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  • By Michael Eng |
  • January 2, 2010
TOP STORY, OCT.: Medallion buys Cascades

After nearly two years in limbo, residents in the East County community finally have a new developer.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 22, 2009
District Delight

The Manatee East Little League 10- and-11-year-old All-Stars won their first district championship with an 8-5 victory over Braden River in game two of the best-of-three championship series July 16.

  • East County
  • Sports
Mayor George Spoll reads through the Town Commission's regular meeting agenda Monday, Oct. 4, at Town Hall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 6, 2010
Commission ratifies new three-year police contract

The Town Commission also appointed four Longboat Key residents to various boards at its Monday meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 28, 2010
Memo could derail Ranch's Villages

SMR's Villages of Lakewood Ranch South project is set to go before Sarasota County commissioners April 29. But a last-minute legal issue may wreck the project completely.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 10, 2016
Remove the crosswalks

They’re a safety hazard. Longboat Key was safer without them.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A home in Harbor Acres tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 25, 2016
Harbor Acres home sells for $2,349,900

The following residential real estate transactions took place between August 8 and August 12.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Courtesy of Sarasota County School District
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 14, 2012
Last-minute 'Option 5' for SHS unanimous pick

Sarasota County School District officials were hoping for a public consensus on one of the four Sarasota High School renovation concepts presented during two workshops Wednesday, June 6 and Thursday, June 7.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 26, 2013
Loefgren returns to chamber of commerce

The Board of Directors of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce unanimously supported Gail Loefgren's return to the chamber.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Builders begin construction of model in GreyHawk Landing; First Watch grows in the Hoosier state; Lee Wetherington Foundation hits $1 million in grants

  • East County
  • News
The last remaining retail tenant at the Palm Avenue building moved out of the space earlier this year, making way for new owner XAC Developers LLC to construct an 18-story building on the downtown land. Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • August 21, 2014
Developer plans high-rise on historic property

Downtown leaders have sought to preserve the DeMarcay Hotel on Palm Avenue, but the new owner has filed plans for an 18-story condo.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dr. Mahfouz El Shahawy stands near one station of the 18-point test he hopes will lead to earlier cardiovascular-disease detection.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 31, 2013
Health symposium focuses on heart-disease prevention

With heart disease being the No. 1 killer of women, a new testing procedure might allow earlier detection.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Fulton Lewis |
  • July 3, 2012
My View: They pledged their lives, honor

This year, we celebrate the 236th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, marking the birth of our nation.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 18, 2011
Game gives glimpse into next season

Football had finally returned to the East County - well at least for a few weeks.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jackie Peters Cully's colorful leaves. For her community project, each side of the leaf will be decorated by a different person.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 19, 2012
NATURAL DESIGN: Jackie Peters Cully

Textile designer Jackie Peters Cully teaches community members how to make artful leaves for her upcoming art installation. The nature-inspired project will be featured in May, at Art Center Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2009
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. The Longboat Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The Key was home to several farms in the early 20th century until a 1921 hurricane destroyed most of the island.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 26, 2014
Retired library director creates digital archive

Chet Pletzke brings a blast from the past to the Longboat Key Historical Society's website with a growing digital history of the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • July 23, 2013
Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: A Troubadour’s Cabaret

Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: A Troubadour’s Cabaret

  • Arts + Culture
New College of Florida Spanish-speaking docents Sarah Scully and Yates Gibson describe a large portrait in the "Behind Closed Doors" exhibit at the Ringling Museum of Art.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • November 12, 2014
Ringling Museum speaks language of exhibition

'Behind Closed Doors' offers an intimate peek into the lives of Spanish-American colonists - including how they spoke.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 12, 2014
Palm-Aire club adds pavilion, moves green

Palm-Aire Country Club members donated $100,000 for the project, which is still being completed.

  • East County
  • News
This home at 250 Bird Key Drive has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,113 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.05 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 31, 2012
Five-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $2.05 million

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Louis and Diane Schultz sold their home at 250 Bird Key Drive to Ann Koppang, of Sarasota, for $2.05 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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