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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 24, 2017
Florida Studio Theatre announces Young Playwrights Festival winners

Young artists were honored at the theater’s 26th annual festival.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2014
Children bicyclists wanted for parade

Calling all kids!

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Kathleen Scholl, Marlynn Schwenk and Dorothy Cole
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 6, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: All Angels Parish Potluck

The parishioners of All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church congregated for a spirited Fourth of July Potluck. They wore red, white and blue and sat at a congregation member's poolside munching on appetizers. It was a fun night spent enjoying each other's company.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jennifer Tullio poses with her custom "AD4 Gray" (Another Day for Gray) license plate.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 12, 2018
Lakewood Ranch mom becomes master marathoner to raise Duchenne awareness

Her final race — for now — will be Sept. 16 in Berlin

  • East County
  • Sports
Renderings of the Villages of Lakewood Ranch South, a proposed development under Sarasota 2050.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 13, 2013
Sarasota County seeks input on Sarasota 2050

County officials will collect public comments on potential changes to the long-range planning component of the Comprehensive Plan at two open houses this month.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jaz Mongeon (file)
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 2, 2015
East County Football Friday: Week 6

East County Football Friday: Week 6

  • East County
  • Sports
Jordan Schmucker.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 16, 2017
East County Athlete of the Week: Jordan Schmucker

The Lakewood Ranch junior talks volleyball, chocolate and Marvel movies.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 11, 2012
Comment: Baseball heat up out East

America's favorite pastime is in full swing, and the bats are definitely alive and well for this year's East County All-Star teams.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2014
Ladies enjoy a night out

Women of all ages ditched their heels and slipped on their running shoes for the New Balance Girls Night Out.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Riverview High football coach Josh Smithers says spending time with his own family is the thing he struggles with the most as a coach.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 14, 2018
Sarasota County coaches dish on their profession's high turnover rate

There's no simple answer to the lack of consistency.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Southside Elementary Student Kyle Kenny watches the eclipse through solar eclipse viewing glasses.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • August 21, 2017
Southside catches glimpse of solar eclipse

Students, faculty and parents spent the end of the school day outside on Aug. 21.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 16, 2015
Psycho Tropics: Reinventing RaeF

Psycho Tropics: Reinventing RaeF

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Katie Johns |
  • July 4, 2017
Bird Key rings in the Fourth of July

Club members and their guests celebrated Independence Day with games, a buffet dinner and potato car races.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Elkin Mosely plays disc golf at Bob Gardner Park. Courtesy photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 1, 2018
Disc golf is a hole-in-one for Lakewood Ranch

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
John Schmidt
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 22, 2018
Tara CDD Seat 1: John Schmidt

Tara CDD candidate wants to cap tax increases.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • February 21, 2018
A look inside Longboat's new ambulance

Paramedics designed the custom truck with usability in mind.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
MTC paramedic students Nick Treffinger and Lydia Wilkinson work on the Anatomage table with Jay Bush, the Emergency Medical Services program director at MTC.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 21, 2018
Cadavers come to life in Lakewood Ranch

Manatee Technical College's Lakewood Ranch campus is first technical school in the state to utilize the Anatomage table.

  • East County
  • News
Colony Lender LLC attorney Michael Assaf filed an objection Thursday to a proposed settlement, urging a bankruptcy judge to deny it.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 4, 2013
Objections reveal Colony settlement alternatives

Colony Lender LLC has produced an exhibit that reveals Orlando-based Unicorp National Development Inc. is offering to give a bankruptcy trustee $2.3 million in cash immediately.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2013
Our View: 'The Andy Adams Colony'?

What follows is not an April Fools' joke. To the contrary, it's a serious moment of truth for the future of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 13, 2017
Center for Architecture Sarasota hosts The Modern Party

The annual fundraiser took place on May 12 at the Center for Architecture Sarasota.

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