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  • By Harry Sayer |
  • January 23, 2020
Roskamp Institute hosts film fundraiser at Burns Court Cinema

“When All That’s Left Is Love” made its Sarasota premiere at Burns Court Cinema.

  • Black Tie
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 8, 2012
More employees linked to scandal

An investigation into the city's Information Technology Department has implicated more unnamed city of Sarasota employees.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 17, 2012
Social Studies: Scott George

IT'S ANOTHER LILLY PULITZER TIE DAY for Scott George, who is in between morning business meetings and fundraising lunches at the Community AIDS Network ...

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 24, 2021
Longboat churches face the present with fewer masks

Churchgoers have begun shedding masks and returning to fellowship.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota civil engineer Steve Suau told attendees of the Feb. 18 LWR Talks event Lakewood Ranch is about two weeks away from starting construction on a pilot program meant to improve water quality.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 26, 2020
Lakewood Ranch filtration project set to begin

Engineer says SMR will break ground in March on the water filtration pilot study.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2010
Early birthday wishes go out to Ralph Hunter

Early birthday wishes go out to Ralph Hunter

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 15, 2015
News Briefs: Longboat Key 7.16.15

Town receives BP settlement cash; Mid-Key plaza sells; Undergrounding petition announced

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • March 7, 2014
FDOT expedites I-75 interchange project

The Florida Department of Transportation vows to start construction on improvements to I-75 and University Parkway in the next few years if Manatee and Sarasota Counties commit to fortifying the surrounding road network.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarah Glass leads the children in dance each week.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • February 2, 2022
Free dance class is Sarasota woman's way to give back

After a series of medical setbacks, Deanna Williams remembers what dance meant to her.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Su Byron |
  • November 19, 2020
Art and About: Area art is back!

Things still might look a little different, but as we have learned, art will find a way. Here are selections to enjoy in the upcoming months.

  • LWR Life
Sarasota High junior Alec Miller finished second in the Class 4A boys 1,600 meter run at the FHSAA track and field championships.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 19, 2022
Sarasota junior runner 'psyched' about performance at track and field championships

Alec Miller dropped approximately six seconds from his personal record on his way to a silver medal in the Class 4A 1,600 meter run.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Harvey Vengroff said the sale of an industrial property will help finance the first phase of his proposed housing project, if approved. File photo
  • By David Conway |
  • April 30, 2015
Vengroff charges forward with affordable housing

Landlord and entrepreneur Harvey Vengroff says he has a plan to help tackle the city’s affordable housing problem, but a question remains: Will the city allow it?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Co-Chairwomen Sonjya O’Flynn, Debbie Frank, JoAnn Nevins and Ingrid Bookbinder-Keating
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • November 7, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: SCAN's Taste of Friendship

Members of the Sarasota County Aging Network enjoyed the sunset with cocktails and conversation at the Taste of Friendship, Thursday Nov. 7. The evening was held at the Edson Keith Mansion and proceeds benefitted Senior Friendship Centers Health Clinics.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Shantal Norman of Jah Movement will be performing with the group during the July 29 Friday Fest.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • July 21, 2016
Sarasota Calendar 7.21.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of July 21.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2010
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
BKYC members model fashions by Dreamweaver and Planet.
  • By Maria Amodio |
  • September 30, 2010
BKYC members dine in style

Bird Key Yacht Club members viewed the latest fashions from Dreamweaver and Planet boutique at their Fall Fashion Double- Header luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A hotel and apartments are planned for the vacant acre of land at 240 S. Pineapple Ave.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • June 6, 2013
Hotel, apartments planned for Palm

Attorney and developer John Meshad's JWM Management Inc., a Sarasota-based commercial development firm, submitted to the city May 30 plans to build a 10-story hotel and apartment tower at one of downtown's most visible corners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The School Board of Manatee County is working on a proposed map of new district lines.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 10, 2021
School Board of Manatee County discusses redistricting

School board members drawing up new zones for districts.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • October 10, 2013
SCAT and MCAT to merge?

Should public-transit privitization occur, SCAT personnel anticipate widespread defections driven by lost pensions and decrease pay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mona Jain Middle School sixth-grader Emery Houston, 11, anxiously waits to enter the answer to an online quiz on a new laptop.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 21, 2019
Technology brings class to the future

New opportunities with new technology

  • East County
  • News
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