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Black skimmer fledge on South Lido Photo courtesy of Kylie Wilson
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 7, 2021
Shorebird nesting season on Longboat Key, Lido, ends with hundreds of fledged chicks

Despite predation, red tide and storm overwash, the season was a success.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sharon Preston-Folta, the daughter of Louis Armstrong, is reclaiming her narrative and telling the world about her childhood. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • February 24, 2022
Daughter of American legend reclaims her history

Sharon Preston-Folta couldn't tell people the simple truth of her parentage for most of her life. But now she's quite comfortable telling the world she is Louis Armstrong's daughter.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 27, 2021
Top Sarasota-area real estate sales of 2021

Here are the real estate sales that made the headlines in 2021.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
City staff believes the Rosemary Residential Overlay District, the boundaries of which are detailed below, could help area businesses thrive and fill vacant land within the neighborhood.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 12, 2014
City, residents discuss density for proposed Rosemary overlay

The Rosemary Residential Overlay District allows for higher-density projects, designed to help inject the neighborhood with much-needed residential life. in the neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ocean Properties Ltd. reached an agreement with Key Club Associates, LP, for an outright acquisition of the entire club and its assets for an undisclosed price.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 16, 2012
Ocean Properties to purchase the Key Club

Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties will purchase all of the Longboat Key Club and Resort's assets this month and has plans for a future renovation project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The town of Longboat Key has several signs along Broadway, which show where permits are required to legally. park
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • June 3, 2021
Holiday brings new calls for stepped-up parking enforcement

The Longboat Key Police Department initially gave warnings when the Longbeach Village parking permit program started in January. Officers now issue citations when a car is illegally parked.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Visible Men Academy founders Louis Parker,  Cindy Cavallaro Day, Shannon Rohrer-Phillips and Neil Phillips
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • October 10, 2019
Visible Men Academy shares the love at annual lunch

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  • Black Tie
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • March 10, 2018
Guests dress in black for Urbanite Theatre

Urbanite Theatre hosted The Black Party on March 10 at the Aloft Hotel.

  • Black Tie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2020
Sarasota County Charter Review Board District 1: Kennedy Legler

Meet the candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 24, 2010
Club seeks code amendments

A decision by Longboat Key Club and Resort officials to seek amendments to the town's zoning code would further delay its Islandside application.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2010
LBK residents get special delivery

Longboat Key has a new resident: John and Nat Eisch, of Longboat Key, welcomed daughter Jasmine to the world May 13.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Some Sarasotans who raise chickens say their eggs are more nutritious than eggs bought in stores.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 30, 2010
Planners deny zoning change for chickens

Planning Board members vote against a zoning change that would allow chickens to be kept in backyards within the city limits.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota Military Academy Cadets carry a banner with the 2015 parade theme “Freedom is not Free.”
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • May 26, 2016
Sarasota Calendar 5.26.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of May 26.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2012
Our View: The property amendments

Frederic Bastiat, the great French economic journalist of the 1840s, would be launching into tirades on talk radio today if he were asked to analyze the proposed constitutional amendments on Florida's Nov. 6 ballot.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A view of the main building and some land belonging to Grant's Gardens on Longboat Key, which is in the process of rezoning the property. All photos by Sten Spinella.
  • By Sten Spinella |
  • September 11, 2019
Grant's Gardens takes on rezoning, renovation

Landscaping business wants to rebuild its Gulf Bay Road operation.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Terry Courter is the new pastor at Living Lord Lutheran Church in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 4, 2018
Lakewood Ranch pastor no longer fights the call

Living Lord Lutheran has a new pastor in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Woodland Community Church food pantry volunteers Debbie Gillette and Josefine Suarez hand out produce. Woodland's pantry feeds up to 150 families per week.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 9, 2019
Some Manatee County food pantries worry about survival

Some Manatee County food pantries worry about survival

  • East County
  • News
File photo. Sarasota Honey Company owners Glen and Alma Johnson  at the grand opening of Sweetgrass farms in January 2015 to celebrate the partnership that helped lead to the upcoming Honey Bee Festival.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • March 10, 2016
Honey Bee Festival sets beekeeping community abuzz

Sarasota Honey Company and Sweetgrass Farms partner to bring awareness to the decline of bees with the inaugural Honey Bee Festival, March 12.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Lakewood Ranch Medical Center’s Women’s Center Staff |
  • July 9, 2020
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Begins $3 Million Renovation Project on Women's Center

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Begins $3 Million Renovation Project on Women's Center

  • Health
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  • By Daniel Perales |
  • November 12, 2017
JFCS hosts Legacy Awards Luncheon

The annual luncheon was held Nov. 10 at The Francis.

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