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  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2023
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for Sept. 21-27

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Michael Eng |
  • June 11, 2009
$13.6M cuts will affect every school in Manatee

BRE, Lakewood are among the schools losing assistant principals as part of the cuts.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 6, 2016
10 events in '16

Check out the 10 events on our radar for 2016.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 15, 2025
Sarasota Improv Festival celebrates the evolution of an art form

Improv is changing at warp speed, but Florida Studio Theatre remains at the vanguard.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • January 3, 2025
Lakewood Ranch real estate experts expect a steady sales year in 2025

Apprehension over storms, politics is fading, they say, while East County has many sales options.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 27, 2011
County administrator candidates revealed

The Sarasota deputy city manager, the former town manager of Longboat Key and the Longboat Key police chief are among the 45 candidates from across the U.S. seeking Jim Ley's old job.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • February 13, 2014
Save Our Sand déjà vu surfaces

The creation of a Facebook page called 'Save Our Siesta Sand 2' foreshadows a potential sea change in the movement against dredging Big Pass for Lido Beach sand.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 5, 2013
Sales-tax vote brings ramifications

In part III of our preview series on a June 18 referendum on a half-percent sales tax increase, the East County Observer details how Manatee County would respond if the vote failed to pass.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 21, 2025
Manatee library advisory board set to reconvene

The board hasn't met in over a year but will hold its first meeting by April.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 22, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: No day at the park

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 7, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Blocking the road

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 5, 2015
Staged: Asolo Repertory Theatre — The Scene Shop

This foundation on which the Asolo’s artistry stands is constructed at the Robert and Beverly Koski Production Center. The 45,000-square-foot space lies on an unassuming stretch of Tallevast Road, hidden behind the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airpor

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 5, 2012
Culverhouse park fence questioned

Stonebridge residents are upset with a chain-link fence that was placed around a community garden at the Culverhouse Nature Park.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Pam Nadon |
  • September 20, 2012
Film Review: 'Arbitrage'

The definition of "arbitrage" is the possibility of a risk-free profit at zero cost.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • September 3, 2020
Roadside work underway on Gulf of Mexico Drive

The Florida Department of Transportation's work is set to be completed by Sept. 11

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 6, 2020
Businesses flock to new plaza in Bradenton

School House Plaza is expected to open in summer off State Road 64 near Haile Middle School.

  • East County
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