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  • By Maria Amodio |
  • April 10, 2010
Women's teams make great showing in division

The celebratory luncheon for the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center's combined USTA women's 70s and super senior teams was held April 7, at the Sarasota Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Terry Gans is confident Longboat Key can continue to be attractive to future buyers if it changes its code to allow for redevelopment.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 13, 2013
Election: Gans campaigns to continue as commissioner

Longboat Key Commissioner Terry Gans believes the code-change process can continue without 'consulting ourselves to death.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Freshman Addison Shea, senior Hailey Marston, sophomore Maeve Ingham, senior Gracie Marston, sophomore Tamlyn Leatt and senior Aurora Melzer hope to run the Mustangs to a state title.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 3, 2021
Prose and Kohn: Mustangs cross country takes aim at state title

The Lakewood Ranch girls cross country team has its sights set on a state title.

  • East County
  • Sports
If passed, the referendum could bring a 120-unit hotel on the north end of Longboat Key.
  • By Michael Hodges |
  • August 10, 2016
Before allowing a hotel, fix the traffic jams

Never in our 40-plus years as residents of Longboat Key have we been exposed to such an infrastructure failure as now.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Chef Judi Gallagher |
  • April 2, 2013
TWIS = This Week Is Savory

TWIS = This Week Is Savory

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
How to ward off insomnia and get the Zzzs you need to stay healthy.
  • By Kristine Nickel |
  • July 12, 2021
To sleep or not to sleep (sorry, not an option)

Getting enough sleep is crucial to our well-being. Here are some steps to ensure you're getting enough of it.

  • Health
Miranda Prouty is an employee at Pixie Dust, a downtown store that requires masks for entry. Pixie Dust workers said they saw the masks as a step that helped ensure the safety of their customers.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 25, 2020
Rising COVID-19 numbers draw response from Sarasota leaders

City officials are considering making masks mandatory, while county staff is relying on the public to exercise good judgment.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The commercial proposal, approved in April, calls for 43 parking spaces, though 37 are required in the current configuration.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 11, 2022
Longboat approves use of town land for project's drainage

Stormwater runoff will be allowed to flow into the bay from commercial and residential projects.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 23, 2022
He’s back — and still marooned

Sarasota and internationally known artist Jorge Blanco has returned to the Observer opinion page by way of his clever little character The Castaway.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • In Memoriam |
  • November 19, 2019
Lenore Holzer Weiss

Her loving family and devoted friends mourn the passing of Lenore Holzer Weiss on November 17, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
An Urban Land Institute (ULI) panel provided to the Longboat Key Town Commission and more than 60 people in attendance this morning at Town Hall a list of recommendations.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 25, 2013
ULI presents findings

ULI spent the entire week on the Key, interviewing residents and business owners, touring the island and drafting recommendations that will be submitted officially to the town in a 40-page document in the next 60 to 90 days.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Suzy Brenner
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 13, 2020
Paradise Center gains partnerships, inches toward opening

The island's medical center is on schedule to open in September.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The mangroves open up along the boardwalk to offer waterfront views. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 27, 2022
The best things to do on Longboat for every type of tourist

From marine life to Michelin Star food, Longboat Key has it all.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Emily Walsh |
  • March 23, 2022
Weekly newspapers dead? Not us

Weekly newspapers are being shuttered by hedge fund owners. We’re long from being gone at the Observer Media Group.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
On his latest visit to Sarasota, new urbanist planner Andres Duany had good things to say about the new Palm Avenue parking garage. The garage was one of his suggestions in 2000. Photo by Roger Drouin.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 20, 2013
Duany pushes environmentalists to guide city building regulations

Checking in 13 years after first helping create the eventual downtown master plan, Andres Duany emphasizes compromise.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • December 11, 2021
Crowds return for Southside Stroll

The Southside Village holiday event was held Dec. 10.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Goodwill stores in Sarasota and Manatee counties will lay off more than half their employees.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 27, 2020
Goodwill Manasota lays off more than half its workforce

Goodwill Manasota in Sarasota and Manatee counties lays off more than half its workforce

  • East County
  • News
Education Center.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 24, 2020
Longboat Key Education Center readies for season in multiple forms

Like many universities, the education center is planning on a blend of in-person, Zoom and hybrid classes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • November 1, 2018
Pedestrian safety

Who are the roads really built for — cars, pedestrians and bikes, or all?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Maggie Mooney has worked as Longboat Key's town attorney since July 2013.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • April 9, 2021
Longboat Key hires special legal counsel for St. Regis hearings, sewage break fallout

The hirings help ensure Town Attorney Maggie Mooney does not have a conflict of interest with the proposed changes to the St. Regis site, and for how the town deals with the fallout from the June 2020 sewage break.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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