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Lift Station 87 and a shelter for the homeless were the main topics of discussion during today's City Commission meeting at City Hall.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 19, 2013
City Commission approves new lift station engineering firm

After signing off on new engineering work at Lift Station 87, the commission talked homelessness - which led to some sniping between two commissioners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nicole Thompson |
  • March 6, 2014
TWIS Happy Hour Guide: MADE

TWIS Happy Hour Guide: MADE

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
All six of the honorees Army Spc. Elwood “Woody” Schiffman, Harold Ronson, retired Air Force Col. Leonard Friedlander, USMC Capt. Tom Smith, retired Army Col. Ben Knisely and Army Spc. Christopher Keilty.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • May 2, 2016
JFCS salutes six local veterans

Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast honors veterans for their service to the community.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ellen Overstreet (Photo by Barbara Banks, courtesy Sarasota Ballet)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 24, 2013
Iain Webb promotes Sarasota Ballet dancers to soloists

Artistic Director of Sarasota Ballet Iain Webb promotes three members of coryphee to soloists on stage Nov. 22.

  • Arts + Culture
Felicity Liemont. Photo by Whittany Gibson.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • November 22, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

The divas take the stage at 'Burlesque'; Worth the trip; She doesn't look a day over ...; Tidbits

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2014
Our View: Long may it wave

Surely, we're not alone in thinking that we, as Americans, are having our American ideals and patriotism tested to new limits lately.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Yalda Hajavi |
  • May 7, 2009
STANGS: Lakewood's Dyer inspires school

Katie Dyer hopes to use her life battling dwarfism to inspire others with the condition.

  • East County
  • Schools
"I don't want it to get too big," Michael Bush says of his store's theater offerings. "At the end of the day, I'm still in the furniture business."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 7, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: The accidental set designer

Michael Bush has turned Home Resource into an unlikely stage for intimate theater. The contemporary furniture store has become one of Sarasota's best-kept theater secrets.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 16, 2009
Christ Church project approved

Christ Church of Longboat Key's building project was forwarded to the Town Commission for review by the Planning & Zoning Board, but some residents still have project concerns.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sophie Bolduc gets her face painted to look like a dog.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 1, 2013
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, here I am at: Fur Fun CAMP

Animal-lovers enjoyed interacting with dogs and other animals July 26, as part of the Humane Society of Sarasota County's Fur Fun Camp. Enrolled campers made frozen dog treats to feed the dogs, ate ice cream, played games and had their faces painted.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Coca-Cola Co. got Sarasota bubbling when it filmed a commercial in August 1989 on Siesta Key beach.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 8, 2013
Moments in Time

Coca-Cola Co. got Sarasota bubbling when it filmed a commercial in August 1989 on Siesta Key beach.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dashwood Payen performed in the marching band at Lakewood Ranch High School. Courtesy image.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 7, 2018
Lakewood Ranch community mourns teen's death

Popular teen heralded as great trumpet player.

  • East County
  • News
Tube Dudes find a new home on Main Street
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • January 25, 2013
Jan. 25: Daily Headlines Video

SCAT needs $1.8 million for Siesta Key route; Proposed gun club in Lakewood Ranch put on pause; Tube Dudes find a new home on Main Street; East County schools celebrate winter

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Learn how to turn a pallet into a bed frame in this week's Crafty Genes.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 9, 2013
Crafty Genes: Pallet Bed Frame

Learn how to turn a pallet into a bed frame in this week's Crafty Genes.

  • Arts + Culture
Diamond Award honoree Keith Adams and Diane Kreisman
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • March 24, 2011
Diamonds in the Rough Luncheon featuring Linda Larsen

Diamonds in the Rough Luncheon featuring Linda Larsen

  • Black Tie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2014
Bell-ringers: The next generation?

Kiwanis Club President Armando Linde reports this story from a recent bell-ringing shift that makes us optimistic the tradition of bell-ringing outside Longboat Key Publix will live on in future generations.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dean Kalahar, a 40-year Sarasota resident, is an economics teacher at Sarasota High School and author of "Practical Economics."
  • By Dean Kalahar |
  • May 3, 2012
My View: Class warfare: polarizing, immoral

The class-warfare attack on the 'rich' is really an argument against free markets, wealth creation and life-saving economic growth.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2009
Community Calendar

If your organization would like to have meetings or events publicized, mail or fax the information at least one week in advance to The Longboat Observer, Box 8100, Longboat Key 34228; fax: 383-7193 or e-mail: [email protected]. All announcements must be typed, include hour and date of meeting, complete address of meeting place and a telephone reference number. To ensure accuracy, no telephone calls. Deadline is the previous Tuesday, 5 p.m.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2015
Letters to the Editor

We cannot turn the other cheek; Event showcased community spirit; Dispatch is a matter of life and death

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The German exchange students enjoyed Siesta Key Beach with their American hosts.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 17, 2012
Riverview introduces America to German exchange students

Sixteen students from Freiburg, Germany, participated in German American Partnership program to promote intercultural understanding.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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