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  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 10, 2021
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce hosts holiday party

Members gathered at Harry's Continental Kitchens for a festive networking event.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tate Taylor
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • March 21, 2018
Longboat hires fifth employee from Sarasota County in past year

Tate Taylor will take over for longtime Planner Steve Schield March 28.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Adam N. Phillips, D.O, Board Certified General Surgeon & Vein Specialist |
  • July 21, 2022
Stages of Vein Disease: What Stage Am I?

Stages of Vein Disease: What Stage Am I?

  • Health
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A debris contractor cleans Country Club Shores canals Nov. 20,, scooping up dead fish and depositing them at Bayfront Park for transport to a Bradenton landfill.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 24, 2015
Town nets relief from red tide cleanup

What’s that smell? For many residents, it’s relief, after Town Manager Dave Bullock authorizes a cleanup of dead fish.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A dredging pipe stretches along the beach.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer and Mark Bergin |
  • April 26, 2021
You asked (kind of). We answered questions about Longboat beach work

The schedule is tentative with June 1 marking the start of the Atlantic hurricane season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A multiway stop sign is planned for the intersection of Shadow Lawn Drive and Contento Drive.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • January 9, 2020
Siesta Isles neighborhood to see slew of traffic changes

County Commission supports changes requested by Siesta Isles neighborhood over recommendations delivered by county staff.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Luke Lecroy.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 28, 2018
East County Athlete of the Week: Luke Lecroy

Lakewood Ranch boys basketball junior Luke Lecroy talks his first dunk and his goals for the season

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 3, 2021
Cardinal Mooney football outlasts Lakewood Ranch

The Cougars took an halftime lead over the Mustangs, then lost it, then got it back

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2009
IN BRIEF

Community News and Notes

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 22, 2010
Siekmann declines Key Club meeting

Commissioner Robert Siekmann declined an invitation by Key Club officials to meet with him one-on-one about proposed code changes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • September 29, 2018
All Faiths Food Bank hosts inaugural Autumn Harvest dinner

The nonprofit held a family-style dinner fundraiser Sept. 28 at its Benderson Family Campus.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jake Ilardi is a Street skater, meaning he specializes in skating rails, stairs, banks and other items you could find on a real city street.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 22, 2021
Sarasota skateboarder's Street specialty, explained

A breakdown of what skateboarding is in 2021 and how Sarasota's Jake Ilardi will be scored at the Olympics next month

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • September 24, 2020
COVID-19 Spectrum: Harry Sayer

Harry Sayer says the worst part about COVID-19 isn't the bodily pain, it's the uncertainty it brings.

  • Health
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2016
Tara CDD — Seat 4: Darby Connor

Connor will face Larry Dick and Valentina Hawks in the general election.

  • East County
  • News
Local officials today presented their case to host the 2017 World Rowing Championships.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2013
July 15: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: U.S. delegation vies for regatta; PHOTO GALLERY : Boots vs. Badges; Sarasota-Manatee Originals kick-off certificate sale today

  • Longboat Key
  • News
 George Turner is the 16th police chief in town history. He was sworn in on Monday.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 14, 2022
Turner is officially Longboat Key's new police chief

Former captain in the town's police force says he's proud to be back.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Paul Foerster, Steven Connell, Scott Carrington, Shawn MacFarlane and Matt Kurtz celebrate Dom Dwyer's goal.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 13, 2017
American Outlaws show off their love of country and soccer

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Manatee County government buildings will be closed Monday, Jan. 20.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 17, 2020
Manatee County offices to close for holiday

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day affects hours in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
Color me beautiful: colored crayons are Art Venti's tools of the trade in the art world.
  • By Andréa Martone |
  • August 26, 2021
Art on art: Colored pencils are his tools to success

Colored pencils were Venti's first art materials as a child and, in 50 years of investigating almost every medium available to artists, a Sarasota landscape artist has come full circle.

  • Arts + Culture
Ruth Slotnick walks her dog from her home off Grand Point Avenue to its intersection with Honore Avenue. There, she was struck by a car two years ago.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 15, 2017
Honore traffic hazards cause concern

Residents start petition to oppose a proposed development.

  • East County
  • News
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