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  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2009
Our View

Get on with it

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2013
Cops Corner 6.26.13

June 17 Fishing FOR TROUBLE 3:27 p.m. - 2900 block of 53rd Avenue E. Theft. A woman took a tank-top from a store and concealed it in her purse. She then walked to the sporting-goods area and selected several fishing lures, which she put in her purse. She exited the store without paying. Loss-prevention specialists confronted the woman. Deputies arrested her.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2014
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  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 4, 2009
Tales from the Playhouse

The Players Theatre's 80-year history is steeped in ghost stories, Hollywood beginnings and theatrical risks.

  • Arts + Culture
Don O’Leary
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 21, 2011
FULL STORY: O'Leary leaves CDD 2

Don O'Leary has stepped down to accept a position as a fire commissioner. The board is seeking a replacement.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2011
News Briefs

LECOM hosts pre-med course; Ranch districts renovating landscape; Viking to host dinner for Payton

  • East County
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Read this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2011
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • April 12, 2012
Neighbors: Laura Proctor

For more than 35 years, Laura Proctor has loved cooking and sharing her culinary skills with others. Today, Proctor runs a successful personal chef business called Epicurean Pursuits.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Conquistador David Bailey and Bogey's owner Albert Myara. Courtesy photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 12, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Paul Malton joins RE/MAX Alliance Group; Suncoast Center announces relocation; Gulf Coast foundation president visits White House; Mavai Chocolate opens in Sarasota

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
This file photo shows Midnight Pass, looking to the south.
  • By Jack Gurney |
  • December 24, 2011
TOP STORY, MARCH: Midnight Pass dispute moves to federal court

Florida authorities who twice denied Sarasota County permission to restore the Midnight Pass coastal inlet that previously separated Siesta Key from Casey Key may have thought the fight was over. If so, they can think again.

  • Siesta Key
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  • By Pam McTeer |
  • August 5, 2009
Main Street hits home run with East County family

Andrew Giddens, 13, and his family headed to Tropicana Field July 29 to watch the Tampa Bay Rays take on the New York Yankees. The game was part of a prize package of the community's Father's Day drawing.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2009
Obituaries

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  • Longboat Key
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The gas valve removed from one homeowner’s front yard light shows corrosion that he said could have led to a natural-gas leak.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 22, 2011
Hamptons homeowner wins lawsuit

After a two-year lawsuit, one resident of The Hamptons was granted the right to switch to electric-powered street lamps.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Josh Siegel. After her mother's death, Ellen Gerth, with her husband, Dave, left, continues to run marathons and continues with her career, despite the fact that closure may never come.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 8, 2014
Lakewood Ranch murder remains unsolved

Two years after Ina Gross was murdered, her daughter says she still believes the Manatee County Sheriff's Office will arrest the killer.

  • East County
  • News
Casey Alfstad, Sam Alfstad and Annie Mayme Alfstad at The Ice House. Sculptural pieces by Mark Anderson on display in "Sarasota Artists: All in the Family."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 8, 2014
Backstage Pass: The Alfstad family paints a collaborative vision

There's another prominent family tied to The Ice House exhibit, "All in the Family," which opens Friday, Jan. 10: the Alfstads.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 3, 2011
TOP STORY, DEC.: The Sand Man

On the eve of the Town Commission's decision on which beach renourishment project to choose, both the town manager, beach engineer and consultants back the town's decision to dredge.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
SCAT bus fares will increase Monday, Oct. 3.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 15, 2011
County approves SCAT increases

Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) approved increases in fares that will take effect Oct. 3.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Michael Eng |
  • November 25, 2009
Home for the holidays

Air Force Capt. Thomas Albrecht will spend Thanksgiving right where he belongs - at the table with his wife and three sons.

  • East County
  • Schools
Town pension attorney James Linn addressed the Longboat Key Town Commission at a special pension workshop last month.
  • By Jay Brady |
  • March 2, 2011
Longboat pension ranks among worst in state

Government employee pension plans are the time bomb for cities and counties on the Gulf Coast. The recession has lit the fuse.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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