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Brooke Martin receives the Dr. Elinor Crawford Girl Scout College Scholarship and the Lyndi Cyphers Memorial College Scholarship. File photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 5, 2020
Longtime East County Girl Scouts honored

Three Lakewood Ranch High School graduates receive Girl Scouts scholarships for their commitment.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 24, 2020
Longboat Key Foundation establishes nonprofit status

The longtime foundation is finally an independent organization.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
John and Karen Henry celebrate their win of the $20,000 raffle prize with Bill and Susanne Weber at the 2019 Lawn Party.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 2, 2020
Get those calendars ready

Longboaters won't want to miss these 2020 events.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rebecca Blitz, who became SMART’s executive director in April, says restricted funding is currently one of the nonprofit’s biggest challenges.
  • By Randi Donahue |
  • August 20, 2020
Charity Snapshot: Bridling the Challenge

SMART’s new executive director took the reins with a clear plan for the organization. Then the pandemic hit.

  • LWR Life
Lift Station 87 in Luke Wood Park has undergone a series of delays and revisions as the cost associated with the project has ballooned. Today, the structure is six months away from completion.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 10, 2020
Lift Station 87: What went wrong?

The city is commissioning an internal investigation into how a wastewater facility project took nearly a decade longer and $60 million more than originally anticipated.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Eva Schaal left Berlin during the Holocaust on the Kindertransport, a rescue mission to get Jewish children out of Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Free City of Danzig.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • May 9, 2013
Your Neighbor: Eva Schaal

Eva Schaal remembers the night Adolf Hitler came to power.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lift Station D at 521 Gulf Bay Road collects sewage from the town of Longboat Key and pumps it to a treatment facility next to the Manatee County Golf Course in Bradenton.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • August 2, 2020
Longboat Key looks to advance redundant pipe project

After June's sewage break, the town of Longboat Key is waiting to hear back from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection about a potential fine and corrective action.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
After launching a bike rental program at St. Armands Circle earlier this year, the city added a second station in the Palm Avenue parking garage. File photo.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 6, 2020
City happy with early bike rental results

Officials believe a bike share program could become a valuable part of the city's transportation infrastructure.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Downtown Improvement District Operations Manager John Moran and Gotcha Group Vice President Griffin Blackwelder pose in front of an electric vehicle at City Hall Monday.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 8, 2017
City strikes deal with downtown transit operator

The Sarasota City Commission approved a $338,000 contract with a private operator to start a free, on-demand transportation service in the heart of the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Beach Book Review: 'Lexicon' by Max Barry
  • By Alexis Orgera |
  • July 31, 2013
Beach Book Review: 'Lexicon' by Max Barry

Read Alexis Orgera's book review of 'Lexicon' by Max Barry.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2011
News Briefs

Mote seeks part-time residents for study; Town files amended Armstrong complaint; Commission approves ordinances; Commission approves budget transfer for bonuses

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2020
Sarasota weather page photo: January 9

Margaret MacLeod captured this sunset beyond the Ringling Bridge in Harbor Acres.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 9, 2009
East County Little League All-Stars in full swing

Braden River and Manatee East Little League's Majors and Juniors squads victorious in opening games.

  • East County
  • Sports
Dominic Bennett.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 23, 2019
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Dominic Bennett

Sarasota High running back Dominic Bennett talks goals for next football season and his taco preferences.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Dozens of dead fish were washing up on the shores of Quick Point Nature Preserve on Monday.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • July 12, 2021
Longboat Key receives reports of red tide

The town has received reports of small fish kills, water discoloration and some odor.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • May 7, 2018
Will Chase pops the question at Bayfront Park

Will Chase and Anna Hahn get engaged, Dottie Baer Garner celebrates her birthday, Wine, Women & Shoes 2018 tickets go on sale and more.

  • Black Tie
No Toreador Crimson carpet for GMD.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 4, 2021
April Fool's strikes again in the Observer

Wacky sources, paper-thin premises, ludicrously misshapen story angles add up to our annual festival of foolishness.

  • April Fools
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 6, 2017
This Week: Thursday, Oct. 12

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Sue Kerr shows off a totem project featuring dogs.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 7, 2018
Art's on fire in Lakewood Ranch

Waterlefe resident's ceramics art on display during Spring Arts Show at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

  • East County
  • News
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