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Commissioner Phill Younger presented a new option for new zoning residential districts at a special joint workshop Monday at Town Hall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 21, 2015
Town seeks to make nonconforming properties whole

Aging nonconforming tourism and multi-family Longboat Key properties can only rebuild their current number of units. New districts would allow those properties to build larger units and gives properties an opportunity to build more units.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Although Gary Roberts performs magic tricks nearly every day, he said he still enjoys watching other magicians perform.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 3, 2012
Tricks of the trade

Lakewood Ranch resident Gary Roberts discovered his love of magic from a magic trick he bought at a department store.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 30, 2017
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Aug. 31

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
The One-Act Play Festival runs from Nov. 1-4. Courtesy photo
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 24, 2018
One-Act Odysseys take center stage at Glenridge Performing Arts Center

Theatre Odyssey’s inaugural one-act festival spurs the creation of Inventive plays and celebrates the power of short-form

  • Arts + Culture
When two Secret Service agents asked then-Longboat Observer Executive Editor Lisa Walsh to back off reporting on the 9/11 terrorists, she politely declined. "We're reporters. That's what we do," she said.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 12, 2021
An untold story of Sept. 11

In the 43-year history of the "Longboat Observer," two staffers' involvement in Longboat Key's connection to that horrible tragedy will forever tie them and the newspaper to history.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
1. Lakewood Ranch's Karen Kay Lyvers dances off the mat. She won the 4A girls pole vault at the track and field championships.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 27, 2018
A year of champions: The top 10 East County sports moments of 2018

The top 10 East County sports moments of 2018 included athletes from Lakewood Ranch and Braden River high schools and The Out-of-Door Academy, plus youth and adult sports.

  • East County
  • Sports
Although traffic will begin using the entirety of the roundabout on Dec. 17, work will continue for months on the approaches from Main Street to Fruitville Road.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 8, 2022
Roundabout at 41 and Gulfstream expected to open Dec. 17

Although the entire project won't be completed until next spring, the long road to replacing the intersection at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue with a roundabout is expected to end next weekend.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Coach B.J. Ivey gives directions to his ODA boys basketball players against Cardinal Mooney. Ivey is in his second season at the school.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 22, 2022
Coach B.J. Ivey says Lakewood Ranch's ODA boys basketball on the right track despite losses

ODA's boys basketball program of Lakewood Ranch continues to grow under Coach B.J. Ivey.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 3, 2022
Sarasota bayfront home sells for $12 million

The property is the third-highest price sale in Sarasota city limits.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Stanislas Kostka’s works are available for purchase at Marianne E on Palm Avenue. Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • November 14, 2018
Scene & Heard 11.15.18

Here's a look at the A&E news of the week, including a Stanislas Kostka show at Marianne E, a call for extras at Sarasota Opera House and a music video with Ryanito and CARisMA.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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The home on 8569 Midnight Pass Road was built in 2012. It has
four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,033 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 9, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Feb. 20-24 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Siesta Key home on Midnight Pass Road tops the week's sale at $6.65 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Shaded in yellow, the Progress University apartments site is directly adjacent to the planned Aventon Sarasota multifamily community across University Parkway from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. (Courtesy image)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 24, 2022
Progress University apartments move toward planning board

With Development Review Committee sign-off in hand, the 280-unit Progress University development now moves to the city Planning Board for approval.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Emelia and Teddie Emerick visited the mural with their parents.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • April 13, 2021
Downtown crosswalks get the rainbow treatment

Project PRIDE SRQ has finished a rainbow street mural in downtown Sarasota after a year of preparation.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Siblings Sophia and Luciano Iannotti share the board for a wave.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • September 26, 2015
Surfers hit the beach to Hang Ten for Autism

Compound Boardshop hosts 6th annual Hang Ten for Autism for local families on Sept. 26 at Siesta Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2012
News Briefs

Ranch hospital earns national honors; Funding helps coalition curb underage drinking; Braden River's academies receive public input; County renames Convention Center

  • Sarasota
  • News
408 Jackson Drive
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 15, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 for Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Bird Key.

A St. Armands home in John Ringling Estates tops the week's sales at $2.8 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 14, 2009
Relay team runs into record books

The Lakewood Ranch High girls 3,200-meter relay team set a new school record of 10:00.51 at the Class 3A state track and field championships May 8 in Winter Park.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2022
Harbor Acres home breaks price record for region

The Sarasota bayfront property on Hillview Drive sells for $17.5 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • December 10, 2019
'Marriage Story' plumbs emotional depths of divorce

Johansson, Driver convincingly portray a couple in decline

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Carol Lucas returns a shot during a practice round at Country Club West's public courts.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 24, 2018
Pickleball seeds planted in Lakewood Ranch

New club lobbies for public courts in the area.

  • East County
  • Sports
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