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Results for: Vanity Wagon Discount Code “AVA”– Save Up To 40% on All Orders

  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 9, 2023
Softball pitcher overcomes injury, anxiety to excel at UConn

After missing all of 2022, Payton Kinney holds a 2.20 ERA in 2023, helping the Huskies clinch a second-straight Big East title.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • September 16, 2015
Angelo Pizzo, writer and director, screens latest film "My All American"

Writer and director Angelo Pizzo, the screenwriter of "Hoosiers," "Rudy" and "The Game of Their Lives," sat down at the Ringling College of Art and Design and screened his directorial debut "My All American."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Christopher Miller |
  • July 13, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Austin Brinling

Ten-year-old center fielder Austin Brinling maintained a positive attitude and displayed good sportsmanship during the District 26 All-Star Baseball Tournament, helping lead Braden River Little League's 9- and 10-year-old All-Star team to the division title July 6.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2011
Barr Dunn gets the party started

She looked to her left and she looked to her right, then she shook her hips with all of her might.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2011
Chef Martinez heats up food fest

Chef Jose Martinez, proprietor of Maison Blanche on Longboat Key, will be the only chef representing the West Coast of Florida in two appearances this week at Disney's Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 24, 2019
Sugar-filled search

Sand Cay Beach Resort hosted its annual Easter egg hunt after a weather delay.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 11, 2017
Tennis Center team sweep up competition

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center’s Women’s 3.5 Tri-Cities Tennis League teams beat the Key Club and Lakewood Ranch teams.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • May 2, 2015
Siesta Key Sand Sculpture Contest heats up

Creations ranging from sand castles to sharks decorated the shoreline for the 43rd annual Siesta Key Sand Sculpture Contest May 2.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2013
We have a winner ...

Out of all the entries in The Observer's Ringling Bridge photo contest, Nancy Silencieux's snapshot of the iconic landmark garnered the most votes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2024
Sarasota County Public Hospital Board, at-large Seat 1: Tamzin A. Rosenwasser

Meet the candidate.

  • Elections
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 5, 2012
ISLAND BEAT: Oh, what a busy beach it was for the holidays

With temperatures hovering the 80s for much of the holiday period, it was no surprise that the No. 1 beach in the country was a popular spot.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • February 14, 2026
Bulk garbage pickups likely to return for Manatee County residents

Commission Chair Tal Siddique said adding back curbside bulk pickup was the cheapest and easiest solution available to assuage the public's unrest over recent collection changes.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 19, 2017
Area softball teams find their groove with music

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 25, 2016
Conversation with Katie Taylor, town intern

The town of Longboat Key's newest employee discusses her start as the island’s management intern.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 6, 2022
Sarasota City Hall reopens after evacuation order

A suspicious package found near the Commission Chambers prompted the alert, police said.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 11, 2009
Alleged Ponzi couple extradited

John and Marian Morgan are flying back to the United States from Sri Lanka, where they have been in jail since August.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 22, 2010
School board to discuss BRE budget

The Manatee County School Board tonight will vote on two change orders to an agreement between the district and NDC Construction Co. to reduce the guaranteed maximum price of renovations of Braden River Elementary School by $245,115.04, bringing the maximum price to almost $7.217 million.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 12, 2021
Longboat residents, leaders try to navigate boat-noise complaints

Enforcement is a challenge for law enforcement for the boats docked off of Jewfish Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • February 18, 2021
The Talk of the Town

This show-stopping home embodies high style in the new Waterside community.

  • LWR Life
  • By Kumar Mahadevan |
  • October 10, 2012
My View: Mote Marine Laboratory: Take a closer look at red tide

We live in an area easily described as paradise. The sun, the beaches, the weather; for the most part, we have it all.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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