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  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2014
Business Briefs

LoriTech moves into new space on Beneva Road; White Aluminum receives honor from magazine; Soul Studios opens in former Flex building; PEMCO appoints field risk manager

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The sixth Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota, depicted in the rendering above, will be located at 14 School Ave., Arcadia.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • August 9, 2019
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County to expand to Arcadia

The new location will take over the Smith-Brown Reception Center.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Riverview sophomore running back Ali Boyce and senior quarterback Mike Welcer share a silly sideline moment.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 17, 2016
Unlikely stars emerge for Riverview football

The Rams have assembled their best football team in a decade.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
FHP wolfpack details use mobile troopers to remove impaired drivers from the roadways.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2016
FHP to target drunken drivers in Manatee County this weekend

FHP wolfpack details use mobile troopers to remove impaired drivers from the roadways.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ellen Jaffe Jones poses on her favorite trail in Lakewood Ranch's Heron's Nest Nature Park.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 19, 2018
Lakewood Ranch runner gets gold eating green

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
The Lakewood Ranch boys soccer team four-peats. Photo by Jen Blanco.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 28, 2016
Top East County sports moments of the year

The area had plenty of sports highlights during 2016.

  • East County
  • Sports
Karen and Grace Roe
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2013
Patron Saints: Karen Roe

Each week, The Observer posts a Patron Saints video featuring patrons of performing-arts groups and the venues to which they donate.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 13, 2010
Unconditional Surrender agreement signed

Compromises from the sculpture's owner and its prospective buyer now are being reviewed by the city attorney's office.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • February 11, 2019
Presidents Day prompts upcoming county government closures

County government offices, as well as other administrative resources, are among those that will be closed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jason Lugo took orders from Braden River Marching Band staff during a Oct. 3 practice.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • October 9, 2013
Braden River band marches on

With the Manatee County School District coming off a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, money is tighter at schools this year. The result can be unseen impacts, but schools - such as Braden River High - are working to overcome them.

  • East County
  • News
The 2016 Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Voices will present a program focusing on the Florida Highwaymen, a group of 26 African-American artists who painted landscapes from the early 1950s through the 1980s.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • January 28, 2016
Sarasota calendar 1.28.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Jan. 28.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • April 27, 2018
Longboat Key Garden Club observes Arbor Day

The club enjoyed an Arbor Day picnic and announced a special project.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • September 27, 2019
Southside goes gold for childhood cancer awareness

Southside Elementary School raised money for the Benjamin Gilkey Fund for Innovation Pediatric Research.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Max Stewart
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 10, 2017
Bradenton Area EDC appoints new business director

The new hire formerly worked for Enterprise Florida.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 23, 2012
Florida Supreme Court to hear term-limits cases

The state's highest court will hear oral arguments April 10 in combined cases from Sarasota and Broward counties.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Brian Battie.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 8, 2019
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Brian Battie

Returning Sarasota High running back Brian Battie talks USF and his burger preferences.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The strict geometry of the home’s façade is enlivened by tropical plants. The home is thought to be the work of Ralph and William Zimmerman, father and son architects of the Sarasota School.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • December 7, 2017
Checking all the boxes

A Sapphire Shores beauty offers just about everything.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
This Country Club at Lakewood Ranch home at 7806 Mathern Court sold for $1,295,000. It has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,973 square feet of living area.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 8, 2020
Lake Club home tops Lakewood Ranch and east Bradenton home sales at $2,085,500

List of residential real estate transactions for the Lakewood Ranch and east Bradenton areas for Nov. 23-27.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Guests enjoying AlexArt International artist Fabio Dal Boni's art at Spectrum Miami. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • December 19, 2018
Scene & Heard 12.20.18

Here's a look at the A&E news of the week, including a canceled performance at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, a partnership between Meg Krakowiak and All Star Children’s Foundation Campus of Hope & Healing and an AlexArt International artist, Fabio Dal B

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2010
Briefs 2.25.10

Community news and notes

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