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Bayport Beach & Tennis Club gets into the holiday spirit.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2010
Bayport Beach & Tennis Club shows its spirit

The temperature is cooling off, but the competition is heating up for The Longboat Observer's annual "Light Up the Keys" competition.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota Military Academy took part in the Remembrance March Sunday, Sept. 11 from Five Points Park to Payne Park.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • September 11, 2011
VIDEO: Remembrance March

Check out some video footage of the Remembrance March and the City of Sarasota World Trade Center Memorial.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 21, 2020
Longboat Key Chamber starts the new year with annual awards

To move forward, the Chamber first looked back at their successes over 2019.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 7, 2022
Longboat Key hosts first Festival of the Arts

The Chamber of Commerce put the two-day art show together with Howard Alan Events.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Siesta Key and Stickney Point bridges now open on the hour and half hour during the business day. Residents time their life around the openings, which only happen if boats are waiting to go through, down to the minute.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • December 21, 2017
On the clock: Timing of Siesta bridge openings concerns some residents

A new drawbridge plan on Siesta Key reduces the number of openings, but residents say it’s critical to stay on schedule.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Michelle Giannico (left) wore her mask as she paid for her clothing at Longboat Resort Wear. Store owner Harvinder Mahesh Mirchandani (right) also wore a mask.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • August 25, 2020
Mask policy renewal gets a vote Monday

The Longboat Key Town Commission is set to vote on whether to renew the town's mandatory mask policy on Aug. 31.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Traffic Advisory Council originally scheduled its meeting on Shell Road for June 3. However, they will not be able to revisit the topic until Sept. 9
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • June 3, 2019
Potential parking prohibition on Shell Road renews outcries over public beach access

Shell Beach, which sits on the north portion of Siesta Key, is well-regarded among residents for its secluded but public stretch of sand.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • August 28, 2018
Coyote close up: Longboat's got a healthy male

Jim Granite shot this picture of Longboat's illusive coyote from about 20 yards away on the Resort Longboat Key Club's islandside golf course.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 3, 2021
Rams football hits reset button after Venice loss

Riverview still has much to play for after the 42-7 defeat to Venice.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 26, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: He's fine, he just looks unconscious

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Michelle Bianchi-Pingel of The Players Center for Performing Arts, and Carli Kasten, daughter of LWRBA director Heather Kasten, show off a pair of pink Mossberg 20 gauge shotguns.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 9, 2017
Lakewood Ranch business types take shot at connection

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
Residents argue in favor of single-member districts.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 24, 2021
Charter Review Board postpones single-member district debate

Residents argued for 90 minutes the merits of single-member districts.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Fountains of Hope executive director Karla Oliver said it was frustrating at times to wait for the COVID-19 vaccine. Residents and staff will receive their first doses Jan. 22.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • January 20, 2021
Senior facilities in Lakewood Ranch begin to receive vaccine

Assisted living facilities in Lakewood Ranch begin to vaccinate residents and staff

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2019
East County weather page photo: March 7

Gordon Silver photographed this great horned owl high in a palm tree off The Masters Avenue in Country Club East.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sarasota County has roughly $6.4 million to spend on economic development projects.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 19, 2014
Commission to consider 100K incentive grant

Sarasota County commissioners will discuss a proposal to use economic incentives help an unnamed firm expand in the region during a regular meeting Tuesday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Town staff should not have issued the permit that led to many code violations and phone calls from affected residents.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • February 28, 2018
Longboat issues stop-work order to troublesome development

A development project at 500 Buttonwood Drive has caused power outages and road blockages since it received an erroneous permit Feb. 2 from the Planning, Zoning and Building Department.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Couples sit next to each other and far from friends at Longboat Island Chapel's lunches.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 22, 2020
Centers of worship keep Longboat Key socialization alive

As virtually every other area of social interaction shut down over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, churches continued to dole out socialization in whatever ways they could.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 31, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A moving tribute

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Courtesy photo
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 15, 2018
Top chili chefs

The Longboat Key firefighters took home the grand champion trophy from Morton’s Firehouse Chili Cook-off.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Beverly and Bill Smock loved their life involved with the Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association. Beverly Smock died Sept. 13 at 62.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 19, 2021
Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry executive dies of COVID-19

Longtime Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association executive dies at 62.

  • East County
  • News
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