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Beachgoers head to the shore in Longboat Key.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 2, 2022
Sarasota County approves higher tourist tax

After a record year in 2021, county qualified as a state-certified High Impact Tourism County.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Chris McComas, Cecilia Torres and Kelly Harmon have fun with cornhole. (Photo by Lori Sax)
  • By Abby Weingarten |
  • November 16, 2022
New app connects Ranchers to their favorite sports and each other

Chris and Jessi McComas of MVP Sports and Social are launching a new app connecting Lakewood Ranchers to all things sports and social.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 28, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Suspiciously suspicious

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2013
Get 'em while they're hot

Hot off the presses: Next week is the Longboat Observer's 'Welcome Back' issue, in which we'll recap all the news fit to print from the summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
East County's Charles and Elaine Johnston evacuate to Freedom Elementary School due to concerns of storm surge at their home during Hurricane Idalia.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 1, 2023
Manatee County schools prepared for the next storm

Hurricane Idalia served as test run for residents and schools that become shelters.

  • East County
  • Schools
Benderson Development is proposing a comprehensive plan amendment that would clear the way to build an 85-foot-tall hotel on this site in Siesta Village.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 11, 2024
Residents air concerns about 85-foot hotel in Siesta Village

The 210-room hotel would sit on less than 1 acre. Representatives of the Benderson proposal hear from dozens about traffic, public safety and a potential slippery slope.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Cat Depot is extending its half-off kitten sale through July.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • July 9, 2013
Kitten sale extended through July

More than 200 kittens have been rescued since May and Cat Depot wants to keep the momentum going.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A police robot heads toward Sarasota City Hall on Tuesday. (Photo by Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 6, 2022
Sarasota City Hall reopens after evacuation order

A suspicious package found near the Commission Chambers prompted the alert, police said.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The fence is being removed from the perimeter of John H. Marble Park in preparation for some major upgrades.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • May 29, 2023
Manatee County's John H. Marble Park closes for improvements

The Manatee County park closed on May 22 and won't reopen until fall 2024.

  • East County
  • News
The Suncoast Walk-a-thon has become Southeastern Guide Dogs' biggest walk-a-thon that also raises the most amount for the nonprofit.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 27, 2024
Southeastern Guide Dogs gears up for annual Suncoast Walkathon

Local puppy raisers play key role in preparing the dogs to help their future clients.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Town Manager Dave Bullock said there's an array of public safety laws designed to protect the community from old Colony buildings before a storm approaches.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 29, 2014
Commission passes on nuisance hearings

Commissioners unanimously approved a proposed option by Town Manager Dave Bullock to correct a long list of issues that constitute a public safety issue for Key residents through the town code.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mimi Carlin gets a blow out at Blow la la.
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • January 30, 2019
Fashion Insider: Gala ready

See how co-chairwoman Mimi Carlin gets ready for her big event.

  • Black Tie
Dad trades daughter to her mother for a cell phone
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 21, 2022
Dad trades daughter to her mother for a cell phone

An upset dad who wants more time with his daughter, and possessions return by her mother, holds the girl hostage until police arrive. This and other Sarasota police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Designating fentanyl as a WMD would increase overdoses
  • By Adrian Moore and Jacob James Rich |
  • March 9, 2023
Designating fentanyl as a WMD would increase overdoses

Cracking down on drugs often has an unintended effect: The creation of more potent, and lethal, replacements.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 4, 2022
The Paradise Center celebrates sixth fundraiser

The event fell on April Fool's Day, so many guests showed up as their most foolish selves.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Housing affordability crisis
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 7, 2023
Housing affordability crisis

Sarasota commissioners took a good step that will help. But they and the county need to be bolder.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Jeffrey Nunes is commissioned as a pastor by Rev. Brock Patterson on Tuesday.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • February 24, 2023
Longboat Island Chapel commissions a new reverend

Jeffrey Nunes is not just Rev. Brock Patterson's right-hand man anymore. He's his right-hand reverend.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Installation view of Judy Pfaff’s “ar.chae.ol.o.gy.”
  • By Su Byron |
  • November 3, 2023
7 must-sees as Sarasota's arts scene kicks into high gear

Chart out your arts enjoyment with this overview of the season’s most interesting offerings.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 20, 2010
Leatherback turtle released after two days of rehab

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Hospital treated one of its largest patients ever recently. Lizzy, a 787-pound leatherback sea turtle rescued from Lee County, came to Mote for rehabilitation after stranding Tuesday, Jan. 5. She was released more than 20 miles off the coast of St. Petersburg two days later.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2019
East County weather page photo: August 22

Gordon Silver captured this family of black-bellied whistling ducks out for a stroll in a field at Lakewood National off State Road 70.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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