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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 5, 2019
Cops Corner: Pipe down, the cops are here

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 17, 2018
Longboat Key Obituaries: Jan. 18, 2018

Dorothy Hale Johnson, Lawrence Paul Libertore, Sharon Lothes, Ida M. Mason, Gabrielle Miller and Shirley Peterson died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Siblings Jeffrey Shapiro, 95, Carol Siegler, 89, Jeffrey and Dorothy Tanebaum, 95, for the first time in more than five years came together for a few days June 26, to help craft a memoir for their parents.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • July 15, 2015
Plymouth Harbor resident and her siblings honor parents

Plymouth Harbor resident Carol Siegler and her siblings, Jeffrey Shapiro and Dorothy Tanebaum, seek to preserve their parents’ story through writing.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Students who attended kindergarten through 12th grade with an additional 30 minutes of instructional time would have been in class about an extra year at graduation.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 24, 2022
Millions in Sarasota school funding on March ballot

Continuation of voter-approved 1-mill tax rate would deliver an estimated $71.6 million.

  • Sarasota
  • News
East County's Seth Heiland launches a bean bag during a game of cornhole.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • March 27, 2025
Waterside Place offers more than food trucks on Wednesdays

Ranch Nite Wednesday offers cornhole, volleyball, miniature golf and more.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Michael Grieve, Sigrid Wise and Brian Ott are A Band Called Honalee, appearing at Florida Studio Theatre's Goldstein Cabaret through Nov. 2.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • September 16, 2025
Florida Studio Theatre cabaret takes nostalgic time trip to land of folk music

"A Band Called Honalee" invites the audience to sing and remember when the times were a-changin'.

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  • By Harry Sayer |
  • November 12, 2021
Medieval vs. Renaissance: Faire plays showcase life long ago

Our reporter steps back in time to explore who wore history better in two Sarasota-area events.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Trump needs to spell out how he’s going to drain the Washington spending swamp.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 4, 2017
Tale of two tax cuts

When Trump’s opponents rant about tax cuts being for the wealthy, it’s a fake argument. Meanwhile, raising Florida’s homestead exemption has consequences lawmakers ignore.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Bonnie Staley and Shannon Ford donate their time to collect funds for The Salvation Army outside the Publix at Lorraine Road and University Parkway.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 18, 2024
Ranch ringers know how to sweeten the Salvation Army pot

Collections rise past $15,000 from one spot in front of a Lakewood Ranch Publix.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The real estate market on Longboat Key continues to evolve, including in residential areas like the Village.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 16, 2025
Post-hurricane real estate market hard to pin down

Generally, metro area's prices take a tumble, but that's not true everywhere.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
As president of the Village Idiots Cycling Club, Dawn Zielinski lobbies for efforts to make roadways safer for cyclists.
  • By Emily Leinfuss |
  • November 18, 2024
Village Idiots continue their mission to make roadways safer for cyclists

In a place with plenty of clubs and groups, the Village Idiots Cycling Club of Lakewood Ranch stands out, both in longevity — 15 years — and its core mission of bringing people together through a common passion.

  • East County
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Ringling College names new president
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 24, 2026
Ringling College names new president

Davis Schneiderman will be the globally known arts college's seventh president in 95 years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A new fleet of golf carts for club members is one of several upgrades at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.  Photo by Katie Hendrick.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 2, 2013
Looking ahead: Key Club upgrades

Longboat Key Club Islandside, Harbourside and Longboat Key Club Moorings are receiving upgrades in 2013.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A photo showing about 1/3 of a typical Volpe family "mountain of gifts"
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2015
Holiday gifts and gaffes

Embarrassing and heart-warming stories from residents are the gifts that keep on giving.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 25, 2021
St. Regis pops the cork on Longboat Key project

$800 million hotel and condo project kicks off with groundbreaking.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 16, 2022
St. Armands revved up for Lotus Cars on the Circle

Lotus and British car owners arrived in style for a car show July 16 in St. Armands Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 24, 2010
TOP STORY, FEB.: 'Unconditional Surrender' to stay on bayfront

By a 3-2 vote, the city commissioners approved of an offer to accept a veteran's donation of the kissing sailor sculpture.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid addresses commissioners Jan. 30, about new transportation alternatives. Alex Mahadevan.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 31, 2013
SCAT pitches strategic plan

County commissioners call for more efficiency from Sarasota County Area Transit but approve the Siesta Key trolley project.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 7, 2013
Firm halts Siesta transit plan

There's more than meets the eye to a Sarasota County plan to use visual effects to makeover buses into trolleys for barrier-island routes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kevin Paschall, the managing partner of the Legacy Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch, talks about redoing the greens over the next four months.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 6, 2018
Lakewood Ranch's Legacy gives green light for improvements

Legacy Golf Club owners hope new TifEagle Bermuda grass greens return the Lakewood Ranch course to Arnold Palmer's standards.

  • East County
  • News
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