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  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 23, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: Morel

Morel restaurant's Executive Chef Fredy Mayer shares an exclusive recipe for YourObserver.com readers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 19, 2019
Final chapter for Colony

It's almost over. Chuck Whittall and Andy Adams are approaching the final battle. And Whittall appears to have the momentum to win.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
ManaSota League of Cities President Linda Yates, second from left, engages Thursday with members, from left: Brian Williams of Palmetto, Kit McKeon of Venice and Jean Peelen of Holmes Beach.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • September 8, 2016
ManaSota League of Cities refines push for more local government power

Undeterred by lack of legislative success a year ago

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Pines of Sarasota Lead Physical Therapist James McClure, right, helps Dickie Smothers try out the Biodex Balance System.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • October 1, 2015
Pines of Sarasota takes a stand against falls

A new fall-prevention program assesses your risk of falling and makes suggestions for improvement.

  • Health
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 7, 2009
Band boosters create Mustang Mania

The Lakewood Ranch High School Band Booster Association hopes the festival will raise $20,000 for school arts programs.

  • East County
  • News
Nick Friedman Chef, brewer and restaurateur Darwin Santa Maria says he enjoys self reinvention. His newest restaurant, Darwin Evolutionary Cuisine, embodies this outlook.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 11, 2017
Darwin Santa Maria opens Darwin Evolutionary Cuisine

Darwin Evolutionary Cuisine offers Amazonian dishes and an intimate, family-run atmosphere.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 22, 2009
LBK Citizen of the Year Fuller, 79, dies

Claudia Fuller was a Longboat Key resident since 1990.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jim Harriott said staff had noted during a June budget discussion that the county would not have the approximately $7 million in extra funding it needs for the project until FY 2015.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 6, 2011
Gulf Gate Library project could be moved up

In response to concerns voiced Tuesday by Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson, county staff will examine ways to accelerate the construction of the new Gulf Gate Library. The project is set to start in Fiscal Year 2015.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Cooper
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 18, 2015
Candidates emerge for Planning Board vacancy

While Sarasota County prepares to revamp its comprehensive plan and the economy rebounds, five candidates have emerged for the advisory board that will play a key role in the update and the county's future.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sandrina Bellino, a Zumba instructor in Lakewood Ranch, leads a Latin-inspired dance during the Viva Latino festival.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • September 25, 2016
Viva Latino festival spices up Lakewood Main Street

Visitors flock to East County to celebrate and learn about Latino culture.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2011
Cops Corner

8 p.m. - 5100 block of Caruso Road. Grand theft of a golf cart. Unknown person(s) stole the victim's golf cart during the night and fled in an unknown direction. The cart was parked next to the mobile home under the carport.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Greg Hebert of Wildlife Inc, and David Novak with Clark  Courtesy photo
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 4, 2018
Match made in Harbourside heaven

Clark and Greta, Longboat Key's newest mating pair, are settling into their new home on the Harbourside Golf Course after testing David Novak and other volunteers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 10, 2016
Remove the crosswalks

They’re a safety hazard. Longboat Key was safer without them.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The Rt. Rev. Dabney Smith of the Diocese of Southwest Florida was present at the installation of Rev. John C. N. Hall Saturday, Feb. 23 to present him as the new rector.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • February 26, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Installation of St. Boniface New Rector John C. N. Hall

Parishioners welcomed Rev. John C. N. Hall Saturday, Feb. 23 as their new rector. Ted Copeland, St. Boniface's rector for 20 years, retired last spring. The committee has been searching for a new rector since November and after narrowing down a list of 50 candidates they chose Hall. The church was looking for someone who could embrace the church's welcoming nature and someone who could run a large church like St. Boniface. 'This is a place all people are welcome and where we are serious about changing this place and the world for the better, and introducing people to God in new ways,' Hall said.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2013
Sarasota and Longboat Observers win first place in Newspaper of the Year contest

For the second consecutive year, the Sarasota Observer and the Longboat Observer won first place in their divisions in Local Media Association's 2013 Newspaper of the Year contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Christine Johnson of the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast thanks Friends of Keep Woods for its efforts in creating a new preserve.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 2, 2018
Backers celebrate new Johnson Preserve in Manatee County

Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast hosts a celebration and walking tour of the new Johnson Preserve along the Braden River.

  • East County
  • News
Informative signs skirt areas roped off to protect Snowy Plovers on Siesta Key beach. Two chicks have been spotted on the north end of the beach.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 6, 2012
Plover chicks brave weekend

Of the two remaining Snow Plover nests on Siesta Key beach, two chicks have hatched and survived the weekend.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch sophomore forward Travis Freeman and the rest of the Mustangs look to win their opening match against North Port at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 2, 2016
That's the ticket ...

The top match-ups this week in East County sports.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
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