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  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 30, 2009
Original 'Dora the Explorer' reports to Christ Church

Original 'Dora the Explorer' reports to Christ Church

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 1, 2012
Sarasota County braces for looming shortfalls

General fund projections for Sarasota County show a budget shortfall hitting as early as 2015, then climbing.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Out-of-Door Academy’s Joie Eckhard will swim for Pepperdine University in the fall after signing a national letter of intent in front of family and friends April 27. Courtesy photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 13, 2015
Signing day

Eleven East County student/athletes signed national letters of intent to play at the next level. They share their goals of what they want to accomplish now.

  • East County
  • Sports
Here's our weekly list of things you should know, but might not. This week's 'In the Know' features great places to take a date.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 25, 2014
IN THE KNOW: Fun date options

Here's our weekly list of things you should know, but might not. This week's 'In the Know' features great places to take a date.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 3, 2012
Walkers hit the sand to raise money for cystic fibrosis

Marking the events' eighth year, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation brings walkers to the Siesta sand to raise funds and awareness.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Ned Rosenblatt, Brent Layman, Jake Stuart, Ronan Cowan and Tyler Oswald perform at Booker High School’s Death by Chocolate fundraising event. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 3, 2012
Booker musicians reflect on Berklee jazz festival

This year, the Booker High School Jazz Combo took second place.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 9, 2009
Siekmann qualifies for District 5

Vice Mayor and District 5 Commissioner Robert Siekmann is now the second current commissioner to become certified for his third and final two-year term.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
Our View: Watchdog for human rights

David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, is describing how he has spent the past 15 years circling the globe; sitting face to face, looking eye to eye with the world's most powerful heads of state; delivering the message incessantly and emphatically: Iran cannot have WMDs.

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

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2009
Cops Corner

Sept. 22 Dock disappearance 3:23 p.m. -- Jewfish Key. Lost or Missing Property. A woman reported that her three-seat red kayak was missing from her dock.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
David Bullock. File photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 5, 2011
Q & A with Interim Town Manager David Bullock

After 14 years at the No. 2 spot with Sarasota County, David Bullock will take charge as Longboat Key interim town manager.

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  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 19, 2014
Giving Back

First-year head coach Craig Page has implemented a new community service program for his team this season.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan |
  • October 12, 2011
Deal Us In: Precision bidding promises high-card points

The one-club opening bid, when playing Precision, promises 16-plus high-card points, which says nothing about distribution.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Fisheries biologist Jeff Willitzer, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, measures a bass at Trophy Lake in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 12, 2011
Anglers cast for better bass fishing

Representatives of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Oct. 5 informally surveyed three of the Ranch's lakes.

  • East County
  • News
  • By George Rauch |
  • January 6, 2010
Market watch: What will the next year hold?

Dec. 31, 2009, represented the closing of the worst decade in U.S. stock market history. Although it is not possible to guess what the next decade will render, it is possible to look ahead at a few of the challenges facing our economy in 2010.

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  • Neighbors
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 24, 2011
My View: Privatization future is here

The future for local government operations is to privatize or outsource a whole lot more functions than is currently thought reasonable.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 8, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Keyboards & More

Keyboards & More opened a second location in Ranch Lake Plaza April 5.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 10, 2012
Golf tournament, picnic to honor the Lenobels

Organizers planned Hal & Hazel Lenobel Appreciation Day to a tee, before filling the guest of honor in about the event.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Liebe Gamble, mom-to-be Nicole Kaney and Meghan Leiter. Photo courtesy of Kollene Carlson.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • October 2, 2013
Black Tie & Tales

A weekend of showering; Designing debut; Tidbits; and Black Tie Affair

  • Arts + Culture
George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.
  • By George Rauch |
  • February 15, 2012
Market Watch: 'Thou shalt not covet'

The Decalogue's 10th precept is "thou shalt not covet (another man's wife or property)."

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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