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Longboat Key Charter Review Committee: Pat Zunz, Phill Younger, Alan Pryor, Bill Cook
  • By John McGuire |
  • May 3, 2017
Longboat Key Charter Review committee starts with elections

Members held their first meeting on April 25.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 21, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A noise for news

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Town staffers place 2,974 flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive, beginning Sept. 10.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 3, 2021
Longboat Key Sept. 11 flag tradition continues on attack's 20th anniversary

This is the 19th time the Public Works Department will plant 2,974 flags in the ground.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
SCAT maintains a fleet of 53 buses and 2,410,179 annual customers
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • July 12, 2019
County to move forward on implementation of SCAT service partnership

Staff will continue exploring the new SCAT model before reporting back to the board in four months.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Chazzan Cliff Abramson
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • April 16, 2024
Temple Sinai honors Chazzan Cliff Abramson

Over the past 18 years, Abramson has taught, conducted services and led life cycle events at Temple Sinai.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • May 29, 2024
Sarasota Music Fest celebrates 60 years by defying convention

Under Music Director Jeffrey Kahane, the festival will explore improvisation and cross musical boundaries.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson has been alerted via email again that when the Siesta Key main public beach parking lot is full, Siesta residents offer up their residential properties as parking lots for money. File photo.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 12, 2012
Residential pay-for-parking irks Siesta residents

The Sarasota County Commission gave approval for a task force to sniff out residential lots offering up places to park for cash.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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
Party planner Stephanie Grae before a "Gaze & Graze" tour at Creative Liberties in the Limelight District.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • December 5, 2023
Sarasota event planner spotlights arts with local multimedia openings

Stephanie Grae produces special arts and nonprofit events around Sarasota with a focus on bringing people together.

  • Arts + Culture
OnPlace staff members celebrating the company's one-year anniversary are 
Erin Steele, community relations, Sandy Friedman, business development, Monaca Onstad, president and CEO, Amanda Arnold, vice president, and Mackenzie Straley, director of community experience.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 21, 2023
Community lifestyle specialist spreads wings with OnPlace

Former SMR community relations director Monaca Onstad uses her Lakewood Ranch experience to enhance communities around the nation.

  • East County
  • Business
Friends Full of Giving Chair Lisa Napolitano, All Faiths Food Bank CEO Sandra Frank and board Chair Terri Vitale.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2023
All Faiths Food Bank fundraiser nets $276,000

The Friends Full of Giving event helped All Faiths Food Bank distribute more than 13,000 turkeys and sides for Thanksgiving.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Buddy Holly Story is playing at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall for one night only. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • October 19, 2022
The best things to do around Sarasota for Oct. 20-26

A new season begins for Sarasota Ballet and Jazz Club of Sarasota, and there's plenty of drama and music to take in around town.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
(File photo)
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2022
Longboat advances green initiatives to improve, sustain environment

The town's green initiatives include monitoring and improving water quality, increasing multimodal options and optimizing energy consumption.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Co-chair of Taste and Tunes of the Key Lynn Hancock and Susan Phillips
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • February 5, 2024
Longboat Key Garden Club puts new spin on annual fundraiser

Tastes and Tunes of the Keys skipped the fashion show to highlight the delish dishes from local vendors and create casual atmosphere for mingling.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Grace Howl's "No Fear No Rules" sign.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 22, 2023
Grace Howl: The accidental artist

A car crash forced Howl off the corporate treadmill into a dazzling world of abstract images

  • Arts + Culture
Braden River Library is one of seven locations in the Manatee County Public Library System.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 17, 2023
Manatee works to bring self-checkout to libraries

The Manatee County Public Library System hopes to have at least one self-checkout machine at each library by July.

  • East County
  • News
A 2021 ordinance aimed to regulate hotel houses on the barrier islands is being expanded to all vacation rental homes in the city.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 5, 2023
Vacation rental ordinance set to go citywide

Although not unanimous, Sarasota city commissioners approved expanding regulation of short-term rentals to the mainland.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Brielle Rivera Headrington, Mark Benninghofen, David Breitbarth, Andrew Long and Curtis Bannister star in Asolo Repertory Theatre's production of "Inherit the Wind," directed by Asolo Rep Producing Artistic Director Peter Rothstein.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 17, 2024
Asolo Rep revives American classic 'Inherit the Wind'

Director Peter Rothstein takes an evolutionary leap with Asolo Repertory Theatre's production of courtroom drama “Inherit the Wind.”

  • Arts + Culture
Third grader Kaylee Casablanca loves dancing with her sister Briana Casablanca and third grader Aubrielle Deaugustinis.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 11, 2023
Tara Elementary hosts its annual Sweetheart Dance

The annual dance gives students and their families a chance to show off their moves.

  • East County
  • Schools
Terell Stafford will perform as part of the Sarasota Jazz Festival March 13-18.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 8, 2023
Jazz Festival lineup seeks to expand horizons

With an emphasis on a wide spectrum of styles and performers as well as a new venue, the 43rd Sarasota Jazz Festival aims to broaden its audience.

  • Arts + Culture
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