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The trolley service on Longboat Key will continue while leaders discuss its future.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 24, 2010
Trolley meeting scheduled

The Manatee County Commission agreed to hold off on eliminating its Longboat Key trolley route for the rest of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The choice was Asplen’s
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 30, 2022
The choice was Asplen’s

It may have appeared to be an orchestrated effort to oust the Sarasota superintendent. But there are multiple sides to this.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Lift Station D at 521 Gulf Bay Road collects sewage from the town of Longboat Key and pumps it to a treatment facility in Bradenton in August 2020.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2022
Construction begins on mainland portion of sewer main project

Town staff opted for a cost effective approach for the mainland portion. A new pipe will be placed inside the existing pipe.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 18, 2022
Claws for a Cause was for the birds this month

Neighbors lined up for boxed lobster lunches from The Maine Line food truck, a local favorite.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Short-term plans at SRQ will consolidate car rental facilities along  Rental Car Road onto Block 7, freeing up land along Uiversity Prakway for additional parking lots and commercial development.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 20, 2023
'Lots' of development planned at SRQ

The Sarasota-Manatee International Airport has begun working with the city to address its parking problems and plans to develop a commercial node along University Parkway.

  • Sarasota
  • News
York Walker and Dave Harris will be developing new work for the Roundabout Theatre this summer at The Hermitage Artist Retreat
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • May 3, 2023
Hermitage Retreat partners with Broadway's Roundabout Theatre Company

The collaboration will help playwrights develop material for the nation's largest nonprofit theater.

  • Arts + Culture
Construction vehicles in September 2022 navigate the landfill on Lena Road, which is adjacent to the rezoned area.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 28, 2022
Manatee clears path to sell its Lena Road property in Bradenton

County Commissioners approved a rezone of 98 acres from agricultural to mixed-use.

  • East County
  • News
Xavier and Donna Koffman, Max Schukenous, Sydney Kauffman and Robert McCampell
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • November 2, 2016
Black Tie & Tales 11.03.16

Here's what you missed last week...

  • Black Tie
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
Artist Court, at the corner of South Washington Boulevard and Adams Lane, is proposed as a 139-unit market rate apartment development.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 18, 2023
New apartments progress in downtown Sarasota

A nine-story, 139-unit multifamily building called Artist Court is proposed at Washington Boulevard and Adams Lane.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rabbi Howard Simon and Barbara Pressman welcomed attendees into the concert.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 25, 2022
Temple Beth Israel hosts memorial concert

The theme of the night was TBI Rocks and featured music by Jewish musicians.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • November 29, 2022
The best things to do around Sarasota for Dec. 1-6

Dance, drama and classical music will be the big draws in Sarasota this week, but there's also jazz, comedy and burlesque on the docket.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Jamie Springstead is Saint Stephen's Episcopal's leading scorer in basketball, boys and girls, with 1,485 points.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 22, 2022
Saint Stephen's senior shatters the Bradenton school's all-time scoring mark

Lakewood Ranch's Jamie Springstead sets the basketball scoring record, for boys or girls, at Saint Stephens.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 19, 2021
Render Unto Caesar

Jonathan Epstein’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s 'Julius Caesar' shatters cliché in the FSU/Asolo Conservatory’s latest streaming production.

  • Arts + Culture
Mar Vista owner Ed Chiles wants to renovate the second floor of the historic Jordan House to be able to offer private meeting space  and small receptions.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2013
Our View: Let the vote stand

To one extent, it really doesn't come as a surprise. Longbeach Village residents flooded Longboat Key town commissioners with emails over the past weekend, begging commissioners to rescind their May 6 approval of the Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub's site-plan amendment application.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Robin D. Meyer has accepted the position of Longboat Key Planning, Zoning & Building director.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 18, 2012
Town hires new PZ&B director

Robin D. Meyer, who has worked for St. Lucie County for the last four-and-a-half years, will begin his new role May 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2022
Summer Fun Guide 2022: Arts

Your guide to summer camps in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Asolo Rep Teaching Artist Imani Williams casts spells with summer camp students during Enchantment week.
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • December 10, 2022
Asolo Rep courts parents and kids for a day at the theater

The new PlayDate program introduces workshops tied to performances for children and their parents.

  • Arts + Culture
Some members of the public said the city should solicit proposals from other interested parties, but multiple commissioners felt that would be unfair to the group that submitted the hotel and grocery store plan. File rendering.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 18, 2021
City advances consideration of St. Armands hotel proposal

A majority of the City Commission spoke positively about a plan to build a hotel and grocery store on the site of the Fillmore Drive parking lot, though some members of the public had reservations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The proposed Walmart became the fourth construction project in the city to face an appeal over the past five years. All four of those appeals were denied by the City Commission.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 8, 2013
Sarasota City commissioners to hold Walmart appeal hearing

Commissioners voted 4-1 to hold an appeal hearing on the Walmart Supercenter planned for the Ringling Shopping Center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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