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Rosedale’s new model, the Printine VI, is a 2,395-square-foot home. Linda Mixon, of Linda Mixon Designs, styled the home. Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2015
Business briefs

Rosedale unveils new model; Microsoft sets opening date; and more local business news.

  • East County
  • News
Willis students duct tape principal
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • May 16, 2013
May 16: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: Truck drives through mangroves on Longboat Key; CONA opposes changes to Sarasota 2050 plan; Bay Isles home sells for $4.75 million; Willis students duct tape principal

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Third-grader Quinn Kaffold and his teacher Carolyn Winget play the "Banana Bongos" at McNeal's STEAM night.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • March 9, 2018
Manatee School District plan: Extend school day

Teachers sacrifice paid planning time to be with students more.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 27, 2014
Town to hold community open house

The town's community open house March 8 will offer a chance to meet the town's employees and learn about each department.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dom DiMaio talks to Anna Clark, of Sirius Day Spa, and Ed Levins, of Village Bikes, while making his way to the different tents at the annual Lakewood Ranch Block Party and Club Day.
  • By Shellie Terry |
  • November 21, 2019
Biz Boon: Q&A with Dom DiMaio

Six months into his post, Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance President and CEO Dom DiMaio checks in with LWR Life about his intentions to boost the support organization’s already thriving efforts.

  • LWR Life
Protesters will be rallying for commissioners to hear an appeal of a Nov. 25 Sarasota Planning Board 3-2 approval of the planned Walmart on Ringling Boulevard.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 3, 2013
Walmart protest scheduled for City Hall

Protesters will tar and feather the Wal-Mart smiley icon before city commissioners consider an appeal of the Ringling Walmart.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This conceptual rendering depicts what a built-out Fruitville-Beneva intersection could look like. Buildings front the street, and bike and bus lanes encourage other forms of transportation. Courtesy rendering
  • By David Conway |
  • June 4, 2015
Urban Design Studio: The long road to fixing sprawl

The city’s planning team says widening roadways is a sign of tunnel vision, not a solution to congestion.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Members of Designing Daughters (standing) with Designing Daughters and Roskamp Foundation leaders (seated) — Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 15, 2017
Designing Daughters will begin strategic partnership with Roskamp Foundation

The two nonprofits will officially join forces on March 1.

  • Black Tie
Tourists and locals joined in while a blessing was read and a conch shell blown to symbolize the unity and preservation of the ocean.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • June 10, 2013
Siesta Key participates in worldwide ocean awareness

Siesta Key joined people all around the world in an ocean blessing Saturday, June 8 for World Ocean Day.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Kirsten Sass and Amy Dixon finished second in the 2018 Sarasota-Bradenton Triathlon Festival's Paratriathlon Visually Impaired division.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 17, 2018
Blind triathlete provides inspiration

Amy Dixon, a paratriathlete who lost 98% of her vision, competed at the Sarasota-Bradenton Triathlon Festival at Nathan Benderson Park.

  • East County
  • Sports
The original Shake Shack restaurant at Madison Square Park Garden. Photo courtesy of Beyond My Ken (own work) via Wikimedia Commons.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • January 16, 2018
Shake Shack signs lease near UTC Mall

The location near the mall will be the first in the region.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 16, 2009
Acrodunk slams into Tara

Students at Tara Elementary enjoyed a dazzling display of high-flying slam dunks and other tricks when Acrodunk Extreme Dunkers visited Dec. 10.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Kurobuta Pork Tenderloin with roasted brussels sprouts, crispy pork belly on a bed of blue cheese fingerling potatoes with a balsamic fig gastrique
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 6, 2013
People pour into Mattison's for Gourmet Beer Dinner

Junior League of Sarasota, Inc. hosted an evening that drove attendees to drink - eat, and be merry as a fundraiser for the all-women group. The women host a fundraising food pairing annually, and nearly 50 supporters of Junior League filled the private room of Mattison's 41 for this year's first-time craft beer and gourmet food pairing Jan. 25.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 24, 2014
Deadline to register to vote is 5 p.m. today

Register by 5 p.m. today to vote in the town's March 25 general municipal election.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch juniors Emma and Sarah Fazio. Photo courtesy Carlton Hadley Jr.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 14, 2016
East County High 5 Moments: 12.14.16

East County High 5 Moments: 12.14.16

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch's Seath Lauer practices for the LECOM Suncoast Classic after taking two years away from professional golf.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 23, 2019
Area golfer gets another shot at dreams

Seath Lauer is getting another shot at the Web.com's LECOM Suncoast Classic in February at Lakewood National in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Rotary Club works to collect All Faiths donations; Resident believes oil spill remnants exist near Longboat Key

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mario Mendoza said he and his family pride themselves on being nerds. This shirt, featuring a right angle — making him always "right" — was perfect when he wore it the day before the Math Florida Standard Assessments on May 6.
  • By Andrew Atkins |
  • May 8, 2019
New Bashaw principal looks for potential in East County

"He’s fabulous and I’m sad to see him go."

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 14, 2014
President expected to sign flood reform bill

The bill will provide relief for homeowners faced with expensive flood insurance premiums.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The 14-acre, vacant site was once home to Patrick Kelly’s vision for a $1 billion condo-retail-office-hotel development.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • May 9, 2013
Future of former Quay land lies in court case

A handful of investors and developers have recently shown interest in the property, but numerous challenges to its purchase and development could keep it in limbo.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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