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The timed obstacle cone driving course is the final element of a three-day combined driving competition for Wrigley Miller, left.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 31, 2013
Misdee Wrigley Miller wins USEF National Pairs Championship

Misdee Wrigley Miller, who won her first USEF National Pairs Championship this spring, returned last month to Europe to compete in carriage-driving competitions.

  • East County
  • Sports
Landscape contractor Garden Leaders has dropped its lawsuit alleging three Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts violated state open-meeting laws while selecting a new landscape contractor.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 21, 2011
Garden Leaders drops lawsuit against Lakewood Ranch CDDs

As part of the deal, Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts have hired the company as their interim landscape contractor.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2009
Bulletin Board

Bulletin Board

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • May 7, 2009
East County team aims for world finals

A team of East County students who attend Southeast High School have qualified for the world finals competition of Odyssey of the Mind. Just weeks from the competition, they need financial backing to make their trip possible.

  • East County
  • Schools
Rosemary Gillies
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 6, 2011
Real Estate Reports

RE/MAX named among nation's top realtors; Keller Williams doubles operations in Sarasota; Hudson and Gillies join Signature Sotheby's; Wellman-Moffatt team joins Michael Saunders

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Deborah Millman spent time as a journalist for the Tampa Tribune before beginning her animal-welfare career.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 25, 2012
Honor Animal Rescue names new leader

Deborah Millman will work to raise money and awareness about the organization.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 20, 2011
Zoning board ponders criteria for variances

After an influx of variance requests, the Zoning Board of Adjustment is worried about whether it's using the proper guidelines for granting variances.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By George Rauch |
  • May 2, 2012
Market Watch: The givers and the takers

People can be divided into two groups: givers and takers. By nature, the takers are more interested in control and, hence, power, than the givers.Â

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The town of Longboat Key hired Bruce St. Denis as assistant town manager in October 1996.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 17, 2011
St. Denis submits resignation offer

The Longboat Key Town Commission will meet Monday to discuss St. Denis' offer, the selection of a town manager and appointment of an acting town manager.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • April 11, 2013
The Backstage Blogger interviews playwright Jack Gilhooley

The Backstage Blogger interviews playwright Jack Gilhooley

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2013
Our View: Right ideas, faulty methods

Last week in this space, we presented the context for how and why the referendum question on the indigent-care, one-half-cent sales surtax came into being.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 18, 2012
Church members will decide Gill's future

The Longboat Island Chapel's board notified the Rev. Kenneth Gill of its decision last week to place him on administrative leave, but chapel members will have the final say over his future. with the church.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch senior Haley Martin hopes to play collegiate soccer next year.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 18, 2012
Lakewood Ranch senior Haley Martin instrumental for Lady Mustangs

Lakewood Ranch senior Haley Martin has been instrumental in helping lead the Lady Mustangs to 14-4-2 record and a No. 2 seed in the Class 4A-District 11 tournament.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • July 18, 2012
EDIBLES: The beauty and bounty of basil

If there's an herb more strongly associated with summer than basil, I don't know what it is.

  • Arts + Culture
Key business owners are happy to have some signage up to mark Siesta Beach’s No. 1 ranking in the country, but they hope to see better displays in the future.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 8, 2011
Residents lukewarm to No. 1 Beach signs

To get around zoning restrictions, county staff has created and erected at SCAT stops on the Key a version of a No. 1 Beach sign that business owners and the island's county commissioner find aesthetically displeasing.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Developers Carl Wagner and Sam Brown are eager to open the community.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 7, 2011
Construction starts on Marshall Key

Model homes are expected to open in December. Every property in the community is waterfront.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 7, 2010
Creekwood BP owner battles Deepwater spill stigma

East County resident Kevin Headlee is an independent owner who purchases his gas through a distributor.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 17, 2009
Athlete of the Week: Russell Bolingbroke

The Observer highlights Kids Supergym's Russell Bolingbroke.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • August 6, 2012
The Folly of Life: A review of FST's "Talley's Folly"

The Folly of Life: A review of FST's "Talley's Folly"

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • October 29, 2012
Ringling Underground grows TEETH

Ringling Underground grows TEETH

  • Arts + Culture
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