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Benjamin Moulton told Manatee County Sheriff's Office detectives Wednesday that he killed Sarasota's Nicole Rose Scott in 2011 and dumped her body near The Concession.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 30, 2021
Sarasota man confesses to killing a Sarasota woman in 2011 and dumping her body near Lakewood Ranch

Sarasota's Benjamin Moulton, 43, told Manatee County Sheriff's Office detectives he couldn't live with the guilt.

  • East County
  • News
Palm Aire's Nick Barbi is seeking members for his new Science and Technology Society.
  • By James Peter |
  • April 8, 2023
Sarasota science club raises red tide awareness

The Sarasota Science & Technology Society will host a red tide panel discussion April 17.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jubilee Arts Baltimore Program Director Ashley "Ms. Black" Yates.
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • March 13, 2023
Orioles athletes join music artists for a good cause

Baseball lovers and music enthusiasts got together for the sixth annual Athletes and Artists Play for Kids charity event at Ed Smith Stadium.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 2, 2023
SMH makes Newsweek top hospitals ranking for fifth straight year

At No. 146 in the U.S., Sarasota Memorial Hospital has made the Newsweek and Statistca Inc.'s top hospitals ranking.

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  • News
Hurricane preparedness is among topics introduced in the 2023 survey.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • February 4, 2023
Deadline nears for Longboat Key citizen survey

Residents have until Feb. 11 to complete town's annual check on attitudes and services.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Commissioner George Kruse offers comments against a rezoning project adjacent to Lake Manatee State Park on Thursday at a land use meeting.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 3, 2022
Manatee Commission approves rezone for development adjacent to Lake Manatee State Park

Neal Communities gets approval for 706-unit development in east Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
Pastor
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 5, 2015
Dispatcher switch support: Then there was one

Longboat Key Commissioner Irwin Pastor used his commission comments at the end of the Monday’s regular meeting to announce he’s now fully supportive of Town Manager Dave Bullock’s recommendation to transition the town’s current 911 dispatch service

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2015
Letters to the Editor

Send us your letters to the editor. Email [email protected]

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 25, 2021
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce hosts Meet, Greet, Eat

The chamber is looking to restarting its regular monthly events as the pandemic winds down.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Headless Horseman (Carmen Hansen) was the highlight of the 2022 performance of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • October 29, 2022
'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' delivers thrills at Sarasota Polo Club

The Headless Horseman's ride through Lakewood Ranch caps another run of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 3, 2021
High school sports roundup: 03.02.21

High school sports roundup: 03.02.21

  • East County
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  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 27, 2009
Locals start downtown initiative

Sarasota residents Matt Orr and Rich Swier have shown their support for downtown Sarasota via www.ilovedowntownsrq.com, Facebook and Twitter pages and by urging merchants to hang an 'I LOVE DOWNTOWN Sarasota' sign in their store window.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2009
Corrections

Corrections

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 12, 2009
St. Armands fire station to open in September

The 9,100-square-foot building, which will house four firefighters, will be the first green fire station in Sarasota. County.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 17, 2009
City accommodates Ritz-Carlton expansion

Zoning code would have required the hotel to eliminate some of its entryway landscaping to construct a building liner. City commissioners voted to allow it to skip that requirement.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 18, 2009
SMR official showcases photography

SMR Farms President Mac Carraway will have his photographic works on display at the Manatee County Agricultural Museum through Jan. 8.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 21, 2009
Neighbors get own roundabout

The Alta Vista neighborhood requested the city build a roundabout to cure a longtime speeding problem.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Donna Swan |
  • April 30, 2009
Deal us in

Too much time

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 5, 2009
Court dismisses Cropsey case

A U.S. District Court rules in favor of Manatee County Public Schools in a case in which former Mills Elementary teacher Mary Cropsey alleged wrongful termination.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2009
Obituaries

Ethel "Terry" Teal Crutchfield, 87, of Longboat Key, died Sunday, June 14.

  • Longboat Key
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