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  • By Amanda Morales |
  • October 3, 2014
20th Annual Art and Craft Festival

This weekend the Downtown Sarasota Art and Craft festival is taking over 5 Points Park and Central Ave.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Volunteers mark turtle nests with stakes to protect and document the nests.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • October 3, 2014
Turtle nesting season draws to a close

Mote Marine records a near record number of nests on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Josh Hunter has been out of jail on a $50,000 bond while his case was appealed.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 17, 2012
Former football coach's appeal rejected

The Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland has refused to overturn former Braden River High football coach Josh Hunter's 10-year prison sentence for a 2009 drunk driving accident that killed his best friend and fellow coach Doug Garrity.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jenny Townsend wanted to create a place for music lovers of all ages to meet and collaborate.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 9, 2016
Music Compound: a business of note

After Keyboards and More closed its State Road 70 location, some employees find a home at Music Compound.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 14, 2009
Relay team runs into record books

The Lakewood Ranch High girls 3,200-meter relay team set a new school record of 10:00.51 at the Class 3A state track and field championships May 8 in Winter Park.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • November 22, 2017
Sarasota couple plugs into holiday spirit

For Madison Hipps, the holidays start with the flick of a switch.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2010
Cops Corner 08.19.10

The subject(s) entered the structure through a rear sliding door and went into the laundry room to remove property. The subject appeared to use a dolly.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Manatee County Extension Agent Lisa Hickey, Henley resident Emily Vosnos, Ross Peterson and Polly Curran complete visits to homesites. Courtesy photo
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 13, 2014
Henley neighborhood goes Florida-friendly

A project that qualified 30 of 32 homes in University Park's Henley neighborhood as Florida-friendly may earn a Keep Manatee Beautiful award.

  • East County
  • News
The DID has created this mockup of two of the options for light pole flower basket placement, and wants residents to weigh in on their favorite option.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 2, 2015
DID seeks public input on flower baskets

Beginning Thursday, the Downtown Improvement District will ask residents to weigh in on their favorite configuration of a proposal to install flower baskets on light poles.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Orville Clayton, pictured in 2009, at Westminster Manor in Bradenton, holding one of his recent woodcarvings, a Kachina doll. His belt buckle features a turtle. File photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 24, 2014
Clayton went many extra miles for turtles

From the beginning, Longboat Key Turtle Watch's 'Top Turtle' Orville Clayton kept both turtles and volunteers on track.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 16, 2018
It's a hat trick

Cops corner

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 16, 2018
Cops Corner: Officer lends a helping hand

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Peg Pluto has served as the chamber's administrative assistant for the last year and a half.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 21, 2017
Former Chamber administrative assistant lands 'dream job'

Peg Pluto will now serve as the property manager at the Wicker Inn Beach Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2011
U.S. TAX SYSTEM: THE GREATEST SCAM OF ALL

Tax day is over. Good riddance to this day of legalized thievery.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Dallena Shelton performs one of her favorite tricks.
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • August 22, 2018
Circus Arts Conservatory students fly to new heights

Couple bonds over love of teaching CAC recreational flying trapeze classes.

  • Arts + Culture
Photo by Ryan Finzelber
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 23, 2016
Theater review: 'My Barking Dog'

“My Barking Dog” takes a bite out of civilization at Urbanite Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By David Conway |
  • April 11, 2019
Decision looms on Fruitville Road redesign

Longboat Key leaders are formulating a strategy for fighting a road diet, but downtown stakeholders stand behind the city’s proposal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The men attempted to use counterfeit $100 bills at three different 7-Eleven locations.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 1, 2014
Men arrested for use of counterfeit bills

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested two men early Friday who attempted to purchase items at several convenience stores with fraudulent $100 bills.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Braden River's Linda Ross had three hits, including a double, three RBI and scored three runs in the Pirates Class 7A-Region 3 victory against Seminole Osceola April 26.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 4, 2016
East County High 5 Moments: 05.05.16

East County High 5 Moments: 05.05.16

  • East County
  • Sports
The city of Sarasota has formally adopted a master plan for redeveloping 53 acres of bayfront land surrounding the Van Wezel.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 13, 2018
Building the bayfront: Officials plot master plan implementation

The city has a grand design for revitalizing the bayfront. It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build. How, exactly, will the vision become reality?

  • Sarasota
  • News
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