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Visit Sarasota is working with the Siesta Key Village Association to modify "Number 1 Beach" signs for long-term use.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 11, 2012
Visit Sarasota thinks big

Visit Sarasota will partner with the newly formed U.S. marketing campaign called Brand USA to target European tourists.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2012
Obituary: Joseph Giusti

Joseph Giusti, of South Dartmouth, Mass., and Longboat Key, died June 7. He was 97.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jim Messina with RCLA Town Hall Chair Chris Cremer, Sharyl Attkisson and Karl Rove
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • February 3, 2016
Rove, Messina talk chances of presidential hopefuls

Political strategists Karl Rove and Jim Messina breakdown Iowa caucus results.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Shirley Beachum holds a portrait of her late husband, pilot Grady Hunt, who was killed in action in 1943. Photo by Robin Hartill.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 8, 2013
Servicewoman salute: Shirley Beachum

Shirley Beachum was serving in London with the Women's Army Corps (WAC) 68 years ago on V-E Day - one of a few good women who helped to win the war.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Suzy Brenner
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 24, 2015
Zumba zooms onto Longboat…Everybody Dance!

Suzy Brenner's new Zumba class offers fitness and fun for all ages.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Town Manager Dave Bullock seeks a new assistant town manager in place by the end of the year.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 21, 2015
Bullock aims to attract top talent

Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock declines commission input on hiring a new assistant town manager but will accept input on attributes for his eventual successor.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 20, 2010
P&Z e-mail spat ensues

The chairwoman of the Planning and Zoning Board and one of its planning board members disagreed in town e-mails Tuesday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
ManaSota League of Cities President Linda Yates, second from left, engages Thursday with members, from left: Brian Williams of Palmetto, Kit McKeon of Venice and Jean Peelen of Holmes Beach.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • September 8, 2016
ManaSota League of Cities refines push for more local government power

Undeterred by lack of legislative success a year ago

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Approximately 600 students participated in the event put on by the Interact Club.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • May 30, 2013
Pine View unofficially breaks Guinness World Record

Students spread soy butter and jelly on 5,721 sandwiches to break the Guinness World Record of amount of sandwiches made in an hour.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 14, 2010
OBITUARY: George Raymond Devine

George Raymond Devine was a practicing dentist and oral surgeon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Betsy Mitchell  stands at the base of the ramp, where the dock at Blackburn Point Park is partially submerged. At high tide, she said, the water reaches the spot where she stands.
  • By Jack Short |
  • November 19, 2015
Tides turn on accessible rowing dock

A Blackburn Point Park boat ramp made the bay accessible to disabled rowers until recently.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 8, 2016
Handling Hermine; County, city address fallout from Hermine

Minor flooding and power outages aside, Sarasota County missed the worst of Hurricane Hermine.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The curve at the intersection of Broadway and Gulf of Mexico Drive makes it a poor fit for a crosswalk, according to L.K. Nandem, district traffic engingeer for FDOT, who suggested the town pursue a roundabout at the location. Photo by Kristen Herhold
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 16, 2014
Commission circles Broadway for roundabout consideration

Four crosswalks are headed to an FDOT-controlled thoroughfare near you. That is, unless you live on the north end.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Pam Eubanks The traffic signals installed at the entrance of Edgewater, at University Parkway, will be similar to signals at Lakewood Ranch Boulevard at the entrance to Lakewood Ranch Main Street.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 6, 2014
Manatee County improves Edgewater traffic light design

The changes will delay the project by about two months.

  • East County
  • News
Photo by Colin Reid Andy Carlson and Chuck Rawls say the street isn’t properly maintained.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 31, 2014
VIDEO: North Palm businesses seek action on flooding

Merchants say that their street, prone to flooding and other issues linked to an adjacent palm grove, is neglected by the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort closed in August 2010. (File photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 27, 2014
Judge could announce Colony settlement decision today

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May could rule today on a settlement between Murf Klauber and the Colony Beach & Tennis Association.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Proposed sites for new wayfinding signs include Palm Avenue and Main Street and the Five Points roundabout. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 26, 2013
Downtown businesses pursue wayfinding

A Palm Avenue merchant wants signs to direct downtown pedestrians to businesses off of Main Street, but similar efforts have historically hit a roadblock.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Paradise Pops. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 17, 2013
Cool treats to beat summer heat

When temperatures rise to the red zone and there's no escaping, try some of these cool treats to get back to the blue zone. There are old Sarasota staples, new establishments, desserts, entrees, breakfast, snacks and even a recipe to try.

  • Arts + Culture
  • 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
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 16, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Nate Benderson's legacy will continue

  • East County
  • Opinion
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