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  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • May 27, 2015
People with Purpose: Nikki Taylor

People with Purpose: Nikki Taylor

  • Black Tie
The Tampa Mustangs 18U travel softball team won four titles this fall after capturing their first national title in August as a 16U team.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 22, 2015
On a diamond, they sparkle

ight local softball players grow into champions with nine years of hard work.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sophia and Marina Masterson
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 6, 2013
Scene & Heard

Sister act steals The spotlight; Trailer Park hosts family reunion; Plan ahead for Valentine's Day

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 24, 2010
Leaders to consider new Town Hall hours

IDA Chairman Tom Green said board members would discuss the options and likely will vote on the issue at their April 15 meeting.

  • East County
  • News
After reporting a missing wallet incident to Longboat Key Police, Police Chief Pete Cumming’s department spent two days tracking down the missing wallet and returning it and all of its contents to its owner.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 22, 2014
Police track down visitor's wallet

The Longboat Key Police Department used video footage and old-fashioned sleuthing to recover a wallet and $160 in cash.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 24, 2014
CDD boards approve new transponders

New transponders are $50, but they aren't required to be used until old units break.

  • East County
  • News
Chin tucks
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • July 10, 2015
Correct forward head posture with exercises

Keep your head up and improve posture by trying these moves.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ben and Julianna Zobrist, far right, with sixth-grader Alexa Mast and her mother, Tammy
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2013
SCHOOL BOARD BULLETIN

Air force honor; Baseball blast; Prime principal; Singing sailors

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Animal-rights group PETA proposes placing these pro-vegan ads on future downtown parking meters.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 13, 2011
PETA offers ads for parking meters

A female officer in revealing clothes is featured on an advertisement the animal-rights organization wants to place on parking meters.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Boaters in Sarasota Bay don’t want to be told where they will be allowed to anchor outside a managed mooring field scheduled to be constructed this year.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: Mooring field

City commissioners have agreed with staff recommendations for regulating boaters anchored outside a proposed mooring field.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Richard Dorfman hopes to keep the Sarasota County Charter Review Board is a reactive, rather than a proactive entity.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 4, 2014
Dorfman runs for Charter Review Board

Former Sarasota City Commission candidate Richard Dorfman has filed to run for the District 2 seat on the Sarasota County Charter Review Board, and another Sarasota County School Board candidate emerges.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Longboat Key Fire Rescue Lieutenant and lead union negotiator Jason Berzowski spends a third of his life on Longboat Key with firefighter/paramedics he calls his brothers.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 22, 2015
A Conversation with Jason Berzowski

Longboat Key Fire Rescue Lieutenant and lead union negotiator Jason Berzowski, 37, is an eight-year employee of the town who trains rookies, sits at the negotiation table this summer to discuss contract negotiations and even cooks dinner at the fire house

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 31, 2010
SPORTS BRIEFS 03.25.10

Community sports news and notes

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 22, 2011
Commission seeks creative solutions

The Longboat Key Town Commission expects Town Manager Bruce St. Denis to eliminate a $223,601 budget deficit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Justin Terry, Ph.D., may serve as Lakewood Ranch High's next principal, if the School Board approves Superintendent Rick Mills' recommendation for Terry.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 3, 2014
Mills backs choice for Lakewood principal

If approved by the School Board later this month, Justin Terry will become the new LRHS principal.

  • East County
  • Schools
Michael Rego
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Neal Communities clears 100 sales in new communities; Realtor honored for sales performance; Michael Rego joins John Neal Homes

  • East County
  • News
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • May 30, 2012
Social justice for Shawna Machado

Social justice for Shawna Machado

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Senior middle infielder Nicolas Torres receives individual hitting instruction from Oscar Despada and Michael Rivera.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 16, 2015
FIBA offers elite level training

The Florida International Baseball Academy is now enrolling students for both the fall and spring seasons.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • May 21, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Harvey Milk Festival

The 1st annual Harvey Milk Festival, to benefit ALSO Out Youth of Sarasota, takes place Saturday, May 22, in the Rosemary District.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Here's our weekly list of things you should know, but might not. This week's 'In the Know' features places to get down and boogie.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 17, 2014
IN THE KNOW: Places to hit the dance floor

Here's our weekly list of things you should know, but might not. This week's 'In the Know' features places to get down and boogie.

  • Arts + Culture
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