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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 12, 2021
Bird Key home sells for $6.5 million

Property on Spoonbill Drive is the top seller in the Longboat Key, St. Armands, Lido Key, Bird Key area for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 3.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Candace Luther
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 24, 2018
Manatee County Commission District 6 (At-Large)

Activist Candace Luther challenges longtime incumbent.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 20, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, March 21

A look at our favorite arts and entertainment events taking place this week in Bradenton, Sarasota and Venice.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • In Memoriam |
  • January 30, 2019
Don Piraino

Don Piraino - 4/23/47 - 2/15/09 Caring husband, dad, grandpa, friend. Love remembers .....

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 27, 2020
Longboat residents learn more about town's beach efforts

Ballot issue for upcoming renourishment projects before voters on March 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 23

Eric Leininger captured this kingfisher perched on a mangrove on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2020
Sarasota weather page photo: April 23

Gordon Silver captured an image of this sunset over Sarasota Bay.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Bill Wartinbee
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 13, 2020
It didn't grow on him

Bill Wartinbee tried the quarantine beard, but it never stuck.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Phillippi Creek Village Restaurant & Oyster Bar's veteran bartender Jasmine Stanco serves a Caribbean Coolada. Photo by Niki Kottmann.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • November 15, 2017
Cheers to Something Different: Try these unique happy hours

These bars and restaurants are a little off the beaten path, but they have some of our favorite happy hours in town.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2020
East County weather page photo: June 18

Gordon Silver captured these pileated woodpeckers guarding the nest along White Eagle Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Arlington Park residents appeared at a September City Commission meeting to show their opposition to proposed changes to zoning regulations in the area.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 10, 2019
Arlington Park pushes for neighborhood plan

After residents complained about two proposals to increase density in and around the neighborhood, they're asking the city to produce a long-term plan for the area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
East County football roundup: 09.13.19
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 13, 2019
East County football roundup: 09.13.19

For the second week in a row, Lakewood Ranch, Braden River and ODA all win.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sandhamn Place residents say dumpsters left open are making a raccoon problem worse in their neighborhood.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 22, 2010
Centre Shops requests flexibility

A request by Centre Shops owner Don Roberts to allow additional uses at his plaza to attract more tenants spurred a debate among Sandhamn Place neighbors.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Carolyn Popp and Alicia Taylor Tomasko perform in "Native Gardens." Photo by Matthew Holler
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 7, 2018
New FST production begs the question 'whose yard is it anyway?'

“Native Gardens” blossoms with conflict and comedy at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: May 7

Kevin French captured a bald eagle on a nest on the northern end of Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2020
East County weather page photo: May 7

Gordon Silver captured this red-shouldered hawk in his backyard in Del Webb.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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
  • By Freya Robbins, CDFA™ |
  • April 16, 2020
Freya's Personal Reflections About Mediation

Freya's Personal Reflections About Mediation

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: May 21

Brian Wamback captured this wave hitting a groin on the north end of Longboat on a windy afternoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 3, 2016
State nears decision on Big Pass dredge

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has accepted the Army Corps’ application to dredge Big Pass in order to renourish south Lido Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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