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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 18, 2009
SMR official showcases photography

SMR Farms President Mac Carraway will have his photographic works on display at the Manatee County Agricultural Museum through Jan. 8.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 4, 2010
Brenner speaks to Village Association

The challenger for the District 3 commission seat discussed issues that affect the Village and the entire Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • July 1, 2009
Community grills Ranch principal finalists

The three finalists for the Lakewood Ranch High School Principal position possibly met their toughest critics during a community forum June 30 at Lakewood Ranch High School.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 26, 2010
Union-backed candidates get mixed election results

One teachers union candidate won her race by 4% of the votes. The other union-backed candidate came in last in his race.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 3, 2010
Alta Vista traffic circle draws ire

Members of the Alta Vista neighborhood want a $98,000 traffic circle removed, because they say it had made their roads more dangerous than they were one year ago.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 20, 2010
Bird nests shut down Siesta beach access

Although they were roped off, someone intentionally crossed a barrier and destroyed two snowy plover nests at Siesta Key beach access No. 7, which was then closed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson explains to members of the Siesta Key Village Association that Sarasota County is running a budget deficit.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 3, 2012
Patterson takes flak from SKVA

Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson was present at the monthly Siesta Key Village Association, where she was questioned about procurement.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Key-wide, Longboat Key Finance Director Tom Kelley estimates a 1.5% to 3% decrease in property values this year.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 30, 2012
FULL STORY: Longboat Key property values will decrease by 1.5% to 3%

Longboat Key taxable values are dropping, but preliminary estimates show the dip is less than the previous four years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota City Commission chose a maximum millage rate that would generate an additional $800,000.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 20, 2011
Maximum millage rate set at 2.9249 mills

The Sarasota City Commission held a budget Town Hall meeting tonight to discuss the budget with the city's residents and set a maximum millage rate.

  • Sarasota
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The Sarasota Police Department responded to a call Nov. 1 when a student was found with no pulse in a Booker High School bathroom.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 3, 2011
Sarasota Booker High School student dies

A 17-year-old Booker High School student who was found with no pulse in a school bathroom Nov. 1 died this morning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 3, 2010
Island-wide trolley service might survive

The Manatee County Commission agreed to pay $200,000 to continue the trolley if Longboat Key pays $100,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 12, 2011
Business Observer

Colony restoration attracts big names

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The back of the Laurel Park neighborhood sign has the city's logo painted on it. City rules call for just one side of the sign to be decorated.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 17, 2011
Laurel Park sign: two sides to story

Noticing a change to their neighborhood sign, residents questioned why the city altered it without asking residents and violated its own rules.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 10, 2011
Roundabout study focuses on first phase

Within the next few weeks, the city will begin studying the effects of the first phase of its bayfront-connectivity plan.

  • Sarasota
  • News
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • March 2, 2011
FILM REVIEW: 'Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny'

Director Richard Trank's latest film will thoroughly inspire audiences.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 11, 2012
Pedestrian's husband seeks damages

A notice sent to the town claims that agencies failed to provide a safe place to cross Gulf of Mexico Drive, resulting in the death of Jo Schatterman.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A debate about campaign signs continues on Longboat Key.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 18, 2013
Campaign-sign debate continues

Key resident Larry Grossman has urged Vice Mayor David Brenner to resign because he took campaign signs out of a Sarasota right of way.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 19, 2012
Agency approves more carp

SWFWMD changes regulation of carp in Lakewood-area ponds.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2012
News Briefs

Sarasota seeks new hire for finance post

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2012
Tennis Center nets 13th annual Observer Challenge

The 13th annual Observer Challenge tennis tournament kicks off Dec. 6, at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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