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  • By Bob White |
  • September 12, 2012
My View: Lessons learned? Or not? We shall see

Perhaps Ocean Properties' involvement in the Longboat Key Club can end the impasse with a project acceptable to IPOC and benefits the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Holly Finks, Pat Bergman and Snookie Register show off the creations of the Prayer Shawl Ministry.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • December 12, 2018
Church group stitches yarn, kindness

Each week, the Prayer Shawl Ministry meets at Christ Church to knit shawls for those who need their comfort.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • July 10, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, July 11

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

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2009
Worship Services

All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road, will hold Wednesday communion and anointing services at 10 a.m. Sunday worship services are at 9 a.m. The Rev. David Danner is the rector. 383-8161.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • May 18, 2021
Booker Middle School hosts festival of arts at Van Wezel

The daylong arts festival was held on May 15.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Approximately 850 students in Sarasota County will receive free internet access in the first year of the program.
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • April 3, 2019
Sarasota County Schools collaborates to provide free internet access to low-income students

Sprint’s 1Million Project aims to help approximately “1 million low-income high school students across the country by providing them with free high-speed Internet access at home.”

  • Sarasota
  • News
The concept includes a mixed-use complex including public parking, a gourmet market, a boutique hotel and town homes.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 7, 2021
Concept floated for St. Armands hotel

A developer wants the city to consider turning a St. Armands parking lot into a mixed-use hub anchored by a hotel. Could that one day become reality?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • March 23, 2017
Sarasota Chamber networks on island time

The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce welcomed members to an tropical-themed Hob Nob.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Heather Rippy
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 18, 2021
Gardening in Sarasota, on Longboat Key, blossoms during pandemic to help mind and body

Gardening can lift stress and creating food for yourself gives a sense of accomplishment.

  • Health
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 24, 2015
Your Calendar: Longboat Key

Check out January's top upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 11, 2021
St. Armands Annual Art Festival returns

The art show spanned the weekend and showcased artists both close to home and far away.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch's Monica Quimby was named to the women's sled hockey Team USA for the eighth time in August. Courtesy photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 10, 2021
Lakewood Ranch sled hockey player earns eighth berth on Team USA

Lakewood Ranch's Monica Quimby was paralyzed at 19, but her athletic career has been pure gold.

  • East County
  • Sports
Chiropractor Abe Kozma with Sheila Anthony, of PNC Bank, and Brian Best, of PNC Investment
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 12, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Alliance Business Social

Members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance gathered July 11, at Gold Coast Eagle Distributing for the Alliance's monthly networking social.

  • East County
  • News
Jane Vargas and Arlene Skversky
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 13, 2020
Voter registration booth here to help

Volunteers are here to answer all your questions about how and where to vote.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Erin Clay, Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library Manager, is excited to see the exhibit finally on display.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • August 25, 2020
Sarasota North Public Library hosts Smithsonian exhibit

The Voices & Votes: Democracy in America” exhibition is on display through October.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Carl Abbott poses with ancient Maya ruins. Maya architecture has inspired and informed some of Abbott's recent work.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 4, 2016
The Mayan Connection

Carl Abbott brings an architect’s insight to the legacy of the Maya.

  • Arts + Culture
Susie Klingeman with Henry, Eleanor, Tracy and Lily Stalza in Lilly Pulitzer
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 31, 2011
GALLERY: Lilly Pulitzer and La Mariee

Models sporting fashions from Lilly Pulitzer and La Mariee stalked the runways at Bird Key Yacht Club's latest style show.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Members of Ocean Eleven entertain during Music on Main.
  • By Scott Lockwood |
  • October 28, 2021
Music on Main Street in Lakewood Ranch set to return on Nov. 5

Lakewood Ranch's Music on Main returns for the first time since March 2020. AND Business owners trumpet return of first Fridays event.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 2, 2020
Rotary donates beach wheelchairs

Siesta Key gains two of the all-terrain wheelchairs.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • June 7, 2021
Lord's Warehouse volunteers dive deep into buried treasure

Longboat Key's Lord's Warehouse thrift store always gets treasures, but this year donation season is lasting longer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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