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  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 31, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Chabad Cocktail Party & Silent Auction

The Chabad of Bradenton & Lakewood Ranch held its annual Cocktail Party & Gala Auction Jan. 30 in the Fete Ballroom at Polo Grill. This year's event, themed 'Growing Together,' featured a silent auction, raffles and food.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • May 30, 2015
Riverview High School congratulates graduates

Friends, family and faculty congratulated the new graduates of Riverview High School with a commencement ceremony Saturday, May 30 at Robarts Arena.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 5, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party (gallery #3)

On Dec. 6, the fourth annual Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party raised money for the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club. The event, at the Islandside Driving Range, included food and drinks from nearly 30 area restaurants and a raffle with a grand prize of $20,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 5, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party (gallery #2)

On Dec. 6, the fourth annual Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party raised money for the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club. The event, at the Islandside Driving Range, included food and drinks from nearly 30 area restaurants and a raffle with a grand prize of $20,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • July 31, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch YMCA Day Camp

Participants at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA Day Camp splashed in the pool July 30. The 10-week Day Camp, for children in kindergarten through fifth-grade, also features archery, sports, drama, arts and crafts and special events such as bowling, movies, roller skating and cook outs.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Edmund Adams |
  • May 16, 2012
My View: A call to duty for religious liberty

Catholic bishops call the contraception issue an 'unjust law.' As such, they are taking up their moral arms and vow to disobey it. And they should.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2012
Community responds to editor's leaving

Last week, former Managing Editor Michael Eng left the East County Observer for a new role as the managing editor for Plant City Observer. Read the community's response to the news.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 25, 2023
What is ‘effective’ notice?

Florida’s Republican lawmakers hate the daily newspapers and for 25 years have sought to end laws requiring public notices in newspapers. Their answer: Let government control public notice. Ha!

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By James Peter |
  • March 12, 2024
Service dog and owner forge special friendship

Beth Usher endured brain surgery, befriended Mr. Rogers, spreads humor and now spends time on Siesta Key with her best friend and service dog, Gromit.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By David Conway |
  • May 6, 2021
Main Street makeover gets preliminary design

City officials expressed excitement about a proposal to widen sidewalks and eliminate angled parking, though some questions — including cost estimates — remain unanswered.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 24, 2011
Luigi Rizzo returns home after kidnapping

After being tortured and kidnapped and taking a ride in a police car, Luigi Rizzo finally is safe at his home at Carmen's Italian Cafe.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 6, 2020
Longboat Key communities create a web of volunteers

Second Chance Last Opportunity is the Sarasota organization at the heart of the well-meaning web.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Mike Cavaliere |
  • December 25, 2013
Common Nonsense: ‘A Christmas Carol,’ the horror remake: ‘God save us — every one’

Common Nonsense: ‘A Christmas Carol,’ the horror remake: ‘God save us — every one’

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • September 4, 2013
My view: Sadly, Americans are apathetic again

Doesn't anyone care anymore about our soldiers still fighting against a savage and determined enemy?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • September 5, 2013
My View: Sadly, Americans are apathetic again

Doesn't anyone care anymore about our soldiers still fighting against a savage and determined enemy?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2024
Man breaks TV then calls police on his live-in girlfriend

Upset his partner was cleaning while he watched football, a man shatters his TV and blames her for making him do it. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 12, 2024
Island Kids Child Care Center to open in Lakewood Ranch

Owner Ann MacClellan seeks to put her passion for education into caring for children.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • April 29, 2026
River Strand couple hosts fundraiser for nonprofit Foar the Brave

Two veterans and two civilians are preparing to row 2,800 miles across the Pacific Ocean in June.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 18, 2025
Tourism outlook expects visitors leveling off in 2026

Visit Sarasota County predicts a "flat" 2026 after years of declines from the COVID highs with spending still outpacing pre-pandemic levels.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 27, 2026
Controversial downtown tower comes back before City Commission

A mediated agreement between city staff and the developer of the previously rejected Obsidian tower will be considered by the Sarasota City Commission on May 4.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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