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The Little Free Library at Bayfront Park on March 12.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • March 25, 2020
Little Longboat libraries allow readers to take a book, leave a book

Little Free Library "libraries" were installed at Bayfront and Bicentennial parks about two years ago. But one seems to get used more often.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Shaina Swan, Traci and Mike Smullen and Julie Swan
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • March 14, 2020
A Life Story Foundation celebrates at Big Top

The Cirque to Cure gala was held March 14.

  • Black Tie
This sign in Siesta Key reminds residents and visitors the Chamber still needs help reaching their goal.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • June 14, 2017
Siesta Key fireworks show still needs donations

Despite being thousands away from their goal, members of the Chamber of Commerce are confident the money will come through.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Grand Bay residents toast from a distance.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 30, 2020
Longboat Key communities come together while staying safe

Longboaters figure out ways to mix and mingle from afar.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Many gal pals of Brigid Saah gathered to celebrate the mommy-to-be on April 2 at Sarasota Yacht Club. Photo courtesy of Heather Saba
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 3, 2017
Black Tie & Tales 04.06.17

It was all about babies, birthdays and...wait for it...Flo Rida last week on the social scene.

  • Black Tie
File photo
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • November 28, 2018
Klauber was often a thorn in the side of Longboat officials

Klauber won $6.5 million from a lawsuit against Longboat.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s childhood stuffed rabbit is one of the only images he uses to market his play. Courtesy image
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 25, 2017
'White Rabbit Red Rabbit' forces actors to take a leap of faith

Urbanite Theatre is showing a play its actors have never read — until they perform it.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 16, 2011
No resolution reached in the Colony mediation

A Nov. 12 conference didn't put an end to years of disputes at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Red tide is back on Longboat Key bringing with it bad smells and dead fish. Doesn't seem to bother this gull though.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • September 20, 2016
Red tide, fish kills confirmed near Longboat Key

Dead fish are accumulating along the shoreline from Beer Can Island as far south as central Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photo by Karin Shillus
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 30, 2014
Color coded

Looking back through our archives of weather photos in 2014, picking our best submissions was a near-impossible task.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 6, 2011
Welly, White spar over project

Longboat Key Club general manager and Islandside Property Owners Coalition president spar in emails.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bill Carman moved to Longbeach Village with his family in 1969 . He says the Village is the best place to live and he still lives in the same house he bought more than 40 years ago.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 1, 2015
Q&A with Bill Carman

A Longbeach Village resident since 1969, Bill Carman sits down with the Longboat Observer to discuss town issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Steven Wollf of AMS Planning & Research discusses the findings of the Van Wezel Foundation's needs assessment study at a Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 meeting Monday.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 22, 2016
Bayfront 20:20 prepares for city workshop

In advance of a meeting with the City Commission, the leaders of Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 discussed how to plan the development of public land near the Van Wezel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • December 5, 2019
Braden River Middle School hosts its Snowcoming Dance in Bradenton

Snow much fun at Braden River Middle School dance

  • East County
  • News
You'll easily spot rufa red knots during breeding season, when they develop their distinctive red plumage.     (Miri Hardy)
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • March 18, 2021
Bird of the week: Rufa red knot

World travelers visit our shores.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Obama: No signs of leadership
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2014
Our View

It's a crisis. He's not leading. Congress, fill the void.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Megan Silvestri and Rebecca Cronander, school counselors at Gene Witt Elementary School, are always available to help the school's students and teachers, especially as they adjust to the new normal at school. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 9, 2020
New state of mind for East County counselors

School counselors face more challenges as a result of COVID-19.

  • East County
  • News
Hudson Conway, Caedance Day and Noah Saintcyr divvy out coins.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • December 17, 2019
Second graders branch out on holiday knowledge

Fruitville Elementary second graders spent Dec. 17 learning about Hanukkah traditions.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Publix anchored The Ringling Shopping Center, which now stands mostly vacant.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 8, 2013
Court upholds Walmart denial

Circuit Court Judge Kimberly Carlton Bonner denied a legal challenge filed by the owners of the Ringling Shopping Center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
For now, the larger L-shaped cottage will temporarily sit on cribs near 6920 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Photo: Nat Kaemmerer
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • February 18, 2021
P&Z Board approves Chiles Group's cottage, parking lot plans

Plans call for the Chiles Group's historic cottage to permanently sit at 6920 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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