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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 26, 2011
Ranch IDA advances plans for website

The Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority board approved Oct. 20 a contract with Association Voice for web-hosting services.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 30, 2010
Business Observer 11.30.10

Anheuser-Busch recognized America Recycles Day by donating $500,000 to mark the occasion.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key awarded 37 scholarships to students at the 2014 Scholarship Program Breakfast Thursday, at the Longboat Key Club. Photos by Heather Merriman and Caleb Motsinger
  • By Caleb Motsinger |
  • August 13, 2014
Kiwanis Club awards record 37 scholarships

Committees selected students from 135 local applicants to receive 22 academic and 15 technical scholarships.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker reviews budget documents.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 14, 2015
Manatee County aims to balance its budget

In current projections, Manatee County's reserve fund will run out in a few years. What will it take to balance the budget?

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 30, 2009
Commission adopts 1.4903 millage rate

Despite pleas by town public safety personnel to raise the millage rate, the Town Commission adopted a millage rate that's .65% lower than the current tax rate.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town Manager Bruce St. Denis, right, and town labor attorney Reynolds Allen discuss why the town is not able to give the firefighters a contract that involves spending more money.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 9, 2011
Town sides with St. Denis

The Town Commission agreed with Town Manager Bruce St. Denis on the three issues left to resolve a new firefighter contract last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"My yard is an arid sandpit," jokes Addie Worth (pictured here in Selby's bromeliad garden). "I spend all my time working in other people's yards that I never have time to take care of my own."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 9, 2011
Grassroots effort

Addie Worth gets paid to play in dirt. The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens horticulturist loves her job.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2010
Cops Corner 02.25.10

The complainant sold a man a riding lawnmower. The man stopped making payments on the lawnmower. The complainant asked the sheriff's office for help, and deputies discovered that the man hadn't lived at his listed address since October.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 12, 2010
Demolition makes way for SMH bed tower

Sarasota Memorial Hospital is taking down its old energy center to create room for construction of its nine-floor bed tower.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 1, 2009
Longboat's property values decline

The anticipated 10.1% decline this year marks only the second time since 1988 that taxable values have dropped year-to-year on the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Larry Lantz served as a barber on Siesta Key for 48 years. He spent the last 12 years of his career at The Village Barber, in Siesta Center. File photo.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • March 1, 2012
Siesta Key remembers barber

Larry Lantz, who was known for his wit and warmth during 48 years of work as a barber on Siesta Key, died Feb. 13. He was 75.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 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.

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  • Neighbors
LECOM boosted the Bradenton economy by $91 million. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 25, 2014
Study shows job creation, tax revenues at LECOM

The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine boosts Bradenton's economy.

  • East County
  • News
The property leased by Blu Que Island Grill (formerly Blu Smoke), in the Village, is one of the parcels owned by Chris Brown that he contends Sarasota County staff singled out for an excessively high 2011 parking assessment.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 26, 2012
Village property owner's lawsuit back in Circuit Court

A U.S. District Court judge agrees that a Village property owner's latest lawsuit against the county hinges on issues that should be tried in Circuit Court.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 17, 2012
In Memoriam: Loved ones broadcast Nelson's pioneering spirit

Robert Nelson, an entrepreneur and pioneer in broadcast, is remembered for his generosity and passion for life.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Edith Barr Dunn was known for her signature Stetson hats. (File photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 4, 2015
Local icon Edith Barr Dunn dies at 94

Edith Barr Dunn was known on Longboat Key and Sarasota for her success in the restaurant business and support of charities throughout the community.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County Commissioner Christine Robinson, Norman Schimmel, Commissioner Jon Thaxton, Assistant Sarasota County Fire Chief Bill Hoag and Commissioner Joe Barbetta. Photo by Kelly French.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 29, 2011
Sarasota County firefighters recognized during presentation

Sarasota resident Norman Schimmel, a native New Yorker, Tuesday presented to the Sarasota County Fire Department a framed photograph of the wall at the Tribute WTC Museum in New York City that is a memorial to the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 28, 2012
FIVE FAST FACTS: Sea lions

Read up on sea lions before Stella, Rose and Kitty make their debut in Mote's "Sea Lions: On the Water's Edge" exhibit.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 31, 2012
City manager list down to eight

The eight city manager candidates presented to city commissioners Wednesday, May 30, include three Florida city managers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Richard and Alison Light, and their daughter, Chloe Jane, donated the Little Free Library to their community. Photos by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 16, 2015
Palm Island: the heart of Siesta Key

A neighborhood of 150 homes in the middle of the island boasts friendly neighbors and a rich history.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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