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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 5, 2014
Purchase could yield town center

Commissioners unanimously approved the $1.5 million purchase of a 2.8-acre parcel behind Publix Monday night, citing overwhelming support from residents and businesses.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By George Rauch |
  • August 27, 2014
Market Watch

Record prosperity will continue in near term

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, explains the rising debt at a listening session held at Longboat Key Town Hall.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 20, 2013
Buchanan spends Saturday at Town Hall

The Longboat Key congressman talked jobs, his No. 1 focus, the economy and spending with Key constituents during a listening session. His No. 1 focus is jobs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 18, 2020
Longboat voters dig plan to finance beach projects

Gulfside and Bayside voters in both counties approve borrowing plan to launch renourishment, groins and more.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 25, 2014
Homeward sound: Justin Layman's homecoming jam night

Homeward sound: Justin Layman's homecoming jam night

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
Our View: Watchdog for human rights

David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, is describing how he has spent the past 15 years circling the globe; sitting face to face, looking eye to eye with the world's most powerful heads of state; delivering the message incessantly and emphatically: Iran cannot have WMDs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A U.S. Jared the Galleria of Jewelry store. Photo by M.O. Stevens via Wikimedia Commons.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • March 2, 2018
New jewelry store slated for University Town Center

Benderson agreed to a lease with the parent company of Jared the Galleria of Jewelry.

  • East County
  • Business
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • November 20, 2014
Adrian Grenier on storytelling, postmodernism and the world's loneliest whale

Adrian Grenier on storytelling, postmodernism and the world's loneliest whale

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2010
Cops Corner 06.17.10

A man saw a woman throw something heavy into the water at Bay Island Park and hurry back to her car. He thought it may have been a gun, so he called police.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Building demolition began in earnest on Aug. 8 at the site of the former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • August 15, 2018
Demolition begins in earnest at Colony site

Demolition of the buildings at the site of the former Colony is expected to take 120 days.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Longbeach Village neighborhood saw flooding in the streets beginning Sunday. Photos by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 27, 2012
Year in review: June 2012, 'Debby Downer'

Tropical Storm Debby was an unwelcome guest but appears to have spared the Key major damages.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Maestro Victor DeRenzi and executive director Richard Russell announce the opera's 2015-16 season.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • February 4, 2015
Sarasota Opera announces their 2015/2016 season and end of Verdi Cycle

More than a 25 years in the making, the Sarasota Opera will close their historic Verdi Cycle with "Aida" and more in their 2015/2016 season.

  • Arts + Culture
The Missing in America Project gives seven veterans and four spouses a final resting place.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • November 12, 2015
A final salute: Missing In America Project gives veterans final honors

The Missing in America Project gives seven veterans and four spouses a final resting place.

  • Sarasota
  • News
County roads with posted speeds greater than 45 mph soon may be getting new signs as large as 3 feet by 4 feet, so they are more visible to drivers. Photo by Rachel Hackney Brown.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 15, 2011
County may begin installing bigger signs

Because drivers need more time to respond to speed limit changes, Sarasota County may install bigger signs on roads with speed limits of 45 mph or higher.

  • Siesta Key
  • 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
"It's going to be a great family event," said Rita Lewis, restaurant manager, with Linger Lodge's General Manager David LaRusso.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 4, 2011
STRUMMING & SPICE

Linger Lodge Restaurant & Campground will host the Gator Creek Bluegrass Festival May 7.

  • East County
  • News
FSU/Asolo Conservatory's "Antigone" runs from April 8 through April 27.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 2, 2014
A&E Picks and Highlights

A&E Editor Mallory Gnaegy keeps you in the know about events, local performers and art gallery happenings.

  • Arts + Culture
The majority of the commission wants to know what that the cost would be island-wide to bury utilities.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 12, 2014
Underground utilities referenda nixed for March

The majority of the commission expressed a need to research an island-wide project to bury utilities instead of moving forward with just a Gulf of Mexico Drive project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2012
News Briefs

Group makes strides in helping homeless; Dine Downtown continues this week; Parking amnesty program extended

  • Sarasota
  • News
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2016
Longboat Key Obituaries: In Memoriam

Between May and October, Longboat Key lost many residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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