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  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2014
Letters to the Editor

The Observer's readers weigh in on current events.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Nicole Unger |
  • August 5, 2014
Day Trippin' — Paddle boarding in the South Siesta mangroves

Day Trippin' — Paddle boarding in the South Siesta mangroves

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Cardinal Mooney running back Jaz Mongeon, left, carried the ball six times for 124 yards and two touchdowns in the Cougars’ non-district win.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 15, 2014
Football Friday

The Observer recaps the week in football.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 23, 2012
Commission approves search for new manager

The Sarasota City Commission has approved a $28,500 contract to start a national search for a new city manager.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 19, 2009
Islandside application appealed again

This time, The Longboat Key Association, which owns Longboat Club Road, appealed Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson's ruling of completeness.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The beach access was closed in November after concerns about erosion.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 20, 2011
North Shore Road beach access to re-open

The beach access closed in November for a seawall project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Greg Steube |
  • March 14, 2012
My View: Balancing a budget without increasing taxes

The challenge of the Legislature this year was passing a balanced budget without increasing taxes on our citizens.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 27, 2010
Supervisors seek review of Town Hall policy

Supervisor Glenda Robertson said she received 'conflicting' reports from Town Hall employees.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2010
Cops Corner 08.19.10

Police were called to break up an argument between two apartment dwellers. The upstairs neighbor complained that the downstairs neighbor continually taps on his ceiling.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By June LeBell |
  • October 10, 2012
Sarasota Orchestra: Innovations - 'Once Upon a Time'

Once upon a time there was a regional orchestra filled with an international array of talented musicians, many of them young, all of them exceptional.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 15, 2013
World pentathlon event may come to Sarasota

Officials representing Nathan Benderson Park hope to bring the Pentathlon World Cup to the facility.

  • East County
  • News
This derelict seawall near North Shore Road will be removed as part of a north-end beach project that begins this month.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 10, 2011
Beach equipment arrives today

Bulldozers and other equipment will be placed on the beach near North Shore Road today in preparation for a beach restoration project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Advanced art students in Wade Smith's class worked on this Florida wetlands mural two days a week for the last six weeks. Students celebrated completion of the project Nov. 7.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 9, 2011
Nolan Middle School students paint mural of native Florida

Art students at Nolan Middle School recently completed a mural of a native Florida landscape on a building on campus. A dedication ceremony was held Nov. 7.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 22, 2009
Miss Florida visit kicks off Southside jog-a-thon

Southside Elementary School students looked up to Miss Florida - not only because she towered over them but also because of her passion for encouraging kindness wherever she goes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rodolfo Estraea, 8, went as fast as he could through the tunnel.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 7, 2011
GALLERY: Tara Math-tacle

Thanks to a $1,000 Toshiba math and science grant, children at Tara Elementary school this week are making their way through a special Math-tacle course. During their physical education class time, students work their way through nearly a dozen obstacles, pausing before each one to solve math problems.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2012
Chapel lends a helping hand in Haiti

Craig Holliday, Bob Million, Sarah Schlesinger, Fred Teeter, Maria Wattleworth and the Rev. Kathi Wiggins, of Siesta Key Chapel, left Saturday, June 23, for a weeklong mission trip to Institution Univers, in Ouanaminthe, Haiti.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Dora Walters |
  • April 23, 2009
All Angels by the Sea looks back on 30 years

All Angels by the Sea looks back on 30 years

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dorothy Cole and Carol Hambrecht
  • By Dora Walters |
  • January 20, 2011
Episcopal Church Women hear travel option

Veteran traveler Evey Huntington spoke at a luncheon meeting of All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church Women Jan. 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate
  • By Katie Johns |
  • December 6, 2016
Stephen King’s former Longboat Key rental hits the market

The $5.4 million estate, spanning 2.5 acres, rests on the largest tract of land available on Longboat.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 12, 2013
Commission takes tax to public

The levy of a discretionary indigent healthcare sales surtax will go on the ballot this summer.

  • East County
  • News
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