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

  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 30, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: Aug. 31, 2017

Anna Ruth Tiller, Hilda Taylor Laurence and John H.Stephenson died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2015
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2014
News Briefs

No red tide impacts detected alongshore; Town seeks volunteers for new retirement board; Primary election is Aug. 26

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • March 20, 2014
Palmer Ranch charter school still in business

The Sarasota School Board voted Tuesday to approve by a 4-0 vote a 15-year extension to the charter certification for the Imagine School at Palmer Ranch.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • July 8, 2024
James Michael 'Mike' LaPensee

James Michael “Mike” LaPensee, a longtime resident of Anna Maria, passed away June 22, 2024, at the age of 79.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2011
Our View: Ranch location makes it 'iDEAL'

The State College of Florida trustees are to keep watch over the best interests of the college. And so it is reasonable for them to be questioning all portions of the Design & Economic Acceleration Lab at Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 9, 2014
National spotlight

Nineteen Monsters Lacrosse Academy players were selected for LB3 National Teams.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 21, 2017
Venice High extends Braden River High's playoff pain

Braden River football seniors depart having lost four straight to Venice.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • June 17, 2025
Sarasota Crew U16 Women's Eight wins national championship

Sarasota Crew's Women's U16 Eight boat gifted their fathers with a national championship on Father's Day.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 30, 2024
Beyond the Spectrum tailors education to each student

The Lakewood Ranch nonprofit works with children and young adults with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 12, 2022
$94,000 donation leaves a lasting mark at Christ Church

The gift to Christ Church on Longboat Key by a founding member goes a long way to help the church's mission group.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 25, 2015
Q+A with Jay Romine

Jay Romine, director of Manatee Technical College's law enforcement program, is the new chairman of Florida's Criminal Justice Training Center Directors Association.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Lainee Jennings |
  • August 25, 2010
Purvis pumped for Pirate prowess

With its third head coach in as many years, Braden River not only is familiar with change and adversity, but it also thrives on it.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 19, 2010
The golden touch

The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre's always-sunny stage manager shares her control issues, dream projects and an inside look at the theater life.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 5, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: Tales from the script

Think your life doesn't warrant an autobiography? Sarasota writer Liz Coursen says it does - and she's got the tools to help you tell it.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • July 27, 2017
Local artists give Sarasota students a musical history lesson

Their new program teaches children the history of hip-hop through jazz.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By David Conway |
  • December 8, 2016
City loosens public art rules for new developments

Developers will be allowed to bundle their required public art contributions into one large project — and the city may use public funds to enhance those projects.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 10, 2015
Mill Creek resident spends summer in the trenches

Lakewood Ranch High graduate Christian Luh is fostering his love for the great outdoors with a summer internship with Lakewood Ranch Town Hall’s Operations Department.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • May 14, 2015
Merchants await opening of State Street garage

As the city delays the opening of the State Street parking garage until the end of May, businesses are continuing to weather the impact of construction.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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