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The home at 16311 Clearlake Ave. recently sold for $1.64 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 2, 2018
Lake Club home tops local sales at $1.64 million

Residential real estate transactions for April 16-20.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Out-of-Door Academy student Mairead Studdiford holds her new business idea, Snappy Starters.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • April 5, 2017
Snappy idea impresses investors

ODA sophomore develops a business plan that isn’t a lemon.

  • East County
  • News
The position will help create lesson plans that will integrate the arts into other subjects, such as math and science.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 2, 2015
Sarasota County School District to hire arts specialist

Project Elevate, a US Department of Education grant, will fund the new position.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
City Commission candidates Susan Chapman, Mayor Suzanne Atwell and Richard Dorfman hit the Election Day campaign trail early this morning with a stop at Precinct 209, located at First Presbyterian Church, on Oak Street in downtown Sarasota.
  • By Roger Drouin and Nick Friedman |
  • May 14, 2013
Candidates share their thoughts on Election Day

As voting continues today, the three City Commission at-large runoff candidates are in good spirits, but encourage voters to hit the polls. Voting closes at 7 p.m.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nancy Taylor, Brandy Boyd and Judi Light create and sell their work at the new visual art oasis, simply titled The Cottage, in Nokomis.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • January 27, 2015
Creative Commune

Local artists band together to form a unique space that's more than a gallery.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ralph Ruark |
  • July 8, 2009
Rudeness taints cell tower dispute

River Club resident offers perspective on proposed cell tower.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The Women's Center won the People's Choice Award.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • December 29, 2015
Your Town

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center hosts gingerbread house competition; Families collect toys from Salvation Army's Angel Tree program.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch's Damon Murray and Sam Jackson already both received a pair of scholarship offers this summer.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 1, 2015
Recruiting Trail

Lakewood Ranch High football players Sam Jackson and Damon Murray both have received multiple college offers.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2010
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Readers rant, rave about spoof edition

Last week, The East County Observer followed in the tradition of our sister paper, The Longboat Observer, with our first April Fools' Day spoof edition.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Having used public transit most of her life in New York, Watercrest resident Kathleen Grant didn't own a car until moving to Florida in 2004.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 4, 2015
Former Ranch CDD supervisor to run for commission seat

Lakewood Ranch's Kathleen Grant will vie for the Manatee County Commission District 5 seat in November 2016.

  • East County
  • News
FDOT Project Manager Jeff Mednick presents an update to the MPO board.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 30, 2016
Interchange project moves ahead four years

FDOT will straighten and lengthen interstate entrance ramps and widen State Road 64 at the interchange.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • August 9, 2012
Film Review: 'Queen of Versailles'

Is being in the 1% all that it's cracked up to be? Not if you're billionaires Jackie and David Siegel.

  • Arts + Culture
Riley Murphy, senior podcast editor at Lakewood Ranch High School, with her favorite tool, a digital recorder.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • January 20, 2017
Tuning in to the story

Lakewood Ranch High School students explore an alternative journalism platform.

  • East County
  • News
The Manatee Miles Sea Stroll invites participants to walk, jog or run a 5k or one-mile route along Coquina Beach.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 23, 2015
Early registration ends tomorrow

April 24 is the last day of early registration to stroll along the beach for the United Way of Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch junior Courtney Chapin is the No. 1 ranked swimmer in the state in the 100-meter backstroke.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 3, 2015
Back in Action

After a successful summer club championship season, Lakewood Ranch High junior Courtney Chapin competed in her first high school swim meet Sept. 8.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jane Idol has been a Sarasota County call center agent for four-and-a-half years. Many customers are happy that a real person answers their calls, she said. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • December 25, 2014
Who ya gonna call? The Sarasota County Call Center

Sarasota County's information call center is only a phone call away at 861-5000. The office's 11 information agents answer calls and emails from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, often answering the same questions multiple times a day.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Unit 1804 of The Residence at 1111 Ritz Carlton Drive recently sold for $3.19 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 14, 2018
A condo at The Residence sells for $3.19 million

Residential real estate transactions for May 28 and June 1.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 21, 2010
Student interaction yields special education

Under the leadership of Mill Creek resident Donna McGarry, students from Ashton Elementary School in Sarasota visited students enrolled at Pinnacle Academy in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Levin |
  • August 29, 2013
My View: City's challenge paved the way

Kudos on a well-written celebration of the Ringling Bridge's 10th anniversary in last week's edition.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 4, 2015
Cops Corner 11.04.2015

Crime reports from around the area.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
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