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Police have not filed charges against the driver.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 15, 2013
Sarasota Police close U.S. 41 to investigate crash

Sarasota Police closed a portion of U.S. 41 near downtown early Sunday, April 14, after a vehicle struck two pedestrians the previous night, according to a news release.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nina Insinna of Nine O’ Clocks, Liz Ford of Salon 2000, Pam Canal a Medical Skincare Esthetician, and Irina Lavose a co-owner of Design 2000 pose together.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 20, 2011
The Chamber has Business After Hours at the Hemsley Sandcastle

The Chamber has Business After Hours at the Hemsley Sandcastle

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2011
All through the town

What do you get when you invert a school bus and stack it on top of another school bus? The Topsy-Turvy Teva Bus, of course!

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Commissioner Phill Younger presented a new option for new zoning residential districts at a special joint workshop Monday at Town Hall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 21, 2015
Town seeks to make nonconforming properties whole

Aging nonconforming tourism and multi-family Longboat Key properties can only rebuild their current number of units. New districts would allow those properties to build larger units and gives properties an opportunity to build more units.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2018
Cops Corner: Sarasota 9.13.18

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 8, 2011
Briefs

Colony owner purchases loans; St. Denis schedules contract meetings; Saivetz pleads for an answer from the town

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2015
News Briefs

Emergency helicopter landings to disappear; Town prepares for health fair; Summer workshops canceled

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 22, 2017
Longboat Library embarks on 60th chapter

In 1957, a group of women opened a library at a local storefront with 1,200 books. Today, the library has a new location and 6,000 books.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 20, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Reanna Gregory

The Out-of-Door Academy sophomore Reanna Gregory won the high jump, triple jump and long jump at the ODA Invitational Feb. 12.

  • East County
  • Sports
More than 500 students from Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte and Desoto counties competed at SkillsUSA Feb. 25.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 25, 2016
Manatee Technical College puts skills on display

The East County school hosted the annual SkillsUSA regional competition.

  • East County
  • News
Enjoy this week'      s edition of Cops Corner!
  • By John McGuire |
  • April 26, 2017
4.27 Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner!

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Senior forward Kaitlin Bell had eight point against Jefferson High.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 21, 2019
Booker girls basketball is one win from the final four

One win from the final four, Booker High girls basketball is playing as a unit under Shantia Grace.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 12, 2018
Cops Corner: Officer pulls struggling dog from canal

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 12, 2015
Manatee County Planning Commission approves East County shopping center

Schroeder Manatee Ranch plans for a new center on Lorraine Road and S.R. 70.

  • East County
  • News
"Just reading Poe (builds that eerie feel)," says Gary Mazzu. "It can still affect me every time I read it ... It's hard to read 'Annabel Lee' without choking you up."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 16, 2013
Master of Macabre

The Powel Crosley Estate is perfect for weddings, but it's also perfect for the graphic and thrilling Poe stories this Halloween.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 20, 2012
East County siblings set to take center ice

Thirteen-year-old Courtney Kreitling and her younger brother, Alex, 10, will perform in the My Favorite Things: A Holiday Skating Spectacular Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, at the Ellenton Ice & Sports Complex.

  • East County
  • Sports
Relatives Joe Liang, Tao Li and Yuan Sheng Wang are excited to bring Hawaiian poke food to the University Town Center corridor.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 31, 2018
Hawaiian favorites come to UTC

Smilefin Poke offers sushi bowls, hibachi items at Tourist Center Drive district.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 29, 2016
Signs of the Times

“Children of a Lesser God” is a play with heart and serious technical demands. Its success was in Corinne Woodland’s hands

  • Arts + Culture
Cynthia Sayer (Courtesy photo)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 17, 2014
Weekend best bet: Cynthia Sayer's Hot Jazz Trio

Cynthia Sayer's Hot Jazz Trio performs 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 and 2 p.m. Sunday, January 19 at The Glenridge Performing Arts Center, 733 Scotland Way.

  • Arts + Culture
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