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The Lakewood Ranch High 3,200-meter relay team of Ashley Platt, Devin McDermott, Kristin Zarrella and Olivia Ortiz finished second in a school record time of 9:22.6.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 11, 2011
Lady Mustangs take home hardware

The Lakewood Ranch High girls 3,200-meter relay team finished second at the Class 3A state meet May 6 in Winter Park. Olivia Ortiz and Devin McDermott also captured individual medals.

  • East County
  • Sports
Tyler Marshall, center, became the first Pirate to sign a scholarship to play soccer in college.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 11, 2012
Senior inks Braden River's first soccer scholarship

Braden River's Tyler Marshall signed a national letter-of-intent to play soccer for West Virginia Wesleyan College April 3.

  • East County
  • Sports
The new store and showroom contains about 30 of the metal sculptures. Photo by Roger Drouin
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • June 19, 2013
Dudes move to St. Armands

Scott Gerber's Tube Dude showroom moved off Main Street June 1 to the Circle. The aluminum figures are already catching some major attention of passersby.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
St. Armands Circle used pedestrian crossing guards in early 2020 during an art show.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • February 4, 2021
St. Armands Circle crossing guards to return in March

The town of Longboat Key, city of Sarasota and the Florida Department of Transportation agreed to evenly split the cost of the program.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Image courtesy VANDYK USA One88's future location on Golden Gate Point.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 16, 2014
New luxury condo announced

A Toronto-based developer plans to build a mid-rise waterfront condominium on Golden Gate Point - and is eyeing future projects in the Sarasota market.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 11, 2016
Lakewood gears up for coed summer hoops camp

Lakewood Ranch High will hold its annual summer basketball camp for four weeks.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Longboat Key Town Commission is determined to decrease bridge openings.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 16, 2015
Bridge openings don’t clog traffic, study shows

Commissioners gave Town Manager Dave Bullock direction to invite Coast Guard and FDOT officials to a future meeting to discuss bridge openings.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jessi Smith |
  • January 16, 2013
What's with all those twisted twigs? TWIS joins the Patrick Dougherty Project at future SMOA

What's with all those twisted twigs? TWIS joins the Patrick Dougherty Project at future SMOA

  • Arts + Culture
Panelists Neal Communities President Pat Neal, John Tuccillo, chief economist for Florida Realtors, Michael Saunders & Co. CEO Michael Saunders and Rex Jensen, Schroeder-Manatee Ranch president and CEO
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 5, 2013
REAL ESTATE: BOOM OR BUST?

Prominent Manatee/Sarasota real-estate executives say high prices and sales put the area in a boom period, not a bubble.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 26, 2019
Sarasota Bay Watch assesses scallop and clam situation

The question this year was, "How's the bay today?"

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2013
Heritage Harbour settles lawsuit

The CDD will pay $10,000 to the plaintiffs, ending a controversy about stormwater assessments that began in 2011.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2009
Community Calendar

Community Calendar

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Hagen Brody |
  • February 16, 2022
My View: United against hate

City commissioner and former mayor denounces recent antisemitic attack and announces Sunday unity rally.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Shantel Norman and William Duggan
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • January 28, 2016
Reggae fever

Young reggae fan William Duggan is pulled on stage to dance with Jah Movement at the Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2014
Our View

At the expense of others

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Jack Daly and Vice Mayor Phill Younger were happy with Tuesday'  s election results.
  • By John McGuire |
  • March 15, 2017
Familiar faces head back to the Town Commission

Jim Brown and Jack Daly will return to the dais.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In January, the town reinstituted some of its COVID-19 distancing requirements.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 9, 2022
Longboat relaxes some of its COVID-19 reactions

Falling trends of positive tests, hospitalizations prompt changes at Town Hall, public sites.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo Traffic jams and bridge openings on and near Longboat Key the past few weeks were not just seasonal traffic issues.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 2, 2014
Officials conspired to jam traffic

APRIL FOOLS' - The season's traffic woes began when a town official sent an email reading: 'Time for some traffic problems on Longboat Key.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 19, 2018
Gocio flips for Principal's Breakfast

Gocio Elementary School Principal Steve Royce, and his father Sid, made 500 pancakes for the Principal's Breakfast on Jan. 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 25, 2018
Downtown Sarasota's walk in the park offers unique live music experience

The feast is both edible and aural at Café in the Park restaurant with several live music performances in Downtown Sarasota.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
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