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  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2014
Business Observer

Booking.com recognizes Beach Club at Siesta Key; Kimal Lumber & Hardware opens drive-thru location; Premier Sotheby's welcomes Russell, Dock; Grapevine Communications announces staff changes

  • Sarasota
  • News
The king and queen of fresh: Ben and Shelby King
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • March 7, 2012
EDIBLES: The Royalty of Fresh

Beginner gardening books would have you believe that growing something involves little more than putting a seed in a piece of appropriate earth and giving it food and water.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 25, 2009
Ranch homes top week's transactions

Two homes in Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club top this week's real estate transactions.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 12, 2013
Public considers business property-tax relief

For the last three weeks, the East County Observer has previewed the first ballot item on the June 18 special election referendum - the vote on a half-percent sales tax increase to pay for indigent health care. Now, we look at the second ballot question: a vote on providing ad valorem tax exemptions for businesses.

  • East County
  • News
Gene Payson shows off the S-800 hexacopter drone — one of the small-scale unmanned aerial vehicles used to train drone pilots.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • October 3, 2013
TAKING FLIGHT

Sarasota is at the front lines for the domestic use of a high-tech tool from the war on terrorism.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy Photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 22, 2012
SFF Film Review: 'Not Waving, but Drowning'

A gem of a film that explores the adventurist idea of uprooting and reestablishing oneself.

  • Arts + Culture
Drivers turning onto East Bay Street from southbound U.S. 41 experience wait times at the red turn light of up to five minutes and 10 seconds.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 14, 2011
Meet in the Middle

Concrete medians that were meant to protect Osprey residents from heavy traffic are being fingered as culprits behind dying businesses and long waits at red lights.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 26, 2009
Bulldogs spoil Ranch's Homecoming party

Cape Coral Ida Baker never relinquished its lead, handing Lakewood Ranch its second loss of the season with a 37-8 victory.

  • East County
  • Sports
Donna and Wellington Chen enjoy a happy moment. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • November 25, 2013
UPDATE: Plea deal expected for fatal 2012 DUI crash

The man who, while driving drunk, struck and killed a 53-year-old woman as she was running along Midnight Pass Road in 2012 is expected to enter a plea deal Monday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A rendering shows the current design of the State Street Parking Garage, including the "pad site" on Lemon Avenue.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 4, 2014
State Street garage costs balloon

City Commissioners were taken aback after learning projected State Street parking garage costs were more than $4 million higher than originally anticipated.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A line of boxcars stretches from Shade Avenue to the Publix supermarket at Ringling Boulevard and Lime Avenue. File photo.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 11, 2011
Trains stalled in neighborhood

More than four months after residents were told empty boxcars were to be moved from their neighborhood in a matter of days, they sit in the same place they've been since March.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 6, 2010
Bike rally rumbles into Ranch

The fifth Annual West Coast Bike Rally will kick off with its Rock and Rumble event on Lakewood Ranch Main Street Oct. 8.

  • East County
  • News
School Board Chairwoman Karen Carpenter addresses the audience before panelists speak.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 15, 2013
Local leaders address area education needs

Local leaders shared their visions for education in the area and state during a Lakewood Ranch Kiwanis luncheon.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 24, 2009
Siesta Key undergoes street repaving

Major lane closures on Siesta Drive and Higel Avenue started Monday, Sept. 21, when Ajax Paving began resurfacing the roads.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Southside Village has parking issues, too; Consider the election a win for the people

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Lynda Young has utilized the food pantry at Woodland, The Community Church since it opened five years ago. She relies on the free nonperishable items to feed her three children.  Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 28, 2014
Food Bank launches food drive to fill pantries' shelves

The White Out Hunger campaign's Grand Challenge kicks off earlier this year to meet the high volume of visitors to area food pantries during the summer.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 28, 2010
New Gate merges with Montessori Foundation's Field School

The New Gate-Field School will offer Montessori classes for toddlers through high school students.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Sara Moone |
  • May 8, 2013
Andres Colin brings diversity to Sarasota's original music scene

Andres Colin brings diversity to Sarasota's original music scene

  • Arts + Culture
Faith Christian church was one of the first churches to open in the East County.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 11, 2012
Foreclosure forces Faith Christian to close

The Lakewood Ranch church closed just days before Easter.

  • East County
  • News
Manatee Technical student Dylan Strand receives a lesson from instructor Vic Accurso
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 18, 2016
Growth in Manatee County sparks need for firefighters

MTC Fire Science Academy steps up to the challenge.

  • East County
  • News
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