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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 17, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

Police reports from around the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Sten Spinella |
  • August 15, 2019
Mitigating mosquitoes with Sarasota's experts

Learn how to manage mosquito bites and, among other lessons, whether to put sunscreen or bug repellent on first.

  • Health
Karen and Duane Compton are getting used to the Florida summer.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 13, 2020
The season that never ended

Travel became tricky as season was ending on Longboat Key, so a new demographic appeared: The summer snowbird.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Graham Ellis, a Navy veteran and member of VFW Post 12055, slowly takes the cloth off the seal in honor of the Navy. Ellis' daughter, Carly McCarthy, was an executive officer in Braden River High School's JROTC program in 2016.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 27, 2019
Wall of Honor dedicated at Braden River High

Braden River High School's new Wall of Honor to recognize veterans

  • East County
  • News
The Toys for Tots drop-off box is located in the lobby of the Longboat Key Police Department headquarters,  5460 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 16, 2017
Longboat Police kicks off Toys for Tots drive

Donations will benefit children in the Sarasota-Manatee area.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 27, 2016
A part-time resident’s guide to the Floridays referendum

Longboat Key residents must request an absentee ballot for their off-island address if they will not be living on the Key during the Aug. 30 referendum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Katie McKenney, right, teaches her Birdies class before hitting the putting green.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 6, 2019
Merger brings renewed focus on youth golf

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
The city already has regulations designed to clear obstructions from sidewalks. File
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • April 6, 2022
City Commission says new ordinance does not target homeless

New rule banning sitting on sidewalk applies to Main Street and Palm Avenue from 10 a.m. to midnight.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lynn Flood, of Lakewood Ranch, submitted this photo taken at a botanical garden in Palma Sola.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 15, 2015
East County photo contest winner: Oct. 15

Lynn Flood, of Lakewood Ranch, submitted this photo taken at a botanical garden in Palma Sola.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 15, 2015
Longboat Key photo contest winner: Oct. 15

Joy Knight submitted this photo of a sunset run on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 21, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: You're coming with us

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Mote Ranch residents Susan Byron and Lorelei Lindenaux-Balazs are concerned a planned roundabout in the Mote Ranch community will be dangerous and will affect the aesthetics of their community. (Photo by Jay Heater)
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 1, 2022
Manatee roundabout project goes forward at Mote Ranch despite neighborhood concerns

Manatee County officials say a roundabout is essential at Honore Avenue and Old Farm Road.

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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 6, 2016
People to Watch: Manfred Welfonder and Chuck Whittall

Whose development project proposal will Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners select? All unit owner eyes are on Manfred Welfonder and Chuck Whittall in 2016.

  • Longboat Key
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Supporters of the resident group STOP wore red to Monday's meeting as part of an effort to expand the use of public hearings to review development proposals. The commission ultimately kept all existing review procedures in place.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 18, 2019
City Commission declines to change development review

Split on the best approach for reviewing proposed projects, commissioners left existing procedures in place, instead focusing on zoning code changes.

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  • By The Insider |
  • April 9, 2013
7 MUST SEE FILMS: 4/9 Sarasota Film Festival

7 MUST SEE FILMS: 4/9 Sarasota Film Festival

  • Arts + Culture
The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County said it was not certain why it did not receive an additional supply of the vaccine or whether the state would supply more doses next week. File photo.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 11, 2021
Sarasota health department out of COVID-19 vaccines

Although local officials did not expect to receive additional vaccines this week, the state said it is shipping more doses to Sarasota and Manatee.

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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 25, 2021
New way to cross

New Pass bridge work prompts new path for pedestrians, cyclists.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Brooklyn Zabikow, who is 11, gives kisses to Asher. "I like that he likes to nuzzle me," Zabikow says. (Photos by Liz Ramos)
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 22, 2022
Youth campers have big fun with mini horses at Hundred Oaks Farm

The mini horse and donkey camp in Myakka teaches kids about caring for livestock.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The 8,000-square-foot facility includes a covered bay area.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 4, 2013
IDA prepares to open maintenance building

The Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority operations team will move into a new 8,000-square-foot maintenance building, located off 59th Avenue East, Bradenton, later this month.

  • East County
  • News
Grand Marshal David Miller and  former Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Chairman Mike Doll wave to the crowd at last year's parade
  • By Katie Johns |
  • June 20, 2018
Freedom Fest to bring back crowd favorites

The 16th annual event steps off at 9 a.m. with a parade on Bay Isles Road.

  • Longboat Key
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