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Vern Buchanan
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 9, 2010
Buchanan to share wishes with soldiers

Congressman Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, is collecting holiday Christmas and Hanukkah cards for U.S. soldiers who were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Morgan Skillman is the volunteer coordinator for the 2017 World Rowing Championships.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 20, 2017
Ready to serve

Volunteers, many of them local, will help the World Rowing Championships function.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2011
Cops Corner 01.20.11

The female suspect was seen on camera, by loss prevention, placing a headband on her head in the accessories area of the store and then walking out of the store without paying for it.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
The retrofitting of water filtration systems at Manatee County'         s Water Treatment Plant will take more than three years to complete. The original filtration systems, pictured here, were built in the late 1960s.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 15, 2017
Drop in the bucket?

Manatee County re-invests into aging water, wastewater systems.

  • East County
  • News
The commission also will approve $41,000 in funding for the Manatee portion of the island's trolley route.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 3, 2011
Commission makes beach decision tonight

The Town Commission must approve March 15 ballot questions for its island-wide beach project tonight.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michael Saunders. Arnold Simonsen and Ronda Montminy at last year's Aging in Paradise Gala.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 30, 2016
Longboat Key resident donates $2.5 million to Salvation Army

Arnold Simonsen's donation will help fund the organization's QLife Initiative

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Freddie Baribault,  Bonnie Cocchiareley and Carol Rhoder
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 5, 2017
Local green thumbs take talents to Westchester

Four Westchester residents wanted their property to feel like a tropical paradise, so they took matters into their own hands.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sean Murphy plans to open his third Eat Here location in Siesta Key Village next year.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 30, 2012
Permit issued for Village restaurant

Sarasota business owner Sean Murphy expects Eat Here to open on Siesta Key in January.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2013
News Briefs

Key hosts medical health day Friday; Town seeks police pension board applicants

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Florida Rep. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, who will serve as the group's honorary chairman, made the announcement today.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 29, 2012
Take Stock in Children announces new non-profit

The announcement was made at 10 a.m. today in the Manatee County School Board Chambers.

  • East County
  • News
Vijay Iyer in his recent Hermitage Artist Retreat residency this summer. (Courtesy Hermitage Artist Retreat)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 26, 2013
Hermitage fellow Vijay Iyer receives MacArthur Fellow

New York City-based Jazz pianist Vijay Iyer is a Greenfield Prize winner and Hermitage Artist Retreat fellow, and he just received a MacArthur Fellow.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 10, 2015
Concession navigates helistop placement

Concession Golf Club hopes a change in a proposed helistop location will be a good compromise.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 12, 2012
Children support Food Bank

Children in the MOMS Club of Lakewood Ranch collected good for the Food Bank of Manatee and delivered the items to the organization Monday.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 18, 2009
Pension problems continue

The Town Commission is not sure how to fix a growing unfunded liability problem that has town taxpayers on the hook for more than $21 million in unfunded liabilities.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The plane was pulled out of the water with the help of Sea Tow, The Sarasota Police and Beach Patrol.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 20, 2012
Plane crash leaves pilot unscathed

The plane lost power at about 1,000 feet; the pilot walked away from the crash.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2013
United Way seeks volunteers

United Way of Manatee County will celebrate "Live United Week" later this month and is asking East County residents to support the cause.

  • East County
  • News
Senior Adam Bradtmueller captured Sarasota's first cross-country individual state championship.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 29, 2015
Sarasota: Top 5 Moments of 2015

Sarasota: Top 5 Moments of 2015

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
All Manatee County School District staff will see pay raises this year except senior management.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • September 24, 2013
School district gives more pay raises

Not long after giving state-funded raises to teachers and internally funded raises to municipal employees and paraprofessionals, the Manatee County School Board approved a 2 percent pay increase for remaining staff members.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Mogensen's response does not stand scrutiny; Laurel Park residents want to voice opinions

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • January 11, 2016
Film review: 'The Revenant"

Brutal and beautiful, 'The Revenant' is a story of survival.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
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