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Supervisors on the Heritage Harbour South Community Development Board discussed a new methodology for calculating assessments for the district's water irrigation distribution system during their meeting Feb. 3.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 9, 2011
Heritage Harbour CDD makes assessment changes

Supervisors of the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District are moving forward with a new methodology for calculating assessments for the 2012 fiscal year budget.

  • East County
  • News
Charles D. Hines
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • July 19, 2012
Election Q&A: Sarasota County Commission District 5 Race

In this week's issue, we profile candidates for Sarasota County Commission District 5 seat.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 17, 2010
Mooring field stays afloat

Although more than $800,000 has already be spent on work that has barely begun, the city commission approved up to $150,000 more to find a new contractor to build Sarasota Bay's mooring field.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key firefighter/paramedics held water assessment-review training both in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort pool last week.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 17, 2013
Longboat Key Fire Rescue enhances water safety

Firefighter/paramedics received training last week from Sarasota County lifeguards to learn water-assessment review and how to launch a new Jet Ski from the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2014
Our view

'Woo-hoo.' Really?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By The Insider |
  • April 21, 2012
Sarasota Film Festival: Sensational Saturday!

IN CONVERSATION with Penelope Ann Miller! Wrestlers on the Red Carpet! Under African Skies! Filmmaker Awards! Screenings in Bradenton! NYU Tisch! Fabulous Films!

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 11, 2013
Super Boat Grand Prix decision good news for charities

The Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix is more than a Fourth of July tradition and local economic booster - many area children's programs also rely on the money it nets.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Representatives from the Veterans of Foreign Wars honored Bob Craft in a bedside service. Courtesy photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 10, 2013
Bob Craft recognized for service during final battle

Craft earned numerous medals, including a Distinguished Flying Cross during the Vietnam War. Last weekend, the Longboat Key veteran was honored again for his service.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 14, 2011
City audit finds no wrongdoing

A look at how city employees were using purchasing credit cards shows the city largely in compliance with rules.

  • Sarasota
  • News
SONY DSC
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • July 24, 2014
Jeff's: super casual, seriously chopped salads and more

Jeff's: super casual, seriously chopped salads and more

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 11, 2012
Arts Center withdraws site plan

Ringling College of Art and Design will table plans to amend and extend the Longboat Key Center for the Arts' existing site plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 10, 2009
'Not one single complaint'

The Longboat Key Club prepared for months for its biggest event to date, the Sarasota Open, and did not receive any traffic complaints.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Under the settlement, the county is paying about $1.7 million for the land, attorneys’ fees and other expenses.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 28, 2011
MPO panel recommits to bridge

The Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization voted to put the two-lane Tara Boulevard extension back on its 25-year transportation plan.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 25, 2010
Downtown Sarasota farmers market eyes new changes

From a street covering to keep customers cool, to Saturday morning jazz concerts, the Downtown Sarasota Farmers Market is instituting improvements it hopes will draw more people.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2013
Observer Media Group notches 13 first place Florida Press awards

During the Florida Press Association's annual conference, held July 18, in Orlando, the industry organization recognized the Observer Media Group newspapers in multiple categories for its 2012 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Geraldine Librandi, as Becky, and Don Walker, as her husband, Joe, kiss in Baynan Theatre Company's production of "Becky's New Car."
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • July 13, 2011
Theater Review: 'Becky's New Car'

Director Gil Lazier has chosen a true actor's showcase for the Banyan Theatre Company's season kick-off production, and the actors he's chosen are truly showing off their stuff.

  • Arts + Culture
Boaters who use the city's mooring field have tried policing themselves to avoid formal management. Photo by Kurt Schultheis.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 10, 2011
Sarasota boaters denounce regulations

Sarasota boaters told city staff last week they don't want to be told when and how long they can anchor off the shores of Sarasota Bay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 6, 2013
Whitefly influx hits close to home, affects plants

Whiteflies aren't just impacting Key plants; they're becoming an issue throughout the state.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kim Kern and Steve Sweney, founders of Consider It Done, will check off your to-do list.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 27, 2012
2012 Small Business Awards Rookie Nominee: Consider It Done

Consider It Done founders Steve Sweney and Kim Kern will do just about anything.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Florida Fence began building a chain-link fence on the east side of Ringling Shopping Center April 2. The fence showed signs of damage the following day.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 4, 2013
Controversy looms around area strip mall

The owner of the Ringling Shopping Center put up a chain-link fence that blocks a path from adjacent neighborhoods to Payne Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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