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Besides being a sure shot, DiPino has earned 18 commendations in Ocean City.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 10, 2013
Sarasota police chief DiPino reports on first week

Bernadette DiPino always keeps a protein bar in her bag. They have come in handy during her busy first week as Sarasota's new chief.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jess McIntyre |
  • May 15, 2018
Summer Break from adulthood

Lighten your load this summer by setting aside playtime for your inner child.

  • LWR Life
Palm Aire Country Club resident Gus Andreone, 104, was highlighted during a special tribute to the PGA of America prior to the PGA Championship July 30. Andreone is the organization's oldest living member.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 10, 2016
Living Legend: Palm Aire resident carries long-lasting golf legacy

At 104 years old, Palm Aire Country Club resident Gus Andreone is the PGA's oldest living member — and has a lasting friendship with golf icon Arnold Palmer.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jillian Butterfield as Belle and the cast of "Beauty and the Beast."
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • August 10, 2015
Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" returns to the Van Wezel

Disney's first Broadway musical is making its way to Sarasota at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 14 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

  • Arts + Culture
On a hot summer afternoon, the Gulf & Bay Club’s swans, Valentino and Natasha, sought some extra cooling from the fountain spray in the complex’s big pond. Photo by Nancy Deckard.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 21, 2011
Island Beat: Gulf & Bay Club members mourning loss of swans

During the summer, Nancy Deckard, a regular attendee at Siesta Key Association meetings, said she would send me a photo of the current pair of swans at the Gulf & Bay Club on the Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2013
Our View

Wanted: a cellular champion

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Chiles
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2014
Faces of '14

Our list of the top newsmakers of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Traffic isn't just up on the streets. Boating traffic is up in the waterways, especially near Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub and Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant in the Longbeach Village.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 16, 2013
Overnight mooring causes sinking feeling

Longbeach Village residents sent an 'SOS' to Police Chief Pete Cumming last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Olivia Marie Zimmermann
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2014
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  • East County
  • Neighbors
The town of Longboat Key will host early voting for Key residents this week at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 11, 2011
Early voting continues on Longboat

Key residents can vote early in the town's Tuesday, March 15 municipal election through the weekend at Town Hall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Braden River High junior shortstop Kenya Yancy helped lead the Lady Pirates to a berth in the Final Four two years ago. Now, she’s hoping her contributions at the plate will help push the Lady Pirates deep into the postseason.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 27, 2013
Making it Count: Kenya Yancy

Braden River High junior shortstop Kenya Yancy is batting .419 with 23 hits, a pair of home runs and 10 RBIs so far this season. She has helped lead the Lady Pirates to 14-3 record (8-0 Class 7A-11).

  • East County
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Michael McKeever says if it weren't for the production of his play "37 Postcards" at Florida Studio Theatre, it wouldn't have reached the international success it has today. He hopes the same for "South Beach Babylon." Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 24, 2013
Playwright talks 'South Beach Babylon'

Sarasota audiences were first introduced to "South Beach Babylon" in 2011 during a reading of the play, still in draft form, at FST's Sarasota Festival of New Plays. Miami-born playwright Michael McKeever has had seven other plays read in the festival during the past two decades.

  • Arts + Culture
Charlie Cary has a find.
  • By Dora Walters |
  • April 24, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Casa del Mar Easter

Following tradition at Casa del Mar, a member of the Ryan family is always the Easter Bunny. This year, wearing the bright pink bunny suit was Ed Ryan Jr. The Easter Bunny always gets a warm welcome, because the youngsters know once he arrives, the Easter egg hunt is about to begin. The grounds at Case del Mar were roped off in sections, and adults were in each to supervise.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pentathletes will compete in a 3,200-meter cross-country run.
  • By Jason Clary |
  • February 10, 2015
Pentathlon is a win for Benderson Park

To secure the bid for the 2015 Modern Pentathlon World Cup No. 1 competition, the Sarasota-Bradenton area faced big-time competition.

  • East County
  • Sports
County commissioner Paul Caragiulo at the December retreat, where plans to explore a mental health taxing district were abandoned.
  • By Jack Short |
  • February 10, 2016
City and county again spar over homeless issues

Some members of the county commission felt one of their own was misrepresented in a city press release.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sophomore Chase Balliette and senior Justin Rawlings tackle a Sarasota ball carrier before reaching the end zone. Photos courtesy Mary Stager.
  • By Mary Stager |
  • October 6, 2013
Pirates hold on for first district win

The Braden River High football team earned its first district win of the season with a 30-27 victory over Sarasota Oct. 4.

  • East County
  • Sports
Gan Director Laura Freedman, Krisztina Campion, Illene Dyrda, Julie Pines, Ashley Fox, Cheryl Brilliant, Lila Biller, Maxwell Jackson, Alexander Nir and Jackson Mitchell
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 25, 2012
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: Camp Gan

One little, two little, three little aliens; four little, five little, six little astronauts ...

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The town of Longboat Key will host early voting for Key residents this week at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 7, 2011
Early voting begins today

Key residents can vote early in the town's Tuesday, March 15, municipal election all this week at Town Hall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A group of Waterline Road homeowners and nearby residents started a group called Preserve Our Waterline Road Inc. and sent a petition to commissioners voicing their displeasure with a proposed development project.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • September 4, 2013
Waterline Road discussion continues Thursday

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners will continue a long-delayed public hearing on the Martin-Hillwood project, which calls for 195 residential units on 77 acres on the north side of Waterline Road, Thursday morning.

  • East County
  • News
Danny Erlenmeyer, a 2016 graduate of Lakewood Ranch High, competed in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the first time June 26, in Omaha, Neb.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 29, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Lakewood Ranch graduate fulfills childhood dream at U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

  • East County
  • Sports
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