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Bob Gault has plans to bury the wires in Country Club Shores.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 6, 2016
People to Watch: Bob Gault

Bob Gault is hopeful enough residents realize an effort to bury power lines on Longboat Key isn’t complete until a neighborhood and side street project is approved in March.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2009
Villagers get bowled over by sight

It was something he had never seen before.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • June 20, 2012
Bridge Bites: Three degrees of bacon

This week's hand features an astonishing defense by West - we'll get to the winning play by degrees.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 18, 2015
Cops Corner

East County Cops Corner

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2009
Cops Corner

A woman was pulled over for swerving in a Dodge pickup truck on Gulf of Mexico Drive. When police told her that her driver's license was suspended for failure to pay a traffic fine, she explained that she had taken care of that ticket over the phone.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 16, 2018
Do not take this lightly

Longboat Key residents need to decide the fate of streetlights.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Eileen and Bob Parkinson are hoping for another stellar turnout for the second Crystal Classic on Siesta Key Nov. 10-14.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 29, 2011
Neighbors: Classic Commitment

As chairs of the Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sandsculpting Competition's organizing committee, Eileen and Bob Parkinson relish the opportunity to contribute to their adopted community.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Karen Warrack
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • April 13, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Karen Warrack

Karen Warrack took up tennis while living in Toronto, when she was 25 years old.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
McKinlee Quinn Gilbert
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2012
East County Births

Congratulations to the East County parents who celebrated recent births. The East County Observer will publish birth announcements each month. To have your listing included, please email your information to Managing Editor Michael Eng, [email protected].

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Dick Webster snapped this photo of the moon over Sarasota Bay
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2011
The sky's the limit for local photogs

Last weekend's scenic skies inspired local photographers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Zach Morrison represented Young Democrats during the Next Generation debate hosted by the Tiger Bay Club.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • February 16, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Tiger Bay Next Generation debate

The Tiger Bay Club welcomed Young Democrats and Young Republicans into the den for the Next Generation debate on national and local topics Tuesday morning at Michael's on East.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 5, 2013
Sarasota County approves UF lease

Sarasota County commissioners approved a 20-year lease with the University of Florida Board of Trustees for a county-owned building on Orange Avenue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lynda Lilley (aka Blossom The Clown)
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 2, 2011
Blossom talks about saving face (VIDEO)

This week's Diversion's cover clown has never been one to follow beauty rules. Meet Sarasota Bozo-purist Lynda Lilley.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 16, 2009
Braden River Pirates' comeback falls short

The Braden River High School suffered its first loss of the season 28-20 to Venice Sept. 11.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 22, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 7.23.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Bob Salyers |
  • April 4, 2012
Love is in the air out east

'Love is in the Air' is a 1977 disco song by John Paul Young, and that silly song was all I could think of on my last Photo-Boat outing on the Manatee River. On Fridays and Saturdays during the wild bird-breeding season, I run a charter service aboard the Photo-Boat for photographers in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • July 29, 2015
Sarasota Opera announces cast and creative team for last year of the Verdi Cycle

The opera brings in familiar favorites and acclaimed newcomers to conclude its historic performance cycle of the complete works of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.

  • Arts + Culture
Braden River freshman Kate Walker took second place in both the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke at the Class 3A District 7 meet on Oct. 21.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 26, 2016
Racing in the gene pool

Braden River freshman hopes to eventually win a state swimming title like her brother.

  • East County
  • Sports
Michelle Donato learns to walk at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 2, 2014
Key college student takes steps toward recovery

Michelle Donato proved doctors wrong who told her she might never walk again. Her next goal: to dance again.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Both Longbeach Village and Sleepy Lagoon streets were flooded after a band of strong winds and rain from Tropical Storm Andrea came ashore June 6. Norton Street looked more like a canal than a street after the storm.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 12, 2013
Andrea is first brush with storm season

Key residents and town staffers got a reminder last week that hurricane season is here.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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