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The Braden River High football team captured its first victory Sept. 30.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 30, 2011
Pirates capture first win

The Braden River High football team defeated Port Charlotte 20-10 in non-district action Sept. 30 to earn its first win of the season.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 9, 2013
Referendum for extension could bring BID full Circle

St. Armands landowners could soon vote on a 10-year extension for the Business Improvement District.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2013
Obituary: George Peters

George Peters, 81, formerly of Longboat Key, died Oct. 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 1, 2010
TOP STORY, September: Colony suspends hotel operations

The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort suspended its hotel operations Sept. 27, while it attempted to reach an agreement with its association.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The 18-story Jewel is more than a year behind schedule, as the developer and contractor trade lawsuits.
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 31, 2016
Top Story — October: Downtown Sarasota condo sidelined by lawsuits

Catch up on the hottest news items of the of the year with the Observer’s Digital Year in Review.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Suzy Brenner teaches zumba to three students before The Paradise Center closed its doors.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 26, 2020
Loneliness threatens normally social Longboat Key lifestyle

The highly contagious pandemic is keeping the socially active island at home.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Miranda Crowe and Gabriella Ebbesson both took Guy Peterson's. Crowe just finished her first year working toward her master's degree and Ebbesson just graduated.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • June 21, 2017
University of Florida students design port cochere for Plymouth Harbor

Students in Guy Peterson's Sarasota-based lab spent the semester getting hands-on experience.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sam Leavy, a senior at Lakewood Ranch High School is named a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 11, 2021
Two east Bradenton students named National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists

Students at Braden River and Lakewood Ranch high schools named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.

  • East County
  • Schools
The main gallery at GWIZ has been closed to the public since September 2012, which prompted City Manager Tom Barwin to inform management for the children's science museum they were violating their lease.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 4, 2013
GWIZ to close permanently

At Tuesday's City Commission meeting, city staff reported the children's science museum would be turning its building over to the city, thus ending its operations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Freya Robbins, CDFA™ |
  • July 16, 2020
Protecting Assets in Divorce

Protecting Assets in Divorce

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sponsored Content
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: August 26

Melanie Smith captured this photo of a gray heron coming in for a landing on the beach on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2021
East County weather page photo: August 26

Darlene Edelman captured this posing turtle during a kayaking trip on the Braden River.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Country Club East's Susan Tabicman and Len Tabicman are overwhelmed by the number of soups from which they could choose.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 5, 2021
Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee hosts Empty Bowls in Lakewood Ranch

Rain doesn't stop Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee from raising money through Empty Bowls in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2014
Cops Corner

June 8 CRACKING THE CASE 5:30 p.m. - 3500 block of North Tamiami Trail. Petit Theft - Shoplifting. A security employee at a department store reported a theft. The employee said a man placed eight cases of beer in a shopping cart and left without paying. The man was walking toward a car in which another male was waiting, at which point the employee confronted the man and asked for the beer back. The man placed his hand in his pocket and said, 'What, you want some?' The employee returned to the store to avoid confrontation.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • June 28, 2015
Art Center Sarasota celebrates Mashterpiece

To celebrate the closing of the Mashterpiece exhibit collaboration between Art Center Sarasota and Manasota Goodwill

  • Arts + Culture
Jack Daly
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 10, 2015
Your candidate: Jack Daly

Jack Daly believes his background will help the town work through its code and comp plan overhaul.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 26, 2012
Town, IPOC spar over code changes

A Sarasota County judge is expected to make his ruling next month on Islandside Property Owners Coalition's claim that the town made code changes inconsistent with its Comp Plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Julie Aranibar, an East County resident, represents District 3 on the Manatee County School Board.
  • By Julie Aranibar |
  • August 8, 2012
My View: Bring our best to our schools

Back-to-School signs and displays are in all of the stores, and the last days of summer are here.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Carlson Studio Architecture designed the proposed nature center for the Sarasota Audubon Society.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 18, 2013
Nature center and industrial complex provide similar boons

The Audubon Society and Benderson Development will work together to create friendly boundaries on dual projects east of Interstate 75.

  • East County
  • News
The future alignment of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard travels what is now Wendell Kent Road, in front of Church of Hope, before turning east on Richardson Road.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 14, 2014
SMR starts engineering process for roadway

SMR likely will divide engineering and construction of the Lakewood Ranch Boulevard extension into two segments.

  • East County
  • News
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