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The Mote Scientific Foundation aims to sell a a vacant lot on Longboat key for $1.35 million.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 12, 2017
Mote Foundation asks to withdraw Longboat referendum

Town officials have determined it’s too late to pull the referendum that would pave the way for a new 10-home development on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Signs posted at Longboat Key beach accesses warn beachgoers about the dangers of red tide.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 6, 2021
Longboat Key residents can learn secrets of the deep amidst red tide

Red tide lays bare the patterns of the ocean.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 16, 2009
Town tax rate falls .65%

The town's fiscal year 2009-10 budget will include a tax rate of 1.4903 mills, lower than its current 1.5 millage rate. The new budget begins Oct. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kelsey Grau. A great blue heron arrived at Save Our Seabirds in early January.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2014
Babies on board at SOS

Baby-bird season is upon us. Save Our Seabirds sees an influx of our feathered friends at the beginning of each year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 2, 2021
Lido Key, Longboat members of Temple Emanu-El try Hanukkah on the beach

On the fourth night, members gathered on the beach for a unique celebration.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Adrienne Arsht Center
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 25, 2016
A legacy-making moment

Important Sarasota institutions are confronting their futures — all signs of a vibrant community. Other cities’ experiences offer great road maps for what it will take.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
John Luzzi, pictured talking with his Stonington High team, is the new boys basketball coach at Cardinal Mooney High. Photo courtesy Tim Martin, The Westerly (R.I) Sun.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 20, 2019
New Cougars' boys basketball coach brings unbridled passion to the job

He transformed a Connecticut program and hopes to do the same thing at Cardinal Mooney.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
A condo at the Orchid Beach Club on Lido Key led weekly sales.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 27, 2021
Lido Key condo tops weekly transactions at $2.17 million

The sale is the highest of all sales on Longboat and the Keys for the week of Sept. 13-17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: November 11

Louis Condas captured this photo of an anhinga breaking the rules at a pond on Central Sarasota Parkway.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2021
East County weather page photo: November 11

Kim Muenter took this photo of flowers in bloom by Town Hall in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 12, 2022
Park plan, golf restoration approved for Bobby Jones

18 holes would trace original route of golf course; nature park would occupy remainder of 261 acres.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes has become the target of some county employees who don't like the direction the county is going.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 3, 2022
Voting only way to reverse county's squabbling

Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes has become the target of some county employees who don’t like the direction the county is going.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 5, 2014
Pastor calls for 'sensible' redevelopment

L'Ambiance resident Irwin Pastor believes a town center concept for Longboat Key is an attainable goal he can help achieve.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2009
IN BRIEF

COMMUNITY NEWS AND NOTES

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 15, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Paws in the laws

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Rams junior Cesar Silva is hitting .333 in 2022.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 16, 2022
Rams baseball being challenged by tough schedule

Riverview is 6-2 and entering a run of games designed to prepare them for the playoffs.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Charlie Bailey brought the setback and height issues before the Board of Zoning Appeals in June on behalf of Gary Kompothecras, but the BZA upheld a zoning administrator’s interpretation of the code. Now, he’s trying to amend it.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • December 13, 2017
Siesta Key proposal gives taller buildings a break

Residents argue against rule change that would affect proposed buildings higher than 35 feet.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 30, 2022
St. Armands Circle hosts 19th annual art festival

Dozens of artists sold hundreds of pieces, despite the chill of the day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The town of Longboat Key has put up signage, barriers and temporary fencing at 6399 Gulfside Road.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • March 19, 2021
Gulfside Road beach access temporarily closed

The beach access point at 6399 Gulfside Road will remain closed until mid-April.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Christal Brown will lead an in-person performance looking at the importance of flesh and its connecting to ourselves and the world around us. Courtesy photo.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • July 6, 2021
Christal Brown to put on dance production with Sarasota Contemporary Dance

Christal Brown's dance performance draws from her extensive history in the art, and from her passion.

  • Arts + Culture
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