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A new fire department contract was ratified by commissioners Tuesday.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 5, 2013
Longboat Key fire contract ratified

The Town Commission ratified a new three-year contract with its firefighters Monday night.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • May 14, 2018
Pine View named No. 1 high school in Florida

U.S. News and World Report's ranking of high schools came out for 2018, and Pine View School in Osprey topped the list.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Robert Gause is the new Manatee County School Board Chairman and Dave Miner will serve as vice chairman.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 18, 2014
Manatee County School Board welcomes new leaders

At its Nov. 18 meeting, the Manatee County School Board approved Robert Gause and Dave Miner for its chairman and vice chairman positions.

  • East County
  • News
The Longboat Key Police Department has named four of its officers sergeants this week.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 5, 2013
Police Department names new captains

A new organizational structure at the Longboat Key Police Department has made four officers sergeants.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight looks on as Marylou Anderson, Taian "Andrew" Tian's girlfriend, speaks about the restaurant manager's tragic death.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 24, 2013
VIDEO: Gang member arrested for New Dynasty beating

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested Juan De Dios Rodriguez for the death of New Dynasty Chinese Buffet Manager Taian 'Andrew' Tian.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2013
Our Town: McKitrick scores 186th victory

Longboat Key golfer Arlene McKitrick won her 186th tournament in the American Senior Golfers Tournament, at the Grove Park Inn, in Asheville, N.C.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • April 10, 2013
New College students receive national award

New College of Florida Students received the President's Volunteer Service Award for logging more than 500 hours of community service in their neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • News
As more families head to East County to fill new housing developments, area schools are gearing up to support the extra heads in classrooms.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 2, 2014
East County braces for growing enrollment

New numbers show the Manatee County School District welcomes 1,200 more students compared to a year ago.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Alicia King |
  • December 23, 2013
New Year's Eve Inspiration

New Year's Eve Inspiration

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
County staff expects the merger to create greater efficiencies.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • October 8, 2013
Manatee County merges natural resources, parks departments

The new department will be called the Parks and Natural Resources Department and it will be headed by Charles Hunsicker, Manatee's Natural Resources Department director.

  • East County
  • News
The Saint Stephen's football team played its first game on its new field Oct. 25.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 29, 2013
Falcons open new athletic center

Saint Stephen's Episcopal School officially opened its new $5 million state-of-the-art athletic facility during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 23.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 3, 2012
New Pass dredging offers sand options

A management plan paid for by Sarasota County now suggests sharing sand dredged from New Pass with the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • September 17, 2020
Urbanite Theatre enlists five new playwrights

Five new playwrights of color have been commissioned for Urbanite Theater.

  • Arts + Culture
An arts consultant has reiterated its belief that the current Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall can not adequately serve as a long-term venue.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 12, 2018
Bayfront planners ponder future of Van Wezel

As The Bay Sarasota considers a new bayfront performing arts hall, the group also wants to honor the legacy of the existing Van Wezel building — but how?

  • Sarasota
  • News
The town of Longboat Key has had conversations with the Florida Department of Transportation about making improvements to six crosswalks along Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • August 9, 2023
Visibility upgrades on the way for GMD crosswalks

A new FDOT project along Gulf of Mexico Drive will bring improvements to four crosswalks on Longboat Key and add a new one.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 11, 2022
Windward at Lakewood Ranch launches latest salvo in amenities race

The Neal Communities property shows how middle- to upper-middle-class families are living the country club lifestyle.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Karen and Malcolm Ronney were fined $2,250 for placing this sign on their home for 47 days in 2006-07.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • December 25, 2010
TOP STORY, MARCH: Sign Fine

When MacAllisters Grill & Tavern owners Malcolm and Karen Ronney moved to Lakewood Ranch from Scotland, they placed a small plaque on the front of their Greenbrook home. In March, they paid more than $2,200 in HOA fines because the sign violated regulations.

  • East County
  • News
Derek Barnes, owner of Derek's Culinary Casual, and Steve Phelps, owner of Indigenous, met through a mutual friend in 2004, when Barnes was a chef at 5 One 6 Burns and Phelps was a chef at Mattison's Steakhouse at the Plaza.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 27, 2013
Taste of the Town

Read a page from area chefs' and restaurant owners' menus, and get a kitchen confidential about the talk and taste of the town.

  • Arts + Culture
'Quite appalling' to call Dr. Fauci 'dishonest'
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • March 26, 2025
'Quite appalling' to call Dr. Fauci 'dishonest'

The scientific community regards COVID vaccines as not perfect, but they save lives.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Commissioners Tal Siddique, George Kruse and Dr. Bob McCann listen to a caller during the Jan. 28 commission meeting.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 30, 2025
Discussions continue around possible east Manatee County building moratorium

Developments east of county utilities, fluoride in the water and speeding tickets are all on track to be limited.

  • East County
  • News
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