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  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 3, 2010
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Anneliese Pruim, Elliot Santaella and Phoebe Bond-Abraham learn about the spine.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 20, 2016
Nolan Middle students prepare for HOSA competition

Students hope to advance to nationals — an opportunity never before offered to middle schoolers.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • February 9, 2017
Sarasota's historic village looks to the future

In a town that's always changing, the Historic Downtown Village stands out.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 4, 2010
Cops Corner

Oct. 24 Take me to your leader 11:39 p.m. - 1800 block of South Tamiami Trail. Suspicious Person. A caller reported that a person on a bicycle was looking into store windows. The suspect was wearing a football jersey and a green alien mask. Or was it a mask?

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • In Memoriam |
  • August 2, 2019
William D. Gambill II

William D. Gambill II, 72, of Longboat Key, FL passed away on July 7, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Letters to the Editor
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2011
Letters to the Editor: 08.03.11

I did not move here to live with other people's pets; Trial run for dogs on beach, Publix rebuild are great ideas; It's incorrect to say majority supports Key Club project

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 11, 2013
SOS passes inspections; allegations unfounded

City staffers reported after an investigation that none of the accusations against Save Our Seabirds appeared founded.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Danielle Brown and Ricardo Graziano dance the pas de deux from "Diamonds" at the Kennedy Center. Photo by Frank Atura.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 9, 2011
Sarasota Ballet: 'Diamond' Exchange

As Sarasota Ballet gets ready to stage its hometown performance of 'Diamonds,' five dancers reflect on what it was like to dance the piece at the Kennedy Center in the company of a Balanchine muse.

  • Arts + Culture
The eastbound right hand turn lane on State Road 70 at Lakewood Ranch Boulevard was closed off today so crews could work to dig holes for a new mast arm signal intersection.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 2, 2014
Busy intersection prepares for new signals

The intersection of State Road 70 and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard is undergoing a project that will replace the wire arm intersection with new mast arms.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 8, 2016
Keep the music playing

Artist Series and Sarasota Music Club launch scholarship to empower and educate the musicians and audiences of tomorrow.

  • Arts + Culture
Ben Kostas, a Carlos E. Haile Middle School eighth-grader, congratulates Cameron Cody on his first run scored in Little League.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • October 27, 2017
East County 8-year-old doesn't let Down syndrome slow him down

On and off the baseball diamond, Cameron Cody shows he's just one of the guys.

  • East County
  • News
The championships will be held Oct. 19-22 at Premier Sports Campus.  Photo by Jay Heater.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 6, 2017
USA Ultimate Nationals heading to Lakewood Ranch

The championships will be held Oct. 19-22 at Premier Sports Campus.

  • East County
  • Sports
As president of the Lakewood Ranch Garden Club, Greenbrook’s Lori Walker can be found sharing her ideas on-site with fellow club members.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • October 13, 2017
Lakewood Ranch's best clubs

Block Party and Club Day returns to Main Street at Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
The Florida Department of Transportation is in the process of constructing a pedestrian crosswalk across connecting First Street to Ritz-Carlton Boulevard in Sarasota.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 15, 2018
Residents, officials monitor bayfront traffic

Longboat Key residents are hopeful changes along U.S. 41 will reduce seasonal congestion, but a new crosswalk may complicate matters.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Auditors blamed former Assistant Superintendent Jim Drake for the Manatee County School Board’s 2011-12 $3.4 million budget deficit but faulted him for incompetence — not criminal or illegal activity.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 16, 2013
Audit blames employee for budget deficit

Navigant says a lack of oversight, faulty systems and poor coordination are reasons for the Manatee County Schools deficit.

  • East County
  • News
Cathy Bishop and Beverly Shapiro
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 17, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Garden Club Meeting

At the Longboat Key Garden Club Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 15 attendees learned the art of nature printing from Selby Printers JoAnn Migliore and Susan Lang. A nature print is applied pigment to natural objects that is transferred to fabric or paper and it's a great project for people who ca''t draw or paint.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 27, 2010
Priest amasses stories throughout the years

The Rev. Tom Walsh, priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Osprey, celebrates his 60th anniversary as a priest this year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Loveland Follies presents "A Really Big Shoe, the Life and Times of Ed Sullivan" from Thursday, May 30 through Sunday, June 2, at Venice Theatre.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 29, 2013
Scene & Heard

Loveland Players give the audience heart; Firemen's wish granted

  • Arts + Culture
Golf Roundup: 11.09.16
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 9, 2016
Golf Roundup: 11.09.16

Golf Roundup: 11.09.16

  • East County
  • Sports
Advertising coordinator Stephanie Hannum. Courtesy photos.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • September 28, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

A new page turns for Stephanie Hannum; A summer's worth of tidbits

  • Arts + Culture
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