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Tom Brokaw spoke in Sarasota Monday, April 8
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 8, 2013
Newscaster Tom Brokaw talks modern journalism

Tom Brokaw spoke Monday, April 8, at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall to benefit The Ringling College Library Association.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 20, 2009
Rain, wind hit south Longboat Key

Town staff worked to remove debris from roads on the Sarasota County side of the Key earlier today.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 21, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of July 9 through July 15, in order of dollar amounts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
File photo These wetlands were once covered with 6 inches of Australian pine needles. Newly planted spartina grass helped mangroves to grow that are today alive with fiddler crabs, minnows, crustaceans and sea birds that feed on the rich fauna.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 7, 2014
Cleanup offers view of grassroots effort

Sister Keys could hold up to eight homes today were it not for the effort of a group of conservation-minded residents in the early 1990s.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2009
Building permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Nov. 6 through Nov. 12, in order of dollar amounts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This mannequin is located at the following clue: "Update your look on the outside and rejuvenate how you feel within at this boutique-spa on South Pineapple."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 30, 2013
RIAF hosts downtown scavenger hunt

Win a VIP prize package for two by snapping a photo of downtown RIAF mannequins - each photo is a submission.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kimberly Braun |
  • February 28, 2012
Home, Heart and You!

Home, Heart and You!

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 13, 2009
THE PRINCIPAL: Kathy Helean

Imagine School: A lunch box, makeup case, purse, stuff-she-should-be-doing-at-home bag and workbag sit on top of Kathy Helean's desk. The principal at Imagine School, in Palmer Ranch, admits she hasn't moved in yet.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Katherine Leaver, Hayes Leaver and Lauren Yenari have set up boxes at various locations to collect socks and underwear for foster children. Photos by Amanda Morales
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 6, 2014
Pine View students foster hope with donation drive

The basic essentials of socks and underwear can be taken for granted when access is as easy as a trip to the store. But for the children who are taken into foster care - sometimes in the middle of the night - that isn't always the case.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • October 31, 2017
Sheriff's Office encourages safety on Halloween

Go out in groups, supervise your children and eat only factory-wrapped candy.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The final phase of the Gulf of Mexico Drive repaving project begins this week.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 28, 2011
Road striping starts this week

Motorists will notice road work being performed along Gulf of Mexico Drive during the evening hours for the next two weeks.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
William Hall holds up his second fish
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 19, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Yacht Club Minnows

It's ten in the morning on a Sunday, and instead of sitting inside watching cartoons on T.V., the Sarasota Yacht Club Minnows hit the docks. The new club met for its first time on Sunday, Jan. 13, but will meet on a monthly basis because it seems most of the kids are hooked. Yacht Club employees Amanda Holm and Camille Bienvenue led the children's fishing group. They fished off of the dock, catching their fish using live shrimp as bait and releasing it shortly after.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Attendees fill their plates at last year’s fish fry.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • October 26, 2015
Longboat Key Historical Society cancels fish fry

The Longboat Key Historical Society has canceled its annual fish fry, scheduled for Oct. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2016
Longboat Key: Obituaries

Robert Cohen and Scott Palmer died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 29, 2013
Bullock displays dramatic pension costs

Town Manager Dave Bullock presented data at the Firefighters' Retirement System Board of Trustees May 15 meeting that showed how pension costs have risen over the years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 7, 2009
Commission to consider Moore's request, term limit revisions

The Longboat Key Town Commission tonight will consider a request by Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant owner Alan Moore to approve a Comprehensive Plan amendment and a request to change the zoning of the restaurant from commercial to residential.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 15, 2010
Our View

Moment of truth

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
This was the third and largest year for the events group Father Daughter Dance. Photo courtesy of Lindsey Wilson.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2016
GreyHawk Landing glams up for dads and daughters

The events group hosted its 3rd annual Father Daughter Dance.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The city will begin a more formal budget discussion in June.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 28, 2018
City looks ahead to 2018-19 budget

Preliminary estimates show a nearly $1.5 million general fund budget deficit. Commissioners had different approaches on a solution.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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