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Alexander and Andreas Niederer practice together every day, having set up piles of fallen logs, tractor tires, concrete slabs and wooden contraptions in their backyard.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 25, 2016
Riding on the edge

East County brothers vie for AMA NATC MotoTrials National Championship Series crown

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2013
JUST THE STATS

4 - The number of goals Max Provost scored to lead The Out-of-Door Academy boys lacrosse team to an 8-6 victory over All Saints Academy March 13.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The home Siesta Bayside home at 506 Venice Lane recently sold for $3.3 million. Built in 2008, it has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,336 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 30, 2018
Siesta Bayside home sells for $3.3 million

Residential real estate transactions for Au. 13-17.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Within 13 months, the school district plans to have a new software program implemented, which will cost $9.8 million.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 9, 2016
Manatee County School Board OKs $10 million program

PeopleSoft will overhaul the district's payroll, budgeting, inventory and other financial programs.

  • East County
  • News
Siesta Key resident Gayle Paul helps keep her local beach clean.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • July 5, 2016
Fourth of July beachgoers leave trail of trash

Sarasota County hosts Liberty Litter Cleanup at six public beaches.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 30, 2009
Profiles of Summer: The List-Maker

After two years of planning out daily, weekly and monthly to-do lists for Ringling Museum's International Arts Festival, Dwight Currie is finally crossing off every item. is finally becoming a reality.

  • Arts + Culture
This home at 435 McKinley Drive  recently sold for $1,475,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 14, 2017
McKinley Drive home sells for $1,475,000

Residential real estate for Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2010
Cops Corner

May 18 Disco divas 1:45 a.m. - 3500 block of Fruitville Road. Suspicious Incident. Someone called the police to report six cars in a parking lot with loud music blaring and four or five women dancing provocatively.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • June 21, 2018
Protecting yourself from Mother Nature

Sun, rain, heat, lightning — there's a lot going on outside in the summer. Here's what you should know about your health and the weather.

  • Health
The cost to bury both power lines and other utilities along Gulf of Mexico Drive is estimated at anywhere from $10 million to $20 million.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 9, 2014
Underground utilities spark interest

Commissioners unanimously agree to investigate an underground utility system along GMD and let voters decide if they are willing to pay for it.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Caitlin Sollazo, a senior at Lakewood Ranch High,  loves her Brown Swiss dairy cow, Dallas. It is the offspring of the first cow she owned.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 10, 2018
It's fair to say she loves cows

Lakewood Ranch senior Caitlin Sollazzo shows off her passion at the Manatee County Fair.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 6, 2017
Music review: Chargaux

Brooklyn-based Chargaux ventures into The Ringling's ‘Pathless Woods’

  • Arts + Culture
Sixteen-year-old Sarah Schoeffel says she loves learning about other cultures.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 22, 2012
Extraordinary Exchange: China

Sixteen-year-old Sarah Schoeffel spent approximately seven weeks in China this summer. The teen was one of 30 students nationwide to earn the scholarship opportunity with the NSLI-Y Scholarship program.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Dora Walters |
  • May 20, 2009
All Angels member has hobby all sewn up

Behind every good man is a woman, or so the saying goes. But at the Longboat Library, that statement could be reversed.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Greg Fiore and Connie Schindewolf examine the contents of a sea-turtle nest.
  • By Virginia Sanders |
  • November 23, 2010
Nesting season comes to a close

A recap of the 2010 sea-turtle nesting season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Emily Wyatt, coach and circus arts training program assistant, leads the more than 100 area students in a pre-practice meeting.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • December 21, 2015
Sailor Circus Coaches teach Big Top 101

The circus arts aren’t for the meek. Students in Circus Sarasota learn that lesson, and many others, as they train for their upcoming show.

  • Arts + Culture
Melanie Johnson hits a layup for the University of South Carolina. Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 13, 2017
New hand on the Ranch

Girls basketball coach hopes to sustain the Mustangs' success.

  • East County
  • Sports
A condominium in Bay Plaza 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave. recently sold for $2,235,000. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,387 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2 million in February.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 15, 2018
Bay Plaza condo sells for $2,235,000

Residential real estate transactions for Oct. 29-Nov. 2.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2012
Our View: Election results send message

Interpret the Longboat Key Town Commission election results however you wish.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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