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  • By Jack Short |
  • March 4, 2016
Longboat included in 40-home crime spree

A multi-agency effort led to the arrest of three men who attempted to or successfully burglarized approximately forty homes, including two on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
On March 2, friends Beth Woods and Paulina Manning opened Barre 3 — Lakewood Ranch Main Street’s newest fitness facility.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 4, 2015
Business Spotlight: Barre3

The shopping strip’s newest fitness facility is a franchise of a nationwide company that intertwines the practices of ballet, Pilates and yoga, in one-hour classes.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • December 21, 2016
Artistic Directors’ Letters to Santa

Sarasota artistic directors share their holiday wishlists.

  • Arts + Culture
Cameron Smalley, 14, who will play baseball for ODA next year, attended the Thunder’s final three games of the season. Cameron says he is eager to get to know his future teammates.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 15, 2013
Slugger bags ODA scholarship

Cameron Smalley was named the Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund's third scholarship recipient May 6.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 9, 2012
Energy Economic Zone program parameters set

After spending more than two hours Wednesday in discussions about a controversial economic pilot program, the Sarasota County Commission voted 4-1 in favor of changes in the proposed ordinance for the program and asked staff to return with the document for another public hearing Feb. 22.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2013
SIDELINES

Thunder walk off with win; SCS baseball perfect; Orioles to host clinic

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A Bradenton man was pronounced dead at the scene of a car crash on Gulf of Mexico Drive near Pattigeorges restaurant, 4120 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 13, 2015
Car crash fatality on GMD

A head-on collision near Pattigeorges restaurant Sunday night resulted in the death of one man and sent another man to the hospital with a concussion.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 13, 2015
County proceeds with review of Big Pass dredge

Sarasota County has started conversations with consulting firm Atkins  to vet the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to mine Big Pass to renourish Lido Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Victoria Wittner plans to complete six more Harry Potter-inspired novels to coincide with the original seven-book series.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 17, 2016
Youth writes 'Harry Potter' novel

You might love 'Harry Potter.' But does his story inspire you enough to write your own?

  • East County
  • News
George Lewis started painting in 2003 after taking an adult education class in Oregon.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 11, 2015
Local Rotary member shows his colors

George Lewis, aka the “Water Man” donates and raffles his artwork to raise money for Rotary projects.

  • East County
  • News
Mykayla Krom rehearses the opening scene of “Brunibár.”
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • November 11, 2015
Sarasota Youth Opera stands up and sings out against bullying

The Sarasota Youth Opera battles bullying with ‘Brundibár.’

  • Arts + Culture
District 1 will be the home of 14 dog waste stations, like this one in District 2 on Arnold Palmer Green. be installed within the next month. Photo by Alex Rostowsky
  • By Alex Rostowsky |
  • October 22, 2014
CDDs discuss scoop on poop

Lakewood Ranch CDD 1 will install 14 dog waste stations in its district next month.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 5, 2010
OBSERVER TEAM SPOTLIGHT: Amanda Kessler

Each week, The East County Observer will introduce one player from the Miss Manatee Softball 12U Observer team.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: East County

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the East County Observer archives.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 10, 2010
Walking a fine line

Circus Sarasota headliner Nik Wallenda is on his way to becoming more than just a tightrope walker with a famous last name.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • August 11, 2015
"Why Can't I Be You?" by Llywelyn Jones wins the Players Theatre's 2015 New Play Festival

The play depicting the story of a famous rock star and his stalker will receive a full-stage production from August 23 to 28, 2016.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jack Short |
  • March 2, 2016
Town crawls toward turtle solution for beach project

Longboat's final beach project permit depends on an agreement with condos at the south end of the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch High team celebrates following its victory over Seminole in the Class 4A-Region 3 finals.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 5, 2014
Back-to-back champs

The Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer team will face Melbourne in the FHSAA Final Four for the second-consecutive season.

  • East County
  • Sports
Glen Roethel, Hillary Foxsong and Stuart Markus, members of the Long Island-based folk-rock group, Gathering Time, will perform favorites from the ‘60s and ‘70s, as well as a few of their own pieces, at Temple Beth Israel Wednesday, Jan. 23.
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • January 22, 2013
Temple Beth Israel to host folk-rock band

The spirit of the 1960s will return Wednesday, Jan. 23, as Long Island-based folk-rock harmony trio, Gathering Time, performs at Temple Beth Israel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 14, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Isaac Weintraub

Sarasota Military Academy freshman Isaac Weintraub fought his way to the semifinals, winning a bronze medal in his sparring division at the U.S. Open Taekwondo Tournament Feb. 19 to Feb. 23, in Las Vegas.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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