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  • Jen Blanco
  • November 6, 2015
Riverview rolls past SMA

The Riverview High boys soccer team beat Sarasota Military Academy 7-1 Nov. 5.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Carrie Dutting and Laura Rodriguez dressed up as pirates. Dutting even has a book of piratology, which she incorporated into her costume.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 6, 2015
Pirates commandeer Braden River High School for spirit day

Every day of the week featured a different theme.

  • East County
  • Schools
Lakewood Ranch High School drummer Max Gonzalez, a sophomore, makes sure everyone knows Wawa has come to town.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 6, 2015
Opening to the beat of a different drum, and tuba, and flute

Lakewood Ranch marching band helps Wawa celebrate grand opening.

  • East County
  • News
Ben Hammond rocked out on the main stage with his band, Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the 17th annual Giving Hunger the Blues festival.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 6, 2015
Giving Hunger the Blues returns to rock Southside Village

Block party features performers and bands to benefit local organizations.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 5, 2015
Riverdale’s $2 million sale tops week’s transactions

Residential real estate transactions: Oct. 19-23

  • East County
  • News
Hollis Morantes was arrested at 10:52 p.m. Nov. 4.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • November 5, 2015
Lakewood Ranch High School physics teacher arrested on drug charges

Hollis Morantes was charged with possession of Methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and child neglect.

  • East County
  • News
Dieter Zoellner, now 71, once trained as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division. He was prohibited from being deployed to Vietnam because he was not yet an American citizen. He became an American citizen and enlisted in 1963. Photo by Jessica
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • November 5, 2015
East County veteran remembers his 'career in the air'

A paratrooper of the 101st Airborne Division, Dieter Zoellner spent weekends jumping from 900 feet.

  • East County
  • News
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    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 5, 2015
East County u-pick farms open for season

More options will be available as the month passes.

  • East County
  • News
Niki Muller submitted this photo of an osprey on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2015
Longboat Key photo contest winner: Nov. 5

Niki Muller submitted this photo of an osprey on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Michelle Crabtree, of University Park, submitted this photo of the sun setting over the Braden River.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2015
East County photo contest winner: Nov. 5

Michelle Crabtree, of University Park, submitted this photo of the sun setting over the Braden River.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Tyler Abott, of Sarasota, submitted this sunset photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2015
Sarasota photo contest winner: Nov. 5

Tyler Abott, of Sarasota, submitted this sunset photo.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota Christian boys golf team finished fourth at the Class 1A state tournament Oct. 27 and Oct. 28.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 5, 2015
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 11.05.15

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 11.05.15

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Sarasota resident Erik Luxembourg picked up his first tennis racket when he was 3 years old.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 5, 2015
Champion on the Court

Sarasota resident Erik Luxembourg captured his seventh gold ball at the National Men’s 50s Doubles Clay Court Championship Oct. 11 through Oct. 18.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Riverview's Vince Sellers Jr. scored two touchdowns for the Rams.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 5, 2015
Sarasota Football Friday: Week 10

Riverview High held on to beat Tampa Alonso on the road.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
In an email Wednesday to the Longboat Key Town Commission, Country Club Shores resident Bob Gault informed commissioners the community is ready to bury its utilities.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 5, 2015
Country Club Shores prepares to bury wires

The Longboat Key Town Commission will discuss a future referendum to bury the rest of the island’s utilities now that a Gulf of Mexico Drive project has received voter approval.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Then Sen. Barak Obama greets supporters at Ed Smith Stadium.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 5, 2015
This week in history 11.5.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of Karen Greco.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 5, 2015
Royal Palm Harbor home sells for more than $2 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between October 19 and October 23.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Courtesy photo. Sienna Steiner
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 5, 2015
A word to know: Observer

Students at Southside Elementary School don costumes inspired by vocabulary.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Barb Thomason decides which bowl to take home from Bowls of Hope last year.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 5, 2015
Sarasota calendar 11.5.15

