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The Siesta Key Breeze trolley recorded more than 10,000 rides in its first week serving the island.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 29, 2017
Siesta Key Breeze trolley service tops 10,000 rides

The new Siesta Key transit option is outpacing last year’s daily ridership numbers of the previous bus service by more than 530%.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 6, 2014
Town recommends combined tax increase of $954,397

Town Manager Dave Bullock seeks millage rate increases to the operating budget and beach districts to offset declining revenues and brace for pricey beach projects in 2015.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Guy Braunstein
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 13, 2016
Music review: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks 6

'Our Town' delights with a beautifully presented, exciting performance.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Mote Marine Laboratory staff biologist Emma Jugovich warns onlookers at Siesta Key beach that disturbing manatees is illegal.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 14, 2012
Group gathers to watch manatees mate

At least nine of the endangered marine mammals will spend as long as several days in the shallow waters of Siesta Key public beach.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 31, 2010
Real Estate Reports

Doug Parks honored with President's Circle Award; Marilyn Trevethan elected to Courtyard Association; Jim Soda receives sixth Chairman's Circle Award

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By June LeBell |
  • May 14, 2009
Music Review: Sarasota Opera 2009-2010 season

The Sarasota Opera has announced its plans for the company's 51st season, and it looks like it's pulling out all the stops.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 10, 2010
Group spurs incorporation debate

Nearly 200 people attended a presentation about why the Friends of Lakewood Ranch group opposes incorporation.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta wants further government consolidation after staff vacates the sixth floor of the Administration Center. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 4, 2012
Sarasota County wants to shed land

Commissioner Joe Barbetta has made consolidating government services a goal since he was elected. Now he wants the free space created in private hands.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 22, 2012
CDD 6 delays budget adoption

Supervisors of Lakewood Ranch CDD 6 delayed a vote to adopt the district's 2013 fiscal year budget. A new adoption hearing is set for Aug. 29.

  • East County
  • News
City Manager Tom Barwin won'     t be departing for the same job in Reno, Nevada.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 13, 2017
Barwin withdraws candidacy for Reno city manager job

After being selected as a finalist for a position in Nevada earlier this month, City Manager Tom Barwin announced he will remain in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The home at 443 S. Polk Drive was built in 2007, with five bedrooms, three full baths and two half-baths, a pool and 5,513 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 10, 2020
Ringling Estates home sells for $2.7 million

Residential real estate transactions for March 30-April 3.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2011
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: April Fools' Day 2011

Readers respond to April Fools' Day spoof edition.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Minnah Stein and Emma Kanego weigh a bucket of air potatoes they collected.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • April 18, 2015
SRQ Volunteens host weekend service events

The SRQ Volunteens pitched in at Phillippi Estate Park rounding up buckets of air potatoes with the Sarasota Bay Guardians Saturday, April 18.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2016
Longboat Key: Obituaries

James Blatt and Lynn Moore died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2009
Our View

Don't fall for the Crist ads

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
GreyHawk's Dinah Mahan, 3, and her mom, Angela Mahan.  "Seeing the little pieces of yourself in them," Angela said of her favorite thing of being a mom.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 11, 2018
What Kiddie Academy of Lakewood Ranch moms like best

Kiddie Academy of Lakewood Ranch mothers talk about what they love best about being a mom.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 15, 2017
Longboater makes Hall of Fame

David Gorin will be inducted into the RV and Manufactured Housing Hall of Fame in August.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The project would replace current lighting with 72 state-of-the-art "sea worthy" light fixtures throughout the underside of the bridge
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • March 25, 2013
Blue lights could shine on the Ringling Causeway

Representatives at Evolucia, a local LED lighting manufacturer, have said the company is willing to donate the lighting.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 6, 2014
Candidates get northern exposure at Village debate

Commissioner Terry Gans and candidates Armando Linde and Irwin Pastor discussed issues affecting the north end last night.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The county budget had been on a steady decline from the 2009 fiscal year until 2012.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 8, 2012
Preliminary budget forecasted to increase 3%

The Sarasota County preliminary budget for the 2013 fiscal year is set at $893.6 million, with economic development spending more than double the previous year.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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