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  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • February 23, 2010
44th Annual Dinner

Planned Parenthood

  • Black Tie
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • May 15, 2018
Contractors survey Colony site for possible repairs

Developer Chuck Whittall and a representative for beachfront owners, Manfred Welfonder, disagree about the outcome of the survey, both saying that contractors gave them assurance about their positions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bob Switzer
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 23, 2011
Scene & Heard

Switzer blows his horn for banjo groupies; Puppet show has strings attached; Dance magazine editor to visit Sarasota; Greenfield Prize awarded to NYC scribe; Hot exhibits

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2010
Letters to the editor

Road work is a deterrent for future visits; Tourism will help put Longboat at No. 1

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Artist Patrick Dougherty needs a lot of sticks. Courtesy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 12, 2012
Scene & Heard

Artist needs help picking up sticks; A&E votes Yea for '1776'; My flight into Veronese

  • Arts + Culture
rock-for-a-cause
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 9, 2014
TWIS Asks: Jon Pierce, Rock For a Cause

TWIS Asks: Jon Pierce, Rock For a Cause

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Jim Purdy has been the director of operations for Manatee County YMCA's four branches, including Lakewood Ranch, for only eight months, but you wouldn’t know it by his lively interactions with customers.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • December 29, 2013
Year in Review: August 2013, YMCA celebrates 10 years

With expansions and ever-growing product offerings, the Lakewood Ranch YMCA has shown an intense focus on customers who have made it a community staple.

  • East County
  • News
Designing Women Founder Jean Weidner Goldstein, Board President Ida Zito and board member Linda Gross
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 2, 2019
Designing Women Boutique and Estate Services awards 2018 grants

The 2018 Grant Awards ceremony was held May 2 at BMO Harris Bank.

  • Black Tie
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 30, 2009
Police keep watch at Broadway beach access

The closure of the North Shore Road beach access weeks ago has led to a busier Broadway beach access, complete with more issues for Longboat Key Police Department.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 17, 2015
SRQ Airport OKs Uber pickups

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport will charge Uber drivers $2.50 per pickup through December.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 19, 2012
FDOT begins improvements to State Road 70

The Florida Department of Transportation expects the resurfacing project to be finished in spring 2013.

  • East County
  • News
The Siesta Key Wastewater Treatment Facility, located on Oakmont Place, off of Midnight Pass Road, emits a distinct odor.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 19, 2015
Commissioners pump more money into Siesta Key station

The $25 million Siesta Key pump station project, scheduled to be completed in 2016, was delayed to coincide with a Phillippi Creek septic project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The project will include Broadway and Lois Avenue in the Longbeach  Village, along with other streets on the Key. (Robin Hartill)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 5, 2013
Town streets on the road to repavement

Several town streets will be repaved beginning next week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 27, 2015
Budget breakdown: 2015-16 capital projects

Fiscal year 2015-16 is a big year for capital projects, which include $22.5 million worth of beach projects.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In total, and without adjusting for inflation, the new state projections shave $11.9 million off of forecasted deficits in Sarasota County's general fund.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 17, 2013
State updates area taxable values

The Florida Department of Revenue expects Sarasota County property values to grow by at least 5% each year from the current fiscal year through fiscal year 2018.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2013
News Briefs

School District to open enrollment period; Stoneybrook Rec Center has new hours; Retirement home names new public relations director; SCFCS holds fall 2013 information sessions

  • East County
  • News
Aerial view of the Honore Avenue Intersection Improvement Project. Courtesy
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 5, 2013
Sarasota County Commission approves road closure

The county will close a portion of Honore Avenue for about a month starting in late March to install new stormwater pipes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Fatal accident at University Parkway and Miramar Way.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 29, 2016
Lakewood Ranch man dies in University Parkway auto accident

Passenger seriously injured in one-car crash at University Parkway and Miramar Way

  • East County
  • News
Violet Link, 1, Sarah Link, 35, and Maxwell Link, 5, snuggle together during a Tot Shabbat event in Myakka City.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • December 10, 2016
A return to faith for East Manatee County woman

Temple Emanu-El provides a second home for mom.

  • East County
  • News
Binnacle Point Drive is located in Emerald Harbor.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 29, 2011
Northbound stretch of GMD closes for pole updates

The northbound lane between Binnacle Point Drive and De Narvaez Drive will close from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily through Friday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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