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Brady Elijah Wiggins
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 29, 2012
East County Births

The East County Observer would like to congratulate all the parents who celebrated recently the births of their new bundles of joy.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 22, 2012
CDD 6 delays budget adoption

Supervisors of Lakewood Ranch CDD 6 delayed a vote to adopt the district's 2013 fiscal year budget. A new adoption hearing is set for Aug. 29.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 27, 2012
Comment: Who is the legitimate 6A champ?

The news began circulating for the first time seven months ago.

  • East County
  • Sports
Payne Park's new circus playground will celebrate its grand opening at the Sports Festival.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 14, 2012
Sarasota gets pumped up for inaugural sports festival

After more than a year of planning, Mayor Suzanne Atwell's plans for a Sarasota sports festival are complete.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy star in "Hysteria." Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • June 20, 2012
Flim Review: 'Hysteria'

Whimsy and logic collide in the wonderful new film, "Hysteria." In this different kettle-of-fish British romp, based on true events, the vibrator is inadvertently invented in 1880s Victorian England.

  • Arts + Culture
Jen Blanco, Associate Editor
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 22, 2012
COMMENT: Baseball a sign of springtime

Spring has officially sprung across the East County, and nothing signals the start of spring more than America's favorite pastime.

  • East County
  • News
No timetable has been set for the completion of the project, according to FDOT Public Information Director Cindy Clemmons.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 10, 2012
FDOT survey finds 47% of residents want crosswalks

Based on the results of a survey it sent out in late December, the Florida Department of Transportation plans to start the process in May of hiring a contractor to install four crosswalks to enhance pedestrian safety on Midnight Pass Road.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
In “Sarah’s Key,” Kristin Scott Thomas plays Julia, who traces her family’s involvement in the Vel d’Hiv Roundup that resulted in the arrests of 13,000 Jewish people who were dispatched to Auschwitz. Courtesy Photo.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • September 7, 2011
Film Review: 'Sarah's Key'

How we process guilt is such an individual endeavor. In the context of the Holocaust, it's sometimes collective but also extremely personal. In the new film "Sarah's Key," it's both.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Orchestra's Leif Bjaland
  • By June LeBell |
  • June 1, 2011
Life Without Leif

Leif Bjaland is leaving. The announcement that the Sarasota Orchestra's artistic director and conductor was departing sent shockwaves around the city, but when you think about it for a bit, it really doesn't come as that much of a surprise.

  • Arts + Culture
As press secretary Stephen Myers, Ryan Gosling discovers a potential political scandal that threatens Mike Morris' (George Clooney) shot at the presidency in "The Ides of March."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • October 19, 2011
Film Review: 'The Ides of March'

Backstabbing in the intimate backrooms of politics is a given. In George Clooney's new film, 'The Ides of March,' he elevates it to an art-form, applying gloss to a filthy business.

  • Arts + Culture
Markus Rygaard and William Johnk Nielsen star in "In a Better World."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • June 8, 2011
Film Review: 'In a Better World'

The brilliantly disturbing new film, "In a Better World," is an examination concerned with revenge vs. forgiveness. In it, two young boys' worlds are mirrored by their parents as they struggle with addressing brutality.

  • Arts + Culture
Jeffery Kin and Michelle Bianchi-Pingel
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2011
Small Business Finalist: Non-Profit Organization: The Players Theatre

Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce Small Business Awards

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Longboat Key Town Commission also approved amendments to its Comprehensive Plan at Town Hall tonight.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 11, 2011
Maximum millage rate: 1.946 mills

The Longboat Key Town Commission agreed not to set the millage rate any higher than 1.946 mills.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
D'Arcy and Ray Arpke bought Euphemia Haye in 1980.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 29, 2010
Local restaurant rides out recession

Euphemia Haye owner Ray Arpke says booming business and an increase in sales has him hoping the worst of the recession could be over.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Katherine Pracht
  • By June LeBell |
  • December 15, 2010
Music Review: The Artist Series of Sarasota: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Broadway

This season, the Artist Series of Sarasota presented a weekend of favorites from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Broadway in a format similar to New York City's long-running, successful series, "Lyrics and Lyricists" at the 92nd Street Y.

  • Arts + Culture
Liz Callaway
  • By June LeBell |
  • February 2, 2011
Music Review: The Artist Series of Sarasota: Liz Callaway, Live!

Expansion for The Artist Series of Sarasota has not only meant more performances, it's meant different kinds of series, from classical to pop. And last week when it presented the electrifying Liz Callaway and Alex Rybeck, the series positively popped over the top.

  • Arts + Culture
The new mascot for the combined Lakewood Ranch/Braden River team will be a live horse wearing a pirate hat.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 1, 2011
District to combine Braden River, Lakewood teams

APRIL FOOLS' DAY - To help balance both schools' budgets, the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs and Braden River Pirates will become one team beginning next fall.

  • East County
  • News
James McAvoy stars in "The Conspirator."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • April 20, 2011
FILM REVIEW: 'The Conspirator'

If we are to believe the premise of Robert Redford's new film, "The Conspirator," the quest for revenge when blinded by hate can eradicate the truth. Was the trial of Mary Surratt, the lone woman charged in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, a quest for justice or a horrible scam?

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 29, 2010
New Town Hall hours start Oct. 1

The facility now will be open five days a week, with limited hours on Fridays. Security also will be on site for after-hour activities.

  • East County
  • News
Spoll
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 23, 2011
Town seeks Economic Development Committee

Mayor George Spoll proposed last week that the town form an Economic Development Committee that would attract entrepreneurs to help revitalize aging facilities.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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