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Santa will once again return to Holidays on the Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 5, 2017
Holidays on the Ranch will melt your hear

Jay Heater: Side of Ranch

  • East County
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • March 3, 2010
Detectives make arrest in Lichon murder

Jose Luis Marrero, 34, was charged in the shooting death of Lauren Lichon, 23, Wednesday at the Manatee County Courthouse while he was attending a hearing on an unrelated charge.

  • East County
  • News
Ali Yawn.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 19, 2017
East County Athlete of the Week: 04.19.17

East County Athlete of the Week: 04.19.17

  • East County
  • Sports
Bradenton's Zanthia Monroe tries on glasses with help from Sarasota volunteer Jenny King.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • November 11, 2016
RAM clinic services hundreds at Manatee Technical College

Local residents can receive free medical care through Sunday

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2012
Obituary: Alice-Jean 'A.J.' McFarlin

Key and formerly of St. Louis Park, Minn., died May 31. She was 82.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A still frame from Glass' video shows Longboat, Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • January 19, 2018
Watch: Visitor captures Longboat's beauty in video

Using a drone, Nicole Glass shot a bird's-eye perspective of the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo
  • By June LeBell |
  • February 15, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'Carmen'

The gypsy, Carmen, believes in fate. She sees her own death with every card she deals at the smugglers' rocky hideout and believes, because of an ominous confluence of circumstances, that she is doomed.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • November 17, 2015
Garden Club learns about the Village

Members of the Longboat Key Garden Club welcomed former Longbeach Village Association President Michael Drake at its monthly meeting Nov. 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tim Holliday
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 3, 2011
Neighbors: Tim Holliday

When he was a teenager, Tim Holliday joked that whenever he had children, he would send them off to an island to be raised by a nanny.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kimberly Braun |
  • October 5, 2012
A zealous heart in the heart of downtown

A zealous heart in the heart of downtown

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Jessi Smith |
  • August 13, 2012
Behind-the-scenes burlesque with Mademoiselle Rowdy Pants and Maid Mosephine

Behind-the-scenes burlesque with Mademoiselle Rowdy Pants and Maid Mosephine

  • Arts + Culture
Levitt said you need a certain amount of dexterity to create paper mache sculptures. It usually takes him two to three weeks to finish a sculpture.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 2, 2016
Longboat Key resident's past sculpts his artwork today

Marvin Levitt always had a knack for art. At 91, he spends time each day painting, drawing or sculpting.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Seth Pevnick, artist Selina Roman and Curator Chris Jones
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 17, 2017
Circle members view new Ringling exhibit

The Ringling’s top donors, called circle members, got a special look at the museum’s newest exhibit on Aug. 17 at The Keith D. and Linda L. Monda Gallery of Contemporary Art.

  • Black Tie
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • August 27, 2012
Autopsy of a Deal: Beneva and Fruitville

Autopsy of a Deal: Beneva and Fruitville

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Salvation Army Major Ethan Frizzell and Director of Programs David Sutton believe the Quality Life Center will help the Salvation Army in its quest to house homeless individuals.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 1, 2015
New facility highlights Salvation Army’s shifting focus

The opening of the Salvation Army’s “Quality Life Center” is another step that signals the service provider’s increased emphasis on housing individuals.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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  • By Patti Waller |
  • February 4, 2014
Fitness for your feet

Fitness for your feet

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
K-9 handler Tom Franklin, of the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, plays around with his companion and co-worker, Rocky.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 16, 2016
McNeal Elementary students fetch lessons with K-9 Unit

Manatee County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit provided a demonstration for the East County students.

  • East County
  • News
Sirisha Kandepi slides with her son, Rishi Talluru.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 29, 2016
East County school gets snowed in

The Tabernacle Christian School held a snow day for students.

  • East County
  • Schools
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 of a proposed development project.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 3, 2013
Development on Waterline Road delayed after public outcry

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioner's decision to continue a public hearing on the East Manatee housing proposal, called the Martin-Hillwood project, came after more than 20 Waterline Road homeowners, organized into a group called Preserve Our Waterline Road, Inc. (POWeR), voiced their displeasure with the plan at a meeting yesterday.

  • East County
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