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Photo courtesy of Gabriela Wagner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2012
Pinot makes a new friend

Pinot Wagner couldn't help but wag his tail in happiness when he made a new friend last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Brothers Brian and Chris Ragone are among the leaders on Out-of-Door Academy's football team.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • October 13, 2010
ODA football benefits from brotherly love

As a quarterback/receiver tandem, it's hard to do better than brothers Chris and Brian Ragone.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • November 10, 2017
Property owners along Legacy Trail could be eligible for legal compensation

The extension of the Legacy Trail could pose problems for some property owners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 25, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Health care reform

President Barack Obama signed into existence new health care legislation Tuesday. The East County Observer caught up with residents in the area to get their thoughts.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 23, 2018
Jewish Film Festival will explore the theme of 'Israel: Yesterday and Today'

The Ninth Annual Naiditch Family Foundation Jewish Film Festival details 70 years of human experience in Israel.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 4, 2013
True Grit: Hail Dale's high-speed, rubber-burning ride

True Grit: Hail Dale's high-speed, rubber-burning ride

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 11, 2010
Unconditional Surrender deal is near

The controversial sculpture's owner has offered an agreement, but the city and the veteran who wants to purchase it have not yet signed off on the deal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 5, 2009
Coalition attorney disputes Key Club project

More than 200 Longboat Key residents, business owners and attorneys filled the temple for the third day of hearings about the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation and expansion project today.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A group of planners is floating some major changes to the bayfront land around the Van Wezel as an effort to better gauge community desires.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 29, 2018
Bayfront planners share preliminary site concepts

The Bay Sarasota has three early outlines for redeveloping city-owned bayfront land that include ambitious ideas — including a new building for the Van Wezel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The nest excavated on July 25 was mostly likely laid on May 29.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • July 26, 2017
Turtle Watch hatches first public excavation

On July 25, more than 280 people cheered on four hatchlings as they made their way to the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 25, 2011
Committee spars with police lieutenant

The city's Police Complaints Committee debated with Lt. John LeBlanc over what kinds of reports are necessary for the committee to review.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
St. Armands Circle merchants are concerned about parking shortages, particularly during peak season.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 18, 2015
Circle leaders stress urgency on garage

St. Armands Business Improvement District members want the city to hit the gas pedal toward a new parking structure.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2015
News briefs

North end coalition hosts forum; Commission approves attorney contract change; Commission OKs canal survey

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 24, 2009
Save Our Seabirds helps bird, plane

The organization came to the rescue of a swan living on a closed runway of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2011
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Mellie Fernandez, owner of Mellie's New York Deli & Eatery, brought a special guest to work, 1-year-old Gianna Fernandez, her youngest daughter.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • November 21, 2017
Mellie's deli brings a taste of New York to Bradenton.

New deli brings a taste of New York City to East County.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Ellie and Frank Gooch attended the Anniversary Mass Feb. 7. Photo by Amanda Morales
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • February 18, 2015
Renewed promise

For one couple, the foundation for marriage includes love, laughter and unselfishness.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Veteran Thomas Cronshaw flips through photographs he took while serving in Somalia in the early 1990s.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 9, 2016
Veteran offers snapshot of service

Veteran turns military training into lifelong career.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2012
Fatal accident on I-75

Florida Highway Patrol report a fatal accident this morning around 3:00 a.m. on Interstate 75, just north of University Parkway.

  • East County
  • News
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