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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 19, 2015
Cops Corner: East County 8.20.2015

Find out what incidents occurred in your neighborhood.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Laraine Batista serves students at multiple schools in Manatee County. Although her day is supposed to end at 3 p.m., she said she tries to finish up her tasks so she can start fresh the next day at the next school.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • May 25, 2016
Lakewood Ranch's classy “Maestra"

Retiring migrant family liaison changed students' lives for 23 years.

  • East County
  • News
Ricardo Graziano and Christine Peixoto. Photos by Frank Atura
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • May 2, 2012
Dance Review: 'Theatre of Dreams' by the Sarasota Ballet

Wow. What a season. The 2011-2012 season for the Sarasota Ballet seems to be its best yet. And it's quite fitting for Director Iain Webb's fifth anniversary at the helm.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • February 21, 2013
Is it a bar? Is it a live music venue? Is it a restaurant?

Is it a bar? Is it a live music venue? Is it a restaurant?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Megan Wallin
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • March 31, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Megan Wallin

Megan Wallin, a Sarasota native, is the founder of SpikeKey. Wallin has focused on playing beach volleyball and on running SpikeKey, which offers volleyball clinics on Siesta Key beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Pure voucher system is best school reform; Tea Party members know what they believe; Buchanan investigation looks politically vindictive

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club, which has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,335 square feet of living area, sold for $600,000. Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 3, 2011
Gulf and Bay Club condo tops sales at $600,000

A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. George Dyer Jr. and Selma Dyer, trustees, Sarasota, sold the Unit 409 condominium at 5790 Midnight Pass Road to David Gubler and Ellie Foster, of Ontario, Canada, for $600,000.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Sara Moone |
  • May 8, 2013
Andres Colin brings diversity to Sarasota's original music scene

Andres Colin brings diversity to Sarasota's original music scene

  • Arts + Culture
Manatee County Commissioner and Lakewood Ranch business owner Vanessa Baugh commends FDOT for advancing the project. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 9, 2014
FDOT commits to minimal impacts

As the Florida Department of Transportation prepares to start construction on a new interchange at University Parkway and Interstate 75, business owners in Lakewood Ranch have questions about how construction will impact their businesses, as well as an already gridlocked transportation network east of I-75.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 20, 2012
East County siblings set to take center ice

Thirteen-year-old Courtney Kreitling and her younger brother, Alex, 10, will perform in the My Favorite Things: A Holiday Skating Spectacular Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, at the Ellenton Ice & Sports Complex.

  • East County
  • Sports
"I'm primarily a children's librarian," said author Judith Leipold, a former media specialist at Braden River Elementary School. "This (project) was a total stretch for me."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 8, 2013
Larger than life: Rodeo legend Hub Hubbell

Former Braden River Elementary School media specialist Judith Leipold has written two books - one biography and one tall tale - based on the life of local East County rodeo legend Hub Hubbell, who died in 2012.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 24, 2010
SMR nixes Main Street memorial

President Rex Jensen has offered another Lakewood Ranch location for the memorial honoring veterans and first responders to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 8, 2009
Town water receives top scores

All 151 water samples taken in 2008 were bacteria free. Town water also has acceptable levels of copper and lead.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 28, 2010
The Language of Love

For entrepreneur Piero Rivolta, writing romance novels is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • February 18, 2013
Sarasota Saturday night blackout on sound

Sarasota Saturday night blackout on sound

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Soprano Hope Koehler. Courtesy photo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • May 2, 2012
Music Review: The Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota: Hope Koehler, soprano

Every once in a while, we hear a singer (violinist, pianist, you name it) who is so good, so magnetic, so talented, we wonder why the performer hasn't had a major career and become a household name. Take Hope Koehler.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 15, 2012
Lady Thunder finish third at Invitational

The Out-of-Door Academy volleyball team finished third at the Northside Christian Invitational Oct. 12-13.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 26, 2010
MMS fall registration dates set

The Miss Manatee Softball League will host registration for its fall softball league from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Aug. 14, 21 and 28 and 6-8 p.m., Aug. 25 and Sept. 1.

  • East County
  • Sports
Courtesy of BCDF Pictures.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • October 5, 2012
Film Review: 'Liberal Arts'

The new film, "Liberal Arts," cleverly suggests we're never too young, or too old, to learn a thing or two about ourselves.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo. "The Lovers" by Marc Chagall - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • December 10, 2015
Selby Gardens prepares for Chagall exhibit in 2017

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens to enhance visitor experience by pairing exhibit series and horticultural displays.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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