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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2011
Cops Corner

Classic Cops Dec. 27, 2006 1:46 p.m. 5200 block of GMD. Missing Person. Officer responds to a call about a missing juvenile. Father says his son had been at the beach looking for seashells and had wandered off. Officer takes description of the juvenile and gives it out on the radio. About 2:10 p.m., a citizen located the youth, walking on the beach in the 4200 block, near LaPlaya condominiums. The father is contacted and arrives to pick up the boy. The son tells the officer he had been walking and didn't realize how far he had gone.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Lakewood Ranch senior Ande McDonald will lead the Mustangs in their season opener against Riverview Aug. 26.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 24, 2016
That's the ticket ...

Check out this week's top East County sporting events.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 3, 2018
The amendments

Florida voters will decide dozens of ballot questions. Here are six for consideration.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2016
Longboat Key: Obituaries

George Bennett, Laureano Causo and Joyce Taylor died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 22, 2013
Siesta Key Association prepares for annual breakfast

Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson and County Administrator Randall Reid will speak during the meeting tomorrow morning at St. Boniface.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
New Lakewood Ranch coach Rashad West gives instructions to his team during spring practice. West said the Mustangs are using "training wheels" in practice for now.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 1, 2019
Area football teams use spring practice to implement new strategies

Teams will get three weeks of practice before their spring games.

  • East County
  • Sports
Helping Hand: Higdon, who maintains a 4.0 grade point average, has aspirations of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. “I broke both of my legs when I was younger, and I saw what my doctor was doing and would ask him questions. He inspired me.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Riverview Rams

Riverview High junior running back Karan Higdon is fully recovered from last season's leg injury and is hoping to cement his position as one of the area's great running backs.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Zoey Morelli of Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics shows off her determination as she performs on the beam
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 21, 2019
Beam Queen Bootcamp builds gymnasts' confidence in Lakewood Ranch

Beam Queens Bootcamp's elite coaching staff makes a stop at Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics to spread their knowledge and positivity.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • December 9, 2020
The Rye Road Giraffes Christmas circus stretches holiday calendar in Bradenton

Camels and llamas and ponies, oh my! Christmas weekends with The Rye Road Giraffes

  • East County
  • News
"She sees celebrities who are advocates for certain causes, and that's why she wants to do it. That's her calling — to bring awareness," Paula Swain says of her daughter Hannah's goal of becoming a famous actress.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 24, 2013
'Any Dream Will Do'

Hannah Swain spent two years in a hospital bed with a life-threatening form of leukemia. Now that she's a survivor, she has a message to share.

  • Arts + Culture
Kameron Partridge Hodgens said she will take her first few weeks as executive director to learn about the 18 nonprofit groups operating on the Glasser Schoenbaum campus. Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • October 16, 2014
New Glasser Schoenbaum director looks forward

Kameron Partridge Hodgens, the new executive director of the Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center, joins the organization with an eye toward the future - and toward boosting the public's awareness of the nonprofit institution.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 18, 2015
Week's best bets: Monday, May 18

Week's best bets: Monday, May 18

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Jon Bullas was named a top 50 coach by U.S. Kids Golf.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 5, 2020
Laurel Oak golf instructor named top-50 kids coach nationally

Jon Bullas believes there's a different energy in the air when coaching young golfers.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 25, 2020
Grateful for graduation

Out-of-Door Academy seniors celebrate graduation with individual ceremonies.

  • East County
  • News
Kurt Schultheis The flag at Bicentennial Park is once again flying high day and night.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 29, 2011
Turtles cause flap for flag at Key park

Laurin Goldner was driving on Gulf of Mexico Drive just before Memorial Day when she noticed that the American flag at Bicentennial Park at Longboat Key Town Hall was flying in the dark.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bill Johnson has been volunteering at Girls, INc. for two years.
  • By Maria Amodio |
  • February 23, 2011
Longboater Bill Johnson recognized as Girls Inc.'s 'Unsung Hero'

Bill Johnson was recently recognized for his volunteer work at Girls Inc. by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County and the Wilson Wood Foundation, which presented him with the 'Unsung Hero' Award.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • March 14, 2018
New vendors maintain Siesta Key Village

More frequent trash pick-up is among several changes from the old contract.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 20, 2012
Bradenton Gladiators set to kick off 2012 season

The Bradenton Gladiators will kick of their 2012 season in the Florida Football Alliance Jan. 21 versus the Orlando Phantoms.

  • East County
  • Sports
Michael Dunaway will use his years as a film writer and journalist to curate future Sarasota Film Festivals.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • January 11, 2015
Sarasota Film Festival announces new programming team

Film journalist and writer Michael Dunaway of Paste Magazine is named new programming director and will lead a new team to organize the Sarasota festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Photo by Pam Eubanks Dick Vitale smiles after being doused with 30 buckets of cold water.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 16, 2014
Vitale 'chills' for charity

As Dick Vitale sat outside the Lakewood Ranch First Watch restaurant July 10, his primary purpose wasn't to eat pancakes or sign autographs.

  • East County
  • News
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