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Larry Grossman to make a second run at Longboat Key Town Commission seat.
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • November 14, 2016
Grossman to make third run at Town Commission seat

Larry Grossman filed Thursday to take on incumbent District 4 Longboat Key Town Commissioner Jack Daly.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 14, 2016
Siesta Key hosts annual Crystal Classic

The Crystal Classic sand sculpting festival will continue until 5 p.m. tomorrow.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 13, 2016
Hudson Bayou residents gather at Selby Gardens

Hudson Bayou Neighborhood Association members made the short walk from their front doors to Marie Selby Botanical Gardens for a picnic in the park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 13, 2016
All Angels Church welcomes back congregation

All Angels By the Sea Episcopal Church hosts welcome back brunch for returning congregation.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Calibrated traffic signals, roundabouts, $6.2 million in improvements along U.S. 41 near the Ringling Bridge pinch point south of Fruitville, alternative transit and parking garages are just a few solutions to gridlock.
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • November 13, 2016
WELCOME BACK: Seasonal traffic continues on Longboat

Calibrated signals, roundabouts, $6.2 million in improvements along U.S. 41, alternative transit and parking garages are just a few gridlock solutions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 12, 2016
Phillippi Estate holds centennial celebration

Sarasota County celebrated the 100th anniversary of Sarasota's historic Phillippi Estate on Saturday.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • November 12, 2016
Bird Key Yacht Club celebrates its commodore

140 members attended the annual event that had a Parisian theme.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 12, 2016
Gulf Gate tastes local bites

Friends of Gulf Gate Library hosted A Taste of Gulf Gate Thursday at Gulf Gate Public Library.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Akiko Campbell puts her artistic touch on the face of Riverwalk's Paige Broderick.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • November 12, 2016
A slice of Italian life in Lakewood Ranch

Festa Italiana offers chance to experience Italy.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • November 12, 2016
St. Armands Circle gets artsy

The 28th annual festival featured all different kinds of mediums, including paintings and sculptures.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A small boat was turned into the Longboat Key Police Department. Terry O'Connor
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • November 12, 2016
All is not lost for found property on Longboat Key

The Longboat Key Police Department works to reunite items with their rightful owners.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Clear Sunset Car Wash owner Tony Milen, volunteers Jim Kehoe and John Skelton and disabled vet Carl Moore III get together during the Veterans Day special.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 12, 2016
Car wash fundraiser cleans up for veterans

Homes for Our Troops receives $1 for every wash through Nov. 17

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 11, 2016
Riverview football gets first playoff win since 2004

The Rams defeated Olympia 56-24 behind their trusty ground game.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Riverview won its first playoff game since 2004 on Friday night, a 56-25 home thrashing of Olympia.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 11, 2016
Sarasota Football Final: 11.11.16

Riverview routs Olympia; Cardinal Mooney cannot stop Melbourne Central Catholic.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Braden River beat Gulf Coast 37-21 on the road in the first round of the 7A playoffs on Nov. 11.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 11, 2016
East County Football Final: 11.11.16

Braden River rolls to a first-round playoff victory.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • November 11, 2016
Bacchus on the Beach celebrates food and wine

The 6th annual event brought more than 300 people to the Longboat Key Club for a stone crab celebration and wine auction.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • November 11, 2016
Longboat Key honors its veterans

The Longboat Key Rotary Club’s third annual Veterans Day Parade brought 150 veterans together for an afternoon of patriotism.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The set takes up 3,000 square feet at the center of The Mall at University Town Center.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 11, 2016
Kids: Are you Santa's hero?

Interactive Santa experience opens at mall.

  • East County
  • News
Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder said he has to go for another referendum because his present business model just does not work.
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • November 11, 2016
Whitney Beach Plaza owner asks for another Longboat Key referendum

Why the quick turnaround? Owner Ryan Snyder said he has no choice.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 11, 2016
Veterans Day parade marches through downtown

Veterans, high school students and community members marched from Osprey Avenue to Five Points Park during Sarasota's Veterans Day Parade.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bradenton's Zanthia Monroe tries on glasses with help from Sarasota volunteer Jenny King.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • November 11, 2016
RAM clinic services hundreds at Manatee Technical College

Local residents can receive free medical care through Sunday

  • East County
  • News
The Longboat Key Town Commission must appoint a Charter Review Committee at least once every 10 years.
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • November 11, 2016
Longboat Key volunteers might be sought for Charter Review Board

The Longboat Key Town Commission must appoint a Charter Review Committee at least once every 10 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
ECHO Realty is spending $600,000 to rebrand Paradise Plaza as the Shops at Siesta Row.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 11, 2016
Paradise Plaza slated for upgrade, new name

The owner of the Sarasota shopping center is spending $600,000 to upgrade the buildings and rename the property Shops at Siesta Row.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Booker announced that Anthony Crawford Jr. will take over its baseball program. Crawford Jr. played baseball at the school.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 11, 2016
Booker names new baseball coach

Old coach stepped down despite winning district title last season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Donald Trump won all of the rural areas in Sarasota County, while Hillary Clinton won downtown.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 11, 2016
Did your Sarasota neighborhood vote for Trump or Clinton?

Donald Trump won six south Sarasota County precincts that Barack Obama won in 2012, while Hillary Clinton consolidated voters around downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Riverview senior guard Brion Whitley signed his national letter of intent with North Carolina-Wilmington on Nov. 9.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 11, 2016
Sarasota Signing Day Roundup: 11.11.16

19 area athletes have inked their colleges choices during the early signing period.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Twin sisters Brooke and Casey Farrow, both Braden River senior softball players, signed their national letters of intent to Chipola College on Nov. 10.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 11, 2016
East County Signing Day Roundup: 11.11.16

15 area athletes ink their college choices.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 10, 2016
Children let freedom ring

Students at Freedom Elementary celebrate military, first responders.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 10, 2016
CONA celebrates 55 years

Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations commemorated their 55th birthday on Thursday at the Michael's Wine Cellar.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Crowds gather annually for the downtown Sarasota Veterans Day parade.
    By
  • David Conway
  • November 10, 2016
Street closures announced for Veterans Day parade

Closures will take effect beginning at 8 a.m. tomorrow in advance of the 10 a.m. parade down Main Street in downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lakewood Ranch High JROTC color guard members Jennifer Gaffers, a senior, and Kaley Gee, senior, present the colors.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • November 10, 2016
Braden River Middle students receive lesson in sacrifice

Braden River Middle School salutes veterans in annual ceremony.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 10, 2016
Local Marines celebrate the Corps' 241st birthday

Current and retired active duty Marines gathered at Marina Jacks today to for the 14th annual Marine Corps Birthday Celebration.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 10, 2016
Local Marines celebrate the Corps' 241st birthday

Current and retired active duty Marines gathered at Marina Jacks today to for the 14th annual Marine Corps Birthday Celebration.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    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
Roderick Barongi captured this shot of a black skimmer over the Sarasota Bay one early morning.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2016
Sarasota weather page photo: Nov. 10

Roderick Barongi captured this shot of a black skimmer over the Sarasota Bay one early morning.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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