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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 28, 2011
City ratifies Teamsters' Union three-year contract

A compromise on pensions allowed the city to come to terms on a new three-year contract agreement.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Regular SCAT buses now serve Siesta Key from Siesta Drive to Stickney Point Road. By mid-year, only trolley-type vehicles will be seen on all routes on the Key.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 13, 2011
Siesta Key trolley receives service boost

A $1 million state grant will allow the county to operate a trolley system that will run the entire length of Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 30, 2011
District 1 launches search for new contractor

Because of a lawsuit, supervisors on Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 1 have voted to reject current landscape maintenance bids and to seek new proposals.

  • East County
  • News
Horn
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 13, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Horn earns Quality Service Certified Platinum Award; LBK Coldwell's March second best in history; Bruce and Jenine Meyer join Michael Saunders & Co.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 15, 2020
Demolition begins on Siesta Key fire station

The station will be built at the same location, 1170 Beach Road, and will be completed by summer 2021.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Both the ODA boys and girls programs have new head coaches.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 24, 2018
ODA announces changes in basketball leadership

The school’s boys and girls basketball programs both have new head coaches.

  • East County
  • Sports
Mote Vice President for Aquarium, Education and Outreach Dan Debak, Rick Piccolo and Mote President and CEO Michael Crosby
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 18, 2018
Mote shares aquarium plans with Manatee County leaders

The "Come SEA the future" event took place on Oct. 18 at Pier 22 Restaurant.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Stonewater  is Shoreview at Lakewood Ranch Waterside's newest model home. Courtesy image.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 20, 2018
Pulte to hold grand opening at Waterside

Builder will showcase new Stonewater model in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Longboat Key's Bayfront Park is open to the public.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 12, 2017
One cheer for the remodeled Bayfront Park

The new Bayfront Park has more flaws than flair.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
On July 25, the School Board set the millage rate and budget for the coming year.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • July 26, 2017
School Board approves millage and budget for coming year

Board members expressed concerns over state rollbacks and an influx of students coming into the district.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 17, 2015
Evie's on Main Street to open Sept. 2

Evie's on Main Street to open Sept. 2

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • January 26, 2017
Ringling cuts ribbon on new library

Ringling College of Art and Design formally dedicated the new Alfred R. Goldstein Library Jan. 25.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2016
Siesta Key Kiwanis installs new officers, directors

The Siesta Key Kiwanis Club held its 2016-2017 Installation and Recognition Dinner for Officers and Directors on Saturday, October 8th at Café Baci.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
This is the scale model that Hancock presented to the city commission for the new roundabout installation.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • October 20, 2015
City approves sculpture at Orange Avenue roundabout

A new 20-feet-tall sculpture by Arizona artist H. Blessing Hancock will be erected in the roundabout.

  • Arts + Culture
This is a digital rendering of Mote Marine Laboratory's new research facility located in Summerland Key.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 23, 2015
Mote's Summerland Key research facility receives approval

Researchers at Mote’s Summerland Key research facility are growing thousands of coral fragments in nurseries in the wild using naturally occurring generic strains .

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight has issued a warning to the public regarding 25i-NBOMe, a synthetic drug that recently led to a teen's overdose.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 1, 2015
Top Stories - Siesta Key: December

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office this weekend arrested several teens on a variety of drug charges including possession of 25i-NBOMe, a relatively new drug similar to LSD.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The position will help create lesson plans that will integrate the arts into other subjects, such as math and science.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 2, 2015
Sarasota County School District to hire arts specialist

Project Elevate, a US Department of Education grant, will fund the new position.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight has issued a warning to the public regarding 25i-NBOMe, a synthetic drug that recently led to a teen's overdose.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 7, 2014
Sarasota County teen's overdose leads to drug arrests

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office this weekend arrested several teens on a variety of drug charges including possession of 25i-NBOMe, a relatively new drug similar to LSD.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2013
News Briefs

Bullock hires a new town finance director

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Rotary of Longboat Key charter members Jack Rozance, Carol Erker, Cynthia Crane, Sydelle Pittas and Philippe Koenig work on the room they adopted at Selah Freedom House. (Photo courtesy of Bob Erker)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 4, 2014
Rotary Club of LBK inches toward charter

The Rotary Club of Longboat Key has been active in its first 10 weeks.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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