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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2010
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Dora Walters |
  • October 7, 2009
St. Mary's gets blessing for planting new garden

An ugly patch of weeds and dead palms adjacent to St. Mary, Star of the Sea's Stella Maris Hall has been turned into a colorful garden.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Siberian sturgeon is raised sustainably on a farm in eastern Sarasota County for its caviar. Caviar is created when the roe, or eggs, from sturgeon are salted, which cures the roe and preserves the delicate eggs.
  • By Kumar Mahadevan |
  • November 15, 2012
My View: Take a closer look: aquaculture and caviar

When Mote Marine Laboratory's namesake, William R. Mote, retired from the shipping and transportation business he created, he decided that he wanted to give something back to the sea.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
"There are as many lousy Hollywood movies as there are lousy independent movies," Nick Tierce says. "You really have to dig to find the good ones, which I find rapturous."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 16, 2011
Aspiring filmmaker says it's 'noir' or never

Nick Tierce is using Internet tools and his Asolo Rep connections to help get his first film produced.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 29, 2010
Commission continues Villages hearing

Sarasota County commissioners postponed a vote on the Villages of Lakewood Ranch South until May 12.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Officials announced the project, which featured a Design & Economic Acceleration Lab, or DEAL, in January.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 28, 2011
Ranch DEAL stalls

State College of Florida Officials are not actively working on the Design & Economic Acceleration Lab the college announced, with partners, in January.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 24, 2013
Traffic warrants signal at Edgewater entrance

Manatee County is moving forward with plans to install a traffic signal at Edgewater's University Parkway entrance.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2012
COMMUNITY GOLF SCOREBOARD

Here are this week's community golf scores.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • June 18, 2012
Bard and Mustache take experimental strokes on new EP

Bard and Mustache take experimental strokes on new EP

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • September 15, 2010
All Hail the Queen

For gigs, actor Berry Ayers puts on his pantyhose, lipstick and best brunette wig. Meet the man behind Sarasota's favorite bingo caller.

  • Arts + Culture
P&Z Director Monica Simpson said she looks forward to a "good discussion about the future vision of the Key."
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 19, 2010
P&Z readies for Comp Plan

The Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board agreed to review the town's Comprehensive Plan in November.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
According to Sarasota Fire Department spokesperson Susan Pearson, eight Sarasota firefighters have been sent to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for possible chemical exposure and respiratory problems.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 4, 2012
Lido Key condo evacuated for fire

Chemicals and oxygen tanks found in a 12th floor Lido Key condominium forced the evacuation of approximately 40 residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By John Vorel |
  • May 20, 2009
My View

What would happen if the Key Club expands?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2011
Our View: Survey says ... not much

Sarasota County's annual citizens survey feels more like an exercise in putting on a happy face than in determining what residents actually think.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Yoko Ono in 2009. (Photo by Charlotte Muhl and Sean Lennon)
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 9, 2011
Ten minutes with Yoko Ono

The always- eccentric Ms. Ono phones in from New York to discuss this weekend's John Lennon exhibit on St. Armands Circle, the joys of motherhood and why she rarely gets nostalgic.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 10, 2009
Community Golf Scores 11.04.09 to 11.07.09

East County golfers post amazing numbers on area courses.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 26, 2009
Group alleges Ed Smith Stadium cover up

An anti spring-training stadium group accuses city officials of keeping an unfavorable report on Ed Smith Stadium secret. City Hall representatives said there was no secrecy.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2012
News Briefs

Teenager arrested for vehicle burglary spree; SCF president, trustees step down; Commissioners OK preserve expansion; Loan helps Brides Against Breast Cancer expand

  • East County
  • News
Ritz-Carlton secures big golf event
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2013
Business Briefs

Ritz-Carlton secures big golf event; John Neal Homes brings biggest model to Ranch; Medallion Home hits record first quarter

  • East County
  • News
The 5,982-square-foot home at 6477 Gulfside Road has six bedrooms, five-and-a-half bathrooms and a swimming pool. It sold for $4.8 million.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 18, 2011
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $4.8 million

A Gulf-front home at 6477 Gulfside Road sold Wednesday, May 4, for $4.8 million, the highest amount paid for a Manatee County home on Longboat Key since March 2009.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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