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  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 20, 2021
Class Act: A Good Day’s Work

Ken Zidlick bored of retirement decades ago. At 90, the East County resident is still punching a clock at Publix — pandemic and age be damned.

  • LWR Life
Jenny Medved has been a working artist in Sarasota for the last 15 years spreading her love of indigenous culture in her watercolors.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • September 23, 2015
Studio Space: Jenny Medved

The watercolor painter explores her Native American heritage with detailed portraits

  • Arts + Culture
Club president Teresa Taft, Genevieve Judge and District Governor Daryl Keys.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • February 17, 2021
Rotary rewards spokeswoman

Sarasota PD PIO Genieve Judge received a Pride of Workmanship Award by the Rotary Club of Sarasota Sunrise.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Commissioner Phillip Younger wants the town to ask voters for a single $15 million referendum to construct north-end structures and recover some sand to renourish portions of the island's erosion hot spots.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 5, 2011
Younger submits new beach project option

The Town Commission will meet again Thursday to discuss the proposed $15 million beach project option.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 24, 2020
Longboat Key Foundation establishes nonprofit status

The longtime foundation is finally an independent organization.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Beginning with the next budget year, the city will no longer receive funds from Sarasota County to support the management of several regional park facilities, including Arlington Park.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 26, 2021
City staff identifies preliminary budget challenges

Headed into the 2022 budget season, staff is seeking direction from the City Commission on how to handle shortfalls linked to COVID-19, parks operations and more.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 30, 2019
Longboat firefighters assist in four-alarm Sarasota fire

Ladder truck, crew and even the fire chief reported for duty in a mainland station as more than 80 firefighters tried to save a house.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort has been closed since August 2010.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 11, 2014
Unicorp offer sparks war of words among Colony parties

Unicorp is offering owners four options to deed their units, but Association President Jay Yablon calls it "an attempted hostile takeover."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Navigation through the New Pass boating channel from Sarasota Bay to the Gulf of Mexico is allowed, but caution is advised. (Photo by Eric Garwood)
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 6, 2022
Sarasota County OKs sharing costs for New Pass study

A partnership with WCIND will examine shoaling in preparation for a possible dredging project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • June 26, 2018
Voices of Patriotism: Bernie Ehrlich

Veteran and former Truman speechwriter, 91.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mary Anne Bowie, pictured second from left with other past and present Arlington Park Neighborhood Association board members, thinks the city could improve its public input processes. File photo.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 18, 2020
Neighborhood groups push for planning influence

City officials offered mixed feedback to a request for procedural changes from the Arlington Park Neighborhood Association.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lori Abramson and Melissa Sinkler. Photo by Brendan Lavell.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • May 19, 2021
Eastern Manatee County women find network of support

Eastern Manatee County women find network of support

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Dave Marshall and Linn Torres.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 20, 2022
New to You art show returns on Longboat Key

Residents donated art to All Angels Episcopal Church, where it will be sold throughout February.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2011
News Briefs

Colony Association will discuss recommendations; IberiaBank to foreclose on Chart House property; DCA approves comp plan amendment changes; Town hires part-time code enforcement officer

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Attendees collaborated with local artist Brandon Thrift to create a community art piece.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 17, 2023
Community Foundation honors partners, community at Better Together

For the first time, Gulf Coast Community Foundation's Better Together event was opened to the general public in a downtown block party.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
SCD company dancers rehearse Howe's piece,"Dok Champa (Plumeria) Village to Steam City." Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • November 25, 2016
Step into the Spotlight: Local dance company offers choreographers a rare opportunity

Sarasota Contemporary Dance show "Voices" gives young choreographers a chance to showcase their work.

  • Arts + Culture
The Traffic Control room in the Public Safety Building on 47th Terrace East is responsible for day-to-day management of traffic signals.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • April 20, 2022
Manatee County expands technology use to improve traffic conditions

The county's award-winning Traffic Engineering Division is stepping up efforts to fight snarls.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 27, 2019
Longboat Island Chapel to host first-time fundraiser

A Charity Affair will take place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the chapel and will benefit Feeding Empty Little Tummies.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 14, 2009
Sign code irks business owners

Longboat Key business owners urged the town's planning board for a review of the sign code they say could be bad for business.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Janet Walter and her dog, Buck.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 26, 2011
I Am Woman captures strength of women through portraits

Janet Walter's family cherishes a portrait, painted in the '30s, of her grandmother wearing a canary-yellow dress. They refer to the painting as 'Dearie.' It now hangs in a museum in Tulsa, Okla.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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