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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 2, 2019
Longboat beach bonds head to March ballot

With no Town Commission races to consider, referendum is the only local issue to on which to vote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Fiscal year 2022 runs from Oct. 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2022.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • September 27, 2021
Longboat Key’s budget keeps tax rate flat, property values rebound

The town of Longboat Key's 2022 fiscal year budget starts on Oct. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • October 14, 2013
CONA set to discuss form-based code

Sarasota County neighborhood leaders will discuss form-based code at a Monday meeting.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Four pickleball courts are proposed between courts 12 and 17 of the Longboat Key Club's Tennis Garden and a golf course fairway.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 10, 2022
Residents slam noise, notifications in pickleball project

Residents of Winding Oaks say Key Club's proposal for four new courts is out of bounds.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2009
Capture the 'Spirit of America' in The Observer's photo contest

Submissions are still being accepted for The Observer's 'Spirit of America' photo contest on YourObserver.com.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County Schools have announce return to athletics. Teams can practice Friday and play games next week after four total practices.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 6, 2022
Sarasota County Schools announce return to athletics

Teams can practice starting Friday while games can resume next week.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Riverview High's Luis Castaneda is a Class 4A contender in the discus.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 16, 2023
A spring sports check-in in Sarasota

With spring break here for Sarasota County Schools, it's time to see who has started the season on fire.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Serge and Roxanne Jorgensen at last year's Scallopalooza
  • By Katie Johns |
  • September 21, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Police Department reports.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • October 5, 2016
Cops Corner: 10.4.16

Longboat Key Police Department police reports

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
LaunchPad4U is located in the Rosemary District at 1413 Boulevard of the Arts to be centrally located for students. Harry Sayer
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • December 16, 2020
Education Foundation launches student resource center downtown

LaunchPad4U, located in the Rosemary District, helps students prepare for life after high school.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 24, 2021
Good might come from bad

Vanessa Baugh’s handling of the pop-up vaccine clinic might just be what the Manatee County commissioners needed to get on track.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
An overhead look at what will become Center Point at Lakewood Ranch. The CASTO project is located on the corner of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and University Parkway.
  • By Scott Lockwood |
  • January 2, 2022
2022 construction projects take shape in Lakewood Ranch

Another big year on tap for East County's formation.

  • East County
  • News
Cops Corner
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 4, 2018
Tipsy woman objects to being denied a seat in Lakewood Ranch

Cops Corner

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell in a promotional picture for "The Americans." Image source: FX.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 6, 2018
Binge Blog: I spy, with my two eyes...

On this week's Binge Blog, we take a look at "The Americans" on Amazon Prime Video, starring Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Holly Taylor and Noah Emmerich, and Netflix's "The World's Most Extraordinary Homes," hosted by Piers Taylor and Caroline Quentin.

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  • By Steve Whidden |
  • November 8, 2009
Professional Golf Tips 101

Rosedale Director of Instruction and PGA Professional Steve Whidden offers tips for improving your game.

  • East County
  • Sports
Verizon proposes to erect seven 35-foot poles in Longboat Key and two 25-foot poles.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 15, 2022
Longboat Planning Board recommends approval of Verizon cell-pole plan

The Town Commission will meet in two weeks for final vote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2022
East County weather page photo: January 20

Gordon Silver captured this photo of a buck along Masters Avenue in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Florida’s state universities are in the vortex of the Critical Race Theory movement.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 28, 2021
Misguided obsession with race

Here is a sampling of how Florida universities are brainwashing students that the United States is systemically racist.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 9, 2021
9.11 Remembered: 24 hours in Sarasota

President and his team stayed on Longboat Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 10, 2021
Blanketed with kindness in Lakewood Ranch

The Out-of-Door Academy students raise money to donate blankets to shelters in Sarasota as part of the Blankets of Hope project.

  • East County
  • News
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