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Bonnie Wilder demonstrates stretching.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • October 18, 2018
Don't set lofty goals

Start small and don't get discouraged

  • Health
Infinity’s amenities include a heated, beachside swimming pool, outdoor entertainment area, private clubhouse, tennis court and fitness center.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • September 9, 2015
Longboat booming with residential construction

Check the progress of five residential and one resort construction sites on the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
School Resource Officer Dep. Carl McClellan chats with eighth-graders at Braden River Middle School during their lunch break.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 18, 2018
Time to pay security tab in Manatee County schools

School District, county search for funds for school resource officer program.

  • East County
  • News
Luca Schlosberg rides a swing in the Children’s Garden.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Temple Emanu-El Tu B'Shevat Celebration

Members of Temple Emanu-El gathered Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Children's Garden to celebrate Tu B'Shevat, or the birthday of trees. Rabbi Brenner Glickman led children in song, and Rabbi Elaine Glickman showed off three trees, which were donated by the Benderson family to be planted at Temple Emanu-El.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 23, 2009
Last-second field goal lifts Mustangs to victory

The Lakewood Ranch High football team defeated East Lee County High 23-20 Sept. 18.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 11, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Artists: All in the Family opening

PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Artists: All in the Family opening

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 22, 2017
Garden Club's Annual Home Tour gives peek inside Longboat

This year's home tour takes place on March 4 and includes four local houses.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Join Jessica Luck for today's headlines.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • March 2, 2012
March 2: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota, and Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Scott McKay and Shelly Hawk McKay run a free bootcamp workout four days a week.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 17, 2018
Picture of Health: Scott McKay and Shelly Hawk McKay

The Lakewood Ranch couple of Scott McKay and Shelly Hawk McKay runs free workouts in hopes of building a community

  • Health
Shantal Norman of Jah Movement will be performing with the group during the July 29 Friday Fest.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • July 21, 2016
Sarasota Calendar 7.21.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of July 21.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The 15th-annual Men's and the first-ever Women's Nike International Friendlies and Development Academy Winter Showcase event returns to Premier Sports Campus tonight. Â
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 29, 2017
Nike International Friendlies return to Premier Sports Campus

The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team has its first match tonight.

  • East County
  • Sports
Photos by Rachel S. O'Hara
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 15, 2011
Children get festive for Santa

More than 130 kids from Big Brothers Big Sisters watched as Santa Claus showed up to greet them in a bright red fire truck for their annual holiday party Saturday, Dec. 10, at Sun 'N' Fun.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 16, 2014
Food and fun

The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance and its Young Leaders Alliance have something to talk about: the organizations collected 764 pounds of nonperishable food and $1,295 cash to benefit The Food Bank of Manatee/Meals on Wheels PLUS.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Commissioner Terry Gans struck former commission candidate Ray Rajewski with his SUV last week.
  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • May 20, 2013
May 20: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: Gans hits Rajewski with SUV; City Commission talks funding cuts; bayfront and parking; Manatee School Board holds budget workshop; PHOTO GALLERY: Downtown Sarasota Craft Show

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo A woman soliciting donations on St. Armands Circle is upsetting merchants and concerns BID members.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 15, 2014
Circle solicitation worries merchants

St. Armands Circle merchants are frustrated that a woman soliciting on the sidewalk allows her to do something they cannot: advertise outside.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Six-year-old Dylan Elder couldn’t wait to show off his skills during an agility drill.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 19, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: LRHS Football Camp

Dozens of East County children learned football fundamentals during Lakewood Ranch High's football camp June 11-15. Players spent the week working on position related drills, speed development, agilities and strength training, among other fundamentals before showing off their skills in a series of flag football games.

  • East County
  • Sports
There were 150 chairs placed throughout Town Hall Monday night to accomodate the crowd.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 5, 2016
Second referendum flickers forward

The Longboat Key Town Commission moved forward with a referendum to bury power lines in neighborhoods and side streets Monday night with a 5-2 vote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Construction was delayed for a month in October, while city officials installed a temporary pedestrian barricade.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 24, 2010
Bird Key Park reopening delayed

The target opening date is now Dec. 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2013
Weather Photo: Longboat Key 07/17/13

Sebastian Mochkovsky submitted this photo of lightning striking the Gulf of Mexico off Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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