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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 20, 2012
IDA moves forward with new maintenance facility

Supervisors are ready to approve construction of a facility that meets the state requirement that a building withstand 140-mph winds.

  • East County
  • News
Support beams will hold the walls of the building in place until support beams and the roof are installed.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 22, 2018
Developer offers tilted view of the future in Lakewood Ranch

Harrod Properties nears completion of Gateway project.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 4, 2016
UPDATE: Stolen firearm leads to Sarasota school lockdown

The Sarasota Police Department is investigating a vehicle burglary that occurred at Sarasota Ford, while officers have lifted the lockdown at surrounding schools.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 21, 2015
BRSC registration underway

Registration for the Braden River Soccer Club fall recreational season is now open.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 13, 2018
To solve traffic, remember the line: ‘What’s in it for me?’

Town Commission should continue to lobby FDOT and work with Bradenton Beach and Sarasota to ameliorate the traffic backups

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Michael Saunders will be honored on March 20. File photo.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • March 13, 2019
Saunders to receive Hero of History award

Real estate company founder will be fifth recipient of Historical Society's award on March 20.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Elliott Falcione said Premier Sports Campus could pursue a naming rights deal for its stadium in the future.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 5, 2019
Aquatics complex at Premier in Lakewood Ranch could be long wait

Manatee County director of parks and natural resources says an aquatics complex isn't high on the priority list at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Maestro Jamie Laredo opened the Masterworks series as the first guest conductor Nov. 9, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Courtesy photos.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 20, 2012
Orchestra conducts maestro search

Friday, Nov. 9, guest conductor Jamie Laredo stood on the stage at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and performed Vivaldi's familiar violin solo, "The Four Seasons," as part of the opening concert in Sarasota Orchestra's Masterworks series.

  • Arts + Culture
  • A time to celebrate |
  • September 17, 2020
Les and Nora Ivell

Cheers to 70 Years of Happiness

  • East County
  • Celebrations
The opening reception March 15 featured live music and appetizers. Courtesy of Ringling College of Art and Design.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 27, 2013
Scene & Heard

'Column' as you see them; Aubrey Plaza is no laughing matter; What's red, green and white all over?; Patron Saints

  • Arts + Culture
City Parking Manager Tom Lyons hopes to have a comprehensive parking management plan completed within two months. Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • May 29, 2014
DID continues paid parking debate

Following a presentation from the city's parking manager, Downtown Improvement District members softened their opposition to the reintroduction of paid parking.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Five men push a vehicle Monday through the Beach Road intersection in front of the main access to Siesta Key Beach.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 28, 2012
Beach Road drainage fix faces delay

The $2.8 million improvement project that will replace an outdated system was delayed after changes were made to the design.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Brothers Martin Gramatica and Santiago Gramatica stand in front of the panels that will be used to build three homes for underprivileged families in Haiti.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 27, 2011
Brotherly Love

The well-known former Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Martin Gramatica and his placekicking brothers chose Sarasota to start their green building business, which has just secured a deal to provide housing to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 9, 2009
Jaleski questions town breakwaters

Commissioner Gene Jaleski sent an e-mail to other commissioners that said he thought breakwaters to help stave off erosion at the North Shore Road beach access are 'a bad idea that shouldn't be allowed to proceed until a thorough study of Longboat Pass has been completed.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • September 4, 2013
Social Studies: Terri Vitale

If you think women can't have it all, then you have yet to meet Terri Vitale. Wife to Dr. Chris Sforzo and mother to Sydney and Ryan, Vitale keeps her entire family in line.

  • Arts + Culture
  • A time to celebrate |
  • September 17, 2020
Bryan and Sylva Langton

in honor of their 60th wedding anniversary

  • Longboat Key
  • Celebrations
The V Foundation for Cancer Research and Dick Vitale have announced that the 13th-annual Dick Vitale Gala, to be held on May 11 at the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota, will honor Jim Harbaugh, Leonard Hamilton and Mike Greenberg.Â
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 8, 2018
Dick Vitale Gala announces honorees for 2018 event

The 13th-annual Gala will celebrate Jim Harbaugh, Leonard Hamilton and Mike Greenberg.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2016
Longboat Key: Letters

Contract approval was fiscally prudent; Hotel plans put property values at risk; Muhammad Ali, remembered

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Bill Galvano was elected to the State Senate in November.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • February 1, 2013
State Senator Bill Galvano to visit Willowbrook community today

Senator Bill Galvano will visit East County's Willowbrook community today to gauge the progress of repairs to its homes.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch quarterback Justin Curtis and the Mustangs offense have taken their lumps this season.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 19, 2016
Lakewood Ranch football coach sees a turnaround on the horizon

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
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