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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 21, 2010
IPOC challenges code amendments

The Islandside Property Owners Coalition has challenged seven town code changes proposed by the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Newtown was established in 1914.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2024
Newtown earns listing in National Register of Historic Places

The district is now the largest Black historic district in Florida, according to the city of Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Residents of the overall Tara community, including The Preserve at Tara's David Woodhouse, sported red shirts to show their opposition to the settlement during the March 7 hearing.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 13, 2019
More delays on Tara dispute

Commissioners need more time to digest all the resubmitted information.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 16, 2010
IPOC challenges code amendments

The Islandside Property Owners Coalition has challenged seven code changes proposed by the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Parrish Community High School already is in need of an addition only three years after opening. The school is about 300 students shy of reaching capacity. File photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • June 5, 2022
Population explosion forces expansion of Parrish Community High earlier than expected

Parrish Community High School, which draws East County students, gets $15 million addition ahead of schedule.

  • East County
  • Schools
(File photo)
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 19, 2022
Longboater's stingray experience common but no less painful

Hot water is the key to initial treatment and release, a physician and an EMS deputy chief say.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This is what LBK wants
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 14, 2024
This is what LBK wants

Longboaters want a community center and education center. A library branch is tertiary. Commissioners: Take control of the process.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Why do we need a new library?
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • April 23, 2024
Why do we need a new library?

A Longboat Key reader asks whether the island needs a county-run library.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Amani Washington and Trinity Adams
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • May 21, 2023
Graduation 2023: Booker High School

Multiple students offered words of advice as students headed into the future.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Esplanade at Lakewood Ranch's George Scherff, Robyn Kaiserman and Martin Hartmann, who are a part of the Sorrento Gang, volunteer at the Florida Center for Early Childhood.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • March 8, 2023
Lakewood Ranch's 'Sorrento Gang' has fun while giving back to nonprofits

From golf tournaments to Super Bowl pools, the Esplanade neighbors provide work hours and funds to benefit the community.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Residents near the John Ringling Causeway have said a decrease in the number of cars on the road has led to an increase in speeding issues.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 4, 2020
Resident complaints spark emphasis on speeding

The Sarasota Police Department is attempting to address public concerns about speed violations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
President and CEO of Children First Philip Tavill with Krystel Beall, and Jessica Rogers, VP Of philanthropy at Children First.
  • By Janet Combs |
  • November 2, 2023
Runway show delights at Flip Flops & Fashion

The 16th annual event benefiting Children First was a perfect day at the beach.

  • Black Tie
Janie's Garden on Lemon avenue is among Sarasota Housing Authority's recent public housing projects. (Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 17, 2022
Town hall reveals proposals to address workforce housing crisis

Sarasota's recent success isn't equally distributed as the resulting spike in housing costs are pricing essential workers out of the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jayden O'Neal and Sarah Dipasquale, who are seniors at Braden River High School, look forward to going to prom together after the school not being able to host a prom for the past two years due to the pandemic. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 5, 2022
East Bradenton high schoolers excited to be hosting proms once again

Lakewood Ranch High and Braden River High students are thrilled a traditional prom is back.

  • East County
  • Schools
Jose Pavet of Cha Cha Coconuts on Aug. 31.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • August 31, 2023
Businesses on St. Armands Circle clean up after Hurricane Idalia flooding

Shops on the Circle received little water damage from the storm and plan to reopen Aug. 31 to Sept. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
A view from the back of 6877 Gulf of Mexico Drive, which sold Aug. 18, 2023, for $9.45 million.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • August 21, 2023
Tarte Cosmetics CEO buys record-setting Longboat home for $9.45M

The three-story home at 6877 Gulf of Mexico Drive closed on Aug. 18 at $9.45 million, breaking the 2023 year-to-date record for a single-family home sale on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
CCA Executive Director Brian Gorski releases some of the trout into Sarasota Bay. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 9, 2022
15,000 spotted sea trout released into Sarasota Bay

Trout spawn three to four times a year. Even if only 1% survive, the bay will benefit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The project team working on the Bahia Vista Apartments first shared plans for a residential complex in 2019, a concept that has continued to draw outspoken neighborhood opposition. File photo
  • By David Conway |
  • August 26, 2021
Arlington Park apartment plan remains contentious

As a developer proposes 250 apartments for the corner of Tuttle Avenue and Bahia Vista Street, efforts to defend the scale of the project aren’t swaying neighboring opponents.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mel Gang, Nancy Chanos, Sandy Endres, June Hessel, Dick Antonello, Sue Antonello, and Debbie Andy enjoying their Fourth of July dinner outside the Seaplace clubhouse.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • July 6, 2023
Seaplace Condominiums celebrates Fourth of July

The tight-knit community celebrated Independence Day surrounded by longtime friends and loved ones.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • March 7, 2023
Where are the Taylor Emmons Scholarship recipients now?

The Taylor Emmons Scholarship was formed to go its recipients a boost forward in life at the Out-of-Door Academy. Here's how it is doing.

  • East County
  • Schools
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