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Manatee County will make sandbags available at its public works office. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 16, 2019
Heavy rain prompts flood warning in Manatee County

Manatee County officials say drivers should be wary while flooding conditions exist.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 2, 2020
Lido Shores home sets record at $3.35 million

December sale is highest for a non-waterfront home in Sarasota County in 2019.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
St. Petersburg residents say they are having trouble docking between Moore’s Stonecrab Restaurant and Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub in Longbeach Village.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 4, 2015
Bullock addresses Village mooring issue

Town Manager Dave Bullock has responded to a complaint lodged by two St. Petersburg boaters that can’t find a convenient space to dock for lunch.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Joe Gruters |
  • July 22, 2010
MY VIEW: Obamacare taxes will destroy medical industry

The new excise tax on medical-device makers is a blatant strategy by the Obama administration to create a single-payer system.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Sweet Tea, a Moluccan cockatoo, loves attention from his owner, Gloria Schroeck. The Moluccan cockatoo is the loudest parrot in the world and can reach 135 decibels when it screeches.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 10, 2019
Bradenton woman's life is for the birds

Bradenton's Gloria Schroeck dedicates her time to finding quality homes for parrots.

  • East County
  • News
Stephanie Kight takes over for the retiring Barbara A. Zdravecky.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • January 10, 2018
Sarasota-area Planned Parenthood announces new CEO

Stephanie Kight will replace Barbara A. Zdravecky, who retired last year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 23, 2016
Cops Corner: Sarasota 06.23.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Rendering of Thornton's gas station that will be built on the church's 1.155-acre parcel of land
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 10, 2013
Local church sells property to gas-station chain

Faith United Church of Christ is selling a portion of its property to pay off its mortgage. A new pastor is helping to oversee the process.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Lesley Blackner |
  • October 13, 2010
My View: Amendment 4 sponsor makes case for a 'yes'

Today, politicians exclusively decide where development happens. Amendment 4 adds one new step to this process: the voter.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 21, 2009
Town acquires new ambulance

The town received a new ambulance last week that replaces a 12-year-old model that housed at the north end fire station.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • August 14, 2019
Eternal Reefs completes memorial to lost submariners

The Sarasota-based company began placing the memorial in the Gulf of Mexico in May.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 30, 2020
Serenissima estate sells for record price

845 Longboat Club Road home sells for $16.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2011
Re-district for the future

The surge of Manatee County growth centered in Lakewood Ranch is tilting the center of the county ever eastward - and leaving county leaders with the challenge of re-drawing political boundaries.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Haley Wulliman-Gomes with Alyssa Gancitano, Emily Corwin and Tami Ojeda.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • December 9, 2013
Ritz-Carlton delivers Teddy Grams to SMH

The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, delivered Teddy Grams to Sarasota Memorial Hospital patients Monday, Dec. 9.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • In Memoriam |
  • March 5, 2021
Lynda Ann Brill

Lynda Ann Brill, of Longboat Key, passed away on March 3, 2021 at the age of 84 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
As a lifelong lover of dressing up and helping others, Samantha  Hyatt realized creating a dress donation program at Lakewood Ranch High School was the perfect project. Courtesy photo.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 1, 2015
Lakewood Ranch student helps classmates primp for prom

As prom approaches at Lakewood Ranch High, one students seeks to make it accessible for others.

  • East County
  • News
John Gilliss, owner of Friendly KIA of New Port Richey, presented Jeremiah Blalock with his new car.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2012
Braden River senior wins car

Jeremiah Blalock may become a regular blood donor.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Emarie and Petr Marcan |
  • December 24, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: End of the World Party at the Cock & Bull Pub

PHOTO GALLERY: End of the World Party at the Cock & Bull Pub

  • Arts + Culture
The two-story, 24,920-square-foot Gulf Gate Library opened in 2015. Funding was aided by the county's 1-cent surtax.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 1, 2021
County solicits public input on penny tax

For more than three decades, local governments have relied on a sales tax to fund major projects. Next year, the county will ask voters for another long-term endorsement of the program.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2010
KEY CLUB: Letters to the editor

Longboat Key residents respond to the Town Commission's vote at Monday's Longboat Key Club and Resort Islandside project hearing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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