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A rendering of the auditorium at the new North River High School in Parrish.
  • By Shellie Terry |
  • February 22, 2018
Saved by the Builder

Population growth in East Manatee County is forcing officials to build and expand schools faster than you can say your ABCs.

  • LWR Life
Courtesy photo Connor Rice, Stephen Markowski and Hayden Coakley all play for the Monsters Lacrosse Academy's U11 team.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 9, 2014
National spotlight

Nineteen Monsters Lacrosse Academy players were selected for LB3 National Teams.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 10, 2015
Concession navigates helistop placement

Concession Golf Club hopes a change in a proposed helistop location will be a good compromise.

  • East County
  • News
Becky and David Freidman, with son Maxwell, learn about the proposed Braden River Preserve and how the community would fund it, from Peggy Klimek, who lives down the street and is going door to door to talk with neighbors.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 21, 2017
Opportunity knocks for creation of park in East County

Friends of Keep Woods go door-to-door to establish Braden River Preserve.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 21, 2017
Pat Gussin debuts new book

Her newest, and seventh, book "Come Home" hit bookstores on Nov. 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • May 28, 2014
Kids camps heat up the Key this summer

The Observer presents Longboat Key's summer camp options.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Alex Kumar, Victoria Sinclair, Jonah Sinclair, Benjamin Varah, Madelyn Kumar and Cassandra Atzrodt addressed homelessness in their Community Problem Solving project. Photo by Jessica Salmond.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 20, 2016
East County students' project sheds light on the 'invisible'

Teens address homelessness during problem-solving project.

  • East County
  • News
The east wing of the jail has inmates locked behind bars, representing an older ideology of how to punish crime.
  • By Cassidy Alexander & Anna Brugmann |
  • October 26, 2017
Sheriff seeks decision on the future of the jail

With his jail population nearing its practical ceiling, Sheriff Tom Knight says an ideological question must first be answered before deciding how to proceed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Dylan McDermott. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 22, 2013
Dylan McDermott talks about his love of photography

Movie and television actor Dylan McDermott has a passion for acting, but photography and writing really makes him tick.

  • Arts + Culture
David Novak rides his bicycle nightly to the Bay Isles ponds to check on the swan family.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 7, 2013
Swan keeper seeks family-planning support

Overpopulation is a real threat for the Bay Isles swan family. Caretaker David Novak hopes to curb the problem with a five-to-eight-year plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ben Quartermaine, stormwater engineer for Sarasota County, addresses members of the Siesta Key Village Association.
  • By Jack Short |
  • December 1, 2015
Siesta Village merchants fret about project timing

Businesses would rather a three-week stormwater project that may cause traffic delays and divert people around the Village wait until after Labor Day.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Members of the Waterlefe Book Club served popcorn. Pictured are Janet Stepp, Vicki Joshpe, Kim Hogan, Janis Bumgarner, Linda Gratsch and Ken Bumgarner.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 21, 2011
Freedom Elementary families party at the park

Freedom Elementary School hosted a special Party in the Park event Dec. 14 for its students at Manatee Mobile Home Park.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 3, 2010
Making the peacock cut

This peacock in Longbeach Village made the cut and was not taken from the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2010
Briefs

Property values to drop 9.44%; All Angels requests placement on wayfinding sign; fire union elects new vice president

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lt. Keith Tanner signed the new firefighter contract.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 1, 2016
Longboat firefighters ratify new contract

Will a change in the breakdown of pension payments put the town at risk?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Under Executive Director Bruce Rodgers, the Hermitage Artist Retreat continues to grow after 10 years as an artistic haven.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • January 13, 2015
Hermitage Heritage

The creative retreat reflects on a decade of artistic escape.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 13, 2016
Longboat Key Letters to the Editor 1.13.15

Underground utilities; Colony; Trump

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Carl Abbott poses with ancient Maya ruins. Maya architecture has inspired and informed some of Abbott's recent work.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 4, 2016
The Mayan Connection

Carl Abbott brings an architect’s insight to the legacy of the Maya.

  • Arts + Culture
Numerous patrol deputies, MCSO aviation, search and rescue units and a deputy and bloodhound were dispatched.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 15, 2013
Lost Myakka hiker and dog found in woods

A 50-year-old man and his dog were rescued from thick brush and swampland in Myakka City 5:50 p.m. Sunday night.

  • East County
  • News
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