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  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 24, 2011
Pensions to outweigh revenue

With property values projected to fall 8% next year and pension costs expected to rise 35%, the city faces the possibility that property-tax revenues will not be able to cover retirement costs.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 28, 2010
Briefs

Briefs

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 9, 2010
Arlington Park restaurant lot to expand

The owner of Square One Burgers and Bar, which is set to open next month on Tamiami Trail, sought permission from the City Commission to add additional parking next to the restaurant.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 27, 2010
Music: Sarasota Orchestra Benefit Concert

After all the sturm and drang the Sarasota Orchestra's musicians and management have put themselves through recently, it was good to see Joseph McKenna, the president and CEO of the orchestra, and concertmaster Daniel Jordan on the Sarasota Opera House stage together, healing old wounds and addressing the sold-out audience as friends and not adversaries.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 24, 2010
Camera system considered

Longboat Police Chief Al Hogle is investigating a license-plate recognition system that could help locate stolen cars and wanted persons entering or exiting the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 21, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2009
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228. The Longboat Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 7, 2011
Commission sends charter amendments to voters

On Nov. 1, Sarasota voters will head to the polls to vote on 23 amendments to the charter that could impact everything from commissioner pay to bond issues to the citizens' initiative process.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2009
Corrections

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This home at 12515 Highfield Circle has four bedrooms, five and a half baths, a pool and 5,287 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.375 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 9, 2015
Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home sells for $1.38 million

East County Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home sells for $1.38 million

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 2, 2011
PIC forms pension committee

Five Longboat Key residents have met for three months to review the town's three pension plans. Their findings will be presented to the Town Commission Feb. 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 1620 South Drive in Cherokee Park has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,172 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.2 million. Photo by Amanda Morales
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 18, 2015
Siesta Drive home sells for $2,279,900

A home on Siesta tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 12, 2009
St. Armands fire station to open in September

The 9,100-square-foot building, which will house four firefighters, will be the first green fire station in Sarasota. County.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 23, 2009
Real Estate Reports

Cheryl McKane joins Longview Realty Inc.; Linda Page becomes member of Top 5 Network; and A Paradise Realty announces its top agents.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2009
Hunzeker unveils proposed county budget

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker today put forth a $497 million net budget for next year, which is $33.7 million less than this year's budget due to significant declines in revenue.

  • East County
  • News
This Lake Club home, which has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,510 square feet of living area, sold for $1,425,000. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 14, 2014
Lake Club home tops sales at $1,425,000

A home in Lake Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2012
News Briefs

Town will hold public information meetings; Three-car crash delays traffic on GMD; Inlet Management Plan discussion rescheduled; Early voting ends Friday

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The building occupied by McCarver & Moser sold for $2.7 million.
  • By Sean Roth and Robin Hartill |
  • January 19, 2011
Three St. Armands buildings sell for $5.3 million

Three commercial buildings on St. Armands Circle sold for a total of $5.34 million during the first week of January.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Unit 505 at the Players Club has four bedrooms, four baths and 2,099 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.1 million. Photo by Robin Hartill.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 22, 2013
The Players Club condo sells for $1.1 million

A condominium in The Players Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Mattson Family LLC and Walter and Geraldine Mattson, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit 505 condominium at 1425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Lori Brochin, trustee, of Atlanta, for $1.1 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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