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Traffic circulates around the new roundabout at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue on its first day of operation.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • January 18, 2023
Winter season traffic ramps up with some help

The town is preparing for traffic troubles on both ends of the island this winter season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Residents and guests at Tara Golf & Country Club will likely have a new amenity within the next one to two years. (Photo by Ian Swaby)
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 13, 2022
Tara Golf & Country Club embraces pickleball demand

A proposed rezone within the Lakewood Ranch subdivision would allow five pickleball courts and three tennis courts to be built.

  • East County
  • News
Michael Moore shows the group the mock-ups of what the four-story aquarium will look like.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • June 11, 2021
Mote delivers aquarium update to Kiwanis Club on Longboat

Members heard a progress report on the new project planned for Benderson Park.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Out-of-Door Academy boys track and field junior John Moschella.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 13, 2023
East County Athlete of the Week: John Moschella

The ODA junior won the boys 400-meter hurdles (58.78 seconds) at the Charlotte Invitational on March 3.

  • East County
  • Sports
Pete Cumming has served as Longboat Key’s police chief since 2012. File photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 27, 2015
Cumming explains 2014 police stats

Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming offers insight about the types of incidents that were up and down in 2014.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michael Klauber outlined the next steps for the Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 planning effort at a meeting Friday. Although a new planning organization has formed, the community will stay involved, Klauber said.
  • By David Conway |
  • November 3, 2016
Sarasota Bayfront stakeholders prepare for next phase

With a new group set to lead the redevelopment effort, others want to keep the focus on community needs.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Cardinal Mooney volleyball season came to an end Tuesday against Clearwater Central Catholic, but not before defeating defending champion Calvary Christian the round prior. (File photo.)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 3, 2022
Special Cardinal Mooney volleyball era ends with loss in regional final

Meanwhile, other sports are gearing up for state championship action over the next few weeks.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Tara and Natalie Segedi take the Polar Bear Plunge while visiting from Minnesota.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 6, 2023
Seaplace plunges into a new year

The Polar Bear Plunge is an annual tradition at the Seaplace condominiums on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota PD grants 4-year-old's wish, swears in youngest officer
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 28, 2023
Sarasota PD grants 4-year-old's wish, swears in youngest officer

At age 4, cancer patient Andrew Pickart's beach trip wish was enhanced as he became an honorary officer of the Sarasota Police Department.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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  • By Patti Waller |
  • February 17, 2014
Four-minute fitness

Four-minute fitness

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
For SMH, context matters
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 1, 2023
For SMH, context matters

All things considered, in the fog of the crisis, Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s handling of COVID was exemplary — except in one area.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Deer cross a path beside the Williams Road property.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • January 19, 2023
Environmental lands purchase moves forward in East County

The Manatee County committee has identified tracts of environmentally significant land along Manatee River and near Myakka City to purchase with funds approved by voters.

  • East County
  • News
A rendering of One Park, which is planned to span across Quay Commons on blocks 1 and 9 in The Quay.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 14, 2023
One Park debate may depend on one word: 'Adjacent'

A Planning Board member says the meaning of "adjacent" might determine whether One Park will be built as proposed over Quay Commons.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dick Vitale whips up the audience with an inspiring speech after receiving the key to the city from Sarasota Mayor Erik Arroyo. With Vitale are his wife, Lorraine, and Arroyo. (Photo by Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 7, 2022
Sarasota mayor awards Vitale a key to the city

Lakewood Ranch resident honored for his work with Sarasota's Boys and Girls Clubs.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Amber Austin, owner and founder of South Florida Ballroom, leads a private dance lesson at the Paradise Center.
  • By Sidra Wali |
  • April 28, 2023
Paradise Center emphasizes importance of brain health in May

The Paradise Center will host ballroom dance lessons and improv classes taught by professionals to help cognitive function and body health.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The purple line running from the Key to the orange dot represents the town-owned wastewater pipeline.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • May 9, 2023
Mainland portion of Longboat's sewer main project completed

The more costly portion of the pipe, which will run under Sarasota Bay, awaits construction.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2011
Our View: County is one for two

Manatee County commissioners got one of the toughest decisions right in the budget for next year. They kept the property tax rate flat. Or so it appears. That will not be official until the final rate is approved in September.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 27, 2016
Briefs: Longboat Key 1.28.16

Bullock pursues alternative funds for undergrounding; Final tally for red tide fish kills released; Voter registration deadline approaches

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lilly and Bethany Lynch and Larry and Tierney Thornhill look forward to Neighbors Unite in which luminaries will light up in Lakewood Ranch to honor those impacted by cancer.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 9, 2020
Light for hope in Lakewood Ranch

Group works to develop Neighbors Unite luminaria event in Lakewood Ranch Sept. 20 for American Cancer Society.

  • East County
  • News
Former Sailor Ben Hartvigsen is climbing the distance running leaderboards at Harvard. Photo courtesy Harvard Athletics.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 9, 2022
Area spring sports alumni excel in college

From the baseball diamond to the track, Sarasota-area athletes have it covered.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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