked Longboaters what they are thankful for this year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Opera's "I Lombardi" runs through March 20, at the Sarasota Opera House.
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 2, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Opera's 'I Lombardi'

Sarasota Opera's "I Lombardi" runs through March 20, at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo. Dr. John Ratey, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will speak on “How Exercise Optimizes Brain Function and Performance” next week in Sarasota.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • November 6, 2013
Aerobic grandma: Can exercise protect your brain from aging?

Although long known to benefit your body, exercise may also protect and rejuvinate your mind, research suggests.

  • Sarasota
  • News
BLVD. is expected to open in early 2020.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2019
2nd location of Beach Bistro planned for condo project

Anna Maria Island favorite coming to Sarasota's BLVD. tower in 2020.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Gregg Anderson is the business manager for Digital Image Business Solutions.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 9, 2011
Young Business of the Year finalist: Digital Image Business Solutions

Digital Image Business Solutions was named a Young Business of the Year finalist at the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce's 2011 Frank G. Berlin Senior Small Business of the Year Awards.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Members of the public are invited to meet local authors at five of Sarasota County's libraries.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • April 7, 2014
Sarasota libraries celebrate local authors for National Library Week

Members of the public are invited to meet local authors at five Sarasota County Libraries during National Library Week. The events take place from Friday, April 11 to Friday, April 18.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 23, 2010
Cops Corner 06.24.10

The complainant reported two males loaded two computers into a shopping cart containing two pillows, which were used to hide the computers. The males then proceeded past all points of sale to a vehicle that was parked outside the store.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Zara Barrie |
  • July 28, 2014
Factory Girl: What is a factory girl?

Factory Girl: What is a factory girl?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • October 26, 2016
Columbia President Richard Gonzmart reveals $4M plans for Longboat Key eatery

Plans call for spending up to $4 million to build a new restaurant at the location.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Fran Mangino sketches out the Guptill House.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • February 19, 2016
Historic Spanish Point sets the scene for artists

Plein Air Painters of the Suncoast host day two of Paint Sarasota Paint Out at Historic Spanish Point.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 30, 2009
Swine flu shots available for all

The vaccine will be available this weekend to the general public.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Melissa Leduc |
  • March 19, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: March 19

Alexandra Lowe-Mains captured this flock of royal tern flying on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Indra Sampranata and Surapsari are planning to tour the Southwest this summer with their Balinese dance company.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 19, 2011
Mysterious ways

Surapsari and Indra Sampranata explain the significance of the strange masks, movements and mystic motifs of Balinese dancing.

  • Arts + Culture
Eva Rey takes a book everywhere she goes.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 15, 2011
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Eva Rey

Eva Rey was selected as Lakewood Ranch Town Hall's new executive director. Learn more about her in our candid Q&A.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota native Bello Nock wants to save the Big Apple Circus in New York.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 2, 2017
Bello Nock hopes to buy, revive Big Apple Circus

According to a Wall Street Journal report, the Sarasota-based clown daredevil is bidding on the bankrupt New York City circus.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 3, 2014
Our View

How a forlorn Russian changed lives

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