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The Investment Advisory Committee met Oct. 11, at Town Hall, to discuss how to fund pension liabilities now that the general employees and firefighters pension plans are frozen.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 16, 2013
Town seeks to pay down debt

Town officials want to pay off pension debt totaling more than $25 million through its annual budgeting process.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 10, 2011
Our View

Agenda for the new commission

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 18, 2011
Game gives glimpse into next season

Football had finally returned to the East County - well at least for a few weeks.

  • East County
  • Sports
Tahiti Park Neighborhood Association President Jennifer Ahearn-Koch is worried about the impact a new Starbucks might have on the residential streets of the neighborhood. She was happy to discover that the developer shares her concerns — and was open to w
  • By David Conway |
  • April 16, 2015
North Trail Coffee Talks

Tahiti Park residents are concerned about a planned Starbucks along U.S. 41, but they believe their worries won’t go unacknowledged.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kirstina Ordetx, The Pinnacle Academy founder and director, says she is excited about the school’s permanent location.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 5, 2012
Pinnacle finds forever home

The property gives The Pinnacle Academy room to expand in the future.

  • East County
  • News
Allan Luke
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 7, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Allan Luke

Allan Luke started playing hockey when he was old enough to walk across the street to the ice rink. He played until age 50. He's also played softball and coached both AAA division hockey and high school girls fast-pitch softball.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 26, 2011
Ranch CDD seeks new security provider

Lakewood Community Development District 1 supervisors will set more specific instructions for their security contractor.

  • East County
  • News
The Boston Crusaders color guard poses at the Inaugural Parade. Lakewood Ranch sophomore Sammy Hyatt is second from right in the back row. Courtesy photo
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 23, 2013
March of a Lifetime: Inaugural Day Parade

Greta Curry, Sammy Hyatt and Matt Vaadi marched in the 57th Inaugural Day Parade with the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By April Doner |
  • February 22, 2012
Love, Sex and Bodypaint at St. Pete's ArtPool

Love, Sex and Bodypaint at St. Pete's ArtPool

  • Arts + Culture
Mixon Fruit Farms owners Janet and Dean Mixon will be in Washington, D.C. this week lobbying for tighter regulations on agricultural imports.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 22, 2015
Farmers lobby for regulations

Following an incident at Port Manatee, Mixon Fruit Farm owners Dean and Janet Mixon this week will lobby for stronger protections for farms against pests.

  • East County
  • News
Carrie Mann accepts a $50,000 check on behalf of Last Chance Animal Sanctuary Inc.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • December 16, 2015
East County animal shelters win money for pet stories

Animal adoptions lead to love, spreading the wealth at Nate's Honor Animal Rescue and Last Chance Animal Sanctuary.

  • East County
  • News
A total of four candidates is coming Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30 to Sarasota to be interviewed by the Sarasota city commissioners and residents.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 28, 2012
City manager candidate: Edward 'Ed' Mitchell

The five city manager candidates the Sarasota city commissioners selected now include two Florida city manager candidates. This is the last of three city managers the Sarasota Observer has profiled.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Key was home to several farms in the early 20th century until a 1921 hurricane destroyed most of the island.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 26, 2014
Retired library director creates digital archive

Chet Pletzke brings a blast from the past to the Longboat Key Historical Society's website with a growing digital history of the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 9, 2010
Hall of Fame hooks Lakewood Longhorns

The Longhorns 13U baseball team finished second at the Nations Baseball Elite State Championship May 28-30.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 14, 2009
Hunsader Farms primed for annual pumpkin party

More than 60,000 are expected to attend this year's Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival, which begins Friday.

  • East County
  • News
BRSC wins invitational
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2013
SIDELINES

Pirates advance to semifinals; Mustangs send four to regionals; Lakewood honors seniors with win; Pep rally to benefit Miracle League

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By June LeBell |
  • September 8, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: A Tribute to William E. Schmidt Featuring The American Spiritual Ensemble

Sarasota arts organizations benefited from the William Schmidt touch.

  • Arts + Culture
Steve Cinnamon
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 27, 2012
Scene & Heard

Cigar-box guitar craze spawns a band; Jack Perkins' 'Journal' goes off the air; City Commission approves 'Complexus' purchase

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 21, 2011
Education Center offers continuing opportunities

The Longboat Key Education Center's motto suggests it's never too late to continue learning and expanding one's knowledge.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Gerald Feder |
  • May 25, 2011
MY VIEW: The pension operation can't simply be punted

The notion of punting the town's pension "operation" (whether the firefighters' or all three of the town employees' pension "operations") does not confront the complexity of the issues facing the town with respect to employee benefits.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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