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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 1, 2022
Casey Key home sells for $5 million

A Casey Key home tops the week's sales at $5 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Riverview High School Kiltie Band members appeared in support at the school board meeting.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 8, 2015
Riverview High Kilties kickstart fundraiser

The funding goal is $165,000.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Colony Lender and Unicorp National Development Inc. now must comply with May’s order to drop lawsuits against unit owners in state court .
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 26, 2015
Colony Lender’s sanctions appeal is denied

Colony Lender is now forced to comply with an order to dismiss lawsuits against Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners while it waits to appeal again once sanctions are finalized.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In May, boaters docked near Jewfish Key.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • September 2, 2021
Red tide's effects curtails Longboat noise complaints

North-end residents haven't heard as much boat noise compared to previous months. Red tide has kept many boaters off the water.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A truck crashed into the front of the Lobster Pot restaurant on the Fourth of July, and holiday traffic is preventing it from being removed.  Photo courtesy Alex Mahadevan.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • July 4, 2017
Truck crashes into Siesta Key restaurant

Because of holiday traffic, the truck will stay stuck in the Lobster Pot until a removal team can make it out on the island.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Sarasota Orchestra guest conductor Christopher Confessore
  • By June LeBell |
  • October 13, 2013
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Orchestra 65th Anniversary Concert

The clock was rewound Saturday night at the Opera House when the Sarasota Orchestra celebrated its 65th anniversary with a recreation of its very first concert.

  • Arts + Culture
Vanda Bayliss, 59, always dreamed of operating huge construction equipment. Her dream came true at People at Play in the East County.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 24, 2011
CAUTION: Adults at Play

If you've ever wanted to take the controls of a bulldozer or excavator, one East County business can accommodate your heavy-duty dreams.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
As more families head to East County to fill new housing developments, area schools are gearing up to support the extra heads in classrooms.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 2, 2014
East County braces for growing enrollment

New numbers show the Manatee County School District welcomes 1,200 more students compared to a year ago.

  • East County
  • News
Sean Brady was named ODA's new boys basketball coach at the end of the summer.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 1, 2010
Thunder welcomes new coaches

Sean Brady and Mike Riley will lead ODA's boys and girls basketball squads this season.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 18, 2013
Siesta Key retailers push for regulation changes

Overlay District revisions will need support from the island's three associations, county commission says.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Vanda Bayliss, 59, always dreamed of operating huge construction equipment.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 23, 2011
CAUTION: Adults at Play

If you've ever wanted to take the controls of a bulldozer or excavator, one East County business can accommodate your heavy-duty dreams.

  • East County
  • News
Dani Butler, a member of Hope Assemblies, tells the girls at Braden River Middle School they have a voice and should be empowered to use it after sharing her story of how she got out of a bad relationship.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 24, 2020
Love can't hurt in East County

Braden River Middle School students are challenged to carry the love on campus.

  • East County
  • News
Braden River High School seniors Ahmad Ibsais and Alana Kelly spoke in front of the school board in opposition of arming teachers on Tuesday, April 9.
  • By Andrew Atkins |
  • April 17, 2019
School Board of Manatee County hears opposition to arming teachers

Every time Ahmad Ibsais finds himself at a movie, a community event, a mall — or any public place— he finds himself looking for the exits in case somebody pulls a gun and starts shooting. But that doesn’t mean the Braden River High School senior wants tea

  • East County
  • Schools
Rosedale resident Jack Sodini and his student, Isaiah Depina, had a blast on the golf course together.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 14, 2011
Rosedale residents open course, hearts to students

Members of the Rosedale Golf & Country Club treated children from Moody Elementary School to lunch and golfing at the course Dec. 6 and 8.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Malcolm and Karen Ronney plan to open a new restaurant soon. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 1, 2015
Top Stories - East County: December

MacAllisters' owners will exit the business on New Year's Day.

  • East County
  • News
Marla Doss, 55, started as residential director at Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities 30 years ago; now, she's president and CEO.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 8, 2015
Conversation with Marla Doss

Marla Doss, CEO and president of Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities, hit her 30th anniversary June 25.

  • East County
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2020
Cops Corner: Sarasota 12.3.20

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
New Pirate coach Curt Bradley turns 27 in June. Courtesy photo.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 16, 2012
Pirates name new head coach

Leesburg High defensive coordinator Curt Bradley was named Braden River High's new head football coach May 11.

  • East County
  • Sports
“My first love is words and the way they sound," Alexis Orgera says. "That's how I write naturally; I listen to the rhythm of the language."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 27, 2013
'In Her Write Mind'

Alexis Orgera writes daily. So, when her father's Alzheimer's worsened, words became healthy therapy.

  • Arts + Culture
The county-owned parcels at the corner of Palmer Boulevard and Apex Road have been disputed all year. Now residents have a chance to tell commissioners exactly what they’d like to see done with the land.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • December 7, 2017
Residents to give commission ideas for future of county-owned land

A group of homeowners united under an initiative called Fresh Start want to offer ideas on what the county should do with two parcels of surplus land outside the Celery Fields.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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