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SUGAR founders Victoria Cobb, Stefanie Guido and Ali Pereira  show off new backpacks donated after they posted a request on Facebook.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 25, 2017
Moms sweeten opportunities for service in Lakewood Ranch area

Three moms start SUGAR, an organization to help children learn about volunteerism.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 8, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, May 9

A look at our favorite arts and entertainment events taking place this week in Sarasota, Venice and Anna Maria Island.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 10, 2019
Not too late to donate

The town's Toys for Tots drive continues through Dec. 19.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 26, 2010
Our View

Sign-code silliness; U.S. Marines under assault again

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Kris Parins, local artist and member of the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, won first prize at the FSWS's latest juried exhibition.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • December 9, 2014
Beautiful Minds

Local watercolor society creates an artistic splash in latest exhibition.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 22, 2021
Why should voting be easy?

The easier it is to vote, the less it is valued.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Beer tender Tyler Robideau fills up a glass during Naughty Monk's official grand opening of the brewery June 22.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 23, 2017
Brewery crawls toward major distribution

Pub crawl launches Naughty Monk brand expansion

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2017
Gulf Coast CEOs encourage students to stay in the region

Executives with job offers and students with resumes recently joined forces.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 18, 2010
Commission moves forward revised agreements

The majority of the Town Commission agreed to agreement revisions that allow a hotel, condo towers, a meeting center and other uses to be built in Islandside.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 18, 2010
Commission agrees to Islandside hotel, other components

The majority of the Town Commission agreed to agreement revisions that allow a hotel, condo towers, a meeting center and other uses to be built in Islandside.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 1, 2016
U.S. Coast Guard refuses Longboat Key bridge request

The U.S. Coast Guard may alter the timings of two Siesta Key and Anna Maria Island bridges, but Longboat Pass will remain on-demand for boaters.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 30, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Jan. 31

A calendar look at our favorite arts and entertainment events taking place this week in Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, Venice and on Longboat Key.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Dieter Zoellner, now 71, once trained as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division. He was prohibited from being deployed to Vietnam because he was not yet an American citizen. He became an American citizen and enlisted in 1963. Photo by Jessica
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 5, 2015
East County veteran remembers his 'career in the air'

A paratrooper of the 101st Airborne Division, Dieter Zoellner spent weekends jumping from 900 feet.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend: Phillip Younger

The code-enforcement board member will face off with Commissioner Hal Lenobel for the at-large commission seat in the March election.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2009
Ranch hospital performs single-incision Lap-Band surgery

Dr. Jose Erbella completed the procedure at the hospital this morning.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
Cops Corner: Sarasota 3.19.2015

Cops Corner: Sarasota 3.19.2015

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Manatee County Administrator Cheri Coryea said the second level would not be initially built out, however it could still be used for group functions. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 24, 2020
New Lakewood Ranch library will have two stories

Manatee County plans nearly double future library's size.

  • East County
  • News
Half-Acre Construction started work last week to extend Braden River Middle School's on-campus drive.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 15, 2011
District to change BRMS driveway

A new traffic loop on school property should help eliminate congestion on River Club Boulevard during dismissal times.

  • East County
  • News
Cardno Senior Consultant Chris White and UF/IFAS Extension Agent Michelle Atkinson say additional plants greatly reduce nutrients that pour into stormwater ponds.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 20, 2021
New filtering ideas planted in Lakewood Ranch and Bradenton ponds

University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences studies the effect of additional plant life around Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton ponds.

  • East County
  • News
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