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Nov. 5.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson signed hundreds of books Wednesday, at BookStore1Sarasota.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2015
WHAT'S HAPPENING | Carson draws healthy crowd in downtown Sarasota

WHAT'S HAPPENING

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Floridays CEO Angus Rogers has assured the city he is intent on finishing the boutique Hotel Sarasota project, originally proposed in 2012.
    By
  • David Conway
  • November 5, 2015
City expresses reservations about Palm Avenue hotel

In response to city officials' questions about a hotel development next to the Palm Avenue parking garage, the team behind the project expressed confidence its plans will come to fruition.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bay Island resident Phil Agnes agrees that some improvements need to be made at the intersection of Siesta Drive and Higel Avenue — a hot spot for accidents caused by speeding, among other factors — but he says the roundabout and commercial zoning suggest
    By
  • David Conway
  • November 5, 2015
Residents fret about input on new form-based code

As the Urban Design Studio works on zoning regulations for the city of Sarasota, some neighborhoods believe their voices aren't being heard.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County residents and officials have expressed concerns regarding the impact of the proposed dredging of Big Pass.
    By
  • David Conway
  • November 5, 2015
Report dredges up Big Pass concerns

A county consultant says there’s not enough evidence to conclude plans to renourish Lido Beach won’t negatively impact Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    By
  • Jack Short
  • November 5, 2015
Red tide impacts go beyond bloom

Business owners worry a recent red tide bloom will linger in the public consciousness.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2015
Cops Corner: Sarasota 11.05.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Corrine Wagner, an employee of Coldwell Banker in Lakewood Ranch, gets instruction from martial arts instructor Jessie Vi.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 4, 2015
Realtors knock out plan for safety

Lakewood Ranch martial arts instructor donates time to instruct those who show homes.

  • East County
  • News
Stephen Suau, who said the Fruitville Initiative was his brainchild in 2002, and Wade Matthews, the conservation chair for Sarasota Audubon Society, discuss Sarasota County commissioners denying an amendment to the Fruitville Initiative on Oct. 28.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 4, 2015
Side of Ranch column: Jay Heater

Political menu offers two sides, ends with bad taste

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 4, 2015
Ben Carson draws hundreds to downtown Sarasota book signing

More than 600 people filled Main Street today waiting for their chance to see Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 4, 2015
Cops Corner 11.04.2015

Crime reports from around the area.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Two crosswalks will be built at Companion Way and near Banyan Club in the 5600 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive to accommodate pedestrians north and south of the Centre Shops.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 4, 2015
GMD crosswalk construction begins this week

Crosswalks on Gulf of Mexico Drive in four locations will be constructed by the end of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
More soccer fields at Braden River Soccer Club will soon have lighting.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • November 4, 2015
Manatee County Commission approves additional lighting for Braden River Soccer Club fields

The East County soccer club is paying $45,000 to install lights on more playing fields.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch quarterback Justin Curtis threw three touchown passes. (courtesy Dan Miller)
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 4, 2015
East County Football Friday: Week 10

Lakewood Ranch ends six-game losing streak with win against North Port.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 4, 2015
ODA girls soccer strikes past Sarasota Christian

The Thunder beat the Blazers 6-0 Nov. 3.

  • East County
  • Sports
Culverts sit on Benderson's 42-acre parcel just off Coburn and Fruitville roads.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • November 4, 2015
Commissioners' roadblock slows Fruitville Initiative project

Benderson expected to submit a revised plan for its 42-acre parcel inside the Fruitville Initiative area

  • East County
  • News
Residents say this pond, which is used to catch drainage from Tara Boulevard, smells bad and collects trash.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 4, 2015
Living next to pond scum

Tara Preserve CDD considers filling a dysfunctional drainage pond.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 4, 2015
CDDs to hold public meeting on roadshare agreement

CDDs 2, 5 and 6 have been working for a year to find a way to split maintenance costs on shared gates and roads.

  • East County
  • News
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