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Pig trapper regulations were sparked by a recently adopted alligator trapping permit system in Lakewood Ranch. Photo courtesy of Florida Fish & WildlifeConservation Commission
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • May 27, 2015
Feral hog population rebounds in Edgewater

CDD 2 residents want to stop the feral pig population from flying out of control.

  • East County
  • News
Forward Sarah Miller scored three game-winning goals and added a pair of assists during her senior season at the University of South Florida.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 27, 2015
Forward scores with Icelandic Thor/Ka league

Former Lakewood Ranch and USF soccer player Sarah Miller will live and play in the ‘land of ice and snow’ for the next four months.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2010
KEY CLUB: Letters to the editor

Longboat Key residents respond to the Town Commission's vote at Monday's Longboat Key Club and Resort Islandside project hearing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Moody
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • February 5, 2014
Your Neighbor: Vonnie Moody

Vonnie Moody rescued her first greyhound 10 years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Booker senior running back Marlon Mack scored a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter of the Tornadoes' 55-0 victory over ODA Sept. 12.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 13, 2013
Special teams unit propels Tornadoes to big win

The Booker High football special teams unit scored a pair of touchdowns to propel the Tornadoes to a 55-0 victory over The Out-of-Door Academy Sept. 12.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 25, 2014
Top Stories - Longboat Key: May

With an auction sale of 2.3 acres of Colony property scheduled for Friday, two different development teams have made offers for Dr. Murray 'Murf' Klauber's bankrupt estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Barb Rannigan, literacy coach, Mary Kay Henson, program donor, Barbara Shirley, Alta Vista principal, and Dehea Smith, assistant principal, attended the meeting.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 17, 2015
Alta Vista Elementary reports positive growth in summer education program

Administration presented an update to the Sarasota County School Board today.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Helping Hand: Higdon, who maintains a 4.0 grade point average, has aspirations of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. “I broke both of my legs when I was younger, and I saw what my doctor was doing and would ask him questions. He inspired me.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Riverview Rams

Riverview High junior running back Karan Higdon is fully recovered from last season's leg injury and is hoping to cement his position as one of the area's great running backs.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
John Schneier and his friend, Pat Shaffer, assist with the cygnet round up. Both were in town with friends for Shaffer's bachelor celebration. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 11, 2014
Cygnets grow swimmingly in Bay Isles community

Longboat Key's swan family shows no signs of shrinking after the latest generation of swans gets medical treatment and a clean bill of health from a Lakeland veterinarian in late May.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Governor Rick Scott
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Gov. Scott earns an 'A' on his report card; Former journalist knows of 'barbarians'; Paper's job posting pulled back the veil; Creating jobs by understanding retail; Reader fesses up: She was 'April Fooled'

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Courtesy rendering The building at 5242 and 5238 Ocean Blvd. includes three rental apartments.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • January 30, 2014
Siesta Village rental units clear hurdle

The new building at the former site of Napoli's Pizza will include a ground-level retail space and three second-story transient accommodations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Michael Bloomberg
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2014
News Briefs

Michael Bloomberg to speak in Sarasota; Princeton Review calls New College a 'Best Value'; Harmer drops 'interim' from his county job title; Siesta residents question proposed Key roundabout

  • Sarasota
  • News
Alyssa Moreford, Kaitlin Bohan and Rhiannon Jacobsen won first-place at the Manatee County History Fair Feb. 11.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 2, 2016
Lakewood Ranch High students team up on projects

Three students combine talents to earn county and statewide recognition.

  • East County
  • News
School of Russian Ballet Artistic Director Sergiy Mykhaylov will perform as the Nutcracker Prince.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • December 1, 2010
Passion Plia

The East County's first ballet school, School of Russian Ballet, will ring in the Christmas season with its production of 'The Nucracker' this Saturday.

  • Arts + Culture
Some of the hurricane victims living in Arcadia are still homeless. Most of their food comes from Myakka City United Methodist Church's relief ministry.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 14, 2005
Operation: LOVE

Twenty missionaries from Methodist churches in Ohio visited Myakka City United Methodist Church to help with its hurricane relief ministry.

  • East County
  • News
Ellen and Dave Gerth have filed three lawsuits related to the murder of Ellen Gerth's late mother, Lakewood Ranch resident Ina Gross.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 26, 2014
Top Stories - East County: June

Ellen Gerth vows to keep her brother from benefiting from their mother's death.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 3, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Saddened Pirate softball players honor "Meme"

  • East County
  • Sports
Scott Dolan, owner of Big Water Fish Market, stands behind the counter at his six-month-old store. During the recent tourist season, he shelled out 65 pounds of fish per day.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 21, 2012
Big Water gets big boost from tourists

Scott Dolan went from owning and managing the clubhouse at Bobby Jones Golf Course to owning the only fish market on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 18, 2009
Community leader John Sandefur dies

A member of many Sarasota organizations, Sandefur believed that it was a person's obligation to serve his community.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • August 18, 2010
FAST & FURIOUS

Students from Braden River and Southeast high schools will represent the U.S. at the F1 in Schools World Championships Sept. 17-25 in Singapore.

  • East County
  • News
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