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Junior receiver Omari Hayes, here cutting through Southeast High's defense, is a key for Riverview's offense.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 12, 2020
Sarasota football playoff preview

Each team is in action Friday night.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Coral Sheridan, 5, enjoys last year’s Easter Egg Hunt at Mar Vista.
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • April 18, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Longboat Key Easter Egg Hunts

Get your baskets ready because Longboat Key welcomes the Easter Bunny and his special eggs to the island this weekend. The fun begins at Mar Vista's 26th annual Easter Egg Hunt at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, and continues at Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant from 1:30 to 3 p.m on Sunday, April 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Randy Clair
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 12, 2017
Succession planning

It should be a goal in the community.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Town Manager Dave Bullock
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 9, 2014
Bullock prepares for tight budget

A 2014-15 fiscal year budget will be crafted this summer with a flat operating budget and no new employee hires to combat another year of slim finances.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A condominium in L’Ambiance at Longboat Key Club tops all transactions in this week’s real estate, selling for $2.4 million. Built in 1994, it has two bedrooms, two-and-two-half baths and 2,634 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 12, 2018
L’Ambiance at Longboat Key Club condo sells for $2.4 million

Residential real estate for Nov. 26-30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Superintendent Todd Bowden said that if this year’s millage rate was what it was in 2002 — when Sarasota voters first approved a one-mill increase, bringing the rate to 9.287 — the district budget would rise by $155 million.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 23, 2019
Sarasota School Board approves tentative 2019-20 budget

The sum of the general fund budget increased by $19 million.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Every morning and evening, operations officers such as Mike Schukraf inspect the airfield for debris and potholes and ensure the lighting and signage are functioning properly. The airport recently installed LED lights.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 11, 2011
An insider view of the airport

We spent the afternoon at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Its operations supervisor and operations officer shared what goes on behind the scenes at the busy airport.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A wooden model depicts Dan Johnson's symphony hall design, “Discovery." Photo by Niki Kottmann.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 12, 2016
CityLab Sarasota students design a new future for the bayfront

The Center for Architecture Sarasota exhibit showcases visions for a bayfront cultural district.

  • Arts + Culture
Commissioners agreed to eliminate Saturday and evening parking enforcement downtown.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 4, 2012
Commissioners ease downtown parking restrictions

At their Monday meeting, Commissioners also postponed a decision on Laurel Park buffer zone.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Cari Whiddon, voluntary pre-K manager for the School District of Manatee County, Catherine Schutte, the pre-K teacher, and Brooke Rypel, a senior at Lakewood Ranch High School, can't wait for the Mini Mustangs program to return.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 11, 2020
Mini Mustangs back in session in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch High School pre-K program to be offered again in January.

  • East County
  • News
Shane Gaines and Raylene Gaines have been driving forces the Building Hope with Pink Pride team.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 9, 2019
Neal Communities backs a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk team for Sarasota event

Neal Communities backs a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk team for Sarasota event

  • East County
  • News
Steve Branham and retired Brig. Gen. Charly Shugg
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • March 15, 2018
Longboat Kiwanis club talks cyber security

A retired Brigadier General and director of the Global Consortium for Counter Cyber Terrorism gave the club tips on how to stay safe online.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sheriff’s Office Instructors Sgt. John Finley (left) and Lt. Andy Ramdath oversee the Active Shooter Training. Courtesy photo.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • June 13, 2018
Guardians role could be short term for school district of Manatee County

Manatee County school district decides to not keep the Guardian program around long term.

  • East County
  • News
This sketch, by the city's Principal Urban Designer Andrew Georgiadis, shows the conceptual plan for the State Street garage's "pad" building as it faces Lemon Avenue.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 21, 2013
City Commission selects State Street garage design

After months of discussion, commissioners decided on a six-story garage plan that will feature an adjacent commercial building with live/work units.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Temple Emanu-El Director of Religious Education Sabrina Silverberg and students Katie Hurwitz and Abbie Jo Mount display the blue boxes used to collect tzedakah donations.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2013
Charitable lesson

Temple Emanu-El Religious School donated its tzedakah - which means charity of righteousness in Hebrew - for the 2012-13 school year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Several residents gathered in Phillippi Estate Park to protest the county's redistricting map.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • December 13, 2019
Residents protest Sarasota County commission redistricting

A lawsuit was filed in federal court stating county commissioners discriminated against black voters when they approved the redistricting map.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jim Clabaugh and John Shkor stand outside model home at The Preserve.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • September 12, 2018
Two developments bring new single-family home options to Longboat

The Preserve and Banyan Village Estates under construction on island's north end.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
George Tatge, Sarasota County’s manager of beaches, hopes a project connecting to ends of Ted Sperling Park brings more people into the area.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 24, 2016
South Lido project taps oil spill funds

South Lido project taps oil spill funds

  • Sarasota
  • News
A Gulf of Mexico Drive undergrounding referendum nixed  new poles on the island.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Poles still here, but not for long

Gulf of Mexico Drive utilities are headed underground. Now, the commission surges forward to determine how to bury the rest of the island’s lines.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 2, 2020
Longboat Key communities of faith hold Thanksgiving service

The religious leaders of the island came together to share the message that the act of thanksgiving isn't impossible, even in 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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