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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 3, 2017
Point of Pride: Harvey Milk Festival returns to Sarasota

The eighth annual festival returns to Five Points Park with a focus on equality, art and music.

  • Arts + Culture
This Lake Club home at 16010 Topsail Terrace sold $1.7 million. Built in 2013, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,738 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 20, 2021
Lake Club home sells for $1.7 million, tops local sales in Lakewood Ranch, eastern Bradenton areas.

Lake Club home in Lakewood Ranch tops East County sales at $1.7 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2011
Cops Corner

CLASSIC COPS March 5, 1984 12:01 p.m. Man reports bullet fired into vending machine, 6900 block of GMD. The machine survived the attack.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Suzy Brenner leads class with Lahni at her feet.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 13, 2021
Paradise Center completes building renovation

The completion of the rec room marked the end of major building renovations.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 10, 2014
TWIS Asks: Jason Neulander, creator and director of 'The Intergalactic Nemesis'

TWIS Asks: Jason Neulander, creator and director of 'The Intergalactic Nemesis'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2019
East County weather page photo: September 12

Michael Cohen caught this diverse group of birds in South Lido Park.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: September 12

Longboat Key weather page photo: September 12

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Michael Eng |
  • October 7, 2009
Medallion Home buys Cascades

After nearly two years in limbo, residents in the East County community finally have a new developer.

  • East County
  • News
 Olivia Yagy, Tyler Blair, Jake Pearlman, Shawn Genther, Joshua Little and Brandon Follis, of ManaSota Films, are creating a single-shot film.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 10, 2016
Lights, Camera Collaboration

Area filmmakers pool their talents to learn and improve their craft.

  • Arts + Culture
Judi Bjork and Maribeth Phillips with Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee accepts a $3,500 check from Sisterhood for Good President Angela Massaro-Fain. The grant will be used for Meals on Wheels Plus' Food4Families program
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 7, 2021
Lakewood Ranch's Sisterhood for Good presents $44,359 in grants

Lakewood Ranch's Sisterhood for Good provides $44,359 in grants to impact nonprofits.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2019
Sarasota weather page photo: October 17

Sheila Pies caught this image of an American bald eagle at Blackburn Point Park in Osprey.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2019
East County weather page photo: October 17

Connie Callison captured this beautiful hibiscus flowering in her yard in Rosedale Golf and Country Club.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Richard "Rick" Bennett Jr. and his father, Richard Bennett, love the idea of a water park at Tom Bennett Park. They say their relative, Tom Bennett, for who the park was named, would have loved the idea, too. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 17, 2014
Bennetts back water park plunge

A $20 million aquatic center in East County at Tom Bennett Park could attract visitors and create local jobs.

  • East County
  • News
Cheryl Bulfin, a third grade teacher, guides her students through a lesson. All teachers receive a $5,201 supplement from the millage. File photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 7, 2021
School District of Manatee County officials — 1 mill made huge difference

School District of Manatee County says 2018 1-mill property tax referendum was crucial.

  • East County
  • News
Christine Gregory and Michael Riccio wear white as a sign of peace. Harry Sayer
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • October 21, 2020
Amid protests, school board extends face mask requirement

The policy will sunset June 30 unless the board votes to end it earlier.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • In Memoriam |
  • January 29, 2020
John A. Isaacs III

John A. Isaacs lived a long, joyous and prosperous life surrounded by a close knit family and friends in his hometown of St. Louis and Longboat Key, FL where he resided in the winter for more than 25 years. 

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
When traffic begins to pick up on the Ringling Bridge that's a sure sign season is starting in Sarasota
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 27, 2013
FRIDAY FIVE: Signs that season has started in Sarasota

'Tis the season in Sarasota - well, almost.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Colony Association presented a $3.1 million offer for a Colony rec lease today that was accepted in U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May’s courtroom.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 4, 2015
Colony Association acquires triple debtor estate for $3.1 million

A $3.1 million offer for a Colony Beach & Tennis Resort triple debtor estate was awarded to the Colony Association Friday in court. But a rec lease and a rec lease judgment are still in dispute.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Windsor’s Regional Director of Operations Lorrie Britton said the new facility will offer tailored services to residents, including medication assistance, assistance with bathing, dressing, personal hygiene and other issues, and more.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 17, 2011
Windsor expansion in progress

The facility will open a new memory care community next spring.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 21, 2014
Fraudulent slips: Ringling Museum unveils 'Intent to Deceive' exhibit

Fraudulent slips: Ringling Museum unveils 'Intent to Deceive' exhibit

  • Arts + Culture
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