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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2012
News Briefs

Fish kills sign of mullet season; Town receives reimbursement; Kiwanis Club seeks award nominations; Griffin's novel makes magazine's Top 10 list

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 8, 2017
Local veterans recall military service

Three local veterans, one from the Army, one from the Air Force and one from the Navy share their most prominent memories.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy rendering. Planned renovations of the pavilion at Siesta Beach will expand the facility while respecting architect Tim Seibert's original design.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • January 9, 2014
Siesta Beach renovations have SKVA on edge

The Siesta Key Village Association met for the first time in 2014 on Tuesday, opening the new year with fresh concerns about how the two-year renovation project at Siesta Beach might impact the island's tourism industry.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2013
News Briefs

Planning Board OKs Brookside Estates site plan; Smoothie King slated for Mall at UTC; Officials lobby to secure Pentathlon World Cup

  • East County
  • News
Pines Foundation President Estelle Crawford, Wendell Kent and co-host Rachele Rivolta
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2014
House warming

Piero Rivolta and his wife, Rachele, opened their home to the Pines of Sarasota March 26.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2011
Get your cameras ready!

Lakewood Ranch-based Sanborn Studios has joined forces with the Guerilla Film Competition to find the 'best of the best' of YouTube video stars.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 12, 2009
Town staff 'cannot recommend' OK of project

Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson issued an Islandside staff report Friday, Oct. 9 that said town staff 'cannot recommend' approval of the $400 million Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside Outline Development Plan request.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • October 4, 2012
City puts six parcels on the market

One parcel is already under contract. City commissioners could use profits to pay down employee health-care costs.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Angalique Schweitger of Southeast High School with Kari Reddish, a digital design teacher at Lakewood Ranch High School
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 27, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Heart & Soul Gala

The Manatee Education Foundation hosted the sixth annual 2013 Heart & Soul Gala and Live Art Auction Jan. 26 at Polo Grill. Student artists were recognized for their work and received scholarships ranging from $150 to $1,500 and other gifts.

  • East County
  • News
Rosbie Thompson and George McQuillen are one of 250 Manatee County student-mentor pairs participating this year in Take Stock in Children, a statewide, non-profit mentor program that provides college scholarships to students from low-income families.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • December 5, 2012
Heart to Heart: Rosbie Thompson and George McQuillen

Student-mentor pair Rosbie Thompson and George McQuillen have forged a bond in Manatee County Take Stock in Children program.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2015
Letters to the editor: Sarasota 7.2.15

Sarasota Observer readers write letters to the editor

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Beth Stub, Betsy Hinkley, Jane Benace, Joanne Bouda, Jean Driver, Lynne Sheal, Mary Jane Diaz and Donna Guess share a laugh as they hold up the blankets they made for the Florida Cancer Specialist hospital.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • April 4, 2018
Wrapped up in a cause in Bradenton

Tara quilters give back after one member's battle with cancer.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2012
Obituary: Samuel Elliott Fishman

Samuel Elliott Fishman, 75, of Tampa, died Oct. 12.

  • Longboat Key
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Read the best of this summer's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2011
WELCOME BACK: The best of Cops Corner

Longboat Key police had some interesting cases to deal with, read the best of them!

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 2, 2009
P&Z receives Islandside conditions

The Planning and Zoning Board will review a list of 40 conditions that must be met for the board to recommend The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation and expansion application.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2012
Obituary: Edith M. Rosenthal

Edith M. Rosenthal, of Longboat Key, died May 18. She was 86.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • May 10, 2012
May 10: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A proposed 150-foot cellular tower would sit behind the Longboat Island Chapel. This photo was taken from the front yard of Ronald Platt’s home.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 20, 2010
Proposed north-end cell tower disputed

A 150-foot proposed cellular tower, which has not yet been reviewed by town staff, is already meeting resistance from neighborhood residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ida Cuthbertson writes down her ideas for public transportation at the Feb. 11 meeting. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 18, 2015
County launches Comp Plan update process

Residents are wary of the county's methods for public input during the comprehensive plan overhaul.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 29, 2018
Sarasota Ballet dancers Logan Learned and Kristianne Kleine announce retirement

The principal and first soloist will leave the company after the end of the 2017-2018 season in April.

  • Arts + Culture
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