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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 27, 2012
Sports Briefs

Lady Rams breeze past Brooks-Debartolo; Riverview boys cruise past Bayshore; Cardinal Mooney girls blank Sarasota Christian; Lady Sailors remain unbeaten

  • East County
  • Sports
U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Beruff announces his candidacy at his Medallion Home, which he founded.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 2, 2016
Carlos Beruff’s Road to Damascus

How and why homebuilder-entrepreneur Carlos Beruff converted from business to politics. It’s all about taxpayers’ money.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 13, 2017
Marc Chagall’s granddaughter speaks at Lion of Judah and Pomegranate Luncheon

Bella Meyer gave lecture after several new “lions” and “pomegranates” were inducted.

  • Black Tie
The Out-of-Door Academy football team's 25-man roster is comprised primarily of rising freshman and sophomores. Photos by Jen Blanco
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 21, 2014
Youth Movement

The Out-of-Door Academy football team's roster will be composed primarily of freshmen and sophomores next season.

  • East County
  • Sports
Yvonne and Richard Crawford
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 2, 2013
Two Longboat Key couples celebrate milestones

Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Richard Crawford and his wife, Yvonne, celebrated their 45-year anniversary June 15. Crawford's fellow Kiwanian, Longboat Key resident Weldon Frost and his wife, Brenda, celebrated their 45th anniversary June 28.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
East County sisters Alexandria and Sabrina Watson joined the Southeast High rowing club when it launched at the beginning of the school year.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 29, 2012
Southeast High dips oars into competitive rowing

Southeast High School started its own rowing program at the beginning of the school year; Manatee High added the sport two months later.

  • East County
  • Sports
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2018
Cops Corner: Sarasota 7.5.18

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Tara'  s developer Lake Lincoln put up a "for sale" sign on the property in question around the start of the year.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 12, 2017
Lake Lincoln lawsuit looms

Attorneys are preparing for trial a property-rights case that could impact the look of Tara's entrance.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 23, 2017
Zota victims' families remember loved ones

Kevin Carter and Timothy Hurley are remembered for their devotion to their families.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • January 9, 2014
Top issues to watch in 2014: County budget

Sarasota County commissioners ditched the austerity measures that carried the county through the recession, approving a $1.1 billion county spending plan for Fiscal Year 2014.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 18, 2010
Mill Creek residents seek grant for pond improvement

Rita Cohen and Jim Hodgkinson are spearheading efforts to improve ponds in Phase 7 of the community.

  • East County
  • News
A sandhill crane and its babies, called colts, forage for food along Hidden River Trail.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 12, 2017
Vehicle strikes, kills new Sandhill crane parent

Nesting season proves dangerous time for crane family.

  • East County
  • News
Connor Dzembo, 4, was diagnosed with A-T one year ago. Photo by Dorothy Snyder Photography.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • December 15, 2010
Wobbly Feet finances first case study

East County-based Wobbly Feet Foundation has partnered with the A-T Children's Project to study the role of inflammation in Ataxia Telangiectasia patients.

  • East County
  • News
"New Pass Fisherman" by William Hartman depicts Byrd's bait shop, a great spot to grab a burger in the 1950s and the New Pass Grill's predecessor.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 4, 2013
Inherited identity

Florida life impacted the work of Sarasota painters William Hartman, Larry Stults and Wilfrid Berg. The influence lives on in their descendants, who decided to feature their elders' work in an exhibit.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 20, 2010
Republican Club picks up good deeds

One-dozen members of the Republican Club of South Sarasota County collected five jumbo-sized trash bags and a pile of lumber on Armed Forces Day Saturday, May 15, along Manasota Beach Road, in North Englewood and South Venice.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key town manager Dave Bullock (left) speaks with Mayor Terry Gans (center) and Vice-Mayor Ed Zunz during a Sept. 15 meeting about the town's legislative priorities for the upcoming year.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • September 18, 2017
Concerns over beaches, vacation rentals drive priorities

Longboat leaders set list for next legislative session.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Danny Erlenmeyer, a 2016 graduate of Lakewood Ranch High, competed in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the first time June 26, in Omaha, Neb.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 29, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Lakewood Ranch graduate fulfills childhood dream at U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 5, 2009
Demolition begins on U.S. 301 buildings

A mobile-home repair shop is the first building to be torn down on the property the city purchased to become the Boston Red Sox spring-training home.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Harmony's Casey Clough and Alison Clough at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer last year, say that American Cancer Society is a great organization because it helps all kinds of people. Courtesy photo.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • October 17, 2018
Fundraiser hits its stride at Nathan Benderson Park

Lakewood Ranch breast cancer survivors among those who will participate at Making Strides event.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 7, 2013
Firm halts Siesta transit plan

There's more than meets the eye to a Sarasota County plan to use visual effects to makeover buses into trolleys for barrier-island routes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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