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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 4, 2012
Commissioners split on new meter readers

Environmental Services says it needs to put 45,000 new water meters in the ground as soon as possible.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 15, 2014
Colony Association sues town

A petition the Colony Association filed states 'no competent substantial evidence supports the Town Commission's decision' to increase a bond to $250,000 for the Colony property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 28, 2012
Developer to open sporting clays range

The Ancient Oak Gun Club is expected to open in February on 70 acres.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 16, 2012
More hotel details emerge

A city committee still is weighing the merits of two, competing proposals for a Palm Avenue hotel site next to the garage.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Kudos to CVS!; Kudos for your guts; He is 'anti-American'; Thanks for your courage; Patronize advertisers

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Johnson PhotoImaging General Manager Michael Arbor says the business is ready to serve customers, despite two robberies last week. The store is taking steps to improve security, while ensuring product offerings remain available to customers.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 15, 2014
Business burglarized again

Johnson PhotoImaging was burglarized twice in three days, for a total of four times since May.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2012
Letters to the Editor

'Smear tactics' unwelcome

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
John Leavy founded Luminous Electric in 2011, with just him and a truck. The fast-growing firm will likely reach $1 million in sales 2014. (Photo by Mark Wemple)
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 9, 2014
It's Electric

A business owner with a fast-growth story determines where to best spend the company's marketing dollars.

  • East County
  • News
Beverly and Bob Bartner celebrating 50 years. Photo by Cliff Roles.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 9, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

They asked me how I knew ...; Same place every year; and Tidbits.

  • Arts + Culture
"It opened my eyes that people are out there that really need help," said Can Food Drive organizer Christina Meiser, 15, about seeing homeless people outside the Salvation Army five years ago.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 8, 2011
River Club youth hold can drive

Fifteen-year-old Christina Meiser will collect canned goods in the River Club community this weekend for the Salvation Army.

  • East County
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 6, 2013
Company navigates rough road in its battle for sales

Gemesis Diamond Co. has not publicly named a new CEO. Former CEO Stephen Lux resigned Dec. 20.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2010
Cops Corner

False advertising 9:22 a.m. -- 4800 block of GMD. Soliciting. A man reported a woman trespassing at his condominium and placing fliers on car windows. Police called the number on the flyer, and the woman promised to leave the area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Last Christmas, our son, Lyric, then 2, finally overcame his fear, giving us our first shot with the Big Guy sans waterworks.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • December 21, 2011
OBSERVED: There's always next year, right?

This was supposed to be the year. This was the year we'd finally get a photo of our two children with Santa Claus.

  • East County
  • Opinion
John Simon, of Pineapple Square Development, with Sarasota Ballet Director Iain Webb
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 16, 2010
Sarasota Ballet unveils Pineapple Square studio

Sarasota Ballet Director Iain Webb never thought he'd get the Sarasota Ballet into a location quite like this.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2015
Letters to the editor

Arrogant Ignorance isn’t a policy; What’s your source?; ‘I hope and pray history does not repeat itself’

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Manatee County's Todd Bonds helps East County residents fill bags of sand for the storm.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 29, 2012
Tropical Storm breezes through East County

Isaac yielded minimal impacts on Manatee and Sarasota counties.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By June LeBell |
  • February 15, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'Carmen'

The gypsy, Carmen, believes in fate. She sees her own death with every card she deals at the smugglers' rocky hideout and believes, because of an ominous confluence of circumstances, that she is doomed.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2011
Cops Corner

CLASSIC COPS March 5, 1984 12:01 p.m. Man reports bullet fired into vending machine, 6900 block of GMD. The machine survived the attack.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The newest design for the Nathan Benderson Aquatic Nature Center includes a "return canal" (between the island and the road), which will allow rowers to head back to the staging area after an event without obstructing the course.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 27, 2011
Commission approves design changes at Benderson Park

The incorporation of a 'return canal' will enable the aquatic park to host every level of national and international rowing competition.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
SONY DSC
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • August 22, 2014
Blu Mangrove Grill: A destination dining spot on the water

Blu Mangrove Grill: A destination dining spot on the water

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
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