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Results for: Improving Mental Clarity for Adults

  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 29, 2009
Tax rate could decrease

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis' recommended budget for fiscal year 2009-10 will suggest a millage rate of 1.4934 mills, lower than the current 1.5 millage rate.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • June 4, 2009
Residents, CDD seek sidewalk solution

Greenbrook East residents say the unpaved portions of their sidewalks are dangerous for kids.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 8, 2009
Pedestrian mall proposed

Real-estate broker Ian Black wants to hold a national design competition to get ideas for a more walkable Main Street.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • August 12, 2009
Siblings shoulder burden for area families

Stephanie Covey and her brother, James, lead Backpack Club Inc., a non-profit that assists Freedom kids.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 12, 2009
Siblings share love for baseball

Lakewood High freshman catcher Tyler Biggs taught his younger sister Maddie how to play baseball when she was 5. The two have been dominating the fields together ever since.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 27, 2010
Lady Mustangs blank Lady Tigers

The Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer team captured the Class 4A-District 10 title with a 4-0 victory over Palmetto Jan. 23. The team posted a 7-0 district record.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 28, 2010
Lady Mustangs dominate Lady Knights

Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer continued its winning ways against Tampa Robinson in the Class 4A-Region 3 quarterfinals Jan. 28.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 8, 2009
Parking department on track for loss

The city division is projected to be operating at a loss by 2011, but Susan Dodd, parking general manager, said that is not the reason it is building a parking garage and considering parking meters.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2009
Flying High

Canadian silver medalist Jason Burnett will visit Kids Supergym in Lakewood Ranch this weekend.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 17, 2009
Tower proposals considered

Bradenton Beach officials will consider Distributed Antenna Systems as a more aesthetically pleasing option.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 17, 2010
Observer softball team swings into action

The Miss Manatee Softball 12U Observer team opened its spring season March 2. The team has a perfect 3-0 record so far this season.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Michael Eng |
  • September 15, 2010
Bennett assumes Bashaw's top post

Joshua Bennett, 33, is the youngest principal in the East County.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 12, 2010
THE GREAT DEBATE: Fishkind says Lakewood incorporation feasible

The Incorporation Study Committee will hold a public forum on the analysis and its results at 7 p.m., May 25, at The Polo Grill and Bar.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Weldon Frost |
  • June 9, 2010
An open letter to Rep. Buchanan: Be a leader, sir, on coal liquefaction

U.S. coal reserves can produce three times the oil of Saudi Arabia's oil. Now, more than ever, is the time for you to lead on this important resource.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 20, 2010
Proposed north-end cell tower disputed

A 150-foot proposed cellular tower, which has not yet been reviewed by town staff, is already meeting resistance from neighborhood residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • March 1, 2012
Observed: Erroneous info never seems to cease its flow

A couple of weeks ago, it was the beach parking. Now, again, it's the tennis courts.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • April 19, 2012
My View: The Tyson-Trayvon solution: morals

The stories of a pair of 17-year-old black men tells us that we are badly off track in dealing with racial issues.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 25, 2012
Lake aesthetics tell two stories

A couple in Greenbrook East says the lake behind their home is an eyesore. Lakewood Ranch Town Hall officials, however, say the lake is in good health.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • July 21, 2011
City to resurface Drive

After almost a year of complaints about a groove that developed in the roadbed, city officials have worked out a plan for resurfacing a section of Siesta Drive the night of July 25.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • May 25, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

"At the end of all our wanderings, we return to the place of our very beginning, and see it, as if for the first time," T.S. Eliot. Once again, a season has flown by. Here is what many of you remember ...

  • Arts + Culture
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