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The Riverview High girls cross-country team has made 19 straight trips to the Cross-Country State Championships.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 12, 2015
19 and Counting

The Riverview High girls cross-country team extended its streak of Cross-Country State Championship appearances Nov. 7.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • November 12, 2015
Home of the Month: Classic on the Key

An old-fashioned Siesta Key home comes back into fashion.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Betty Lawson and Navy veteran Dick Erwin of Tara enjoy the Veterans Day Dinner & Dance at Tara Golf & Country Club on Wednesday.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 11, 2015
In honor of our veterans

Tara hosts dinner and dance to salute those who have served.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 11, 2015
Longboat Key celebrates its veterans

More than 130 veterans who live, work or worship on Longboat Key celebrated Veterans Day on Nov. 11 with a quarter-mile parade.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 11, 2015
$2.1 million home in Panther Ridge tops local sales

Residential real estate transactions Oct. 26-30

  • East County
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 11, 2015
SMR to pitch Lorraine Road, SR 70 shopping center to county

The Manatee County Planning Commission will consider the rezone request tomorrow.

  • East County
  • News
Tanner Thatcher, a Braden River High School senior, talks about the school's JROTC program.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 11, 2015
Heater: Have faith in our future veterans

Have faith in our future veterans

  • East County
  • News
Louis Jackson, a teacher's aide at Haile, was the MC for assembly. Jackson is a Navy veteran.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 11, 2015
Haile students listen to local veteran

The school held a special program for Veteran's Day.

  • East County
  • Schools
Cash Woods hangs over the barricade to wave his flag at Sarasota Military Academy cadets.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 11, 2015
Downtown Sarasota beams with pride for Veterans Day parade

Main Street hosts parade goers and local veterans for annual parade.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Aleah Robinson scored 14 points to help lead Lakewood Ranch to victory in its season opener Nov. 10.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 11, 2015
Mustangs gallop past Bruins

The Lakewood Ranch High girls basketball team opened its season Nov. 10 with a win.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jack Short
  • November 11, 2015
Campaign finance reports show some local candidates well-funded

Several local politicians have pushed 2016 fundraising past the $50,000 mark, even without opponents.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Matt Bruback has partnered with Jennifer Vigne with the Education Foundation of Sarasota County to promote the miracle belt.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 11, 2015
Former MLB player turns Sarasota entrepreneur

A minor league baseball player-turned-entrepreneur has a product parents embrace. His next goal: get it into more hands.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jeff De Jongh and Ted Smith
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 11, 2015
Sarasota Kiwanis pays tribute to veterans with breakfast

Local veterans were invited to enjoy breakfast with the Sarasota Kiwanis Club at Robarts Arena.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 11, 2015
QUIZ: Longboat Key celebrates 60 years

How well do you know the barrier island's history?

  • Longboat Key
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Manatee County School Board members approved a 50% increase to what developers currently pay to build in the county.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • November 11, 2015
Manatee County School Board says yes to impact fees

The district will recommend to Manatee County Commission to reinstate school impact fees.

  • East County
  • News
George Lewis started painting in 2003 after taking an adult education class in Oregon.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 11, 2015
Local Rotary member shows his colors

George Lewis, aka the “Water Man” donates and raffles his artwork to raise money for Rotary projects.

  • East County
  • News
ODA's Martin Baffico finished seventh in the 100-yard butterfly at the Class 1A Swimming and Diving Championships Nov. 6, in Stuart.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 11, 2015
East County High 5 Moments: 11.12.15

East County High 5 Moments: 11.12.15

  • East County
  • Sports
Bradenton resident Carlo Rodriguez has been painting Braden River's football field for the past four years.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 11, 2015
Field art is his turf

Custodian finds new line of work by painting Braden River’s football field before every home game.

  • East County
  • Sports
"This isn't a sad foundation, this is an awesome foundation," Founder Melissa Wandall said at the fundraiser held Friday, Nov. 6. "I was a kid in grief. I get the sense that it's too sad, people don't want to hear about (the foundation)."
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 11, 2015
Mark Wandall Foundation raises funds for Comfort Zone Camp

After a successful one day camp in October, founder Melissa Wandall aims for three days in 2016.

