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David Novak cares for 15 swans at Harbourside and Islandside, including two breeding pairs that are currently in nesting mode. Photo by Kristen Herhold
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • April 22, 2015
Q+A with David Novak

Longboat Key is home to 15 swans, and new babies are on the way.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Participants of farm's first goat yoga class practice yoga at Fruitville Grove.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 19, 2017
Sarasota farm welcomes local yogis

Fruitville Grove farm breaks away from the herd to offer unique yoga class.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 23, 2010
Rio named new BRE principal

Hayley Rio, assistant principal at Prine Elementary School, will be taking Braden River Elementary's top post this summer.

  • East County
  • News
  • By The Insider |
  • April 8, 2013
7 MUST SEE MOVIES: 4/8 Sarasota Film Festival

7 MUST SEE MOVIES: 4/8 Sarasota Film Festival

  • Arts + Culture
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2010
Eventful summer

This week, The Sarasota Observer welcomes back the area's seasonal residents with a recap of the summer's most significant news.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"Cans Seurat" by Chris Jordan. Courtesy photos.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 23, 2012
Scene & Heard

Mass consumption on full display at ACS; Booker High makes good on EdExplore grant; Former Observer reporter pens first novel; Key Chorale to finish season with documentary

  • Arts + Culture
SMR Farms Citrus Production Manager Stevie John leads a tour through the farms' sod and citrus groves.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 1, 2018
Manatee County residents get water wiser

Water School touts water conservation.

  • East County
  • News
A Sarasota real estate broker has pleaded guilty to federal charges he collected nearly $300,000 in disability payments while not reporting he was continuing to work, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa announced Monday.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 17, 2015
May grants Colony trustee’s auction request

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May will allow a $23 million judgment auction to proceed later this summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Yesterday's storm damaged mobile homes in Twin Shores Thursday. The flying metal also cut a palm tree in half.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 1, 2011
Storm damages Longboat Key community

A 30-second gust of wind and rain damaged 15 Longboat Key mobile homes, tearing off roofs and downing power lines.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2011
UPCC resident thanks paramedic

Unlike most of Superman's beneficiaries, Richard St. Hilaire got to thank his hero in person.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
MK Equity and ARS Architecture want to bring an “original, artistic” design to the 1335 Second St. condo project.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 8, 2018
Developer plans Second Street condo

A proposed ten-story condominium is part of a growing number of residential projects in the downtown core.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2013
News Briefs

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall to be early-voting place; Commissioners approve changes to Lakewood Centre, SMR Farms named top grower

  • East County
  • News
Cardinal Mooney's MJ McMahon scored six goals and added four assists in the Cougars 16-11 victory against Riverview April 1. (courtesy photo)
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 7, 2016
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 04.07.16

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 04.07.16

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Patriota, an Ibero-American gelding, was Robin Cain's first rescue.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 20, 2016
Sixteen Hands Horse Sanctuary offers Manatee County equine paradise

Longboat Key resident seeks grant to help run her 24-acre sanctuary.

  • East County
  • News
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held a workshop on coyotes on Longboat Key last week.
  • By Columnist . |
  • September 4, 2018
Letters to the editor: Get rid of the island's coyotes

Longboat readers sound off.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2011
News Briefs

Town receives pension boards applications; Female spinner dolphin dies at Mote; Town dismisses auditing company; Town regains Class 3 ISO rating

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2015
Letters to the Editor

To send in your Letters to the Editor, email them to News Editor Robin Hartill at [email protected]. Letters pertaining to local issues receive priority. Letters may be edited for grammar and space.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 30, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Jan. 31

A calendar look at our favorite arts and entertainment events taking place this week in Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, Venice and on Longboat Key.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 10, 2018
Kids tackle fishing

Seminar draws great cast of volunteers to Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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