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  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2009
Bulletin Board

Bulletin Board

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2009
Our View

The ugly perils of taxation

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Janet Brooks, Serenoa
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2013
Setting the scene

The top weather photos of 2013.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2010
In Brief

Community news and notes

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Pettengill. Photo by Harriet Sokmensuer
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • March 20, 2014
Your Neighbor: Carol Pettengill

Carol Pettengill is the founder and instructor of Senior Friendship Centers' harmonica band, Second Wind.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
This home at 7655 Cove Terrace has four bedrooms, four and a half baths, a pool and 4,033 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,475,000. Photo by Amanda Morales
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 14, 2015
San Remo Estates home sells for $2.92 million

A home in San Remo Estates tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
This home at 8006 Collingwood Court has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,581 square feet of living area. It sold for $830,000. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 27, 2015
Richmond Park home sells for $830,000

A home in Richmond Park tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Natalie Richard answers some follow-up questions on the Rosewood Massacre.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • February 7, 2019
Sarasota Middle School teaches history lessons

The middle school participated in National History Day, with students giving presentations on past events.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jan Schneider holds a law degree and a doctorate in political science. A former Democratic candidate for the District 13 congressional seat, she practices law and lives on Bird Key.
  • By Jan Schneider |
  • February 23, 2012
My View:Mortgage settlement is hardly 'landmark'

While President Obama is hailing his $26-billion mortgage servicing settlement as "a landmark settlement" that will 'speed relief to homeowners" and "begin to turn the page on an era of recklessness," in truth, the deal affords only modest relief to homeowners and fails to address systemic flaws that precipitated the 2008 financial meltdown.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Harmony at Lakewood Ranch is just one of many East County communities under development. Impact fees for new homes vary by the size of the home.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 7, 2018
Manatee County Commission set to vote on impact fees

Lower impact fees would result in $2 million less annually.

  • East County
  • News
District 1 Commissioner Armando Linde
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 18, 2015
Commissioners Linde, Zunz: Sitting soon on a dais near you

Armando Linde and Ed Zunz will become the newest town commissioners in March, after the deadline for candidates to qualify passes without challengers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Bradford Saivetz |
  • October 22, 2014
My View

Forget ULI; change how we govern

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Amy McCormack submitted this sunset photo, with Siesta Key in the background.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2013
Weather: Sarasota

Amy McCormack submitted this sunset photo, with Siesta Key in the background.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota County Commission is giving the town of Longboat Key $2 million for Bayfront Park.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 3, 2015
Bayfront Park funding approved

A revamped Bayfront Park that’s been in the works since 2008 is a go after Sarasota County Commission agreed to a $2 million funding request today.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
East County’s Mark Stukey puts his right hand at the mark showing the high water levels during the 2003 flood.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • May 10, 2017
Manatee County releases updated storm surge evacuation levels

Manatee County's Public Safety Department releases the updated storm surge evacuation levels.

  • East County
  • News
This home at 6931 Winners Circle has four bedrooms, five and a half baths, a pool and 6,106 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.44 million. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 10, 2015
Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home sells for $1.44 million

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 4, 2021
Longboat Key resident helps sister with COVID-19 ribbon memorial

Judy Tobias helped sister Cathy Tobias tie nearly 30,000 ribbons to represent every Floridian life lost to the pandemic.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tim Holliday
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 3, 2011
Neighbors: Tim Holliday

When he was a teenager, Tim Holliday joked that whenever he had children, he would send them off to an island to be raised by a nanny.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Caitlyn Haley and Tim Fenimore of the Manatee Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Brandon Coffey of MD Now and Carol Kolenda, district secretary for Rep. Tommy Gregory, prepare for the ribbon cutting.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 22, 2021
MD Now ready to build clientele in Lakewood Ranch area

Florida's largest urgent care provider now has an East County location. in Lakewood Ranch area.

  • East County
  • News
Freshman forward Drew Miller controls the ball for Cardinal Mooney against Booker High. Miller would score a goal in the game.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 6, 2018
Claw marks: Cougars boys soccer tears through opening stretch of season

The Cardinal Mooney High Cougars boys soccer team is tearing through the opening stretch of the season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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