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Photo courtesy the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • April 26, 2018
Parents anxious to see security changes in effect

The district aims to have its own police force in place by August, but parents are eager to see real security changes as soon as possible.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Morton's Gourmet Market is located at 1924 S. Osprey Ave.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 26, 2012
WEEKEND BEST BEST: Morton's Chili Cookoff

Spend Sunday afternoon sampling chili served up by Sarasota firefighters.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 21, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of April 9 through April 15, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
One of the topics likely appear on the survey is a question about the possibility of someday eliminating the county border that splits the town between Manatee and Sarasota counties.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 21, 2019
One-county question likely on town's citizen survey

Residents will be asked about key issues, customer service in early 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 8, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, May 9

A look at our favorite arts and entertainment events taking place this week in Sarasota, Venice and Anna Maria Island.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Read this week's Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2011
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 27, 2010
Welly supports revised Vision Plan

Longboat Key Club and Resort General Manager Michael Welly is urging the town to use the Vision Plan and update its codes to support the island as a first-class tourism destination.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2013
Worldly words win big for writer

After a nationwide search, Hilton Hotels and Resorts announced that Sarasota freelance writer Mary Ellen Mancini has been selected as one of 15 winners, who will travel the world and share their travel experience as a part of the new travel website, Hilton Mom Voyage.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Cheyenne Stubbs runs the Sailors' offense against Southeast High.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 31, 2019
Transfer guard helps Sailors basketball enjoy waves of success

She played at Braden River High last season

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 15, 2016
East County weather page photo: Dec. 15

Mary Tygh Parks captured this photo of a limpkin that was hanging out in Myakka River State Park.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Gilbert Sharell lives next to the Perry Residence and is fighting against its demolition. Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • September 18, 2014
Commission to hear appeal on historic demolition

A group is appealing the demolition of a historic property downtown, but the current owners say the building is no longer financially sustainable.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 28, 2019
Cops Corner: No one at the helm

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Ron Flynn said the theft of his cranes statue occurred during the early-morning hours of Sept. 5. Courtesy of Ron Flynn.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 13, 2012
Bronze cranes statue stolen from yard

A 5-foot-tall statue was clipped from its base and hauled away from a resident's property.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Tuva Novotny and Natalie Portman find a body going through some changes in "Annihilation." Photo source: EPIX.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 23, 2018
Binge Blog: Shimmer in the light

"Annihilation," starrting Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez and Tessa Thompson, and "The Big Sick," starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Ray Romano and Holly Hunter, are this week's picks.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
The Observer staff bribing its new boss with carrots. Invisible bosses are the best. Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 13, 2013
Scene & Heard

Observer gets a new boss; John Olenick becomes king for a day; Come to their cabarets; Jack Perkins gets transcendental

  • Arts + Culture
A cyclist rides with the flow of traffic in the bike lane.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 13, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic leads to cycling uptick on Longboat Key

With more people out for exercise, rules of the road on the town's multi-use trail become top of mind.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Manatee County planner Jake Bibler reviews plans for a Taco Bell site in Bradenton.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 2, 2019
Manatee county responds to development timelines mandated by Legislature

Manatee county responds to new development timelines

  • East County
  • News
Folks still head out to the beach at Casa Del Mar.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 27, 2020
Neighbors drive summer tourism

'Staycationers' have replaced the typical vacationers from all over the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 27, 2017
We’re Main Street; not ‘mainstream’

The national news media have smeared all of journalism, while the media tech giants admit they ‘are destroying how society works.’ Whom can you trust? Some of us still place a high value on credibility, reliability and trustworthiness.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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