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Results for: Playvital Discount Code "AVA10" Get 10% Off On All Products!

  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 7, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: John Bowman

Sarasota resident John Bowman enjoys whipping up his own recipes in the kitchen to prepare meals for family and friends.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 25, 2011
Man drowns while on vacation

A man visiting from Chicago drowned Sunday in the Braden River.

  • East County
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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 1, 2011
County defers maintenance facility proposal

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners no longer will consider a proposal for a maintenance facility in Parrish. Other East County proposals remain on the agenda for 9 a.m. today.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 7, 2011
Longboat police pull unconscious man from bay

Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle said a Key resident was pulled from Sarasota Bay this morning and survived the incident.

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  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 18, 2010
LECOM to build dental school

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine plans to build a four-year dental school on property adjacent to its existing Lakewood Ranch campus.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 15, 2012
SCORES: Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch soccer kicks off

The Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch boys soccer team went 2-1 this past week.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 15, 2012
Bomb-squad called in to Sarasota Police Station

The Sarasota Police Department has called in the bomb squad and closed area downtown streets after a suspicious package was dropped near the department at 2099 Adams Lane.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 12, 2012
Children support Food Bank

Children in the MOMS Club of Lakewood Ranch collected good for the Food Bank of Manatee and delivered the items to the organization Monday.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • March 15, 2013
Weekend Best Bet: St. Patrick's Celebration at Lynches

St. Armands restaurant has dancers, bagpipers and plenty o' beer for the holiday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • October 22, 2012
Oct. 22: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • February 1, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Sarasota Ski-A-Rees season opener

Waterski troupe has been a Sarasota tradition for 56 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 27, 2013
Wildcat holds off Hillcroft

Ryan Gilbertson scored four goals to lead Wildcat to an 11-9 victory over Hillcroft in the Schroeder-Manatee Ranch 12 Goal Finals of The Observer Cup.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Melissa Leduc |
  • December 12, 2019
Sarasota weather page photo: December 12

Jeannie Sparks captured this night of remembrance at the Sarasota Lantern Festival.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2020
Sarasota weather page photo: January 9

Margaret MacLeod captured this sunset beyond the Ringling Bridge in Harbor Acres.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: January 16

Yilan Monroe captured an image of these seagulls in flight on Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2020
Sarasota weather page photo: January 16

Jeannie Sparks captured this wood stork in Celery Fields on a cloudy afternoon.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2020
East County weather page photo: January 23

Richard Bottorff captured a moment between a limpkin and an alligator in Rye Wilderness.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: January 23

John Caviglia photographed the sunrise over Moorings Marina on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 29, 2020
You Observed: Christ Church of Longboat Key makes donation

Paper and canned goods, face masks and other quarantine essentials were delivered.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2020
Sarasota weather page photo: January 30

Jeannie Sparks photographed these parakeets enjoying some lunch in Celery Fields.

  • Sarasota
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