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Longboat Key Town Manager Howard Tipton is spending the first months of his new job listening to staff and evaluating systems.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • May 2, 2023
Meet Longboat Key’s new town manager

Longboat Key’s new town manager, Howard Tipton, measures the success of his weeks by the number of sunsets he gets to see.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Team USA's David Toms and Brett Quigley look over the green on the No. 9 hole at The Concession Golf Club. The pair earned nine points for Team USA during the Scotch Sixsome session on day one of the World Champions Cup.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 7, 2023
Europe takes narrow lead after first day of World Champions Cup

Team Europe captain Darren Clarke and partner Colin Montgomerie sparked a big morning round, but Team USA charged in the afternoon round.

  • East County
  • Sports
Urban Design Studio Director Karin Murphy is working intently with staff on assembling resident input and synthesizing it into a final product for the new form-based zoning code.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 7, 2016
People to Watch: Murphy readies new zoning code

Urban Design Studio Director Karin Murphy will finish her work on a new form-based code for the city of Sarasota — but not before it gets a thorough vetting.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Art by Pamela Olin
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • January 9, 2024
Father-daughter duo's art exhibition opens at Plymouth Harbor

Pamela and Richard Olin showcase 3D artwork on the theme of family.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The mezzanine is designed to be used as an event space.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 9, 2024
Tsunami Sushi & Hibachi to open Lakewood Ranch restaurant Jan. 20

After years of delays, the Japanese restaurant is opening the State Road 70 location on Jan. 20.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Whether a parking attendant, Joseph's angel, a wise man's attendant, an angel or any other role, the Walmsley family loves coming together to participate in the living nativity each year.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 29, 2023
Nativity tradition continues for East County family

Participating in the Tabernacle Church's annual living nativity is a tradition for the Walmsley family.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
More than 300 listings appeared with a search of Longboat Key on vacation rental site VRBO.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • July 24, 2018
Longboat issues 23 short-term rental citations in less than three weeks

The town has issued 23 citations for short-term rentals less than three weeks after Longboat Key passed an ordinance allowing citations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Police called on ex-girlfriend failing to make plan to 'get her life back on track'
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2023
Police called on ex-girlfriend failing to make plan to 'get her life back on track'

Instead, a woman whose ex took her in falsely accused him of battery. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Michelle Sechser (left) will participate at the 2024 Winter Speed Order at Nathan Benderson Park. She previously teamed with Molly Reckford in the women's lightweight doubles at the U.S. Olympic Rowing Trials held at Benderson Park in 2021.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 7, 2024
Olympic rowing camps and trials come to Benderson Park

A USRowing Speed Order camp is the first of three events, held Feb. 15-18 in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Sports
District Five Commissioner Vanessa Baugh sits down to discuss her recent trip to Washington D.C. with fellow commissioners to request federal funding for the Fort Hamer Bridge, Pearce Drain Watershed and Gateway Greenway Multipurpose Trail.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • May 30, 2023
Manatee hopes DC trip will lead to major project funding

Acquiring funds for planning another span next to the Fort Hamer Bridge was a high priority for Manatee County commissioners.

  • East County
  • News
George Kruse
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 22, 2023
Manatee commissioner says impact fee delay will harm residents

Commissioner George Kruse said the vote to scrap the just-completed impact fees study could cause the county to lose more than $100 million in funds that would have been mostly put into infrastructure.

  • East County
  • News
Janelle Wagman, owner of Coastal Creations Décor, stood alongside her designs made of wood and resin.
  • By Sidra Wali |
  • April 17, 2023
Town departments, organizations meet Longboaters at open house

The outdoor community market and open house was held at Longboat Key Bayfront Park with a dozen vendors.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The new 120,000-square-foot Sarasota County Administration Center will be next to Celery Fields in Fruitville Commons just east of I-75.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 30, 2023
Sarasota County breaks ground on new administration center

Staff is expected to vacate the current downtown headquarters and occupy the new building in late 2025.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Two-story Italian restaurant to open on St. Armands in early 2024
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2023
Two-story Italian restaurant to open on St. Armands in early 2024

15 South by Napulè, a Neapolitan-inspired concept, will feature pizzas made in an authentic, gold-tiled oven.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Itzhak Perlman conducts students in the Perlman Music Program's winter residency in Sarasota/Bradenton.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • December 30, 2023
Perlman Music Program celebrates its 20th anniversary

The music organization's winter residency will wrap with a celebration concert led by conductor Itzhak Perlman.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adrian Moore and Christian Barnard |
  • April 12, 2023
Universal school choice won’t defund public schools

Opponents to Florida’s education savings accounts are misguided. Data show their predictions of doom for public education haven’t occurred.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The Greenbrook Adventure Park pavilion was burned down over the Fourth of July 2023 and is expected to be rebuilt by July 2024.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 19, 2023
Greenbrook Adventure Park pavilion rebuild due in July

The Inter-District Authority is working on the design of the new pavilion after the previous one was destroyed by fireworks in July.

  • East County
  • News
  • By James Peter |
  • November 8, 2023
Here's the Longboat Key news you might have missed this summer

The long, hot summer saw a "perfect storm," a parking pickle and more record-setting real estate sales.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Fire Rescue personnel put out a boat fire in Sarasota Bay. Photo provided by the town of Longboat Key.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 10, 2021
Longboat Key planning to add firefighter cancer protections to Town Code

The proposed ordinance is subject to a second reading and final vote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Brown Eyed Girl, captained by Cooper Tholmes, gives a wave to the audience.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • December 11, 2023
Sarasota decks the hulls for Holiday Boat Parade of Lights

Held in support of Suncoast Charities for Children, the 37th annual event featured 27 boats and a tribute to "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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