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The Observer Miss Manatee softball team got off to a fast start this season. Courtesy photo.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 7, 2012
Observer teams swing into action

The Lakewood Ranch Little League and Miss Manatee Softball Observer teams both opened their spring seasons last month.

  • East County
  • Sports
Executives at the Women’s Sports Museum believe the preview center, which they expect to open at The Mall at University Town Center in the fall, will be a springboard to launching the actual museum in three to five years.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • February 20, 2020
If You Build It

The first Women’s Sports Museum is warming up with a sneak peek at the project through the creation of a preview center in The Mall at UTC.

  • LWR Life
George Mosinskis and the other Heritage Harbour South CDD supervisors approved a 2015-2016 fiscal year budget.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 6, 2015
Heritage Harbour adopts budget

Heritage Harbour South Community Development District board of supervisors adopts its 2015-2016 budget.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota Ballet's Theatre of Dreams. Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 17, 2013
Sarasota Ballet announces 2013/2014 season

Highlights of the season include Ashton's "Les Illuminations," a world premiere by Will Tuckett, a second showcase of The Nutcracker and a still-to-be confirmed guest performance by Johan Kobborg, Alina Cojocaru of The Royal Ballet.

  • Arts + Culture
Marcel Prive, who has owned in Tara Golf and Country Club since 1995 and lived there full time since 2004, said he was glad for the change even if he prefers no development there.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 5, 2019
Lake Lincoln has new option in Tara

Manatee County commissioners say no to commercial development but OK residential building.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jessi Smith |
  • January 24, 2013
TWIS Travel in Ecuador: Adventure at the center of the world

TWIS Travel in Ecuador: Adventure at the center of the world

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 3, 2021
HB 35: Bad for Floridians

Florida’s GOP lawmakers say they’re the champions of less government, more transparency and free enterprise. Their actions don’t show it.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 8, 2010
County modifies tower ordinance

Commissioners adopted some changes to the telecommunications ordinance but kept a provision regarding citing preferences intact. The changes will impact an application for a tower in Palm-Aire, which came back for more review last week.

  • East County
  • News
Tommy Gregory
  • By Rep. Tommy Gregory |
  • August 20, 2020
My View: Florida Democrats target black incumbents

Three Democrat lawmakers who dared to support school choice and limits on teen abortions are being labeled as no longer Democrats.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Ben Winter (7) gets some rest on the Lions' bench. Courtesy photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 11, 2018
Booker High grad's hockey heritage has brought him to Sweden

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Chris Albright, a board member of the Sarasota Republican Club, fist bumps Tommy Gregory, who won a second term representing District 73 in the Florida House of Representatives.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • November 4, 2020
No close calls in East County elections in races for Manatee County commission seats, Manatee school board and District 73 representative

Mary Foreman unseats incumbent Dave Miner in the Manatee school board race while State Representative Tommy Gregory earns a second term for District 73. Manatee County commission races are runaways.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 31, 2014
TWIS Tour Guide: Super Bowl in Sarasota

TWIS Tour Guide: Super Bowl in Sarasota

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Ken and Julie Swan, parents of A Life Story Foundation Founder and CEO Kevin Swan, represented their son (who could not attend) at Celebrity Bartender Challenge: “Cocktails & Dreams” on Aug. 25 at The Lake Club.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 25, 2017
Celebrity bartenders stir up fundraiser for ALS

A Life Story Foundation hosted its first Celebrity Bartender Challenge: “Cocktails & Dreams” on Aug. 25 at The Lake Club Grande Clubhouse.

  • Black Tie
McKenzie Chadwell submitted this sunset photo, taken off Lido Key.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2013
Observer Weather: Longboat

McKenzie Chadwell submitted this sunset photo, taken off Lido Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 17, 2012
Lady Blazers victorious on Senior Night

The Sarasota Christian School volleyball team rebounded to defeat The Out-of-Door Academy 18-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-22 Oct. 16 on Senior Night.

  • East County
  • Sports
The owners of the Midtown Plaza shopping center, which formerly housed a Winn-Dixie, see residential zoning as an attractive path to redevelopment in the future.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 4, 2019
City explores mixed-use option for shopping centers

Could residential zoning be a path to redeveloping languishing commercial plazas throughout Sarasota?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2011
News Briefs

New regulations proposed for scrap metal; County to dedicate historical marker

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Siesta Beach is now the second-best beach in America, according to a TripAdvisor report.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • February 21, 2018
Siesta Beach falls to No. 2 ranking

In the 2018 Travelers' Choice Awards, Siesta Beach lost out on the No. 1 spot to Clearwater Beach.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Manatee County schools bested its school grades from last school year by 20%.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • July 11, 2014
Florida Department of Education rates East County schools as above average

The Florida Department of Education released school grades June 11.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • July 19, 2016
Film review: 'The Innocents'

'The Innocents' questions faith in horrific circumstances.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
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