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Applications are due Thursday, Nov. 14, to the Town Clerk's office at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 12, 2013
Town seeks citizens for ULI committee

Applications are due Thursday, Nov. 14, to the Town Clerk's office.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Steve Whidden |
  • November 8, 2009
Professional Golf Tips 101

Rosedale Director of Instruction and PGA Professional Steve Whidden offers tips for improving your game.

  • East County
  • Sports
An initial rendering of Fire Station 13, located on Siesta Key, shows a two-story building that matches the beach facade. Photo courtesy of Sweet Sparkman Architects.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • November 12, 2019
Work begins soon on new Siesta Key fire station

The station will be built on the same location, at 1170 Beach Road, and will be two stories.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2014
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Katie Wray, Michelle Last and Emily Perez are relying on their faith and belief in one another to carry them this season.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 4, 2013
Fresh Faces: Emily Perez, Michelle Last and Katie Wray

Lakewood Ranch High seniors Emily Perez and Michelle Last and junior Katie Wray are adjusting to their new role as the leaders of the Lakewood Ranch High girls cross-country team.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • February 7, 2019
Palm Grove Mennonite Church sells quilts for a cause

The show has been running for more than 30 years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Thirteen-year-old Noah Candocia began competing on trampoline four years ago for Kids SuperGym. This year, the Braden River Middle School seventh-grader hopes to earn Junior Elite status.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 22, 2012
Braden River seventh-grader soars to even greater heights

Noah Candocia began competing on the trampoline at Kids SuperGym four years ago. This year, Noah is preparing to earn Junior Elite status.

  • East County
  • Sports
Already prohibited on Lido Beach, the city will ban smoking in all of its parks.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 5, 2011
Commission bans smoking in parks

City commissioners approved a plan to ban smoking in parks and could expand it to all city property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Students 18 and younger are eligible for free breakfast and lunch this summer, regardless of household income.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 4, 2015
Manatee County students receive free meals all summer

The Manatee County School District's Food and Nutrition Services Department will feed students this year during its Summer Food Service Program

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2019
Sarasota weather page photo: June 27

Jeannie Sparks spotted and photographed this great blue heron recently at Celery Fields.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2019
East County weather page photo: June 27

Gordan Silver captures this polka-dot wasp moth pollinating a lantana flower in Del Webb.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 27

Michael Cohen catches an image of a yellow-crowned night heron on Lido Beach.

  • Sarasota
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Jim Warnecke made sure to get a hug from his daughter, Brie Middlebrook, who sat in on the presentation with her first-grade class.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 18, 2012
Jim Warnecke makes landfall at Willis Elementary

Lakewood Ranch resident and hurricane hunter Jim Warnecke spoke with Willis Elementary first-graders Jan. 12 about chasing storms with the NOAA.

  • East County
  • News
Two months after county commissioners directed staff to prepare a report on the Siesta Key Parking Public Improvement District, they received five options Oct. 9.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 31, 2012
Year in review: October 2012, 'Board abolishes Village parking district'

Sarasota County commissioners voted to end assessments on Siesta Key Village for a municipal parking lot.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Angela Long says Survivors in Sync has increased its workload in preparation for the Dragon Boat Festival.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 3, 2018
Survivors in Sync paddlers head for prestigious event in Florence, Italy

The Survivors in Sync dragon boat team, based out of Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, are headed for the prestigious Dragon Boat Festival in Florence, Italy.

  • East County
  • News
The community will get its first glimpse of the Riverview High football team during the 1st annual Pre-Season Sarasota County High School Football Team Showcase Aug. 12, at the Robert Taylor Complex.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 11, 2016
That's the ticket ...

Check out this week's top Sarasota area sporting events.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Brandon Herten and Zane Spiekerman are Lakewood Ranch High wide receivers eager to hit the field this season and show off their skills.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 14, 2019
Mustang receivers catch optimism for 2019

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • In Memoriam |
  • November 5, 2018
Pauline Breault Feole

Pauline Breault Feole, 91, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away on Oct. 30, 2018 at The Arbor at Galloway Ridge, Pittsboro, N.C., she was born March 14, 1927 in Lewiston, Maine. Her obituary tribute is publishing in the L

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
The Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization also is considering expanding bus services along State Road 70 in the future.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 14, 2013
Lakewood Ranch transit discussion continues

The Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization also is considering expanding bus services along State Road 70 in the future.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 11, 2020
Strange season ends for Lakewood Ranch Mustangs' band

Lakewood Ranch High School's marching band students grateful to keep the program going through pandemic.

  • East County
  • News
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