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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 23, 2018
They chose liberty over enslavement

Monday is Memorial Day

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Courtesy photos of Peg Rauch The Sarasota Seahawks have outscored their opponents 95-40 through the first seven games of the season.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 26, 2015
Making their mark

Huddled together on the bleachers with lacrosse sticks in hand, members of the Sarasota Seahawks Lacrosse Club’s JV and varsity teams look to their coach for guidance.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
American servicemen take cover during a battle in the Vietnam War.
  • By Allan Gehring | Columnist |
  • October 25, 2017
MY VIEW: Review of Vietnam film showed prejudgment

Ken Burns’ 18-hour documentary was a good primer to learn about an unwinnable war.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
It was off to the races last year during the Take Stock in Children 5K. File photo
  • By Andrew Atkins |
  • February 27, 2019
Take Stock 5k coming March 3

The Take Stock 5k Space Race takes place March 3, and it’s the 10th year of the annual event.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2013
JUST THE STATS

12 - The number of points Trevon Young and Terrance Cummings each scored to lead the Braden River High boys basketball team to a 57-25 victory over Manatee Jan. 18.

  • East County
  • Sports
Patricia Finnan of Country Club Shores walks her Akita, Yoshi, 5, along Bogey Lane before a storm July 16.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 22, 2015
Town takes lead on tougher island leash laws for pets

Who let the dogs out of their leashes? Not the Longboat Key Town Commission, which seeks to be tougher than other municipalities about leads.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2013
Paid Election Letter: Longboat Key PIC endorses incumbents

The Longboat Key Public Interest Committee strongly believes that Longboat Key voters should return incumbents Brown, Gans and Younger to the Town Commission so they can continue their fine work on behalf of the citizens and our island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Canada's James Palmer and the USA's Jeremy Smith prepare to launch out of the gate during the 2016 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup race in Sarasota.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 13, 2016
The 2016 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup come to Sarasota

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The Out-of-Door Academy middle school boys soccer team
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 22, 2014
Sidelines

Registration underway for seniors; River Dawgs receive recognition; St. Stephen's to hold Game Changers Gala

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • May 19, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Locke'

Tom Hardy is such a gifted actor he can carry a film entirely on his own, literally.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • January 19, 2017
Four years from now, I hope ...

We asked first graders at Southside Elementary their personal goals for the next four years.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The 48,000 square foot library will feature the college's complete book and media collection along with an interactive study area, a cafe, and classrooms.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • September 1, 2015
Ringling College surpasses $16 million fundraising goal for new library a year early.

The Ringling College of Art and Design raised $16.9 million in two years toward the new 48,000 square foot art and multimedia library.

  • Arts + Culture
Tara's  Samantha Hix, front, is all smiles during the "ABC" song.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 14, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Dance Recital

Dance teams from Tara Elementary, Braden River Middle and Braden River High schools showed off their talents May 14, at Braden River High, during a dance recital showcase.

  • East County
  • News
The intersection of Ringling Boulevard and Pineapple Avenue became a four-way stop last week to prepare for roundabout construction.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 1, 2011
Multiple projects under way this week

Construction work began this week on two Ringling Boulevard four-lane roundabouts at the same time resurfacing of Fruitville Road began.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A lemur and her infant jump around in the indoor enclosure at the Myakka City Lemur Reserve.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • June 21, 2017
Myakka City Lemur Reserve branches out

Baby boom leads to Myakka City Lemur Reserve expansion.

  • East County
  • News
Robert 'Bob' Twyman was a regular at Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key breakfasts.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 11, 2011
OBITUARY: Robert 'Bob' Twyman

Robert "Bob" Twyman, 88, was a former Longboat Key commissioner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • April 18, 2018
Students speak on scholarships at New College Luncheon

Scholarship donors and recipients got together April 12 at the New College Foundation's Keating Center

  • Black Tie
Nasir Khalidi captured this sunset from Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2016
Sarasota weather page photo: Jan. 7

Nasir Khalidi captured this sunset from Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
"The subject matter crosses a lot of aesthetic boundaries, and people find a certain richness of the subject matter," Virginia Hoffman says.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 20, 2013
Unfiltered Nature: Virginia Hoffman

Photographer Virginia Hoffman hopes taking a photo means aging historic Florida sites will be preserved.

  • Arts + Culture
Belinda Russell submitted this photo of a pair of dolphins swimming in the Manatee River.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2016
East County weather page photo: Jan. 7

Belinda Russell submitted this photo of a pair of dolphins swimming in the Manatee River.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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