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Paul Jaffe will perform live music throughout the event.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 30, 2019
Longboat Library to host Art and Authors Festival

The event will run from noon to 4 p.m. on Feb. 2 at the Longboat Library.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Nathalie McCulloch and Dr. Lou Bertha McKenzie-Wharton at a Lilly Pulitzer Fashion Show in 2014.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 6, 2019
Nathalie McCulloch volunteered way through life

The longtime Selby Gardens volunteered, 98, died Jan. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Fearing the effects on traffic coming and leaving the barrier islands, Longboat Key leaders opposed a Sarasota proposal for Fruitville Road in 2019.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 12, 2019
Longboat Key, Sarasota commissioners meet Thursday

City leaders plan to discuss transportation, development and other issues they hold in common.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2019
Cops Corner: Sarasota 8.15.19

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • November 16, 2018
Pines of Sarasota celebrates 70th anniversary

Pines of Sarasota Rehabilitation & Senior Care Community said cheers to 70 years with its first annual Founder’s Day celebration.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Rendering courtesy of Terry Riley, Principal at Keenan Riley Architects
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 20, 2019
Ringling College announces opening timeline for Sarasota Museum of Art

Ringling College of Art and Design plans to open its Sarasota Museum of Art in December, but classes will begin in the fall.

  • Arts + Culture
School Choice sessions start Jan. 8.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 19, 2017
Manatee schools announce open enrollment requirements

The first wave of open choice enrollment starts Jan. 8.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2017
Year in Review - March: Longboat voters reject Colony redevelopment plan

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
FPL has a staging site at the Sarasota Fairgrounds, where workers can park their trucks and take a break.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • September 12, 2017
Thousands of Sarasota County residents still without power

FPL said residents on the west coast can expect power by Sept. 22, if there's no major damage in their area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
TRIM notices have been mailed in Manatee and Sarasota counties.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • August 22, 2016
Expert: Don’t be confused by TRIM notices for Longboat Key from different counties

Prepaid assessments might not show on early notices

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Waterlefe Landscape Committee member Nancy Rechcigl and Chairwoman Dona Lasseter say community feedback has been positive.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 27, 2017
Waterlefe committee makes statement with landscape

Landscape improvement adds value, residents say.

  • East County
  • News
Premier Sports Campus attracts thousands of players and spectators each year through soccer, lacrosse and other tournaments.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 15, 2017
Lakewood Ranch developer offers Premier Sports Campus to Manatee County

The deal would require the county to build an aquatics center on neighboring land within five years.

  • East County
  • News
Longboat Key's Bayfront Park is open to the public.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 12, 2017
One cheer for the remodeled Bayfront Park

The new Bayfront Park has more flaws than flair.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Jo-To Japanese Restaurant will close its Siesta Key Village location March 31.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 22, 2017
Jo-To Japanese Restaurant to close on Siesta Key

The Village restaurant will serve its last meals March 31.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
An online petition aims to stop a proposed heliport at The Concession Golf Club.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 27, 2016
Online helistop petition gains momentum

Petition opposes a planned helistop at The Concession Golf Club

  • East County
  • News
Karmic Journey has his tail fluffed up. The one-year-old winner was only two ribbons aways from a grand champion designation.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • October 1, 2015
This week in history 10.1.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 17, 2015
WCI Communities seeks approval for new East County development

The project is set for Upper Manatee River Road.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 21, 2015
Manatee County Library System modernizes online system

The new library catalogue includes a community information database.

  • East County
  • News
This is a digital rendering of Mote Marine Laboratory's new research facility located in Summerland Key.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 23, 2015
Mote's Summerland Key research facility receives approval

Researchers at Mote’s Summerland Key research facility are growing thousands of coral fragments in nurseries in the wild using naturally occurring generic strains .

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 31, 2014
London Bay Homes buys four homesites on Siesta Key

The Naples and Sarasota homebuilder will build four West Indies-style homes in Spice Bay on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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