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BOY SCOUT: Loppe is in the final steps of putting together a project to try and become an Eagle Scout. TRIPLE THREAT: In addition to football, Loppe also is on the track and weightlifting teams.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Lakewood Ranch Mustangs

Caleb Loppe has aspirations of playing college football, but, for now, the senior defensive end is focused on leading the Mustangs to the postseason.

  • East County
  • Sports
Courtesy photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 4, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Riley Bohan

Lakewood Ranch High sophomore Riley Bohan won three silver medals at the U15 Pan American Championships Aug. 15 through Aug. 19, in Shreveport, La.

  • East County
  • Sports
A mailer sent out to nearby residents earlier this month with a juxtaposed rendering of a massive shopping center looming over a parking lot didn’t sit well with the Sarasota City Commission Monday night.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 29, 2012
Year in review: August 2012, 'Commission chooses Benderson project'

The Sarasota City Commission picked a $1.4 million offer for prime commercial space on Fruitville Road. The offer is half what a competing developer offered to pay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Quik-n-Easy opened over the weekend with typical convenience store fare but will temporarily increase its grocery offerings.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 15, 2012
Businesses stock up for Publix closure

Local merchants plan to increase their offerings during the eight months in which the island will be without a supermarket.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 3, 2015
We asked for unique; we got it: Mondrian

Trust me you'll get used to it - our new design.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ernest Couvertier, 42, was arrested for stabbing a man in the face after a road-rage incident.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 22, 2010
Road rage leads to stabbing

A driver stopped in the middle of the road, jumped out of his car and stabbed another driver in the face.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ringing any bells? A dismal 12% of high school seniors have a good grasp of American history. Fewer than one in four attain the minimum basic standard, according to tests from the U.S. Department of Education.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2011
OUR VIEW: The crisis of our founding roots

Despite naysayers in some of the highest offices in the land, the story of America may be the most compelling national story ever told in the history of the world, the story of men who fought and died for a universal desire - freedom - and then embodied that desire in a set of guiding principles that continues to this day.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Dr. Kumar Mahadevan is president of Mote Marine Laboratory.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 21, 2010
Mote receives $25,000 BOOST grant

The award is one of 38 grants from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 24, 2014
Sidelines

Cougars D comes up big with four turnovers; Mustangs break par in win, shoot a 143; ODA swimmers make big splash with wins

  • East County
  • Sports
Camillo Bustos as the rock star Jason James in “Why Can’t I Be You?” Photo by Don Daly
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 31, 2016
The Players brings new scripts to life

What does it take to bring a New Play Festival-winning script to life?

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 12, 2010
Missing elderly man found 400 miles from home

The Nokomis man suffers from dementia, and he drove himself to Perry, Ga.

  • Sarasota
  • News
File photo. After an agonizing wait, kids at the 2015 Big Truck EGGstravaganza egg hunt were released onto the field.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • March 24, 2016
Sarasota calendar 3.24.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of March 24.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Like many early YPG members, Nikki Taylor says that without the organization, she probably wouldn’t be living in Sarasota today.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 26, 2013
THE NEXT GENERATION

Ten years after its formation, the Sarasota Young Professionals Group founders credit the group's longevity to its balance of philanthropy, leadership and social networking.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Key​Proposed additional retail and office spacePreviously approved hotel, office and residential space (includes potential movie theater site)Formerly residential plans modified to include more conservation area
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 13, 2015
‘Critical Juncture’

Timing is proving a key component both for Benderson Development and Sarasota County.

  • East County
  • News
Marlee Matlin and, via FaceTime, Camryn Manheim
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 17, 2015
Black Tie & Tales

Black Tie & Tales

  • Black Tie
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 17, 2010
Athlete of the Week: Chloe Millard

The Observer spotlights YMCA swimmer Chloe Millard.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By John Ewing |
  • February 9, 2012
Harness the Power of Feng Shui to Find Love

Harness the Power of Feng Shui to Find Love

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 10, 2016
Firehouse looking at costly repairs

Recommendations to either renovate or tear down and rebuild the south fire station come with price tags between $2.3 million to $3.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 8, 2010
Garage construction schedule set

Suffolk Construction schedules utility work to begin this week at the Palm Avenue parking garage.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kent Chetlain |
  • October 14, 2009
Lido Shores home sells for $3.25 million

On July 25, 2003, Robert Trosten, the 33-year-old chief financial officer of Refco, an active commodities brokerage firm, paid $650,000 to buy Unit 15-D at the 15-story Sea Gate Club, 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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