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  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2011
Cops Corner

CLASSIC COPS Feb. 10, 1984 5:29 p.m. - 2200 block GMD. Woman reports snake on couch. Snake found to be rubber imitation.

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

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Senior Haley Preininger has been an integral part of ODA volleyball team’s success this season. Now she hopes to lead the Lady Thunder to its first district title since 2007.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 10, 2012
All Heart: Haley Preininger

The Out-of-Door Academy team-and-floor captain Haley Preininger has learned individual accolades only carry you so far. The senior setter hopes the Lady Thunder's newfound toughness will carry them to a district championship.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 26, 2012
Country Club West changes its manager

Country Club West will no longer contract with the Inter-District Authority for property management services, starting Jan. 1.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch High senior Danielle Valley qualified for the final in the 800-meter freestyle of the U.S. Olympic Trials July 1. She finished eighth.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 26, 2012
Year in sports: A look back

Building off of last year's successes, East County athletes made remarkable headlines in 2012, putting together one of the most eventful and successful years in recent history.

  • East County
  • Sports
This home at 7909 Midnight Pass Road has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,872 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.45 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 13, 2012
Home in Mira Mar sells for $1.45 million

A home in Mira Mar tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Marek and Grazyna Piekos, of Sarasota, sold their home at 7909 Midnight Pass Road to Stephen Witzer, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1.45 million.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2013
SIDELINES

Riverview Rams prove victorious on Senior Night; Blazers top Cougars in basketball overtime; Mooney Cougars tame the LWR Mustangs; Thunder's season comes to a close with loss

  • Sarasota
  • News
Proponents of the parking changes say they will allow customers to dine and shop without worrying about getting a parking ticket.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • November 29, 2012
Turner pushes for eased restrictions

The controversial subject of parking enforcement downtown could be coming full circle.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Boston Crusaders color guard poses at the Inaugural Parade. Lakewood Ranch sophomore Sammy Hyatt is second from right in the back row. Courtesy photo
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 23, 2013
March of a Lifetime: Inaugural Day Parade

Greta Curry, Sammy Hyatt and Matt Vaadi marched in the 57th Inaugural Day Parade with the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Food Bank of Manatee Director Cindy Sloan weighs bags pallets of rice ready for distribution. Wheels on Meals Plus of Manatee is seeing an increase in needs due to COVID-19. File photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 22, 2020
Can't mask the spirit of giving in Lakewood Ranch

Can't mask the spirit of giving in Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
  • News
A lightning rod is pictured on top of a home on Halyard Lane in the Country Club Shores IV North neighborhood.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • June 1, 2020
Longboat considers height exception for lightning rods

The Longboat Key Town Commission could consider the proposal as soon as July.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Carmen Valenti, Jack Hanley, Richard Duda, Bob Teiken and Mike Gilbert all were Air Force veterans who tracked nuclear bomb tests during the Vietnam War era.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 4, 2020
Sarasota veterans enjoy life after their nuclear bomb tracking days.

Veterans reunion in Sarasota rekindles memories of their Air Force days tracking nuclear bomb tests.

  • East County
  • News
Brian Jones sorts cows to demonstrate a talent featured in the Ranch Rodeo.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 18, 2020
Coronavirus postpones Ranch Rodeo in Palmetto

Manatee County Cattlemen's Association sees its Ranch Rodeo postponed.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 31, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Night swimming . . . or not

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 23, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Helping out with medical calls

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Alina Petkov made Amelia Earhart reappear during her boo-ography report. Earhart disappeared in 1937.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 6, 2019
Gullett Elementary students bring history to life

Historical figures haunt Gullett Elementary for boo-ography reports

  • East County
  • News
Walter Williams was almost hit by a truck that jumped a curb in front of Walgreens and ran him off the sidewalk.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 29, 2018
Traffic worries emerge for Windsong residents in east Bradenton

Upper Manatee River Road development triggers traffic concerns.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Sten Spinella |
  • June 11, 2019
Two suspects arrested in Longboat Key burglaries following investigation

South Florida men were identified after collaboration from multiple law enforcement agencies and a mix of methods.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Rosalie Wakefield and her daughter, Sarah Davis, at an Elks fundraiser in 2017.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 17, 2019
Loss of beloved community volunteer leads to blood drive in Bradenton

Loss of beloved community volunteer leads to blood drive in Bradenton

  • East County
  • News
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