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  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • April 1, 2013
TWIS does SFF: Kathryn Parks' film picks

TWIS does SFF: Kathryn Parks' film picks

  • Arts + Culture
Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming informed Town Manager Dave Bullock that more arrests are likely as a result of a drug bust operation.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 23, 2013
Police make drug arrest on the Key

A man was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell or deliver, and possession of drug paraphernalia on Dec. 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 29, 2009
New mailboxes deliver confusion on the Key

About 40 Longboat Key residents discovered Friday they had an additional mailbox next to their existing one.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • July 12, 2012
A go-to spot for breakfast or lunch

A go-to spot for breakfast or lunch

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Unit 601 at Casarina, 5880 Midnight Pass Road, sold for $1.59 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 29, 2012
Condominium in Casarina sells for $1.59 million

A condominium in Casarina tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Evert and Evy Gustafsson, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 601 condominium at 5880 Midnight Pass Road to Wilbur and Sarah Bontrager, of Middlebury, Ind., for $1.59 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
The condo at 435 L’Ambiance Drive has two bedrooms, two and two half baths and 2,634 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 21, 2015
L’Ambiance condo sells for $1.9 million.

The condo at 435 L’Ambiance Drive has two bedrooms, two and two half baths and 2,634 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh had reported Dec. 14 that Randall H. Reid had signed the contract and mailed it back to Sarasota County.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • December 15, 2011
Reid's employment with county becomes official

About 4 p.m. Dec. 15, Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson signed the contract with new County Administrator Randall H. Reid, officially making him the successor to former County Administrator Jim Ley.

  • Sarasota
  • News
433 Meadow Lark Drive has four bedrooms, five and a half baths, a pool and 5,965 square feet of living area. It sold for $4.3 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2015
Bird Key home sells for $4.3 million

433 Meadow Lark Drive has four bedrooms, five and a half baths, a pool and 5,965 square feet of living area. It sold for $4.3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Lakewood Ranch freshman Rachel Woods competed in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 breaststroke.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 25, 2010
Mustangs win county championships

The Lakewood Ranch High boys and girls swim teams both came out victorious at the Manatee County Championships Oct. 20 at G.T. Bray.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By [email protected] |
  • May 8, 2012
Observe This: Today's Top Stories

Observe This: Today's Top Stories

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
To develop the entire 18-acre Colony site, a developer needs approximately 3 acres of tennis courts, walking trails and other amenities that sit mostly within the middle of the property.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 26, 2015
Colony rec lease is up for grabs

Both the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort rec lease and its judgment will go to the highest bidder.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 21, 2011
Residents want North Trail Walmart

North Trail residents cheered a proposed Walmart at an informational open house last week. Bringing more jobs to the area was the highlighted benefit.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight says the Sheriff's Office is concentrating on efforts that affect residents and business owners the most. File photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2012
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office: Crime down in 2012 so far

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office reports major crimes are down for the first six months of 2012.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 16, 2010
Rebound could balance city fund

Once predicted to be millions in the hole, Sarasota's tax-increment financing could break even if a state economic forecast becomes reality.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 16, 2009
Fatality sparks push for signal

SMR President and CEO Rex Jensen wants a traffic light at the Post Boulevard and State Road 70 intersection.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 25, 2010
Nolan students rally for Relay

Nolan Middle School students raised more than $1,300 for Myakka's Relay for Life event March 20-21.

  • East County
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  • By Pam Nadon |
  • October 4, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Gone Girl'

David Fincher's new sinister thriller, "Gone Girl," is another deliciously disturbing piece of filmmaking guaranteed to perversely please.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Michael Eng |
  • August 13, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Polo Grill Back-to-School Party for Grown-Ups

The Polo Grill and Bar will host this event at 8 p.m., Aug. 14, at the restaurant, 10670 Boardwalk Loop.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Nochshon Mendel Alvarez watches as Rabbi Yossi Srugo prepares to etch a letter in the Torah.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 17, 2014
Community dedicated to religious centerpiece

Chabad of Bradenton celebrates Manatee County's first dedicated Torah handwritten by a scribe in Israel.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2010
Historic real-estate office building still stands

One of the first real-estate offices on Longboat Key was started by Luther Garaux in the 1940s and was located in a two-story building at 5144 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The building still stands and is now, fittingly, an apartment complex.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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