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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 22, 2013
Maio files first finance report for 2014 election

Sarasota County Commission candidate Alan Maio has raised more than $51,000 for his campaign since Jan. 1, according to an April 11 finance filing.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2009
Personal politics

Left construct: Attack the person.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jack Short |
  • November 16, 2015
SHIFTS homeless program may expand

Sarasota County staff will ask commissioners for $300,000 to double the beds at a smaller, transitional housing program.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The boating channel east of the Longboat Pass Bridge will be dredged to get sand out of the clogged channel.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 10, 2011
WCIND pushes for Jewfish Key dredging

Beach material caving in the authorized boating channel near Jewfish Key will be dredged later this year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Judy Stanford |
  • July 14, 2010
Energetic Traveler: Magic moments

Through photographs and in memories, Bird Key residents Bill and Judy Stanford recently captured the beauty of their dream safari in Botswana and Zambia.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
City Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini hired The Sylint Group  to investigate a complaint from a city resident that former City Manager Bob Bartolotta and Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown "scrubbed" their computers clean of data. File photo.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 21, 2012
Computer investigation continues

An ongoing computer forensics investigation into the city's IT Department is now focused on shoring up shoddy security.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2011
Community Fund seeks nominations

The Lakewood Ranch Community Fund still is accepting nominations for the seventh annual C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian of the Year Award.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Ayla Charley Wix
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2012
East County Births

Congratulations to the East County parents who celebrated recent births.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • April 7, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Fruitville Elementary

Fruitville Elementary playwrights presented a collection of short plays called 'Writing from the Heart' Wednesday, April 7.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 14, 2009
Community Golf Scores 05.28.09 to 06.09.09

East County golfers post amazing numbers on area courses.

  • East County
  • Sports
Mr. Robert Weeks loved wintering on Longboat Key, where he was active in the Spanish Main Yacht Club community and an avid golfer.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2013
Obituary: Robert J. Weeks

Robert J. Weeks, 78, of Longboat Key and Sea Girt, N.J., died Sunday, Dec. 23.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Submitted by Shirley Myers
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2014
You Observed

Here's a roundup of reader-submitted photos from events around the Key. To submit photos for this new weekly feature, email Kelsey Grau at [email protected].

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Coast Guard rescued a turtle nicknamed Mrs. Turt Lee that is recovering at Mote.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 19, 2014
Mote asks public to look out for turtles after rescues

The Coast Guard rescued a stranded loggerhead, and volunteers freed a turtle trapped under a beach chair.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • December 12, 2013
Chalk Festival organizers open new store

Chalk Line, which opens Friday in Burns Square next to the Sarasota Chalk Festival office, will sell art and merchandise to fund the nonprofit behind the festival.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rabbi Jonathan Katz of Temple Beth Israel and Florence Katz
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • June 26, 2013
Friends celebrate Florence Katz's tireless volunteer work with seniors

Florence Katz, 98, recently received the Salute to Senior Service Award for the entire state in a contest sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The meetings are held at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 27, 2016
December water usage a hot topic in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch CDDs use double the amount of irrigation water from previous December.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • August 7, 2013
'Live, Laugh & Love' at the Venice Theatre Summer Cabaret Festival

'Live, Laugh & Love' at the Venice Theatre Summer Cabaret Festival

  • Arts + Culture
A black male robbed the 7-Eleven at the 4200 block of State Road 64 E., taking cash, cigarettes and cigars.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • September 30, 2013
Armed gunmen robs 7-Eleven Sunday morning

A man robbed a 7-Eleven early Sunday morning after holding three people at gunpoint inside the store.

  • East County
  • News
Eric Piazza with his son, Will. Photo courtesy of April Baker.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 16, 2011
Scene & Heard

Sarasota dad nabs award for baby book; Venice Theatre lures audiences with giveaway; Famous NYC mime will leave you mum

  • Arts + Culture
Between October 2010 and August 2011, Lori Kough, 49 paid eight suspects in cash or pills to fill the fraudulent prescriptions.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 18, 2012
Prescription fraud case nets 10 arrests

A woman was arrested for stealing 11,240 Oxycodone and Hydrocodone pills over a 10-month period currently worth an estimated $225,200 on the street.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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