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Mayor Jim Brown, middle, cast the deciding vote Monday that approved two additional retirement incentives for general employees before their pension plan is frozen next month.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 21, 2013
Commission approves DROP and early-retirement incentives

A DROP option and an early-retirement incentive the town approved last week for general employees will cost the town $1,937,190 over 30 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 2, 2014
Tennis Center nets 15th annual Observer Challenge

Get your game faces on: From Dec. 12 to Dec. 14, the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center will hold the annual Observer Challenge tournament.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lynches Pub & Grub is located on St. Armands Circle and offers a selection of authentic Irish cuisine and American favorites.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Lynches Pub & Grub

This week we went in the kitchen at Lynches Pub & Grub with owners and sisters Chris and Ethna Lynch as they prepare traditional Irish lamb stew. Get the recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's 'In the Kitchen.'

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Joann and Steve Bishop look at the faucets they picked out for their new home in Del Webb at Lakewood Ranch. They couple visited the sales center over Christmas to try to meet their future neighbors — and, they did.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 27, 2016
Del Webb can drive 55+ market

The developer says home sales are more than 250% ahead of projections.

  • East County
  • News
Rosena Hill has performed in productions such as "Come Fly Away" and "The Color Purple."
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 27, 2016
Your Town

ODA alumna and concert soloist Rosena Hill performs for high schoolers; McNeal students advance in competition

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Central Park resident Heidi Schild says she feels healthier since she began eating a plant-based diet a year ago. She cooks up marinated carrots for a dinner of  "carrot dogs."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 27, 2018
A challenge to eat better

Plant-based eating and exercise prove best practice for Lakewood Ranch resident.

  • Health
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • November 26, 2018
Peter Farrelly coins different kind of humor in heartwarming 'Green Book'

Audiences will enjoy the film "Green Book" as a beautiful story of a friendship that transcends the cultural misconceptions of its time — and today's.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • February 21, 2014
County names assistant county administrator

Steven Botelho, Sarasota County's chief financial management officer, will step into the county's No. 2 position Monday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 10, 2015
Daly raises $12,930 for campaign

Club Longboat resident Jack Daly has raised more than any of this year's candidates for Longboat Key Town Commission.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The project to ensure cleaner stormwater runoff could begin as early as this spring or summer and would take nine months to complete. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 20, 2012
$1 million project to filter polluted runoff

Modular wetlands and bioswales throughout the watershed are designed to filter stormwater into Hudson Bayou.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 22, 2012
Sand Cay unit owner gets $397,000 judgment

A federal jury awarded John Hawkins $397,000 in damages surrounding botched repairs to his unit during renovations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
According to a Jan. 18 update from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, red tide can still be found in background to high concentrations in Sarasota County and low to medium concentrations.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • January 22, 2019
Longboat group urges EPA to take lead on red tide

EPA needs to follow Chesapeake Bay blueprint

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • May 6, 2013
The Backstage Blogger sets sail again with “Vocal Vixens”

The Backstage Blogger sets sail again with “Vocal Vixens”

  • Arts + Culture
Gary Bradshaw most recently worked as sod/turfgrass production manager for a division of SMR Farms, a subsidiary of Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 4, 2014
SMR names new SMR Farms president

Gary Bradshaw will lead SMR's agricultural operations, after almost 17 years with the company.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • May 2, 2018
2018 Giving Challenge raises $11.7 million

More gifts were given this year than any before.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
"We're on the homestretch," said Nancy's BBQ owner Nancy Krohngold. The final touches are wrapping up at her new Lakewood Ranch location, Li'l Nancy's at the Ranch.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • December 10, 2015
Barbecue and beer opening on Lakewood Ranch Main Street

Li’l Nancy’s Barbecue is slated to open before Christmas; Craft Growlers to Go will open in January.

  • East County
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch girls basketball team opens its season against Riverview at 7:30 at home on Nov. 16. Senior center LaDazhia Williams will try and lead the Mustangs back to the Class 7A state title game.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 9, 2016
That's the ticket ...

The top match-ups this week in East County sports.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 17, 2009
FINAL FINISH

Lakewood Ranch High alum Megan Reuss and senior Kelsey Grimaldi will compete in the 2009 USATF/Florida Regional Junior Olympic Qualifier June 18-20 in Altamonte Springs.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Mitchell Levin |
  • June 13, 2012
My View: Pension plan: Rainbows and butterflies or logic?

"Fiscally sound" is not how the pension board behaves.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By East County students |
  • December 24, 2013
Dear Santa

Students at East County schools have been busy the last few weeks as they prepare their Christmas wish lists for Santa Claus. Here is a sampling of letters students shared with the East County Observer.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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