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Don Olinger and Tracy Rhodes moved into their two-bedroom apartment in May with dogs Ralphie and Gary.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • July 22, 2015
Dogs help roommates see eye to eye

Don Olinger and Tracy Rhodes' service dogs guide them to independent living and a lasting friendship.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
LaDazhia Williams.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 7, 2016
East County High Fives: 12.07.16

East County High Fives: 12.07.16

  • East County
  • Sports
Dennis and Brenda Baron take in the festivities at the Thunder by the Bay Motorcycle Festival.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • January 7, 2015
WEEKEND BEST BET:Thunder by the Bay

Motorcycle festival will takeover downtown Sarasota for the weekend

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 4, 2014
Community sports

Enjoy this week's community golf news for Lakewood Ranch, Palm-Aire, River Club, Rosedale, Tara and University Park.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch libero Ande McDonald passes the ball back up to a teammate.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 9, 2015
Mustangs fall in opener

The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team fell to Riverview 3-0 in its season opener Sept. 2.

  • East County
  • Sports
Longboat Key Assistant Town Manager Anne Ross credits here tenure at Longboat Key for preparing her for her new Lakewood Ranch executive director  challenge.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 14, 2015
A Conversation with Anne Ross

Longboat Key Assistant Town Manager Anne Ross, 43, departs the town at the end of the month for the Lakewood Ranch executive director post after 11 years of service to the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Southeast High School freshman Emersen Peco won five medals, including the all-around title and a pair of first-place finishes on vault and balance beam, in what was likely her final competition with the Sarasota Surge.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 10, 2013
National Champ: Emersen Peco

Fourteen-year-old Emersen Peco won five medals, including the level 5 all-around title, at the 2013 YMCA Gymnastics Championship held June 27 to June 28, in Savannah, Ga.

  • East County
  • Sports
Friends placed a copy of this photograph of Brendan Shreve and Jared Duran at the site of their death.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 14, 2015
East County celebrates lives of Lakewood Ranch students

Brendan Shreve and Jared Duran died tragically Oct. 10.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2009
Our View

Defining 'Spirit of America'

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2016
WELCOME BACK: What happened while you were gone

From construction to parking meters, from fights over special events downtown to … fights over bars downtown, we run down the top 10 stories from this off-season.

  • Sarasota
  • News
SUGAR founders Victoria Cobb, Stefanie Guido and Ali Pereira  show off new backpacks donated after they posted a request on Facebook.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 25, 2017
Moms sweeten opportunities for service in Lakewood Ranch area

Three moms start SUGAR, an organization to help children learn about volunteerism.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2009
Our View

Defining 'Spirit of America'

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
This  Lake Club home at 16346 Daysailor Trail sold for $1,925,000. It has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,301 square feet of living area. Photo courtesy of listing agent Barbara Najmy.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 10, 2020
Lake Club home tops sales at $1.925 million

Home sales strong for week of July 27-31 in Lakewood Ranch area.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Buchanan
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 27, 2010
Election coverage: Candidates differ on taxes, Social Security

Opposition to offshore oil drilling may be the only common ground between incumbent District 13 Congressman Vern Buchanan and his opponent, James Golden. They hold opposing views on continuing tax cuts, the state of Medicare and Social Security and the federal government's health-care reform.

  • Sarasota
  • News
On busy days, cars crowd North Shell Road, making it difficult for residents to enter and leave their driveways.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • April 9, 2014
County approves Shell Road parking plan

Renovations to the popular Siesta Key beach access will make the area easier for Sheriff's deputies to enforce.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Kahwa Coffee is Charlotte Corker's first solo show.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • September 12, 2019
Sarasota coffee shop's walls are booked for local artists

Downtown cafe’s waitlist for new artists to display their work extends to 2020.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2011
UPCC resident thanks paramedic

Unlike most of Superman's beneficiaries, Richard St. Hilaire got to thank his hero in person.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Judi Stanley learned to cook Italian food from her grandmother, Florence Pascone. Stanley decided to name her restaurant after her.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 17, 2018
Pascone's Ristorante opens at UTC

Italian restaurant livens University Parkway corridor dining scene.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • January 13, 2010
Film: 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'

Heath Ledger has a great line in his last film, one that eerily seems like an epitaph: "Don't believe what you read in the newspapers."

  • Arts + Culture
Dr. Ingeborg Kreiger died May 23.   Courtesy photo
  • By Katie Johns |
  • June 14, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: June 15, 2017

Dr. Ingeborg Krieger, Nancy M. Kaplan and Harvey Stapleton died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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