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Results for: Vantage Referral Code "rebate" Get Exclusive 10% Discount on Trading Fees

  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 30, 2009
Profiles of Summer: The List-Maker

After two years of planning out daily, weekly and monthly to-do lists for Ringling Museum's International Arts Festival, Dwight Currie is finally crossing off every item. is finally becoming a reality.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2010
Our View

Is renourishment the way to go?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 6, 2018
Top sports moments from East County's 2017-2018 school year

Lakewood Ranch High, Braden River High and The Out-of-Door Academy all had special moments in 2017-2018. These are the best of East County's best.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Su Byron |
  • May 23, 2019
Local Brain Health Initiative conducts groundbreaking research project on health of the human brain

A cutting-edge initiative aims to transform Lakewood Ranch into a global center for brain research and change lives around the world.

  • LWR Life
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • November 9, 2016
The Power of Performance : Silas Bichler proves that heart and hard work outweigh obstacles

As a Sailor Circus performer living with cerebral palsy, Silas Bichler brings a new light to the performing art.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 4, 2024
Commissioner says communication with Manatee constituents must improve

District 5's Ray Turner says his constituents "will know what he stands for."

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 18, 2024
Hurricane Debby raises Manatee County communication issues

Residents are left questioning the county's methods for disseminating information during a crisis.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • August 25, 2025
Aloha Ukulele spreads 'joyous noise' through 'instrument of joy'

Lakewood Ranch club Aloha Ukulele is made up of approximately 50 active members who gather and bond through music.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • October 11, 2023
Sarasota Bay's water quality is the best it's been in 8 years. Can we keep it that way?

Area scientists are hopeful that the bay’s water quality will continue to improve but warn it’s not time to slow efforts.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 30, 2024
The WNBA in Sarasota? One entrepreneur wants to make it happen

Steve Rosenfeld believes Sarasota is the perfect spot for a professional basketball team in the up-and-coming league.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • August 14, 2024
Experts warn Sarasota Bay water quality suffers after Debby

Increased fish kill and algal blooms may be the result of sewage spills and other pollutants that entered the bay as a result of the storm.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • December 2, 2025
81-year-old writer combines history and fiction through his books

Lakewood Ranch's Peter Moscovita has published seven books and earned a Hollywood Book Review for his first book "The Following Storm."

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • October 9, 2025
Jordyn Byrd surges and smashes with Florida women's volleyball

The Sarasota native and Cardinal Mooney graduate has become the go-to outside hitter for the Gators.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • October 22, 2025
Outgoing estuary program director proud of work on waterways

Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Executive Director Dave Tomasko is proud of how he's helped improve local waterways and now looks to make broader systemic changes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 25, 2026
East Manatee Board of Fire Commissioners approves new chief

Commissioners select in-house, choosing Deputy Chief Paul Wren to replace Lee Whitehurst in January 2027.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • June 7, 2023
Sea Turtle Conservancy covers costs of installing turtle-friendly lighting

The nonprofit wants to replace lights at homes, condos and businesses that can disorient sea turtles.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2009
Letters to the editor

Weldon Frost, a 20-year volunteer with the Salvation Army, recalls some vignettes as a bell ringer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2010
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 30, 2010
BALANCING ACT

The East County's top Realtors are making a bold statement: The market is balancing out. And halfway through 2010, they have the numbers to prove it.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Michael Eng |
  • December 25, 2010
TOP STORY, MARCH: Sign Fine

When MacAllisters Grill & Tavern owners Malcolm and Karen Ronney moved to Lakewood Ranch from Scotland, they placed a small plaque on the front of their Greenbrook home. In March, they paid more than $2,200 in HOA fines because the sign violated regulations.

  • East County
  • News
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