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  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 25, 2011
Thanksgiving theater luncheon benefits homeless veterans

Local government representatives, faith leaders and community members presented a theater luncheon to benefit Sarasota's homeless.

  • Arts + Culture
Two neighboring Gulf-front properties on Longboat Key at 5871 and 5861 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for a combined $8,125,000 May 8.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 11, 2015
Gulf-front properties sell for combined $8.1 million

Longboat Key, Reid Murphy

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 9, 2010
Early voting begins today

Voters can cast their ballots at four locations in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 18, 2011
Braden River blanks Palmetto in district finale

The Braden River High softball team shut out Palmetto 16-0 in its final district game of the regular season March 15.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Holiday Inn sign was torn down after it closed.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 4, 2013
Key people reflect on Holiday Inn's closing

The Longboat Key Holiday Inn closed in September 2003 to make way for the luxury 29-unit Positano condominium. Ten years later, how has that closing impacted the Key?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Resident opposes cell tower

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2012
JUST THE STATS

5 - The number of touchdowns quarterback Evan Wilson threw in The Out-of-Door Academy's 42-20 victory over St. Stephen's Nov. 2.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kent Chetlain |
  • April 30, 2009
Key Real Estate

Keys' 'yo-yo' market is on the rebound

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2013
COPS CORNER: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of COPS CORNER.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
This Harmony home, which has six bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,637 feet of living area, sold for $870,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 20, 2011
Harmony home tops all sales at $870,000

A home in Harmony tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Fred Pflaum, Sarasota, sold his home at 4919 Primrose Path to Scott Wenk, Sarasota, for $870,000.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 5, 2010
Town creates pipeline Web site

The replacement of water pipes along Gulf of Mexico Drive will cause temporary pedestrian and vehicular delays through September 2010.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Unit 904 at The Beach Residences has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,550 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.7 million. File photo
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 13, 2014
The Beach Residences condo sells for $2.7 million

A condominium in The Beach Residences tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Part of the argument in defense of Christopher "Jay" Childers was that the former officer's actions were not aggressive and that he had used the appropriate force to keep Gomez-Perez on the ground.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • September 20, 2012
Officer Jay Childers reinstated to Sarasota Police Department

The Civil Service Board voted unanimously to reinstate Childers, who was suspended and then terminated for excessive force in 2009.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Terry Needell
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 22, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Favorite part of fall

The East County Observer caught up with residents enjoying lunch on Lakewood Ranch Main Street today and found out what they love most about the transition to cooler weather.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Enforcement hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, with rates of $.50 per hour from May to October, and $1.00 per hour from November to April.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • September 12, 2011
Metered downtown parking program resumes Oct. 3

Sarasota will resume its parking meter program Oct. 3. Some meters and pay stations are being relocated near the judicial center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 5.28.2015

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 28, 2011
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 19, 2012
Sarasota Opera gets a new Executive Director

Richard Russell will fill Susan T. Danis' shoes as Executive Director to Sarasota Opera.

  • Arts + Culture
The courtyard of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • May 6, 2015
Ringling Museum listed as one of the top 39 museums in the world

Buzzfeed selected the Sarasota institution among 39 of the best in the world.

  • Arts + Culture
Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub staffers removed $1,200 from the walls to donate toward Austin Goncalves' medical bills. (Heather Merriman)
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • July 22, 2014
Mar Vista dollars to benefit local teen

The latest beneficiary of Mar Vista's dollar bills is 15-year-old Austin Goncalves, who contracted an illness during a fishing trip.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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