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Phase one of the project will utilize space formerly occupied by a fire station and a utilities area. The approval of using the space created more than 15 acres for the park project.
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • April 19, 2022
Big update on deck for 17th Street Park

The county hopes that phased-in updates will be a hit with sports tournaments.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 7, 2022
Dozens dance the night away at Music on Main in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch residents are thrilled to have Music on Main return to Main Street at Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
East County's Emma and Mike Quindazzi say they have racing in their blood.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 26, 2022
Racing couple will provide thrills in the Bradenton Area River Regatta

East Manatee County husband-wife team prepare for Bradenton Area River Regatta.

  • East County
  • News
Sharon and Ivan Gould during their amateur solo. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 9, 2021
Longboat Key couple take home ballroom dancing awards

The Goulds went to the Fred Astaire World Championships and took home all the medals they could.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 4, 2020
A wake-up call for LBK

A real estate expert thinks the decline in property values in the Sarasota County portion of Longboat Key is a one-off aberration. Town leaders should see it as a threat to be addressed.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 30, 2010
Briefs

Community news & notes

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 17, 2021
Rams football extends winning streak to three games

Riverview defeated Sebring High with a long fourth-quarter touchdown run

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2010
Cops Corner

Homesick hound 5:35 p.m. - 700 block of Land's End Drive. Animal Found. A woman told police that she found her neighbor's dog roaming near Whitney Beach Plaza. The dog's owners appeared to be out of town and the neighbor agreed to take the dog until they returned. Later, it was discovered the homesick dog had run away from the sister of the dog's owner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Courtesy of Mote.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 18, 2016
Mote wins Pinnacle Award

It's the highest award given in educational and interactive video conferencing.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2019
Cops Corner: Sarasota 3.21.19

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Charlie Kennedy, a member of the School Board of Manatee County, debates Bradenton's Garin Hoover when the School District of Manatee County's 1-mill property tax referendum was being voted on in 2018. File photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 13, 2021
Some Manatee County residents ready to oppose school district's tax referendum

Opposition says taxpayers will enable wasteful school district by approving referendum.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 18, 2019
Longboat artist reveals turtle-made-of-trash sculpture

Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers gathered the raw materials for the work over the course of their season of beach patrols.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Neighborhoods with wider canals pose less of a problem with navigation and the widths of back yard docks.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 14, 2020
Commissioners sign off on final dock rules

With 7-0 final vote, leaders seek more 'absolute' language in regulations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • October 16, 2019
Betty Ann (Bachman) Hoff

Hoff, Betty Ann (Bachman), age, 90, was born in the Bachman Family Home on March 21, 1929 and passed peacefully alongside family at home on October 9, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2011
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Slow down and save wildlife

  • East County
  • Opinion
The Arizona Cardinals will spend this week practicing at IMG Academy in Bradenton before playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Sept. 29.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 26, 2013
Cards stay in Sarasota to prep for Bucs

The Arizona Cardinals have extended their road trip at the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Save Our Siesta Sands 2 is a citizen organization monitoring the potential dredge of Big Pass.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 25, 2015
Siesta Key Condo Council receives Big Pass dredge update

Peter van Roekens, chairman of Save Our Siesta Sands 2, gave a presentation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mia Wasikowska in "Crimson Peak." Photo source: HBO.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 15, 2020
Binge Blog: Ghosts are real, that much I know

"Crimson Peak" and "Good Time" are this week's selections.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Traffic on Fruitville Road has backed up in recent weeks, often prompting other routes to and from the barrier islands.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 25, 2022
Longboat leaders lament spike in traffic congestion

Although immediate congestion was expected, the town is still concerned about long-term placement of pedestrian crossings.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Beginning Dec. 10, Frontier will fly to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 12, 2018
Frontier adds Atlanta to its destinations from SRQ

Like its new service to Philadelphia and Cleveland, low-cost airline plans to launch Atlanta on Dec. 10.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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