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"American Sniper"
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • February 17, 2015
Countdown to the Oscars

With all of the controversy surrounding this year's Academy Award nominations, let's get real. We love to watch. It's an innate guilty pleasure. Stars strutting their stuff, directors squirming and the occasional faux pas draw us into the celebration of films and those who make them count. The envelopes, please ...

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 28, 2013
County stops billing town for trolley

The town of Longboat Key refuses to pay Manatee County for its trolley service. The county stopped sending bills, but it now must find a way to fund the route.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 10, 2012
Commissioners on board with trolley

The County Commission pledged support for the Key's route, but both county and Longboat commissioners want a breakdown of ridership figures that reflect seasonal fluctuations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2011
Cops Corner

Suspicious Circumstance. Police found a repair van in a condominium parking lot and discovered a repairman was on-site to repair a water heater.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Elizabeth Burke, the robotic coordinator for Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, shows off the hospital's new Da Vinci surgical robot at the expo.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 25, 2019
Lakewood Ranch expo offers healthy variety of vendors

Hundreds pack Health and Wellness Expo at the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center to receive health checks and fitness advice.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The choir will be joined by Daniel Jordan and Jonathan Spivey from the Sarasota Orchestra along with singer Robyn Rocklein.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 20, 2019
Temple Beth Israel adds new sound to traditional concert

Musicians from the Sarasota Orchestra will join the temple choir for the Florence Katz Memorial Concert on March 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Contractors slow traffic as they complete work on Rye Road. Improvements include widening of the travel lanes and the addition of bicycle lanes and paved shoulder.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 13, 2019
Manatee County's Rye Road project might need additional time

Manatee County's Rye Road project might need additional time

  • East County
  • News
guthrie
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 4, 2015
Week's best bets: Monday, May 4

Week's best bets: Monday, May 4

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 17, 2012
In Memoriam: Loved ones broadcast Nelson's pioneering spirit

Robert Nelson, an entrepreneur and pioneer in broadcast, is remembered for his generosity and passion for life.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Eileen Weber took this photo of the sun setting over a fisherman on the South Jetty in Venice.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 12, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Eileen Weber took this photo of the sun setting over a fisherman on the South Jetty in Venice.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photos Laney Rosenberg enjoys her Menchie's frozen yogurt.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2014
Temple plans community outreach

Temple Sinai will expand its presence in the Lakewood Ranch area this fall with programs and opportunities for socializing and learning.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
New Mexico resident Antje Munroe witnessed this Siesta Key sunset in early December while visiting her mother-in-law.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2012
Weekly Weather Photo

New Mexico resident Antje Munroe witnessed this Siesta Key sunset in early December while visiting her mother-in-law.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Janet Briggs submitted this sunset photo, taken near Islands West condominiums on Longboat Key.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Janet Briggs submitted this sunset photo, taken near Islands West condominiums on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Coopers celebrate their win with the Design and Dine Contest team. Photo by Eddie Kirsch.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 20, 2013
Design and Dine Contest Winners: Kevin and Missy Cooper

Monday, Feb. 18, representatives from ArtisTree Landscape Maintenance and Design, Michael's On East and the Observer Media Group set out to surprise the winners of the Design and Dine $10,000 Backyard Makeover contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
About 120 Braden River Elementary School second-graders, teachers and chaperones gather before the start of their field trip at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • April 18, 2017
Turtles take all

Braden River Elementary raises $1,000 for the sea turtle project at Mote Marine.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 10, 2014
Town budget module featured in Government Technology Magazine

The new tool went live in February and helps the public track town spending and revenue.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 6, 2010
Lake Club home tops weekly transactions

Jonathan Fetter of Cary, N.C., and Lance Hartshorn of Canfield, Ohio, sold their home at 16103 Clearlake Ave. to Michael Cebuhar, Bradenton, for $700,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 12, 2010
Siesta Key home sells for $2.6 million

Albert and Monika Tomlinson, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4039 Shell Road to Michael Murphy, of Clarence, N.Y., for $2.62 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 23, 2015
VIDEO: Neil deGrasse Tyson criticizes Ted Cruz’ comments during Sarasota visit

Astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson discussed NASA funding and his role in the demotion of Pluto to a dwarf planet at the latest installment of the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"I think it is a very good indication," John Hermansen said about the city’s effort to get a project going on city-owned land on Boulevard of the Arts.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • November 1, 2012
Vacant land attracts interest

A city-private development in the heart of the Rosemary District could kickstart change in a neighborhood with a mixed identity.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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