  • East County
  • News
University of Tennessee freshman Ashley Bongart will return home to Lakewood Ranch to compete in the 2015 Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic Presented by First Watch Cafe.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 11, 2015
Hit or Miss JEN BLANCO

Former high school tennis star now Volunteers her time with Tennessee

  • East County
  • Sports
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 11.12.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Five years later, the 18-acre beachfront property at 1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive remains locked up and vacant.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Colony still sits vacant

Making vacation plans? Don’t plan on staying at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort any time soon.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
While you were away, the 150 peacocks in Longbeach Village didn’t leave town.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Town fails to lure peacock trapper

While you were away, the 150 peacocks in Longbeach Village didn’t leave town.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key residents cite seasonal traffic as a top concern.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Traffic congestion headed for your roadways

There’s no quick fix for regional traffic troubles.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Severe sand erosion on the south end of Longboat Key means there’s not much recreational beach left at high tide behind condominiums like L’Ambiance.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Shoreline projects to watch this season

How much sand will upcoming local beach projects bring? Enough to fill the Empire State Building’s 1.37 million cubic yards — nearly twice. Read on to learn plans for your favorite beach this season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ocean Properties Vice President Mark Walsh says his company plans to investigate traffic issues as part of a future Islandside hotel project.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Key Club referendum passes

Mail-only vote could deliver a new Longboat Key Club Islandside hotel.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A Gulf of Mexico Drive undergrounding referendum nixed new poles on the island.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Poles still here, but not for long

Gulf of Mexico Drive utilities are headed underground. Now, the commission surges forward to determine how to bury the rest of the island’s lines.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder will work with town staff to craft a future density referendum that will eventually allow him to convert the plaza’s residential zoning to tourism use.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Commission allows Whitney Plaza referendum work

Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder received consensus from the Longboat Key Town Commission Monday to craft language for a referendum that would allow him to change the property’s zoning.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mayor Jack Duncan hopes for a new Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, revitalized buildings and Gulf of Mexico Drive as a community road in the next 60 years.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Conversation with Jack Duncan

Jack Duncan is in the midst of his third and final commission term.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key-based MW Development Group principal Manfred Welfonder has been trying to redevelop the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort property since 2007.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
MW Group forms Colony alliance with Naples-based developer

Longboat Key-based MW Development Group and The Lutgert Companies has teamed up and has a vision to build a $195 million hotel project on the shuttered Colony site.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Armando Linde and others support the construction of crosswalks on Gulf of Mexico Drive this month.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
GMD crosswalk construction begins this week

Four crosswalks are being installed on Gulf of Mexico Drive to make pedestrian crossings safer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Florida Power & Light Co. crew members work to repair a power line in the 6700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Monday in an area that Commissioner Pat Zunz says has frequent power outages that aren’t documented. (Kurt Schultheis)
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Commission seeks island-wide neighborhood funding plan

A plan to bury Longboat Key power lines and utility poles in neighborhoods and side streets will be decided by the voters March 15. A decision on how to fund it still needs finalized.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 11, 2015
OBITUARY | Kent Lamar Reedy

Kent Lamar Reedy, 65, of Osprey and formerly of Longboat Key, died Nov. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Norma Mieras
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 11, 2015
OBITUARY | Norma Mieras

Norma Sjaarda Mieras, 88, of Longboat Key and formerly of Saugatuck and Douglas, Mich., died Oct. 19.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The unit N-204 condominium at 603 Longboat Club Road has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,560 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 11, 2015
Longboat Key Towers condo sells for $900,000

The unit N-204 condominium at 603 Longboat Club Road has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,560 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
WINNER: Even monkeys enjoy reading the East County Observer! Wendy Pittman shares her newspaper with a furry friend at the Jemaa el-Fnaa Market in Marrakesh, Morocco.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 11, 2015
Meet this year's "It's Read Everywhere" contest winner

You took us around the globe in this year’s “It’s Read Everywhere” contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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