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Results for: Pococo Discount Code "AVA505" – Get 50% Discount

  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 20, 2012
School Board budget projects surplus

Superintendent Tim McGonegal hopes to use the extra dollars to give district employees a 1% bonus.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 23, 2011
TOP STORY FEB.: Commission focuses on pension problem

The commission spent more than three hours Monday discussing the town's increasing unfunded liability in its three pension plans.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 25, 2012
Lakewood soccer squad benefits from brotherly love

Co-captains Joel and Jason Ferguson hope to lead the second-seeded Mustangs to a district title and beyond in their final season together.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 20, 2011
Perfect Season

The Lakewood Ranch Little League 11- and 12-year-old All-Star team captured the division title with a 9-0 victory over Braden River Little League in the District 26 Little League All-Star Tournament July 13.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 21, 2011
Injured officer enlists some courtroom help

An elbow to the face by a young man resisting arrest crushed Officer Kelvin Williams' orbital bone and put him out of action for four months.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 8, 2012
East County retail business resurges

With several new businesses opening, both Lakewood Ranch Main Street and San Marco Plaza have reported their highest occupancy levels ever.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 26, 2012
Gulf Coast real-estate arms with a new strategy

The recession crushed the first go-around of a $100 million luxury condo project on the Gulf Coast. A New York real-estate firm now will take its turn, armed with a new strategy.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 1, 2012
Schiller assumes Ranch reins

After spending four years coaching at Eckerd College, Jeremy Schiller was named Lakewood Ranch High's new boys basketball coach at the beginning of the school year.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 1, 2012
Manasota Lacrosse Club forges friendships

The Manasota Lacrosse Club started a high school girls lacrosse team last year and now is looking for additional girls to fill the team.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 26, 2011
Couple stays connected through virtual reality

Susan Lorenc-Haluska and Michael Haluska fell in love over dinner, drinks and long conversations - via their computers. after nearly two-and-a-half years of marriage.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2011
OUR VIEW: Too soon for the petitions

We get it: When you're in a battle, you do what you have to do, and you be aggressive about it. No stone unturned, as the cliche goes.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 23, 2011
Commissions spar over fees levied

Commissions for the city of Sarasota and Sarasota County debated Tuesday at a joint meeting park impact fees and a perceived dual taxation issue for city residents.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2011
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 10, 2011
Neighbors: Leonard Kessler

Leonard Kessler has just returned from a trip to the mechanic. When he opens the door to his Pelican Cove townhouse, it's not his crop of white hair that stands out, nor his crisp blue-and-white striped shirt beneath his sport coat or even the gray pencil sketch of his sister down the hallway.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 10, 2011
Sarasota boaters denounce regulations

Sarasota boaters told city staff last week they don't want to be told when and how long they can anchor off the shores of Sarasota Bay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • November 17, 2011
FDOT focuses on safety with pedestrian islands proposal

Siesta organizations prefer a lower speed limit and crosswalks to a proposal for pedestrian islands on Midnight Pass Road.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 2, 2011
Bullock reports for duty

Longboat Key's new interim manager reported Nov. 1 for his first day of official duty at Town Hall and settled into his new role.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 19, 2011
Scene & Heard

RIAF drama, cool encores, mistaken identities; Sarasota Ballet gets its pink on; Former dancer sells massive canvas

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 19, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: Crew chief

Chris Van Alstyne brings a carpenter's touch, a Yale education and two years of experience with Cirque du Soleil to the Sarasota Opera.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 26, 2011
Scene & Heard

Blues Fest rolls on, Strauss still rocking out; Wannabe TV scribes put on your thinking caps; Circus Sarasota expands its big top

  • Arts + Culture
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