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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 19, 2021
ODA baseball bunts way to state championship game

The Thunder scored four runs in the seventh inning to beat Trinity Chrisitan Academy

  • East County
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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 21, 2021
Lakewood Ranch softball rides offensive surge into state title game

The Mustangs defeated Miami Palmetto 17-2 Friday afternoon in Clermont

  • East County
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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 7, 2020
East County Athlete of the Week: Ashleigh Angelo

The Lakewood Ranch senior talks winning golf tournaments and her next steps.

  • East County
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  • In Memoriam |
  • October 9, 2020
Jan Kahn Coleman

Jan Kahn Coleman, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, avid animal lover and philanthropist, passed away in the early morning of October 6th, 2020 after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • November 20, 2020
Riverview romps to shutout win over Lennard

Riverview defense dominates Lennard in shutout win

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • In Memoriam |
  • September 24, 2021
Patrick Roman Nudo

Patrick Roman Nudo, 57, of Longboat Key, FL, formerly of Springfield, IL, passed away peacefully at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, FL.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 4, 2023
Friends of the Lakewood Ranch Library benefits from Music on Main

The monthly concert series and block party generates funds that will stock the library's bookstore.

  • East County
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  • In Memoriam |
  • February 13, 2023
Abdul Gaffar, PhD

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Abdul Gaffar, PhD; a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and inventor, in Lakewood Ranch FL, on February 2, 2023.

  • East County
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • In Memoriam |
  • March 1, 2022
James H. Matson

Jim Matson, 81, of Longboat Key, FL, passed away February 9, 2022 from complications due to Parkinson’s disease.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • August 24, 2015
Phillip Sink wins 2015 Hermitage Prize

Presented in partnership by the Hermitage Artist Retreat and the Aspen Music Festival and School, the award for a young and promising composer includes a six-week residence at the Hermitage and a $1,000 prize.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 26, 2016
Longboat Observer founder Ralph Hunter dies at 95

Ralph Hunter founded the Longboat Observer in 1978 in part because he was bored with retirement.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 7, 2021
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Conner Whittaker

The Sarasota High senior pitcher talks his curveball and wanting to read minds.

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  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • December 16, 2022
Longboat Key fire station receives national design awards

The station designed by Sweet Sparkman Architecture received awards from Firehouse Magazine and The Architect's Newspaper.

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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • October 21, 2022
Walsh named chair of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce

Walsh is only the seventh woman to take on the role in 102 years.

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  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • August 2, 2022
Executive director announces retirement from Arts and Cultural Alliance

Jim Shirley has led the Arts and Cultural Alliance for 13 years, but he said Tuesday that he looks forward to retiring and allowing new leadership to blossom.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 4, 2009
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  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 14, 2009
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson dies at 94

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor spent winters on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2009
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  • Longboat Key
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 9, 2009
Commission reviews tennis budget

The Longboat Key Town Commission, which approved a new 1,750-square-foot pro shop and other facilities for the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center last year, is curious if the town-operated facility will make money in the next fiscal year.

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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 4, 2009
Athlete of the Week: Zack Larson

The Observer highlights Lakewood Ranch High safety Zack Larson.

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