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Gracie Brasacchio and Colleen Brasacchio have a duet together in addition to their solo routines.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 24, 2016
Riverview High School swimmers remain in sync

Gracie Brasacchio, 17, and Colleen Brasacchio, 15, have been involved in synchronized swimming for the past 10 years.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2009
Birth Announcements 05.28.09

The East County Observer would like to congratulate all the parents who celebrated recently the births of their new bundles of joy. All of the following babies were born at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
— Longboat Key Town Hall is located at 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 20, 2012
Town Hall experiences phone outages

Police, Fire Rescue and Public Works lines aren't affected by this morning's outage.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Director of Homeless Services Wayne Applebee addresses the Sarasota County Commission.
  • By Jack Short |
  • November 17, 2015
UPDATE: County passes on city's homeless shelter site proposal

The Sarasota County Commission dismissed a city proposal to locate a shelter on county-owned land, highlighting an ongoing divide between the two governments on the issue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dr. Diana Greene has been the superintendent of the Manatee County School District for nearly a year.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 11, 2016
Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene receives one-year review

The Manatee County School Board gave the superintendent 'Above Expectations' ratings.

  • East County
  • News
Anthony Mathuson, owner of Tony's Used Appliances, said he’s been setting up a few of his products outside his storefront for 12 years. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 25, 2014
Outdoor displays move to discussion forefront

From the proposal to allow outdoor displays in a special overlay district on Siesta Key to several special-exception petitions, the county is concerned with curb appeal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 3, 2011
Breakdown: What Judge Merryday said

The following is a breakdown of Tampa-based U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday's two orders that reversed the actions and rulings made by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May in August 2009 concerning the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort bankruptcy hearings.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Cops Corner
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 21, 2019
Driver cited for not having a license — for more than a decade

Interesting Sheriff's Office reports for the Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch areas.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
AFTER: The newly designed space takes full advantage of the views to the bay, while creating a modern aesthetic that meets the owners’ style. Courtesy photos.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • May 9, 2012
Home & Garden: Escape artist

When updating the outdoor scenery of a home, many people automatically think about which plants they should buy in order to change the look of the landscape.

  • Arts + Culture
The St. Martha Catholic School boys basketball team won the Florida Gulf Coast League Championship Dec. 10.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 24, 2015
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 12.24.15

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 12.24.15

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Winners of the 2019 tournament's Division 1, Andy and Karen Adams, Sandra Weiss and Chris Wetzig.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 1, 2020
Observer Challenge still swinging after 20 years

The tennis tournament celebrates two decades in January.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 13, 2011
Soul Man (WITH VIDEO)

Meet the romantic, sweet-talking teddy bear of a man who will perform in the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's summer shows, 'Soul Crooners' and 'Dynamic Duets of the '70s.'

  • Arts + Culture
As the Manatee County School District embarks on a superintendent search, school board members hope the journey will bring the group closer together. Courtesy photo
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 6, 2015
Manatee school board seeks lesson on unity

The resignation of Superintendent Rick Mills is the latest test school board members face as they struggle to work together.

  • East County
  • News
Luckily for the three wives in "The Smell of the Kill," they don't have to plan their husbands' death. All they have to do is not save them from it.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 1, 2016
Six Degrees of Murder

Three wives plus three bad husbands equal one big moral dilemma in the Players' "The Smell of the Kill."

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Braden River High School students Jessica Garcia, Haley Brown, Elizabeth “Annie” Curry and Larry Haymore are excited about participating in this year’s fair.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 11, 2012
Manatee County Fair opens Thursday

The Manatee River Fair Association will host the 96th annual Manatee County Fair Jan. 12-22.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 19, 2009
Commission workshop wrap-up

The Longboat Key Town Commission agreed by a 5-2 vote to review a revised ordinance that would allow commissioners to serve three consecutive two-year terms, as well as any additional time served as a partial term limit for being appointed.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • July 22, 2017
City rededicates, renames Pineapple Park for Paul Thorpe

The park will now be called Paul N. Thorpe Jr. Park .

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • August 14, 2019
Eternal Reefs completes memorial to lost submariners

The Sarasota-based company began placing the memorial in the Gulf of Mexico in May.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Greenbrook's Matt and Lisa Buck chow down on food from Cigar City Smokers during their first Ranch Nite Wednesdays. The food trucks at the event provide multiple options for people to indulge.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 27, 2021
Ranch Nite returns to Lakewood Ranch

Food trucks and cornhole among the draws for Ranch Nite Wednesdays at the Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • News
Bill Dillard (left) is a longtime Bahi Hut customer and tiki enthusiast. Scott Spear hopes to preserve the history of the Bahi Hut, one of just two authentic tiki bars that remain in Florida.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 23, 2017
Tiki tradition lives on at Sarasota's Bahi Hut

In the dark corners of a North Trail dive, a uniquely American art movement lives on.

  • Arts + Culture
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