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

  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 23, 2015
A special kind of cheer

Riverview High senior creates cheerleading program for special needs children.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 24, 2015
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

YMCA swimmers no longer riding the Wave

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 2, 2015
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Shopping can wait, I might be suited to play golf

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 8, 2013
Cabana Inn aims to lose bad rap, plug into music scene

Scott and Beverly Woolridge are fighting to revive the historic bar and establish it as the area's premier music venue.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 14, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Sordid Lives'

For a glimpse at 'Sordid Lives,' check out The Players.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mirabai Holland |
  • November 22, 2023
Drop the guilt this holiday season and indulge in moderation

Embrace life. It’s not about what you do during the holidays. It’s what you do during the rest of the year that counts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 4, 2023
Manatee County seeks additional Library Advisory Board members

East County residents are eligible to apply for all four of the newly created seats on the board.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • October 7, 2021
Father Dave Marshall leads All Angels Episcopal Church's third pet blessing

Marshall started the tradition when he arrived on Longboat Key in 2019.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2010
Two-Man Golf Tour to be played at four top courses

The new concept is open to all golfers. A PGA tour player will present trophies after the final round.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 21, 2010
Going the Distance

The Lakewood Ranch girls track team has won five meets in 2010 and now has its sights set on a district championship.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 6, 2012
Mustangs reward scholar athletes

Lakewood Ranch was awarded the Class 6A Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup All- Sports Award May 31, and the FHSAA overall Academic Team Championship May 23.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 6, 2013
Colony parties talk without lawyers

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort parties will try to settle their differences in an attempt to speed up a settlement and revive the currently shuttered property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Rep. Tommy Gregory |
  • August 20, 2020
My View: Florida Democrats target black incumbents

Three Democrat lawmakers who dared to support school choice and limits on teen abortions are being labeled as no longer Democrats.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 5, 2016
Theater review: 'The Liar'

The lie, the whole lie and nothing but the lie

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • In Memoriam |
  • February 6, 2019
LeRoy J. Smith, 1943-2019

LeRoy J. Smith Obituary

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • May 8, 2018
Gulf of Mexico Drive reopens after Longboat Key fatality investigation

Fatal crash on Longboat Key near Whitney Beach prompts police to close Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Janet Combs |
  • November 7, 2023
Culinary feast supports trauma survivors at Resilient Retreat

The organization hosted its second annual Farm to Table event to support programming on its campus.

  • Black Tie
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • December 22, 2020
Longboat's new ladder truck is a step up

The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department plans to begin using the new truck in January 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • March 3, 2021
More demand for Manatee County grant program

Manatee County's Neighborhood Enhancement Grant program supports local communities

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • May 6, 2015
Q+A with Cyndi Seamon

Cyndi Seamon hasn’t been a lifelong turtle enthusiast, but when she moved to Siesta Key in 2002, she found her passion on a Sierra Club turtle walk.

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