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  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2011
Cops Corner 03.03.11

The defendant was arrested for a warrant. During a search of his pockets, the responding deputy found a bag with seven needles in his left front pants pocket and a silver spoon in his right front pants pocket.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 11, 2010
Van Wezel Foundation names new CEO

Nonprofit consultant Norman Olshansky will lead the 22-year-old performing arts foundation.

  • Arts + Culture
File photo
  • By Virginia Sanders |
  • April 27, 2011
Turtle nest season comes ashore on Longboat Key

Turtle-nesting season is almost upon us and just in time for Mother's Day!

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 18, 2012
East County schools perform well on FCAT

While East County elementary and middle schools bucked the statewide trend of lower schools' grades on the FCAT in 2012, Manatee County results were right in line with it.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota County blocked access to Beach Road properties after the recently repaired road collapsed from erosion.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 29, 2012
Tides destroy Beach Road repair

Sarasota County called on a local construction firm this morning to mull emergency improvements.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • June 11, 2009
$13.6M cuts will affect every school in Manatee

BRE, Lakewood are among the schools losing assistant principals as part of the cuts.

  • East County
  • Schools
Bell ringer Kathie Hayes also enjoys tap dancing and making jewelry. Photo by Harriet Sokmensuer
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • May 1, 2014
Your Neighbor: Kathie Hayes

When Kathie Hayes first experienced handbell music in 1994 at her church in Miami, it was love at first ding.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing with their daughter, Diver.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 4, 2013
Hymn for Her turn up the heat with new album

After two years of touring and living out of their Airstream trailer, roots-rock duo Hymn for Her has found a home in Sarasota - but they're not getting too comfortable.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: East County

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the East County Observer archives.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 11, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Bill Carman

Longboat Key resident Bill Carman is a car aficionado. Read more about Carman in this week's candid Q&A.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lasday
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2014
Obituary: Linda Lasday

Linda Lasday, 74, of Longboat Key, died July 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Black Tie's Weekend Best Bet is Planned Parenthood's annual Safe Sex Halloween Bash.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 26, 2012
WEEKEND BEST BET: Planned Parenthood's Safe Sex Halloween Bash

Planned Parenthood's Safe Sex Halloween Bash will take place at 9 p.m. Saturday at Michael's On East.

  • Arts + Culture
Jennifer and Christopher Takeda, Abraham Feder and Michael McClelland. "When we play a concert, we want the audience to feel compelled to stand up and scream. It's that level of energy we put into it," explains McClelland.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 1, 2014
Spotlight: The Chroma Quartet strings together an instrumental ensemble

They said it was supposed to be a one-time performance, the four members of The Chroma Quartet explain as they sit in their rehearsal space in the family room of Christopher and Jennifer Takeda's new home. The violin-playing couple makes up half of the group; the other half consists of cellist Abraham Feder and violist Michael McClelland.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 9, 2016
Victor Lundy: The poet of space

SarasotaMOD Weekend honors Victor Lundy, a man who helped shape Sarasota’s landscape.

  • Arts + Culture
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Devin wall plays at the pitcher and second base positions.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 30, 2011
OBSERVER TEAM SPOTLIGHT: Devin Wall

Each week, the East County Observer will introduce one player from the Lakewood Ranch Little League Observer team.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sydelle Pittas at the Rotary Club of Longboat Key's first official charter meeting in October 2014.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • April 13, 2016
Sydelle Pittas championed giving back

Pittas, the founder of the Rotary Club of Longboat Key, died April 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2010
Make your online vote count

Voting for our online "It's Read Everywhere" contest runs from Nov. 1 through Nov. 8.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 23, 2015
Conversation with Mike Evanoff

The local business owner discusses his plans for a new downtown restaurant and trouble with the city that has turned his entrepreneurial eye away from the Rosemary District.

  • Sarasota
  • News
While Braden River and Lakewood Ranch high schools run over capacity, the Manatee County School Board considers building a new high school in Parrish.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 27, 2016
Proposed East County high school may slip away

School board members also consider Parrish for site of new high school slated for Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
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