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Lido Key Residents Association President Carl Shoffstall is keeping a close watch on the ongoing post-Tropical Storm Debby shoreline renourishment project. Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • February 4, 2015
Q+A with Carl Shoffstall

Although beach renourishment has been the major headline-generator on Lido Key over the past year, life on the island is more than just worrying about the well-being of the shoreline.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo The Green Team  — Linda Martin, Tony Montalbano, Dave Volker, Joanne Burnham, Heather Roseboom and Mike Basilone — won the scavenger hunt.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 7, 2014
Employees 'hunt' down clues

Members of the Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority worked together during inaugural scavenger hunt.

  • East County
  • News
Local agencies worked to keep residents and visitors informed through Hurricane Irma by sending information straight to them, through social media.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • September 27, 2017
For local agencies during Irma, social media was crucial

City and county leaders found Twitter, Facebook a direct connection to a population that needed hurricane updates.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 10, 2015
News Briefs

Police recover body after plunge from Ringling Bridge; Town Hall to close for Presidents Day; Longboat Pass bridge work begins; Mote announces dolphin's death

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 21, 2010
Town Hall hours still up for discussion

Members of the Inter-District Authority are expected to take up the matter again next month.

  • East County
  • News
Funded by a Longboat Key Garden Club grant, this sign on the town dock details the evolution of Sister Keys. (RustyChinnisImages.com)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 4, 2014
Audio tour spotlights Sister Keys history

Sister Keys is home to gopher tortoises and gumbo limbo - but no golf courses - and your cellphone can help you find out why.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bev Parker, Cynthia Dennis, Roy Lawrence and Marge Wright
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • April 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : St. Boniface Foyer Spring Fling

St. Boniface foyer hosted their annual spring fling Friday, April 19 at the Siesta Key beach pavilion to welcome friends and have a good time. The foyer is a dinner party group and hosts dinners at various parishioner's homes to meet new friends and interact with member. Approximately 100 people attended the annual spring fling. Reverend John Hall said grace and prayed for the Boston marathon bombing victims and Boston area residents as well as those in Wako, TX who suffered from the explosion at the fertilizer plant. Parishioners enjoyed chicken, pulled pork and side dishes.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
A Florida High Patrol report states Robert Torez, 19, was taken to Blake Memorial Hospital around 10 p.m. Feb. 23, after the scooter on which he was riding was struck by a vehicle behind him.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 24, 2012
Vehicle crushes scooter, injures driver

A 19-year-old man was transported to Blake Medical Center last night after the scooter on which he was riding was struck and run over by another vehicle.

  • East County
  • News
Village resident Gene Jaleski sent photos of peacocks impeding traffic on Broadway last month to Mayor Jim Brown.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 4, 2015
Peacocks ruffle feathers again

Have you heard the mating calls? The Village’s most notorious birds are growing their flock.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"The poetry of the music is just gorgeous," says Rachel Assi of Gloria Musicae's Argentinean-influenced Christmas concert. "I think it'll be a beautiful piece and an interesting venture into something a little unknown."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 1, 2010
Fresh Pipes

Singer Rachel Assi is young, ambitious and happy to serenade you. Gloria Musicae's new chorus manager is ready to make an impression on Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
Author Michelle Phillips. File photo.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 22, 2011
Scene & Heard

'Beauty Blueprint' soars on Amazon; FST prepares for a $5.6 million makeover; Finally, Sarasota Opera finds its 'Nemo'; Teen actress vies for spot on TV's 'Glee'

  • Sarasota
  • News
Arlene Scarlett in action near her totes and handbags
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 20, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Bayport Craft Fair

Among the paintings, nature photography, colorful jewelry, intricate broaches, eclectic handbags and knit apparel, at the craft fair on Feb. 18 and 19, it's apparent that there's no shortage of craftiness at Bayport Beach and Tennis Club. Resident's put their work on display for all of their neighbors to see. They don't host a craft fair annually, but it isn't the first time one has taken place.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 2, 2015
TWIS Asks: TapMap

TWIS Asks: TapMap

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Ryan Tisdale is one of six Fulbright Scholars this year at New College. Tisdale will leave in September for Seewiesen, Germany, to begin his year-long research project.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • July 21, 2011
New College student headed to Germany

The 22-year-old Fulbright Scholar will study the sleep patterns of urban and rural blackbirds.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Town Manager Dave Bullock and Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale await the Manatee County Commission’s decision on the half-cent sales tax.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 22, 2016
Manatee County bucks barrier island tax request

The Manatee County Commission declined a breakdown of the proposed half-cent sales tax that would have netted more surtax money for Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Parks and Recreation Director Jerry Fogle pledged to get substantive community feedback on the park district proposal.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 15, 2016
City moves ahead with park district plans

City leaders may create a dedicated taxing district to fund parks and recreation. They just need to figure out how it would function.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 3, 2010
Ranch incorporation committee endorses expanded city limits

Members of the Lakewood Ranch Civic Action Forum's Incorporation Study Committee met with homeowners' association representatives and CDD supervisors Jan. 28.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jean Stewart |
  • May 5, 2010
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Town Hall employees favor four-day schedule

Reports were written in your paper regarding coverage of the four-day workweek at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall. However, there was no mention of the positive comments made by employees.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: East County

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the East County Observer archives.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 9, 2014
Developer turns over land to Stoneybrook association

Members of the Stoneybrook Homeowners Association prepare to 'create their own destiny,' as they take over land ownership rights after more than a decade.

  • East County
  • News
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