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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 20, 2016
We recommend …

If you’re an independent voter or still undecided on the local races, this might help you decide. Reader beware: We always favor candidates who back the freedom agenda.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 8, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries from April through October

Longboat Key lost many beloved residents during the summer months. Below, is a list in their honor.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ida McBride submitted this sunset photo, taken in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2014
Weather: East County

Visit YourObserver.com to submit your local weather photos. Each weekly winner will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $25 gift card. One grand prize winner will receive a $5,000 flooring makeover.*

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch man injured in accident.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 15, 2017
Lakewood Ranch man injured in one-car accident

Driver left in serious condition after wreck occurred on Ocean Boulevard in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • News
Longboat Key Police Sgt. Lee Smith uses a radio to communicate with town dispatchers. Photo by Robin Hartill
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 3, 2015
Changes loom for 911 system

The town is finally getting the answers commissioners will need to make a decision about whether to maintain town dispatch.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 16, 2020
Andrew Novak wins the 2020 Suncoast Classic in Lakewood Ranch

It is the 24-year-old's first professional victory.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2009
Our View

End the taxpayers' burden

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2013
Cultural celebration

Bashaw Elementary School kicked off its school-wide theme of "Celebrating Diversity: Customs and Cultures of the Far East" with an assembly Aug. 30.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
We recommend Hagen Brody and Martin Hyde for Sarasota City Council.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2017
A case for Brody and Hyde

It’s all about their vision. One candidate’s is a negative: STOP!, exactly what it says. The other two look forward.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Richardo Rhodes and Emily Dixon in Ricardo Graziano's “Symphony of Sorrows."
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • April 6, 2014
DANCE REVIEW: 'Ashton, Graziano & Tudor'

The Sarasota Ballet performed another expertly planned triple-bill performance this past weekend.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kerry Kirschner |
  • April 14, 2010
My View: New investment has helped region flourish

The Argus Foundation is urging the town of Longboat Key and the Longboat Key Club and Resort to work together to bring about the club's redevelopment.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Lad Slapak is director of the Youth Fishing Tournament.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 24, 2016
The biting reality of fishing in the Ranch

Local anglers say fishing has taken a hit in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 27, 2018
Lakewood Ranch Sisterhood for Good presents grants

Lakewood Ranch Sisterhood for Good presents grants worth more than $9,000.

  • East County
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 2, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 12.3.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 28, 2016
County considers shrinking mowing responsibilities

Sarasota County staff aim to save the county as much as $700,000 annually by eliminating the mowing of residential rights of way.

  • Sarasota
  • News
About 35 acres of undeveloped land sits behind the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee campus on McIntosh Road, but a pack of coyotes has claimed it for their home. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 19, 2014
McIntosh residents witness call of the wild

Despite residents' concerns about a coyote pack living in a nearby vacant lot, authorities say there's nothing they can do about them.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 3, 2018
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Oct. 4

A look at our favorite events happening this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • August 16, 2017
FPRA hosts awards luncheon

The Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association honored its current and incoming board members.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Through programs like the Eagle Academy  at Alta Vista Elementary School, Principal Barbara Shirley has helped cross boundaries to meet the needs of her students.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • September 8, 2016
Conversation with Barbara Shirley

SCOPE honors Alta Vista Principal Barbara Shirley as 2016 Boundary Crosser.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Carlos Beruff began looking to purchase the Moore's Dairy site, which he calls "the hole in the doughnut," in 2008. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 10, 2014
Medallion moves forward with dairy site

Founder and owner Carlos Beruff says development should start in about 18 months.

  • East County
  • News
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