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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 15, 2014
Sidelines

Area players named to all-star team; Registration for i9 basketball underway; Blazers fall in region semis; Rams to hold golf tourney

  • Sarasota
  • News
Beverly Peterman, seated, center, celebrates with her book club.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2014
Beverly Peterman turns the page on her Key life

After 18 years on Longboat Key, Beverly Peterman and her husband, Ira, are starting a new chapter: They're moving back to Connecticut to be near family.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 24, 2009
City holds millage rate steady

The City Commission decided not to raise taxes to offset a drop in revenue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The town installed signage in April on Broadway to notify drivers of parking restrictions.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 26, 2012
Mar Vista, Moore's want to increase parking hours

The Village restaurants are asking to extend parking along Broadway by two hours to 11 p.m. nightly.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid will attend a Tiger Bay luncheon, which are known to be contentious.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 13, 2012
Reid steps into Tigers' den

Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid will take questions from the Sarasota Tiger Bay Club this week after returning from Australia.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarah Adams
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 29, 2014
Teens perfect winning routines

Four East County students gear up to compete for the 2014 Miss Teen Tampa title.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2009
Olympic gold medalist takes Sarasota by storm

After completeing her normal morning run Wedesday, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Fame marathoner, made plans to run just a few hours later at 9 a.m. with her fans - several New College students and members of local track clubs.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Whitney Beach Plaza is also home to Longbeach Café, Design 200 and other long-term tenants.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 30, 2015
Whitney Beach Plaza attracts kayak shop

A new store that offers offer new and used kayaks and paddleboards for sale is coming to Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2009
Ringling students add color to G.WIZ

As part of Ringling College of Art and Design's annual community service program, the freshman class volunteered its time at the G.WIZ back-to-school party Saturday, Aug. 22.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Michael Sterlace of Sarasota has been arrested for burglary of a Stone Ridge Trail home.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 10, 2012
Man arrested for burglary, shot by homeowner

A burglar who was shot twice by a homeowner after he broke into a home was found at Sarasota Memorial Hospital receiving treatment for a gunshot wound.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • April 4, 2013
Obituary: Lenna Lorraine Witt DeDona

Lenna Lorraine Witt DeDona, 92, of Novi, Mich., formerly of Longboat Key, died March 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 3, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Cops Corner: Sarasota

  • Sarasota
  • News
Daniel Hoffe
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 7, 2011
9/11 Looking Back: Daniel Hoffe

Daniel Hoffe was attending a training program in the South Tower of the World Trade Centers when the Sept. 11 attacks occurred.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 1, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany and Bradley Cooper as Pat in "Silver Linings Playbook." Courtesy.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • November 28, 2012
Film Review: 'Silver Linings Playbook'

News flash! Bradley Cooper can act. In the new film, "Silver Linings Playbook," written and directed by David O. Russell, Cooper holds his own with a hefty ensemble of award-winning actors. Cooper even manages to shine in their company.

  • Arts + Culture
New Pass.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • June 12, 2017
Shoaling prompts Coast Guard to remove New Pass markers

The Coast Guard is removing markers in the channel because they can no longer mark the "best water" in the channel.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 19, 2012
City Commission approves crime strategy in Newtown

The program carries no additional costs and involves working with a small number of officers, at first, to facilitate buy-in from the Newtown community.

  • Sarasota
  • News
tuna
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • February 7, 2015
The Corner Grill: More than just a sports bar

The Corner Grill: More than just a sports bar

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
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