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Senior Adam Bradtmueller captured Sarasota's first cross-country individual state championship.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • December 29, 2015
Sarasota: Top 5 Moments of 2015

Sarasota: Top 5 Moments of 2015

  • Sarasota
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The biggest hurdle left for a future Colony Beach & Tennis Resort redevelopment is a ruling on a recreational lease that Unicorp National Development believes it already owns.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 29, 2015
Top Story — September: Will one day in court yield years of progress for Colony?

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association won its second victory Tuesday in four days, and parties agree the rulings could expedite redevelopment of the shuttered resort.

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Enjoy the Longboat Observer's Best of Cops Corners in 2015.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 29, 2015
LBO Best of Cops 12.31.15

The Longboat Observer highlights the best and most bizarre Cops Corners of 2015.

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Braden River's Alyssa Gagnon competes in the pole vault during the ODA Invitational March 21.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 29, 2015
East County: 2015 Year in Sports

East County: 2015 Year in Sports

  • East County
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The Women's Center won the People's Choice Award.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • December 29, 2015
Your Town

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center hosts gingerbread house competition; Families collect toys from Salvation Army's Angel Tree program.

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 29, 2015
Year in Photos 2015

See some of the East County Observer's best images of the year.

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  • December 29, 2015
Top Story — September: Gecko’s owners buy Longboat landmark

Gecko's Hospitality Group has purchased the Dry Dock Waterfront Grill.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The owners of Marina Jack, the facility pictured here, purchased another marina on south Siesta Key last week.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • December 29, 2015
Top Story — September: Marina Jack buys large south Siesta facility

The new owners will update the facilities and operations at the former Turtle Beach Marina.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Matt Dively plans to incorporate flavors of his cruet restaurant, Blue Que Island Grill, into his new eatery in the Rosemary District.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • December 29, 2015
Top Story — September: Servandos to open in former Darwin's space

Blu Que Island Grill owner Matt Dively plans to open a new Mexican restaurant in the Rosemary District

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  • Jessica Salmond
  • December 28, 2015
Top Story — August: East County rescue receives former fight dog

The 1.5-year old mixed breed was found covered in bites and filed-down teeth.

  • East County
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Leon S. Pitts II, MaRah Williams and Nate Jacobs celebrate the Christmas spirit, both large and small, in "A Motown Christmas."
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 28, 2015
A Merry Motown Mixer

Classic soul and classic Christmas converge at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.

  • Arts + Culture
Former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort General Manager Katie Moulton says helping parties achieve settlements as a professional mediator allows her to be with people again, and it just might help her heal from the one legal dispute she couldn’t settle.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 28, 2015
Top Story — August: Where is Katie Moulton now?

Five years after the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort’s closing, longtime general manager Katie Moulton and owner Murf Klauber still talk Colony every day.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • December 28, 2015
Top Story — August: Residents prepare to Party on the Pass

Event to create awareness for opposition to dredging Big Pass.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 28, 2015
Top Story — August: Learning Curve

Sarasota High junior defensive lineman Gerome Howard has only been playing football for two years.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • December 27, 2015
The word for 2016: wisdom

In this crucial moment of a free-fall, American voters need great wisdom to discern who has the Right Stuff to revive our founding heritage and guide us to be great again.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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