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  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 31, 2022
Friars golfers get together for 28th anniversary

The Longboat Key golfers haven't met in two years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A rendering of the proposed sign for the new entrance to the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • August 27, 2018
New signs approved for Key Club

The Resort at Longboat Key Club plans to spend about $100,000 to install two new signs at the south entrance to the resort community.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
(Courtesy rendering) The Bath & Racquet Club property proposed buildings up to five stories tall adjacent to some single-family homes, a scale residents called unacceptable but city planners endorsed.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 13, 2020
The vision-less continues

We knew how the Bath & Racquet Club proposal would go — Sarasota’s own ‘Groundhog Day.’ At least Mayor Ahearn-Koch, a no voter again, has this right: The process needs to change.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 9, 2021
9.11 Remembered: 24 hours in Sarasota

President and his team stayed on Longboat Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • July 18, 2022
John R. Eagleton

John R. Eagleton, known as Jack to his friends and family, passed away peacefully on June 23, 2022.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 27, 2012
Commissioners to meet board candidates

The commission will meet applicants before deciding who will fill seats n four boards.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2011
Briefs

Rare wasps generate more local buzz; PIC takes stance on Longboat's budget; South Carolina man dies in parasailing accident; Holiday affects Key's garbage schedule; Subcommittee meetings formed; First turtle nests hatch on Longboat and Siesta

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tonight at Town Hall the commission is also expected to ratify a one-year contract for its firefighters.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 6, 2011
Longboat commission to approve signage plan

The Longboat Key Town Commission is expected to approve a plan that reduces signage along Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A city of Sarasota plan to dredge Big Pass to renourish Lido Key has caused controversy between Lido and Siesta Key residents, but barrier island residents will have to wait 30 more days to find out whether or not permits will be issued.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 6, 2016
FDEP delays Big Pass decision

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has extended its deadline to issue permits for the Big Pass dredge.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Mary Holmes honks her horn in protest of returning to schools.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 15, 2020
Sarasota schools shift back to school plans

Board members push back start of school date and mandate face coverings.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Chief Financial Officer Mitsi Corcoran says there are still many unknown COVID-19 impacts on the budget that may need to be added as amendments in the future.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 28, 2020
School board approves tentative budget, millage rate

School board members approved an overall budget of $964 million, though the full impacts of COVID-19 are still unknown.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Railroad ties at the unused Seminole Gulf Railway tracks at 17th Street are crumbling. (Photo by Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 29, 2022
Original plans derailed, city studies urban trail options to complete Legacy Trail

As negotiations with Seminole Gulf Railway have jumped the tracks, Sarasota looks to take the remaining 4.3 miles of Legacy Trail to the streets.

  • Sarasota
  • News
For now, the larger L-shaped cottage will temporarily sit on cribs near 6920 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Photo: Nat Kaemmerer
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • February 18, 2021
P&Z Board approves Chiles Group's cottage, parking lot plans

Plans call for the Chiles Group's historic cottage to permanently sit at 6920 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Chef David Stone shows Karen Pashkow how to butter the phyllo dough for the spanakopita.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 29, 2023
Longboat Chapel chef reveals 5 quick-bite secrets

Former Longboat Key Club Chef David Stone held a cooking demonstration at the Longboat Island Chapel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Officers Shawn Nagel and John Majka. Photo by Caleb Motsinger
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2014
News Briefs

Police officers earn Life Saving Award; Rotary Club plans Veterans Day parade; Commission agrees to extra beach costs

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Bay Sarasota included this rendering of the Phase 1 park in the site plan proposal it filed with the city.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 18, 2019
The Bay Sarasota files site plan for first phase

The independent group leading the redevelopment of city-owned bayfront land has submitted a detailed proposal for a 10-acre park north of Boulevard of the Arts.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key Town Hall is located at 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 7, 2012
Commission to appoint board members tonight

The commission will make appointments to four town boards at tonight's regular meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 1, 2013
Transition Team backs Mills, worries about district's finances

A team of state leaders sent to create a recovery plan for the district backs Rick Mills' leadership but confirms a dire budget situation will continue though the fiscal year.

  • East County
  • News
Booker High football Coach Scottie Littles watches his scout team offense at an Aug. 16 practice. (Photo by Ryan Kohn)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 18, 2022
New coach, players has Tornadoes football feeling invigorated

Scottie Littles is injecting the Booker High football program with discipline and, he hopes, teaching the Tornadoes how to win.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Although a final decision has yet to be made on an indoor gymnasium at Premier Park, this sketch by Manatee County shows that a gym could be placed next to the $13.6 million aquatics facility, which has been approved. (Courtesy)
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 10, 2022
Manatee exec says indoor gymnasium would be boon for tourism

Elliott Falcione says Premier Park in Lakewood Ranch should have an indoor athletic facility component.

  • East County
  • News
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