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  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • June 6, 2013
Booker High School student wins People's Choice Award

More than 1,000 exhibit goers filled out a survey from which Booker High School 10th grader Wade Turner's artwork "It's All Up to You Now," was chosen as the People's Choice Award.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Once renovations are complete next summer, the operations cost for the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex are expected to increase from $400,000 to $1.2 million per year.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 28, 2010
City, county spar over parks

With both governments keeping a watchful eye on their bottom lines, neither wants to fully fund the improved Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, which is expected to cost three times as much to operate the facility each year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Reduced energy costs are a top priority for the four new fire stations.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • February 6, 2014
Area contractor tapped to build new fire stations

Sarasota County awarded Willis A. Smith Construction a contract to build four new fire stations throughout the county by 2016.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • October 17, 2015
Longboat Key Club gets charitable

Seven charities were honored during the OPL Charity Golf Tournament Oct. 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Christina Meiser and Aliana Diaz both experienced bullying firsthand. Now, the girls are fighting it with a Facebook page that offers support for bullying victims.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • November 21, 2012
East County teens tackle bullying problem

Christina Meiser and her friend, Aliana Diaz, have started a Facebook page for victims of bullying.

  • East County
  • Schools
Hunter Reed.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 1, 2017
Lakewood Ranch senior wrestler has eyes on redemption

After falling ill just before the 2016 regionals, unable to cut weight, he is ready for another opportunity.

  • East County
  • Sports
Mary Elizabeth Roca Courtesy photo
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 25, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: Oct. 26, 2017

Mary Elizabeth Roca, Jane Drake and Verna Lee Ferris died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
"I no longer look at a fish like it's just my dinner," Linda Heath says. "I stare at the details, and I'm amazed by the colors. I think it's Mother Nature's best work."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 14, 2011
Linda Heath: Artistic Angler

It used to be that Linda Heath fished for her dinner. Now she spends more time fishing for her subjects. The emerging Gyotaku artist explains the surprisingly odorless practice of fish rubbing.

  • Arts + Culture
The bald eagle name originates with the old English word "balde," which means white.
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • August 28, 2020
Bird of the week: Bald eagle

National bird is the only eagle unique to North America.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • April 13, 2019
Sarasota Film Festival gets the party started

Cinema Tropicale was hosted April 12 at The Overton.

  • Black Tie
Braden River's Jessica Ogline goes up for a shot during the first half against Lakewood Ranch Jan. 19.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 25, 2012
Lady Pirates notch first win over Lakewood

The Braden River girls basketball team defeated Lakewood Ranch 48-32, marking the first time in history the team had beaten its East County rivals.

  • East County
  • Sports
Meet this week's athlete, Connor Krug
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 30, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Connor Krug

Nine-year-old pitcher Connor Krug threw his first complete game no-hitter Nov. 20, leading the Meteors 9U travel baseball team to an 8-0 victory over the Tampa Spartans in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Championship Tournament.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2020
Sarasota County Charter Review Board District 2: Ray Collins

Meet the candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 18, 2012
IPOC to amend its circuit court complaint

The filing comes as the town, Key Club and IPOC prepare to head to confidential mediation with Judge George Greer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota High rising junior Carson Spence said he's never played in an event quite like the Suncoast Jr. Match Play Invitational. Courtesy photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 30, 2020
Sarasota golfers prep for a unique event

The event will combine stroke play and match play.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 3, 2018
Cops Corner: All is well, no emergency here

Police reports from around Longboat Key

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Leslie Glass, founder of Reach Out Recovery, and David Denicoff
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 1, 2019
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers honors local service organizations at luncheon

The Celebration of Service Luncheon was held May 1 at Michael's On East.

  • Black Tie
  • By John Ewing |
  • December 14, 2012
Welcome to Wal-Mart: bringing planned obsolescence to downtown Sarasota

Welcome to Wal-Mart: bringing planned obsolescence to downtown Sarasota

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • February 12, 2018
Pulitzer Prize winner inspires audience to help national leaders get it right

Historian Jon Meacham was the second speaker in the Ringling College Library Association’s Town Hall Lecture Series on the 2018 calendar.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lavontae Youmans rolls through a Charlotte tackle attempt.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 23, 2020
Pirates football still finding its way

Braden River lost its first game, but there's reasons not to panic.

  • East County
  • Sports
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