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Longboat Island Chapel is located at 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive. (File photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 8, 2013
Chapel to hold Veterans Day tribute

The Rev. Vincent Carroll, a Navy veteran, will speak about his wartime experience.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2010
ODA senior joins ECO staff

If you see a new face armed with a camera and a notebook around town, it's probably Out-of-Door Academy senior Vanessa Moody.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Ken Feld has been with Feld Entertainment since 1970.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 15, 2017
Feld announces end to Ringling Bros. circus

After 146 years, Ellenton-based Feld Entertainment has announced the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will have its final show in May.

  • East County
  • News
The table identifies the dates changes occurred to the Longboat Key Firefighters' pension plans and shows how they influenced the growth in the unfunded liabilities.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2011
OUR VIEW: Pay hikes doomed the pensions

Firefighters' union reps, move on. Accept that your pension benefits need to be scaled back.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Longboat Key commissioners participate in Monday's virtual special budget workshop meeting.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 18, 2020
Town takes cautious look at budgets on the horizon

Fiscal year 2021 begins in October for the town of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Braden River Utilities Manager Bob Simons said pipeline construction should start this month.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 12, 2013
Construction starts on pipeline

Braden River Utilities is working to bring reclaimed water to Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Eve Wickwire, Susan Singer, Patti Ostroski and Laurin Goldner were excited to sell their first raffle ticket to Larry Panza Feb. 24, at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.
  • By Maria Amodio |
  • March 2, 2011
Key tennis event supports SMH Breast Health Center

The Breast Cancer Awareness Women's Round Robin will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at the Public Tennis Center, 590 Bay Isles Road.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Voting for Florida's 'best beach town' ends Jan. 16. The winner will be featured in a USA Today travel story.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • January 8, 2013
Siesta Key selected as one of Florida's 'best beach towns' in USA Today

Stephen P. Leatherman, aka 'Dr. Beach,' is putting Siesta Key in national headlines again with his nominations for Florida's best beach towns.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Maggie Pahos |
  • August 12, 2009
Sarasota Yacht Club raises roof structure

The Sarasota Yacht Club's clubhouse construction project is well under way.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Susie and her cygnets swim around the Harbourside Golf Course. Photo courtesy of Lou Newman
  • By Katie Johns |
  • May 10, 2017
Longboat Key swans hatch hope

Cygnets arrival is bittersweet for David Novak.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Erin Weinberger and her mom, Amy Weinberger, who said the Players have helped Erin earn professional acting jobs.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 10, 2019
Smitten with the Players in Lakewood Ranch

Those attending the Sarasota community theater's fundraiser in Lakewood Ranch sing its praises.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2015
OUR VIEW | The May referendum

The May 12 vote is not a referendum giving the Resort at Longboat Key Club the approval to expand. But it is a vote that will determine the future prosperity of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Incoming freshmen Ringling College students Mark Lim, Rebecca Morrello, Jack McCaffrey, Leandra Pearson and Lucas Riquenes bring different perspectives but a shared drive to Sarasota.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • August 26, 2015
Roll Call: Meet Ringling College's incoming students

The school's largest freshman class is ready to shape its campus and the city it now calls home.

  • Arts + Culture
Dan Wade, event manager of the Longboat Key Club, models with daughter Carly at last year's Taste of the Keys.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 27, 2016
Taste of the Keys moved indoors

The Taste of the Keys and Fashion Show tonight has been moved indoors due to expected rainy weather during the event’s scheduled time.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Girl of the Year Rachel Mallett and her father, Bill
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 2, 2014
Girl of the Year

Rachel Mallett, 14, was announced as Girls Inc.'s Girl of the Year Dec. 10.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Cheers sits with her owner, Barb Davis. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 18, 2014
Dog days of training

The Sarasota Obedience Training Club will host the American Kennel Club-sponsored Responsible Dog Ownership Day.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2014
Aging in Paradise receives sponsorship

Longboat Island Chapel's Aging in Paradise Resource Center recently received a $10,000 platinum lead sponsorship from Sarasota Bay Club, a luxury retirement community.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: Nov. 10

Niki Muller submitted this photo of the setting sun through grasses on Longboat Key's north end.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Susan DeVictor captured this shot over a lake on a foggy morning in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2016
East County weather page photo: Nov. 10

Susan DeVictor captured this shot over a lake on a foggy morning in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Throughout the Bay Island neighborhood, construction on new homes serves as evidence of  the increased residential sales in the area.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 24, 2015
Real estate market strengthens in Bay Island

The north Siesta Key neighborhood has rebounded strongly from the recession, and the area is dotted with home sales and construction

  • Sarasota
  • News
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