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Rosedale Golf and Country Club resident Linda Lestock is growing plants to sell at the Master Gardener Volunteer Program's annual plant sale.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 15, 2019
Lakewood Ranch area gardener loves life with weeds

Rosedale woman still loves gardening ... even after a lifetime of weeding.

  • East County
  • News
A young hawk follows the author around the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, east of Naples.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2016
Moving childhood back outdoors

In the last 20 years, childhood has moved indoors.

  • Health
Michael Spring and Stacy White
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2010
ELECTION 2010: Lakewood Ranch CDD 4 Seat 1

In the weeks leading up to the general election, which will be held Tuesday, Nov. 2, The East County Observer will profile contested races pertinent to East County residents. Meet the contestants for CDD 4 Seat 1.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 8, 2020
Longboat Key ranked among top islands in the US

Condé Nast Traveler also named the Zota Beach Resort and the Resort at Longboat Key Club among Florida’s 30 best resorts.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: Cornerstone Solutions Group

11 or More Employees - Finalist

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Alexander and Andreas Niederer practice together every day, having set up piles of fallen logs, tractor tires, concrete slabs and wooden contraptions in their backyard.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 25, 2016
Riding on the edge

East County brothers vie for AMA NATC MotoTrials National Championship Series crown

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 2, 2014
Marijuana clinic seeks to light up Longboat Key

APRIL FOOLS' - The Grass is Greener LLC has more than a budding interest in opening a Longboat office if a medical marijuana ballot initiative passes in November.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • September 20, 2012
Beneva’s bingo gets a new 'Player'

Beneva’s bingo gets a new 'Player'

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
File photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 30, 2014
Federici was notorious for chasing stories

Bill Federici, former crime reporter and Brooklyn editor for the New York Daily News, died April 22. He was 82.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2012
Tennis Center nets 13th annual Observer Challenge

The 13th annual Observer Challenge tennis tournament kicks off Dec. 6, at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • February 26, 2020
Greg Trupiano, longtime part of Sarasota Opera, dies at 64

On every level, he was an integral presence behind the scenes

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Longboat Key should hire an attorney for all; New system breaches residents' privacy

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • February 27, 2022
Bay Runner trolley service launches Wednesday

The Bay Runner trolley service covering downtown Sarasota and the barrier islands will be available March. 2.

  • Sarasota
  • News
County commissioners are faced with tough decisions as they look to cut $11 million from the next fiscal year.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • January 3, 2018
Issue to watch 2018: Budget

Although this year's budget is taken care of, commissioners are now identifying places to cut $11 million from next year's budget.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Emma Thurgood checks in on her favorite permanent piece at Art Center Sarasota, "Fighting Crime in Florida," by Jack Dowd, in 2013.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 30, 2013
Backstage Pass: Emma Thurgood curates excitement

Read this week's Backstage Pass about Art Center Sarasota's Emma Thurgood.

  • Arts + Culture
CatchMeIfYouCanWeb
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • March 18, 2015
Theater SRQ&A: Shelley Whiteside

Theater SRQ&A: Shelley Whiteside

  • Arts + Culture
Being kind can mean painting a rainbow, such as this one on a sidewalk in Greenbrook, to make people smile. Courtesy photo
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 25, 2020
Under lockdown in the Lakewood Ranch area, we can still be kind

Time to give back to a Lakewood Ranch business

  • East County
  • Opinion
City Clerk Pamela Nadalini swears in Suzanne Atwell and Susan Chapman, who were elected Tuesday.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • May 17, 2013
Shannon Snyder selected as city of Sarasota mayor

Commissioners applaud Turner; at-large commissioners Atwell and Chapman are sworn in.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2012
Community responds to editor's leaving

Last week, former Managing Editor Michael Eng left the East County Observer for a new role as the managing editor for Plant City Observer. Read the community's response to the news.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • In Memoriam |
  • October 6, 2021
Arthur Wolcott

Arthur Wolcott whose remarkable career spanned over seven decades in the food processing industry died peacefully in Sarasota, Florida on September 24th after a life well lived.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
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