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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 18, 2021
Health apps can help — if users can afford them

Are subscription weight loss and wellness applications worth the sometimes-hefty cost?

  • Health
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2009
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228. The Longboat Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Kat Wingert |
  • February 22, 2018
Back in the Saddle

Knowing how to ride a horse is one thing, but playing polo is an entirely different animal.

  • LWR Life
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • June 21, 2023
Local artist creates a candy-colored world

Niki Butcher has emerged from the shadow of her husband, photographer Clyde Butcher, with a book capturing her pastel-hued work.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • May 20, 2025
Turtle Watch group shares insights into early season obstacles

Sea turtles face natural obstacles like a changing beach topography and artificial lights, but the organization said, recently, humans have disturbed nesting stakes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 7, 2018
Is the price right for Manatee County coaches?

High school coaches earn far below minimum wage for hours worked.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 19, 2013
Sarasota Orchestra has Anu director

Estonian Anu Tali, who co-founded the Nordic Symphony Orchestra, will become the music director of Sarasota Orchestra for at least three seasons.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • June 26, 2024
Jack Dowd's 'Last Call' gets another round at Ringling College

The life-sized installation of a mythical New York City tavern was last seen in Sarasota in 2001.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • October 30, 2024
Longboat Key small businesses seek public's help after losing everything

After hurricanes Helene and Milton affected them greatly, local businesses ask for help from the Longboat Key community to keep their businesses from closing down.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • April 12, 2022
This Week in A+E: April 14-20

World class theater hits Sarasota this week, as productions of "South Pacific," "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Fiddler on the Roof" play locally.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2010
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Readers rant, rave about spoof edition

Last week, The East County Observer followed in the tradition of our sister paper, The Longboat Observer, with our first April Fools' Day spoof edition.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 30, 2024
Work on reimagined 17th Street Regional Park begins early 2025

The 18-month project first phase is expected to be complete in late 2026, including a youth and adult softball complex and multi-purpose athletic fields.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • January 28, 2025
Concern about sea turtle disorientation increases with lack of dunes

Without the dunes acting as a natural barrier, Mote Marine Laboratory and Longboat Key Turtle Watch wonder what the impact will be this upcoming nesting season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 31, 2021
Bradenton's Woodruff & Sons still going strong after 75 years

Family strength guides Woodruff & Sons through 75 years serving the Bradenton and Sarasota region.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 8, 2021
Cardinal Mooney football tames Panthers 44-14

Carson Beach had four rushing touchdowns in the win.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 24, 2019
UPDATE: FHP finds hit-and-run vehicle, but no arrest in death of 15-year-old near Lakewood Ranch

FHP searches for a 2012-2015 Toyota Tacoma after the crash near the intersection of Upper Manatee River Road and Waterlefe Boulevard.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 19, 2019
Three Sarasota teens killed in Ringling Causeway crash, police say

Victims were two brothers, 19 and 17 years of age, and a 15-year-old girl.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 18, 2016
Sheriff's Office investigates shooting in Bradenton

A 15-year-old male transported to hospital with non-life threatening gunshot wound.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 15, 2014
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Aug. 15

Weekend's best bets: Friday, Aug. 15

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • November 19, 2013
Lakewood Ranch High hosts budget meeting

The Manatee County School District's Citizens Advisory Committee is conducting a series of meetings at schools to gather input about what the district's budget priorities should be for 2014-15.

  • East County
  • News
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