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Results for: Betterpic AI Promo Code AVA Get Up To 90% Off On All Plans

  • By Pam Nadon |
  • June 22, 2011
Film Review: 'Incendies'

The new film "Incendies," from director Denis Villeneuve, has a strong message: Beware those you hate.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 4, 2012
Sarasota Military Academy raises money for wreaths

The Wreaths Across America campaign hopes to place 5,000 holiday wreaths on veteran graves locally.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 31, 2013
Health symposium focuses on heart-disease prevention

With heart disease being the No. 1 killer of women, a new testing procedure might allow earlier detection.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • November 26, 2012
Spandex party pretties up the dance scene

Spandex party pretties up the dance scene

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • September 12, 2017
Bayside Community Church in Bradenton offers hurricane relief

The church has a relief point at its Manatee County location, offering everything from food and water to baby diapers for those in need.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

The Anheuser-Busch World Environment Beach Clean Up 2013 Day held July 27, at Quick Point Nature Preserve on Longboat Key, yielded 34 bags of debris that volunteers collected in recyclable bags and disposed of in the proper receptacles at the park.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 16, 2018
'Virginia, Minnesota' tackles loss, love and growing pains

The film, which aired at the Sarasota Film Festival, tangles various themes into a coming-of-age web — but not in a bad way.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 18, 2014
Developers vie for piece of Colony puzzle Thursday

The sale is scheduled to continue this week after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May denied a motion from Colony Lender LLC to delay the sale.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2014
Business Briefs

Discount Computers Inc. celebrates 25 years; White Aluminum buys Gingrich Glass & Aluminum; Marianne LeBar joins the Million Dollar Guild

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • January 20, 2021
Lakewood Ranch man with ALS cherishes every day of life

Lakewood Ranch man with ALS never stops living for tomorrow

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 18, 2010
Retail Therapy

The city will not lease the storefronts at the Palm Avenue parking garage and instead will seek one buyer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • April 6, 2017
Residents discuss pedestrian bridges on U.S. 41

As city and state officials consider adding roundabouts at key U.S. 41 intersections, residents believe a pedestrian overpass could help traffic problems.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2015
OUR VIEW | EMS dispatch: Take the risk

It’s a common dilemma: the devil you know versus the one you don’t. In spite of the angst, Longboat should stay the course: Make the switch. If it doesn’t work, change again.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 12, 2013
Public considers business property-tax relief

For the last three weeks, the East County Observer has previewed the first ballot item on the June 18 special election referendum - the vote on a half-percent sales tax increase to pay for indigent health care. Now, we look at the second ballot question: a vote on providing ad valorem tax exemptions for businesses.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jack Gurney |
  • December 24, 2011
TOP STORY, MARCH: Midnight Pass dispute moves to federal court

Florida authorities who twice denied Sarasota County permission to restore the Midnight Pass coastal inlet that previously separated Siesta Key from Casey Key may have thought the fight was over. If so, they can think again.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 23, 2017
New span generates excitement

Fort Hamer Bridge nears its opening day.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • June 23, 2022
Meals on Wheels Plus celebrates 50 years of serving the community

The nonprofit, which in 2020 hit a total 11 million home-delivered meal served since its 1972 inception, now delivers more than 320,000 meals a year.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 1, 2012
Residents consider new safety precautions

Riverwalk Hammock residents say they hope to make a presentation to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office following the murder of Ina Gross.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • January 19, 2011
My View

In praise of holiday letters

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 27, 2010
TOP STORY, MAY: Gov. Crist signs bill

Gov. Charlie Crist signed the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act at the Manatee Chamber of Commerce's Lakewood Ranch branch. The bill is named after an East County man who was killed in 2003 by a red-light runner.

  • East County
  • News
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