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The Ohana property at 6633 Gulf of Mexico Drive extends well out into the Gulf of Mexico. The property is pictured here from the south end.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • December 13, 2021
Solutions hard to come by for Longboat beach access question

As community tries to find a way around seawall issue, property owners propose an easement that would cost the town $880,000 to $1.3 million a year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarah Miller knows how to help families navigate the mental health system because she did it with her daughter Vanessa. Photo courtesy
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • January 20, 2021
NAMI offering help to struggling students

NAMI Sarasota and Manatee are offering a variety of programs who are struggling due to virtual learning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Longboat Key Town Commission also will consider amendments to its Comprehensive Plan at Town Hall tonight.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 11, 2011
Commission to set maximum millage tonight

The Longboat Key Town Commission reached consensus this morning not to set the millage rate any higher than the current rate of 1.8872 mills.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2017
Why Republicans can’t repeal Obamacare

It's the failure to understand

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Dave and Lisa Burns give their goats treats during a break from cleaning up the grounds. Photo by Jay Heater
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 23, 2022
Myakka animal sanctuary survives despite extensive damage from Hurricane Ian

Farmhouse Animal and Nature Sanctuary clean up after $60,000 of damage in Myakka.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2009
Our View

Our arbitrary and capricious code

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 15, 2021
Entire neighborhood sells on north Siesta Key

Lots in the Coronas Park neighborhood will be sold individually for the first time.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 28, 2020
Temple Beth Israel hosts Yom Kippur food drive

Members went one way for meal pick-up and another to drop off donations.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Street parking on the south side of Broadway is closed between Palm Drive past Longboat Drive South.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • August 27, 2020
Longboat Key commissioners to consider resident-permit parking proposal

The Longboat Key Town Commission will also consider increasing parking fines from $30 to $75

  • Longboat Key
  • News
John Wishart loves the 289 high performance engine in his 1964 1/2 Mustang, the first of its kind to roll off the assembly line.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 13, 2021
Longtime Mustang car show returns to Main Street at Lakewood Ranch

The Ponies Under the Palms car show in Lakewood Ranch raises money for Take Stock in Children and Southeastern Guide Dogs.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Commissioner Nancy Detert was the lone commissioner in opposition, stating  the amendments don't do enough to ensure new affordable units.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • January 27, 2021
County amends affordable housing incentives

The changes mean developers who build east of I-75 no longer have to include affordable units, but they can opt to.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Several boaters dock on the weekends on the north end of Longboat Key. Photo courtesy of James Haft.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 12, 2021
Longboat residents, leaders try to navigate boat-noise complaints

Enforcement is a challenge for law enforcement for the boats docked off of Jewfish Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Joyce Welch, Diane Covino and Peggy Lammers with donations for Riverview's daycare program for teen parents seeking a high school diploma.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • June 7, 2022
Chapel outreach donates baby supplies to Riverview High School

The high school runs a day care to help teen parents earn their diplomas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds and John Krasinski in "A Quiet Place." Photo source: Amazon Prime Video.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 16, 2019
Binge Blog: Laughing silently to myself

"Nate Bargatze: The Tennessee Kid" (Netflix) and "A Quiet Place" (Amazon Prime Video) are this week's recommendations from the Sarasota Observer's Binge Blog.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 29, 2022
City, police union each ratify three-year collective bargaining agreement

The Sarasota City Commission has approved a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with the union that represents the Sarasota Police Department. The salary scale, though, will be reviewed on an annual basis.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Christine Culp, the youth services librarian at the Braden River Library, uses her storytimes and Reading in Our Town virtual segment to show her viewers different places in Manatee County before reading them a book.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 13, 2021
Creatively connected at Braden River Library

Manatee County libraries shift to a focus on virtual programming.

  • East County
  • News
Charles and Carol Haeussner are currently the only residents of the Edgewater community who still use Lake Uihlein for sailing.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • May 3, 2022
Edgewater residents push back against destruction of underused dock

The Country Club/Edgewater Village Association votes to demolish the Lake Uihlein dock in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Paint Nail Bar, $18
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • February 20, 2019
Fashion Insider: Statement Earrings

Go big and bold when it comes to your earrings this season.

  • Black Tie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2015
OUR VIEW | You want affordable housing?

Like many relatively wealthy and desirable communities, Sarasota is not a place where affordable housing is easy to find. Of course, that depends on your definition of affordable.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The pear tart made by Carol Meier.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • April 6, 2020
Sisterhood of the traveling dish

Carol Meier found a creative way to swap food with friends amid the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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