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  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2009
In Brief

Community news and notes

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Destined for dissolution?
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 8, 2024
Destined for dissolution?

The Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation should pull out The Bay Park Conservancy playbook. The foundation, city and county are not in alignment.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Bayfront Park doesn't need more pickleball courts
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • January 9, 2024
Bayfront Park doesn't need more pickleball courts

A Longboat Key resident writes that the sounds of pickleball are the most annoying in all of sports.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 21, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: iNeed help

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 29, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Lights out!

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The 2024 ENGAGE graduates and town department heads.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • June 7, 2024
Town employees graduate from first professional development course

Fourteen Longboat Key staff members complete the ENGAGE program.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Parking along North Shore Road is tightly controlled by signs.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 8, 2022
Longboat aims to fix a fine mess with parking tickets

Next month's town vote will remove the police chief's discretion to reduce penalties in the citation-review process.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 13, 2022
Suncoast Food and Wine Fest once again the toast of Lakewood Ranch

The Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch offers another successful food and wine festival.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 27, 2021
Jury trials on hold over COVID-19 concerns

12th Circuit's chief judge suspends proceedings.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Cedric Mullins is the Orioles' starting centerfielder and a great defensive player.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 1, 2024
What our Sarasota sports columnist can't wait to cover in 2024

Big-time national events and intriguing high school sports storylines fill the calendar.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The cast and crew of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" rehearse on Oct. 8. The show opens on Oct. 19.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • October 11, 2023
Lakewood Ranch couple takes on 'The Rocky Horror Show'

The show opens at the Manatee Performing Arts Center on Oct. 19 and runs through Nov. 5.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Siesta Key Village businesses wanting to put out an outdoor display have 30 days to get the $25 temporary use permit.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 4, 2014
SKVA discusses outdoor display amendment approval

Sarasota County Code Enforcement Officer John Lally said at the Tuesday meeting that he will be handing out packets on the outdoor display rules to Village businesses.

  • Sarasota
  • News
George Leibold.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 26, 2023
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: George Leibold

The Cardinal Mooney linebacker received an offer from Stetson University this offseason.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Joe and Mary Kay Henson.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2024
Giving Challenge nets nearly $580,000 before it starts

Patterson Foundation matches gifts of $100 each to 728 organizations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This graphic illustrates the height restrictions on Longboat Key.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • December 7, 2016
Longboat Key building heights: Going up?

Former Commissioner Randy Clair is challenging a home elevator under construction in Country Club Shores.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Public Works Department employees roll up tape and haul away barricades that closed off beach parking in Bayfront Park on Monday.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • June 1, 2020
Longboat Key reopens parking at beaches

Public beach parking in Longboat Key had been closed since March 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe celebrates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in words and song at the Sarasota Opera House.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2024
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for Jan. 11-17

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Carolyn Brown and Howard Tipton address the employees.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • June 24, 2024
Town employees recognized at annual lunch event

Longboat Key department heads and town commissioners thanked staff members for their hard work over the past year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sandy Finnegan, Debbie Karlin and Judy Posner
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • May 1, 2024
Women's Golf Association of Longboat Key celebrates end of season

This year saw the golf groups switch from paper scorekeeping to the Golf Genius app.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • May 1, 2024
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Board candidates forum set for July 11

For the first time, the League of Women Voters of Sarasota County will hold a Sarasota Memorial Hospital Board candidates forum.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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