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The proposed $22 million project would pump close to 1 million cubic yards of sand on the beach. Photo by Roger Drouin.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • April 4, 2013
City plans Lido renourishment

City officials will spend the next few months convincing federal officials to approve $13.64 million in funding for the project. Public meetings will also be held.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Vehicles waiting in line to pick up children as school lets out at B.D. Gullett Elementary School spill onto Wood Fern Terrace. Stopping in traffic lanes there now will be prohibited.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 27, 2019
Parking restrictions tighten in Manatee County school zones

Commissioners add areas around three Lakewood Ranch schools to an existing no stopping or standing ordinance.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 4, 2014
All mashed up: Artists prepare for Mashterpiece exhibition opening

All mashed up: Artists prepare for Mashterpiece exhibition opening

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • June 11, 2019
Sarasota Bradenton airport updates pet regulations

The new rules will apply to all animals except trained service animals.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 6, 2009
Mustangs to host band competition

The Mustangs Music in Motion competition will start at 6:15 p.m., Nov. 7, at Lakewood Ranch High School, 5500 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.

  • East County
  • News
Renee Di Pilato, libraries and historical resources director,  said the librarians are looking for ways to bring programming to residents while they're at home.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • April 21, 2020
Sarasota libraries expand online alternatives

During library closures due to COVID-19, the library is offering a digital library card and online programming.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2020
East County weather page photo: June 18

Gordon Silver captured these pileated woodpeckers guarding the nest along White Eagle Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sarasota's River and Alex Ross play with hockey sticks at the Watch Party last year.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • April 4, 2018
Watch Party warm-up at Main Street in Lakewood Ranch

Youth ball hockey tournament debuts before Lighting Watch Party.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 26, 2014
Mixon Fruit Farms ready for annual orange festival

This weekend, the Mixons plan to compete with the 'happiest place on Earth' as the farm hosts its seventh annual Orange Blossom Festival, which celebrates oranges coming into season.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 10, 2012
A few good volunteers needed for triathlon

The journey toward participating in the Longboat Key Triathlon doesn't have to be a 25-plus mile trek.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The approximate 12-hour closure is necessary while the city's Utilities Department works on a water and sewer force main replacement project.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 29, 2012
Bird Key Park closes temporarily

Bird Key Park will be closed temporarily Tuesday, May 29 at approximately 6:30 p.m. until dawn Wednesday for a utilities project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bill Wartinbee
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 13, 2020
It didn't grow on him

Bill Wartinbee tried the quarantine beard, but it never stuck.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Al Benincasa and Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce President Gail Loefgren
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 10, 2017
Longboat Key Chamber members beat the heat

Even in the dog days of summer, the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce came out in full force for its Networking at Noon event on Aug. 10 at The Lazy Lobster.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 20, 2018
Sarasota Scottish supper celebrates historical icon

St. Andrew Society pays tribute to Robert Burns through poetry, song and dancing.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • May 4, 2017
Sarasota woman pens #ThatAwkwardMom comic

For this mom, the message is in the messes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: May 7

Kevin French captured a bald eagle on a nest on the northern end of Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2020
East County weather page photo: May 7

Gordon Silver captured this red-shouldered hawk in his backyard in Del Webb.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"Pump Boys and Dinettes" runs through June 29, at Florida Studio Theatre.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 8, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Pump Boys and Dinettes'

'Pump Boys and Dinettes' is now serving customers in Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 16, 2009
Three shops leave San Marco

Pedigree Lily Pet Spa, Underseas Paradise and Manatee Golf all have new storefronts. The rest of the plaza remains open.

  • East County
  • News
Boris Miksic founded Cortec Corp. out of his garage in Minnesota in 1977. The business now has $100 million in annual sales and Miksic plans to expand into Manatee County. Photos by Mark Wemple
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 10, 2014
American Dreamer

A swashbuckling Longboat businessman with a made-for-the-movies life story has plotted a large expansion. It's a $10 million initiative.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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