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Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers dig into a turtle nest on July 10.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • July 10, 2018
Longboat Key Turtle Watch hosts first public nest excavation

Following the excavation, three hatchlings crawled to the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cars waited in line to re-enter the island.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2017
Top Story - September: Longboat Key reopens to residents after Irma

Catch up on the top news stories of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Eileen Wallace
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • November 5, 2014
Hot Flash: A noteworthy campaign

Write-On Sarasota, a local stationery boutique, is celebrating 15 years in business this December. To celebrate the milestone, owner Eileen Wallace is launching the Grateful Campaign.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 20, 2018
Voters approve charter changes, firehouse fix-ups

Manatee voters reject charter revisions, but not by enough to overcome Sarasota County votes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Town Commission
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 26, 2018
Take solace in LBK tax rates

Longboat Key is managing it well thanks to a strong economy, governments are taking in more revenue.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
David Verinder, Sarasota Memorial Hospital's president and CEO, discusses the hospital's COVID-19 response at a press conference Tuesday, March 3.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 12, 2020
Sarasota Memorial Hospital patient tests presumptively positive for COVID-19

A 70-year-old man is the first positive case at the hospital. Health officials are investigating the origins of the infection and other individuals who may have been exposed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 12, 2011
News briefs

Community news and notes

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Elenor Maxheim and Pat Anderson
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • November 10, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: All Angels welcome back luncheon

On Nov. 9, All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church welcomed its members back to town and kicked off the winter season.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2013
Cultural celebration

Bashaw Elementary School kicked off its school-wide theme of "Celebrating Diversity: Customs and Cultures of the Far East" with an assembly Aug. 30.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The four-member Pretty Dirties band is starting a series of warehouse shows that will showcase Sarasota’s music and arts talent.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • October 9, 2019
A local rock band is kickstarting the arts with a warehouse showcase

has met many of these figures at art galleries downtown or at house shows. Embedded Photo The band has cut its teeth playing shows in Sarasota. Click and drag to move It’s imperative to Laag and The Pretty Dirties that bands playing at the s

  • Arts + Culture
Joe Welch, of Pervis, Gray & Co., shared results of his company's audit with CDD supervisors Feb. 18.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 24, 2016
Ranch audits have 'clean' slate

Auditors say Lakewood Ranch CDDs are in good financial standing.

  • East County
  • News
World of Wow renderings show the treehouse-themed play structure in front of the new stage. Courtesy rendering.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 5, 2017
Woodland builds new children's center

Church expands offerings for children with designated space.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 5, 2014
The Villages tops Wildcat team

The Villages defeated Wildcat 11-8 in the finals of the U.S. Polo Association's National Inter-Circuit Cup presented by St. Stephen's Episcopal School March 2 at the Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2014
Don't cart off your fellow shopper's groceries

Here's one for the 'only on Longboat' file.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The annual Embracing Our Differences exhibit has been in Bayfront Park since January, and will stay up through the end of April. (Photos by Klint Lowry)
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • April 1, 2020
Embracing Our Differences to hold on a while

City agrees to keep the installation up in Bayfront Park

  • Arts + Culture
Bo Mortensen said it was an amazing feeling to detail an airplane that carried presidents of the United States. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 24, 2019
Air Force One detail is plane perfection for Bradenton man

Bradenton's Bo Mortensen polishes presidential aircraft as part of the Air Force One Detailing Team.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 20, 2016
Your Calendar

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Emily Martin was one of several soloists at “An Afternoon of Operetta.” Courtesy photo
  • By Edward Alley |
  • May 13, 2019
Artist Series, Choral Artists and opera provide musical Mother's Day weekend

Performers from several professional arts organizations in the area provided memorable Mother's Day weekend entertainment last weekend.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
"At the finals in New York, once you looked out, there were hundreds of people looking at you," Francisco Serrano says. "Once I finished and everyone started clapping, it sounded like millions of people were out there screaming." Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 10, 2013
Young professional

In April, just four months after getting his driver's license, Francisco Serrano received a scholarship to The Royal Ballet School in London. He learned to dance just three years ago.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2014
Club raises $17,000 for local charities

More than 200 women in the Lakewood Ranch Women's Club enjoyed an afternoon of laughter and socializing Feb. 26, as they hosted 'Laugh Your Abs Off with Tim Wilkins' at The Francis in Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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