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  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • February 15, 2016
Win tickets to the Florida Winefest & Auction

Between now and March 10, look for a wine bottle hidden in our pages to win.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 10, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 2.11.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Work has been done in Myakka City on a lot that will host the Sarasota Medieval Fair.
  • By Guest Author |
  • October 27, 2021
With Sarasota Medieval Fair approaching, Myakka City resident questions landowners agritourism goals

Sarasota Medieval Fair in Myakka City, Manatee County's special election, environment all topics of letter writers.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Carlie Paquin
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • June 7, 2021
Just in time for summer

Alvin's Island reopened just in time for summer vacations to start.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Don O'Leary chats with East Manatee Fire Rescue Chief Lee Whitehurst after finishing his last meeting. Whitehurst said O'Leary  will challenge you to get something done if he feels it is=s important.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 21, 2019
Fire still burns for Lakewood Ranch resident

Lakewood Ranch fire service champion retires

  • East County
  • News
Mike Ford is officially given the victory.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 12, 2018
Grace within chaos: A columnist has his first live boxing experience

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • September 8, 2017
Sarasota shelters prepare to take in evacuees

If you're thinking about going to one, you probably should, Superintendent Todd Bowden said.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Beginning next week, drivers and pedestrians will see the project actually begin to take shape. (Photo by Nat Kaemmerer)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 21, 2022
U.S. 41 roundabout at Gulfstream Avenue about to take shape

FDOT says delays in materials will postpone paving work, that was supposed to have launched on Sunday night.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Billy McFarland in "Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened." Photo source: Netflix.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 11, 2019
Binge Blog: Dreams deferred

This week brings two documentaries, "Shirkers" and "Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened" about dreams, of both the failed and stolen variety.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Sarasota County continues to grow as the economy picks up.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 24, 2017
INTERACTIVE: Sarasota County population grows 1.9%

Though its growth rate has stalled, U.S. Census Bureau estimates show Sarasota remains one of the fastest-growing counties in the country.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • November 19, 2020
Shirley Victoria (Cherrington) Hunt Given Beachum

Shirley Victoria (Cherrington) Hunt Given Beachum, 99, of Longboat Key, FL, passed away November 14, 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Longboat Key's Fiscal Year 2022 budget starts on Oct. 1.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • September 13, 2021
Final budget vote set for Sept. 27

The Fiscal Year 2022 budget starts on Oct. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Signs restricting boater access stand on the sand on Greer Island. (Photo by Lauren Tronstad)
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • August 19, 2022
Signs placed restricting boater access on Beer Can Island

Motorized vessels will still be allowed to beach and anchor in unrestricted areas of the spit just past the buoys and under the bridge.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Carlos E. Haile Middle School students and teachers can opt out of wearing masks in the classroom.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 25, 2021
Lakewood Ranch-area parents uncertain of how the school year will progress

With COVID-19 spike in the School District of Manatee, parents clash on proper direction.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 11, 2020
Strange season ends for Lakewood Ranch Mustangs' band

Lakewood Ranch High School's marching band students grateful to keep the program going through pandemic.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • May 30, 2015
Sarasota Military Academy salutes the class of 2015

Cadets took their final orders from the Sarasota Military Academy before being pronounced graduates Saturday, May 30 at Robarts Arena.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
ODA junior Tyler Beck is ranked No. 3 in FHSAA Class 1A's boys pole vault.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 6, 2022
ODA junior ranks third in Class 1A boys pole vault

ODA junior Tyler Beck aims to soar to a state medal in the pole vault.

  • East County
  • Sports
We cleaned up after ourselves after spilling Goldfish and Swedish Fish on the shoreline of Quick Point Park (on National Cleanup Day 2022 of all things).
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 6, 2022
Longboat Observer strikes again on April Fool's

Another patch of late-March mirth catches some of you off guard.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Guest Author |
  • December 12, 2019
Temple Sinai installs Samantha Kahn as rabbi

Rabbi Samantha Kahn started with Temple Sinai in July.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2021
East County weather page photo: October 28

Marty Franssen captured this whistling duck carrying an eggshell in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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