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  • By Kat Wingert |
  • September 9, 2017
UPDATE: Sarasota County opens additional shelters

More than 12,000 people are seeking shelter in Sarasota County, and five shelters have reached capacity so far.

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  • A time to celebrate |
  • August 24, 2016
Just Married: Lea Mei and James Buchanan

Lea Mei and James Buchanan were married Friday, May 6.

  • Sarasota
  • Celebrations
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • August 25, 2016
Sarasota Calendar 8.25.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Aug. 25.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2016
Longboat Key Letters to the Editor

Lido Beach deserves attention

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • April 4, 2018
Wrapped up in a cause in Bradenton

Tara quilters give back after one member's battle with cancer.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 23, 2018
FDOT recommends 65-foot span to replace Cortez drawbridge

Design work set to begin in 2019, but construction funding not yet set aside.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 8, 2017
More mush from the wimps

Sadly, we know how this is going to turn out.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • November 10, 2017
School district looking for new director of communications

After ending its contract with an outside PR firm, the district is now seeking one person to oversee communications.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 16, 2017
Cops Corner 11.16

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • November 16, 2017
Sarasota County Schools announces Teacher of the Year finalists

School district staff joined Education Foundation representatives in surprising the three finalists at their schools.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 16, 2017
Vehicles to drive diverging diamond traffic pattern this weekend

FDOT officials say the new traffic pattern for University Parkway at Interstate 75 is almost coming.

  • East County
  • News
  • By John McGuire |
  • June 14, 2017
Longboat commissioner to FDOT: swing for the fences

With Barrier Islands Traffic Study, Jack Daly hopes for big, deliverable ideas.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 9, 2017
Cops Corner

Interesting Sheriff's Office reports from Lakewood Ranch area and East County.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 13, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 1.15.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 27, 2016
Del Webb can drive 55+ market

The developer says home sales are more than 250% ahead of projections.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 30, 2015
Three-bedroom Villa Di Lancia condo sells for $1.8 million

A condominium in Villa Di Lancia tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 1, 2015
Cops Corner: East County 07.02.15

Here's a peak at the area's incident reports from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • July 1, 2015
A patriotic perspective

East County resident Mary Lou McFate shows patriotism every day, not just Independence Day.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • February 20, 2017
Ringling College Library Association presents Jared Cohen

He's visited over 100 countries and advised not one, but two Secretaries of State. Now, as the president of the think tank Jigsaw Cohen weighs in on technology's role in international politics.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • October 12, 2016
Longboat Key dredging delayed again by hurricane

It’s the second time project manager Steve Bassett had to move his dredge from Longboat to Tampa for safe harbor.

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