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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2012
SIDELINES

Lakewood Little Leaguer hits for the cycle; Lakewood pulls even with Port Charlotte; Storm 98 softball team wins Snowball Classic

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2012
Community Golf

Alan Silverglat and Nick Costides scored 74 to win the two-man combined stableford points Men's event Nov. 23 on Cypress Links.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • January 11, 2012
Theater Review: 'The Last Romance' at Florida Studio Theatre

'The Last Romance' is aptly titled, as it is a light look at last-chance love.

  • Arts + Culture
Two-thirds of Longboat Key’s beach sits under water in the Gulf of Mexico to protect the Key from storms.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 20, 2012
Beach project beats superstorm

The town of Longboat Key's beach maintenance program is comparable to a Nags Head, N.C., beach program that saved its coast from Superstorm Sandy.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2012
Letters to the Editor

I heart Siesta Key; Arts climate drifting toward censorship

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo. Cardinal Mooney senior Paiton Krebs, pictured with coaches Juli Garcia and Alice Smithers, will swim for Valparaiso University next fall.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 27, 2013
Making a Splash

After swimming in her first state meet two weeks ago, Cardinal Mooney High senior Paiton Krebs signed a national letter of intent to swim for Valparaiso University.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
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Interim Town Manager David Bullock with his wife, Donna. Robin Hartill.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 22, 2011
PIC welcomes Bullock at reception

The interim town manager spoke to the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee at its first event of the season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Randy Estelle’'s concert will feature about 30 cast members. Pam Eubanks.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 22, 2011
Estelle lights the stage for Winter Wonderland

Pianist Randy Estelle will present 'Randy Estelle's Grand Winter Wonderland' Nov. 25-26, at Christian Retreat.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2013
Our View: Stop the bus stops

It must be an immovable article of local governments that they must provide nonsensically subsidized, uneconomical cityand countywide bus transportation.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Steve Whidden |
  • August 10, 2012
Golf Tips: Find YOUR Percentage To More Consistent Golf

One of the most over used reasons for hitting a bad shot I hear from students is that they "swung too fast."

  • East County
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  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • December 7, 2012
Transit-Oriented Development – Highlights

Transit-Oriented Development – Highlights

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  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2012
News Briefs

City Manager Barwin's contract approved; Van Wezel ranked No. 1 in North America

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • May 27, 2009
Film Review: 'The Girlfriend Experience'

There's a new trend out there for marketing films - that of simultaneous premieres across theatrical, DVD and TV platforms (i.e. pay-per-views). And Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh ('Traffic') seems to like the idea.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 16, 2016
If you give it, they spend

Florida lawmakers decided the state could not afford $600 million of Gov. Scott’s proposed $1 billion in tax cuts. But state spending is outpacing Florida’s growth.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Patrick's Restaurant and Tavern owner Jim Sullivan believes his former landlord is mimicking his restaurant.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 28, 2011
Food Fight

The relationship between the owner of Patrick's Restaurant and Tavern and his landlord soured, which prompted a move down the street earlier this year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Peyton Wells
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 20, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: ODA (WITH VIDEO)

Out-of-Door Academy first-graders performed an experiment with underwater volcanoes today in Lisa Cheney's marine science room. As the students poured cups of vinegar into a volcano made out of Play-Doh, it united with the baking soda, causing the mixture to foam at the top and erupt over the sides like lava. Following the experiment, The Observer asked the students for the scoop on underwater volcanoes.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Lakewood Ranch's Kristine Akervold, Sophia Falco, Olivia Ogles and Reide Ryans set a new school record in the 4x100-meter relay, finishing in 47.9 seconds at the Lady Tarpon Invitational March 3.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 16, 2016
Mustangs continue record-setting pace

Four Lakewood Ranch sprinters have state title aspirations.

  • East County
  • Sports
Chaz Grady is the second consecutive Mustang to earn a scholarship to play college basketball. File photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 19, 2013
Mustang lands with Terriers

Former Lakewood Ranch High point guard Chaz Grady signed a scholarship June 7, to play basketball for Hiram College in Ohio.

  • East County
  • Sports
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