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Town Hall Executive Director Eva Rey honored Financial Director Steve Zielinski for completing five years of service.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 23, 2013
IDA selects facility contractor

The Lakewood Ranch IDA will hire Magnum Builders of Sarasota to construct its new maintenance facility.

  • East County
  • News
Booker High School junior advisory board members Sara Stolpe, Miles McCreery, Amanda Stambrosky and Kurt Hoffman spell out P-R-O-M.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • April 28, 2011
Picture-perfect PROM

Students at Booker, Riverview and Sarasota high schools primp for the most anticipated event of their high school careers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 20, 2013
Sidelines

Poker tournament to benefit River Dawgs; Lakewood Ranch blanks Clearwater Catholic; Mustangs draw even with Pirates; Former LWR High swimmer named Freshman of the Week; ODA girls basketball team scores first win of the season

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • September 16, 2009
Lakewood Elks Lodge moves into new home

Lakewood Ranch Elks Lodge #2855 recently celebrated the grand opening of its facility.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch High junior Riley Bohan began lifting her freshman year after a good friend talked her into the sport. Photo by Jen Blanco
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 3, 2014
Going for Gold

Lakewood Ranch High junior Riley Bohan won three gold medals at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Championships earlier this summer.

  • East County
  • Sports
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 16, 2009
Boat thefts on the rise

Five boats have been stolen on Longboat Key so far this year, with one of those boats worth more than $250,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
City Manager Bob Bartolotta is questioning allegations brought against him and his deputy city manager. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 31, 2011
TOP STORY, OCT.: Bartolotta denies allegations of computer scrubbing

The city manager emphatically called the allegations of computer scrubbing 'completely unfounded.'

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 4, 2013
FSU/Asolo Conservatory forms advice-giving rap group

FSU/Asolo Conservatory forms advice-giving rap group

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2014
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Don Thompson, center, with his family: daughter and son-in-law Karen and Tom Vaclavik and their children, Alicia Vaclavik, Breanne Vaclavik, Brian Gaydek and Jeff Vaclavik. Courtesy of Nancy Lively.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • September 4, 2013
Centennial Celebration: Don Thompson

Bradenton resident Don Thompson, who turns 100 this week, looks back fondly on his Navy days in World War II.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"The Ocean at the End of the Lane" is available at Bookstore1, 1359 Main St., Sarasota.
  • By Alexis Orgera |
  • September 4, 2013
Book Review: 'The Ocean at the End of the Lane'

'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' really did something to me. I mean, it got lodged in my chest and I can't shake it.

  • Arts + Culture
Jimmy Kuebler said his friends convinced him to give soccer a try in his senior year at the Out-of-Door Academy.
  • By Jason Clary |
  • January 27, 2015
Switching positions

Jimmy Kuebler started playing soccer again as preparation for the baseball season and rediscovered his love for the sport.

  • East County
  • Sports
Diana Hamilton, a garden designer, created the display in front of Owen's Fish Camp restaurant.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 5, 2011
Two more enter City Commission race

Former candidates Paul Caragiulo and Diana Hamilton have announced candidacies for the City Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
They got the T-shirts to show for it
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 20, 2013
Lore: Klauber won seven-year legal battle

Dr. Murray 'Murf' Klauber received a settlement in March 1997, when the town of Longboat Key agreed to pay him $6.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 10, 2009
Key resident disputes Key Club survey

John Summers, a retired marketing professor, disputes The Longboat Key Club and Resort's phone survey that was conducted this summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Fred Kagi enjoys his time in the Longbeach Village during the winter months. He spends mid-May through mid-October in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • April 1, 2015
Q+A with Fred Kagi

He has only lived on Longboat for three years, but Hawaiian-shirt-wearing, bike-riding Fred Kagi is ready to embrace his new role as Longbeach Village Association’s president.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This year, Mote volunteers and researchers have counted 1,365 nests in the first 10 weeks of turtle-nest season.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 10, 2013
Turtle nests on track for strong season

Summer showers haven't stopped turtles from pouring onto Longboat Key's beaches this season to nest.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 1475 John Ringling Parkway in Lido Shores has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a pool and 3,937 square feet of living area. It sold for $2 million.
  • By Jessica Luck |
  • September 15, 2010
Lido Shores home sells for $2 million

The top real-estate transaction for the week of Aug. 30 to Sept. 3 occurred in the Lido Shores subdivision.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Tom Frost is CEO of Lakewood Ranch-based Datum, an IT firm that supports more than 145,000 employees for clients nationwide. Photo by Lori Sax
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 12, 2014
Another Gear

Lakewood Ranch-based Datum Corp., which lays cable and fiber optic lines, is expanding company-wide.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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