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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 25, 2017
Expo highlights health options in Lakewood Ranch

Annual health and wellness expo features farmer's market.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 1, 2009
Pipe project to end this week

An emergency pipeline replacement project has turned a section of Dream Island Road into a dirt path and created noisy conditions for residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"I have a shop behind our pool at home," says Michael Gray, technical director at The Players Theatre. "My daughter is always asking to come inside and tinker. It’s adorable."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 9, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Scenic route

Set designer Michael Gray has worked at amusement parks and the Home Shopping Network, yet he feels most at home in The Players Theatre's scene shop.

  • Arts + Culture
Matt Nesser has been the boys varsity basketball coach since Braden River opened in 2005.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 16, 2014
Pirates name new AD

Braden River High announced boys basketball coach Matt Nesser as its new Athletic Director today.

  • East County
  • News
Boice
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 7, 2014
Principals relocate to East County schools

Three longtime Manatee County educators prepare for the transition to East County schools.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 29, 2017
Make them pay — with their own money, boot them out

The rules need to be the same across the board.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 28, 2016
Another test on housing

The Sarasota City Commission is expected to vote Monday on Harvey Vengroff’s affordable apartment project. An independent study sees it as a national model.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 19, 2016
St. Mary gets in the holiday spirit

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church hosted its annual Christmas Bazaar on Nov. 19.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2011
Letters To The Editor

Theft victim thankful for church help; Garden Club thankful for volunteers; Key visitor put off by loud music

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Melinda Delpech and other Tahiti Park residents say a commercial development near their neighborhood would be problematic.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 25, 2018
Residents make play to block commercial development

Tahiti Park residents hope to turn two privately owned properties in their neighborhood into parkland.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Sandy Gilbert |
  • April 30, 2009
Commission, planning board rift affects all

If the two governmental bodies can't come together soon, Longboat residents will feel the effect in their daily lives.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The U.S. 41-Gulfstream Avenue intersection isn’t too busy in August, but barrier island residents believe improving traffic flow on these streets is crucial. The city, however, is focusing more on pedestrian-oriented changes.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 17, 2017
Taming U.S. 41: City, residents discuss roadway changes

The city wants to make U.S. 41 safer for pedestrians. Residents want to make it less congested. Is there a solution that can satisfy everyone’s needs?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • August 4, 2020
Thomas Allan Dearden

Thomas Allan Dearden (Tad) 63 died at the Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln Massachusetts on Wednesday July 22, 2020 after a long illness.

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Sarasota County deputies arrested an 18-year-old high school student suspected of dealing drugs in a Crunch gym parking lot after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 22, 2015
Top Story — February: Teen busted with six pounds of pot

Catch up on the hottest news items of the of the year with the Observer’s Digital Year in Review.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • November 8, 2017
Booker schools show their pride

A group of students and staff went to clean the gravesite of Emma E. Booker.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • August 13, 2018
Longboat gets AA+ credit rating for firehouse projects

Longboat Key sought a credit rating as it prepares to go to the bond market to fund a voter approved project to renovate the island's fire stations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The meeting will take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 4, 2011
Town to select District 5 commissioner

The Longboat Key Town Commission must appoint a new District 5 commissioner at its regular meeting tonight.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • June 17, 2020
Christ Church of Longboat Key gathers goods for food pantry

The church hosted its third drive for Our Daily Bread in Bradenton.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch defender Jason Ferguson battles Manatee High’s Carlos Reyes and Johnny Salgado for possession.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 30, 2013
Return to Glory: Lakewood Ranch High boys soccer

The Lakewood Ranch High boys soccer team captured its first district title in four years with a 2-1 victory over Manatee in the Class 4A-District 11 championship.

  • East County
  • Sports
A sari, circa 1867, from Bengaluru, Karnataka; made of silk and metal-wrapped thread — Photos courtesy Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 14, 2019
'The Fabric of India' explores the global importance of textiles at The Ringling

The latest exhibit in the Searing Gallery tells the woven history of India's most important good.

  • Arts + Culture
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