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  • By Donna Swan |
  • September 2, 2009
Deal Us In: Second hand low

We often hear 'second-hand low,' but, in this week's hand, this would be a major error.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bob White says he is personally endorsing Longboat Key Town Commission District 3 candidate Ray Rajewski.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 17, 2012
Commission endorsement emails raise questions

Supporters of both Vice Mayor David Brenner and challenger Ray Rajewski have taken issue with emails sent by their opposition.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Giuliano Hazan learned about his family's passion for food during Shabbat dinners at his grandparents’ house. He later opened his own cooking school in Italy while authoring award-winning cookbooks. Courtesy photo.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 9, 2013
Jewish Book Festival opens in Lakewood Ranch

Italian chef Giuliano Hazan will open the festival with a presentation Jan. 13, in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Doriel Rock Boyce works near the window for lighting on her piece.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • June 11, 2015
Watercolor group paints with all the colors of their whim

Members of the Watercolor group at St. Boniface meet for a free painting session every Thursday morning.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lido Key residents say their shoreline is in need of immediate assistance.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • August 20, 2014
County to hire consultant to review Big Pass dredge

After Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson raised some stipulations, the board unanimously agreed to find a third party to review the Lido Beach renourishment project.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Both plain-clothed and uniformed officers are patrolling the area.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 13, 2010
Police investigate home burglaries in the Village

After six home burglaries in the Village occurred in the last five months, police officers are stepping up surveillance.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2010
LBK ranks high on readers' list of top island destinations

Conde Nast readers showed some love for Longboat, choosing it as the continent's third-best island destination.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 8, 2009
Commission rescinds its paid parking approval

Three weeks after voting to implement paid parking as soon as this fall, city commissioners unanimously decided Tuesday to rescind that vote until they can get more public input.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Sarasota City Commission will hold a regular meeting today at City Hall to discuss eight pages worth of agenda items.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 18, 2011
Commission discusses parking garage today

Sarasota city commissioners will review a proposed parking garage and an affordable housing deletion request at their regular meeting today.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Grandma Allison is a hybrid tea rose that was hybridized by Mallory in 2007 in honor of his grandmother. Many of the roses he hybridizes he names after important people in his life.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • April 25, 2012
Home & Garden: A Rosey Disposition

Ron Mallory's love for roses started in the late 1940s when victory gardens were all the rage.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • June 11, 2009
Timekeeper

Resident Joe Fanelli has spent most of his lifetime repairing and restoring antique and vintage clocks.

  • East County
  • News
Ben and Raeanna Kalkert sport their award-winning masks.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • October 26, 2016
Black Tie & Tales 10.27.16

Here's what you missed last week...

  • Black Tie
Kayla Estling
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2011
Observer Team Spotlight Q&A

Read this week's Observer Team Spotlight Q&A with Kayla Estling

  • East County
  • Sports
Commissioner Phillip Younger discussed the island-wide beach project at the regular workshop Dec. 16.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 16, 2010
Commission chooses sand, structures

The Longboat Key Town Commission chose an option Thursday that will ask the voters two separate referendum questions for sand and north end structures in March.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key residents attended an informational forum last week at which Unicorp National Developments President Chuck WhIttall answered questions in advance of a March 14 referendum on expanding density at the Colony.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 25, 2017
Colony developer releases traffic study

An analysis shows the proposal to redevelop the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort will reduce traffic. But how, exactly?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • June 8, 2012
June 8: 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
  • By Kevin Cooper |
  • June 14, 2012
My View: ' ... And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air ... '

As the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce excitedly prepares to host, for the 22nd time, the Fourth of July community fireworks celebration on Siesta Key Beach, I must take a moment to remind my community of its extremely vital role in this event.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Town Manager Dave Bullock told approximately 80 people in attendance at a north end forum Thursday the town will work to defend property that's being threatened by beach erosion.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 20, 2014
North end group talks erosion

Residents and associations on the north end of Longboat Key have formed a new group to discuss and vet topics that affect their end of the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Preliminary certification of taxable values, released July 1 by the Manatee County Property Appraiser's Office, showed values have increased an average of 4% compared to last year.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 28, 2013
Year in Review: July 2013, Manatee property values on the rise

East County communities, such as Lakewood Ranch, are exceeding county averages.

  • East County
  • News
A double diverging diamond interchange has been proposed by the Florida Department of Transportation.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 22, 2014
I-75 funding axed from state budget

The state Legislature has eliminated a proposal for $100 million in transportation funding from the budget. FDOT planned to use some of the money for improvements to Interstate 75 at University Parkway.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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