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  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • June 5, 2015
Bird Key celebrates nature

Bird Key Yacht Club held its monthly art show on June 4. This month featured artist Susan Covert, who paints outdoor scenes of the Sarasota area and upstate New York, and pieces from the Sarasota Shell Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 29, 2015
WATCH: Behind the Bar with: Social Eatery and Bar on First

WATCH: Behind the Bar with: Social Eatery and Bar on First

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Guest Speaker Rabbi Noam Marans is AJC’s Director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations and oversees national interfaith outreach, dialogue and advocacy, and interethnic efforts of Belfer Center for American Pluralism.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • May 29, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : AJC's 2013 Summer Lunch and Learn

The American Jewish Committee hosted their first AJC Summer Lunch and Learn of the season Wednesday, May 29 at Michael's On East to educate the public on Jewish Catholic relations. Guest speaker Rabbi Noam Marans flew in from New York to discuss the topic 'A New Pope and the Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations,' at the fifth summer series. More than 150 people attended the luncheon and participated in a question and answer session after the talk.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Dr. Larry Kassouf with Andrew Vac, pictured in August 2010. File Photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 12, 2013
Kassouf sells dental practice

Dr. Michael O'Neil is the new owner of Longboat Key Dental.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2014
Girl Scouts seeks leaders

The volunteer-led Girl Scouts organization is in need of new troop leaders and co-leaders for the upcoming school year.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2014
Argosy launches Sigma Beta Delta

Argosy University Sarasota inducted 85 new members to its Sigma Beta Delta honorary business academic society during its first induction ceremony June 25.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2014
Des bonheurs

Members of the Alliance Française of Sarasota heard from New College professor of French Dr. Amy Baram Reid at a luncheon Thursday, April 10.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2014
New swan pair enters nesting mode

Swans Sully and Susie paired off last spring, and now the love birds have built a nest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Networking at Noon was hosted at the Chart House from 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • July 31, 2023
Networking at Noon welcomes new, potential members to the chamber

The Chart House hosted the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce for a summer networking luncheon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dreamers Academy founder Geri Chaffee (center) cuts the ribbon at the Newtown campus.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • August 9, 2023
Dreamers Academy holds ribbon-cutting for Newtown campus

The bilingual school’s new campus, located in Sarasota's Newtown, offers a dedicated space for learning.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 6, 2020
New pair of swans, Chuck and Margie, come to Longboat Key

The birds will hopefully have success mating and producing viable cygnets in the spring.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • February 4, 2022
Christopher Boyne

The family and friends of Christopher Boyne are sad to give news of his recent passing on January 29th, 2022.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Richard Collins, director of emergency services, addresses the gathered crowd in Station 9's truck bay.
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • May 2, 2022
Sarasota opens replacement fire station east of I-75

The new facility on Bee Ridge Road has been built to withstand Category 4 hurricane winds.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Cheryl Mendelson will step down as CEO of the Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation in March.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 9, 2023
SPAC Foundation CEO Cheryl Mendelson stepping down

The head of the Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation will leave Sarasota in March.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 9, 2009
Commission reviews tennis budget

The Longboat Key Town Commission, which approved a new 1,750-square-foot pro shop and other facilities for the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center last year, is curious if the town-operated facility will make money in the next fiscal year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 1, 2009
Merged merchants pick new name

The Downtown Merchants Association and Palm Avenue Merchants Association will now be called the Downtown Sarasota Alliance, a name which better reflects its members and board.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tokyo Steak House will open this winter where Cork restaurant formerly was located.
  • By Jessica Luck and Robin Hartill |
  • September 22, 2010
St. Armands gets taste of new restaurants

At least three new restaurants will open soon on the Circle, including The Daiquiri Deck, La Malinche and Tokyo Steak House.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tara Golf & Country Club Manager Tony Greising calls the club's decision to resign as property manager for the Tara Master Association a "business decision."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 29, 2012
Tara secures property manager

Resource Property Management starts work on Sept. 1.

  • East County
  • News
Kincaid
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 12, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Restaurants close for summer vacation; New wedding specialist is good at tying the knots; Columbia Restaurant to benefit area non-profits

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ray Alexander, owner of Engel & Völkers Anna Maria Island/Longboat Key said he has always been interested in the vacation market. File photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 22, 2011
FULL STORY Engel & Volkers launches new Longboat Key office, division

The new vacation division, E&V Vacations International, will be based out of the company's new office at Mediterranean Plaza.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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