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Max Kummer, Bernie Clifford, Jim Entwistle and Ron Cole
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • March 27, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: 10th annual Spanish Main Yacht Club Fish Fry

The 10th annual fish fry at Spanish Main Yacht Club packed the clubhouse and served up freshly caught Spanish mackerel on March 27. The popular event has grown from 20 friends to a crowd of over 200 people, bringing together various communities on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 13, 2016
Cops Corner 4.14.2016

Comical crime reports from around the area.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Among the programs of the Ringling College Lifelong Learning Academy was a set of eight lectures presented at Longboat Key's Paradise Center
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • July 17, 2019
Lifelong Learning Center gets $1 million endowment

The Bernard Osher Foundation awards Ringling College.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2014
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
ODA senior Lauren Maxey goes up for a kill in the first set of the Thunder's 3-1 victory over Calvary Christian in the Class 3A-Region 3 quarterfinals Oct. 29.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 29, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: ODA Volleyball vs. Calvary Christian

The Out-of-Door Academy volleyball team defeated Calvary Christian 20-25, 25-23, 25-18, 27-25 in the Class 3A-Region 3 quarterfinals Oct. 29. With the win, ODA will travel to Clearwater Central Catholic for a regional semifinal match Nov. 5.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Indigo's Jim and Rosemarie Coon earned the Family of the Year award for the Knights of Columbus in Florida.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 13, 2019
Great Knights (of Columbus) in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch couple, representing Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church, earn Knights of Columbus' Family of the Year award for Florida.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2013
Youth sailors descend on City Island

Approximately 250 people hit the water Saturday, April 20 through Sunday, April 21, for Sailfest. The regatta, Sarasota Youth Sailing's biggest fundraiser of the year, included four classes of competition - Optimus, 420, Laser and Multi-hull - and a barbecue feast.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 4, 2010
Blackburn Point Park begins to take shape

After two years, Sarasota County is moving closer to beginning construction on the additional 11 acres of land it intends to combine with Blackburn Point Parks's original five acres.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The commission identified its 2013-14 legislative priorities during a meeting at Town Hall.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 13, 2013
Longboat presents legislative priorities

The Longboat Key Town Commission identified 12 priorities that will be discussed at a Sarasota County meeting next week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Brenda Secky paints mainly landscapes and seascapes, a preference she shares with her great-great-grandfather. Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 30, 2019
A long lost treasure proves art is a family affair for painter Brenda Secky

An artist's long road to connecting with her great-great-grandfather inspires her craft.

  • Arts + Culture
Booker interim coach Dumaka Atkins graduated from the school in 2004 and went to play football at Florida State.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 3, 2016
Interim Booker football coach brings discipline to program

He carries with him memories of growing up in and around the school.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Event committee members Pat McGettigan, Lyn Haycock, Garden Club President Susan Phillips, Patty Sileo, Nancy McLean and Debbie Marino
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 24, 2020
Longboat Key's Garden Club plants the seeds for a successful show

The 9th annual Taste of the Keys and Fashion Show is Jan. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Siesta Shuttle will offer advertising space on the back end of its buses. Courtesy photo.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 17, 2013
Firm to launch Siesta Shuttle

Two entrepreneurs spent $20,000 to start a bus service from Westfield Southgate Mall to Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Ian Black is a leading voice calling for public improvements to the Rosemary District.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 3, 2016
Rosemary District property owners discuss public investment

With more than 1,000 residential units under construction in the Rosemary District, stakeholders are discussing how to fund the evolving needs of the neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Music on Main brought a couple hundred event-goers out.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • August 4, 2018
Lakewood Ranch grooves on Main Street

Despite warning signs of a storm, Music on Main brings a large crowd.

  • East County
  • News
Funding in the new state budget advances improvements at the interchange of Interstate 75 and State Road 70 by five years.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 22, 2017
Interchange improvements on horizon

I-75 corridor receives advanced funding

  • East County
  • News
Chuck and Margie Barancik. File photo.
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • January 30, 2013
Key couple's donation inspires others

When Chuck and Margie Barancik learned about Season of Sharing in early January, they immediately wanted to donate - anonymously.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2015
Ian Black to move out of Rosemary

Longtime Rosemary District Realtor Ian Black will move his firm's headquarters into a 10-story building east of downtown Sarasota next year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Children run to collect eggs during the final hunt of Bayside Community Church's EGGolution.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 19, 2016
Bayside Community Church community gets egg-cited for Easter

The church on State Road 64 held its annual egg hunt Saturday.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sarasota civil engineer Steve Suau has come up with the engineering to perfect a reclaimed water treatment program that reduces nutrients and will be tested in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 14, 2019
Sarasota civil engineer close to a biochar breakthrough in treating reclaimed water

Sarasota civil engineer close to a biochar breakthrough in treating reclaimed water

  • East County
  • News
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