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Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Monica Mingote, of Bradenton, submitted this photo of a “furious sky” from Jiggs Landing.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2015
East County weather page photo: Dec. 10

Monica Mingote, of Bradenton, submitted this photo of a “furious sky” from Jiggs Landing.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Charles Preston Rawls submitted this photo of “fire in the sky” over Sarasota.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2015
Sarasota weather page photo: Dec. 10

Charles Preston Rawls submitted this photo of “fire in the sky” over Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2010
Publix employees help save our local seabirds

Approximately 35 Longboat Key Publix employees were hard at work on Saturday, April 10, but they weren't behind the store's counters. Instead, they were volunteering at Save Our Seabirds.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
An East County 7-Eleven was robbed - learn more in today's headlines!
  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • April 22, 2013
April 22: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: Body of missing boy is found; East County 7-Eleven robbed; Maio fils first finance report for 2014 election; Black Tie Untied

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 2, 2014
Tennis Center nets 15th annual Observer Challenge

Get your game faces on: From Dec. 12 to Dec. 14, the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center will hold the annual Observer Challenge tournament.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota County Area Transit drivers will compete against drivers from Manatee County. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 10, 2016
Manatee, Sarasota transit drivers compete in 'roadeo'

Winners will advance to the Mega Bus Roadeo, in Fort Myers.

  • East County
  • News
Tony Grinnell welcomed the choppy waves and wind Monday, April 4 as he kitesurfed in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • April 4, 2011
Photo of the Day: Let's go ride a kite!

Tony Grinnell welcomed the choppy waves and wind Monday, April 4 as he kite surfed off Longboat Key in the Gulf of Mexico. Grinnell has been kitesurfing for five years and is visiting from Michigan.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Meklit Hadero. Photo by Rus Anson.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 19, 2011
Scene & Heard

RIAF drama, cool encores, mistaken identities; Sarasota Ballet gets its pink on; Former dancer sells massive canvas

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 30, 2017
Theater review: 'The Remnant'

'The Remnant' offers a cure for Vietnam War amnesia.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Courtesy photo
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 21, 2016
Sarasota Visual Artist Studios opens art studios to the public

The collaboration features 10 local artists, who are opening their studios to offer the public a glimpse into their creative process.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2011
Prairie dog digs his new burrow

He's known for getting into all kinds of riffraff beneath the Bobby Jones Golf Club. But Putter the prairie dog has settled into his new digs at Sarasota Jungle Gardens and will be officially welcomed during a homecoming celebration by the gardens, Mayor Suzanne Atwell and the city of Sarasota at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Mirai Mehta, 4, gets some pointers from Coach Scott Treibly.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • March 28, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Tennis Tuesdays at New Gate School

The USTA 10 and Under Tennis Program, more affectionately known as 'Tennis Tuesday', has the students at New Gate learning the basics from forehands, backhands and volleys to agility to sportsmanship.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2012
Obituary: John Roche

John Roche, 82, formerly of Longboat Key, died Sept. 29.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kittens Ari and Ori scope out the class while Steven and Christine relax to start the class.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • August 11, 2016
Cat Depot does downward dog

Cat Depot brings back community yoga class with cats.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Fifth-grade students demonstrated tricks during Bashaw Elementary's Jump for Fun event March 30.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 31, 2011
GALLERY: Bashaw Elementary Jump for Fun

Students at Bashaw Elementary School showed off their jump-roping skills during the school's annual Jump for Fun event March 30. Fifth-grade students demonstrated a variety of jump-roping tricks before the rest of the school joined in on the fun.

  • East County
  • Schools
Two tourists were involved in a wave runner collision near the Lido Beach Resort Wednesday.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 10, 2014
Man dies in Lido wave runner crash

Zachary Collins, 25, died Wednesday night, after his rented watercraft crashed into another vessel driven by 25-year-old Keaton Fowler near the Lido Beach Resort.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key Fire Rescue responded to 477 calls during the first quarter of 2013.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 25, 2013
Longboat Key Fire Rescue calls increase in first quarter

Call volume is up 10% during the first three months of 2013, according to Longboat Key Fire Rescue.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
An East County Waffle House was robbed early this morning - learn more in today's daily headlines!
  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • April 17, 2013
April 17: Daily Headlines Video

April 17: Daily Headlines Video

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 21, 2015
News Briefs: Longboat Key 10.22.15

GMD crosswalk construction; beach access discussion slated for Monday; Town's 60th anniversary party

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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