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Photo courtesy: Frank Decker
  • By Nancy Schwartz |
  • June 1, 2015
Photo contest winners: May

Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The building is located at 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 2, 2015
County begins budget talks

Manatee commissioners on Wednesday will discuss various financial funds.

  • East County
  • News
Jeannie Sparks spotted this bee on a bristlecone pine.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2016
East County weather page photo: April 21

Jeannie Sparks spotted this bee on a bristlecone pine.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Richard Bottorff submitted this photo of an alligator, taken at Rye Preserve.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2015
Photo contest winners: August 2015

Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Charles Preston Rawls, of Sarasota, submitted this photo of sailboats at sunrise in the bay at Island Park.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2015
Sarasota weather page photo: Nov. 19

Charles Preston Rawls, of Sarasota, submitted this photo of sailboats at sunrise in the bay at Island Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy: Fred Bethke
  • By Nancy Schwartz |
  • April 2, 2015
Photo contest winners: March

Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo courtesy: Kristina Skepton
  • By Nancy Schwartz |
  • May 17, 2015
Photo contest winners: April

Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Gov. Rick Scott spoke with business professionals at Mixon Fruit Farms Thursday afternoon.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 19, 2013
Scott makes stop in East County

Gov. Rick Scott took questions from area business leaders about wide-ranging issues, during a roundtable discussion at Mixon Fruit Farms Thursday.

  • East County
  • News
Flooding occurred June 2012 on Longboat Key and Siesta Key due to tropical storm Debby.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • June 4, 2013
Sarasota residents warned about potential flooding

Sarasota County Emergency Management announces a potential for widespread showers and thunderstorms that may affect Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Vicki and George Workman with their great-grandchildren, 2-month-old Chelsea Allen and her 2-year-old brother, Logan. Courtesy photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2013
Workmans welcome another great-grandchild

On Thursday, Feb. 28, Vicki Workman "Miss Vicki" awaited an exciting phone call as she offered Publix customers samples of sheet cake.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 16, 2013
Lakewood wins academic championship

Lakewood Ranch High was named the Florida High School Athletic Association's Class 6A Academic Team Champion for the 2012-13 school year.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sheila Raye Charles
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 16, 2013
SCHOOL BOARD BULLETIN

Upper-elementary students at The NewGate School celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a salsa-garden harvest Monday, May 6. Students harvested the vegetables they had been growing since February in their garden.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2013
Patron Saints: Anne Folsom Smith

Each week, The Observer releases an episode in its video series, Patron Saints. This series spotlights performing-arts venues around town and the patrons who donate to them.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 19, 2014
Orioles to play first home game Friday

The Orioles Gulf Coast League team will play its first home game of the 2014 season at 12 p.m. June 20, at Ed Smith Stadium, against the GCL Rays.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2014
Obituary: Mary Nelson

Mary Nelson, 93, of Longboat Key, died May 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2013
Sip and savor

The Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch is selling tickets for its annual Suncoast Food and Wine Festival, to be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Sarasota Polo Club, 8201 Polo Club Lane, Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2014
CFBH accepts nominations

The Center for Building Hope, a nonprofit that provides programs and resources to cancer patients and their families, now is accepting nominations for the 2014 Stephen H. Goldman M.D. Keystone Award.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: November 25

Patricia Muller captured this photo of the sun rising over Sarasota Bay from Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Melissa Leduc |
  • December 23, 2021
East County weather page photo: December 23

Karen Goodman captured this photo of a deer grazing at dusk in the Country Club community of Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The town of Longboat Key distributed sand to residents July 3 to help guard against flooding during hurricane season.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • July 11, 2025
Sandbags distributed on Longboat Key for hurricane season

Future dates for distribution are set for Aug. 7 and Sept. 4 at Broadway Beach Access.

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