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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 30, 2019
Cops Corner: A stray sailboat on shore leave.

Police reports from around the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The Lakewood Ranch High softball team gets pumped up before the start of its game with rival Braden River April 9.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 17, 2013
Final Farewell: Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High seniors

Thirteen Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High seniors played the final East County rivalry game of their high school careers April 9.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • July 19, 2017
Three things

Glamorous penthouses

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Painter, author, illustrator, mother, wife, community activist — Longboater Lynn Armstrong Coffin identifies with all of those titles.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 24, 2011
Lynn Coffin: Painter, author, illustrator, mother wife, community activist

Coffin's latest endeavor since her son, Mikael, was born in 1983, is writing and illustrating children's books.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
WCI Communities’ Key Largo model is in The Links at Rosedale. It boasts 2,389 square feet of living space, three bedrooms, three full bathrooms and a halfbath.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 17, 2015
Builders group parades area homes

It's that time of year again, when hobbyist interior decorators and prospective homebuyers grab their maps and car keys and head out for a drive around town.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Vicki and Henry reunite at Save Our Seabirds before making the journey to their new home. Photos courtesy of Dave Novak
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 6, 2013
'A storybook ending'

Longboat lovebirds Vicki and Henry are together again at their new home - in Lakeland.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2011
Troop candy drive a success

Dr. Maribel Santos-Cordero, of Dentistry for Children and Adolescents, says she was pleased with the donations her business received for its annual Candy Drive for the Troops.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 21, 2017
Cops Corner: It was a dark and stormy (and alarm-activating) night

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Matt Gelorme
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 25, 2011
OBSERVER TEAM SPOTLIGHT: Matt Gelorme

Each week, The East County Observer will introduce one player from the Lakewood Ranch Little League Observer team.

  • East County
  • Sports
Alisha Leopold decided to chair the donation drive for foster children at Temple Emanu-El because of a personal connection.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • April 14, 2016
Mitzvah Day donations to benefit foster children on the move

Former foster child chairs luggage donation drive for Temple Emanu-El Mitzvah Day.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • October 17, 2019
Goodwill Manasota recognizes ambassadors at awards dinner

The 2019 Goodwill Manasota Community Ambassador of the Year Awards Dinner was held Oct. 17 at Michael's On East.

  • Black Tie
After 15 months of preparation, Summer Wallace and Brendan Ragan will open the Urbanite Theatre in downtown Sarasota April 10. Photo by Nick Friedman.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • March 25, 2015
Urbanite puts finishing touches on inaugural show

Co-artistic directors Summer Wallace and Brendan Ragan tackle their to-do lists in the last few weeks before opening night of ‘Chicken Shop.’

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2012
News Briefs

Libraries, Orioles team up to promote reading

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Finley Phillips. Photo by Liz Ramos.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 29, 2020
Gene Witt student raises cane

Gene Witt student raises cane

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Debbie Volturo and Gabriela Solorio
  • By Katie Johns |
  • December 13, 2018
Christ Church reading buddies host jolly celebration

On Dec. 13, students from the 13th Avenue Dream Center gathered with their reading buddies at Christ Church for a Christmas party.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessi Smith |
  • May 3, 2012
Will a Spoonful of Spray Paint Help the Medicine Go Down? New MTO Mural Sparks (More) Controversy

Will a Spoonful of Spray Paint Help the Medicine Go Down? New MTO Mural Sparks (More) Controversy

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Duane Fenn, Byron Poore and Patrick Kilbane
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 5, 2014
Spotlight: Chorus of the Keys changes its tune

Byron Poore, Patrick Kilbane and Duane Fenn are the newest leadership team fronting Sarasota Chorus of the Keys, the all-male, a capella, four-part harmony, barbershop chorus specializing in '50s and '60s popular music.

  • Arts + Culture
More tourists on the Key translate into more violations of the "no dogs on the beach" county ordinance, Sgt. Scott Osborne, of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, said.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 16, 2012
SKA dogged about pooch ban

The Siesta Key Association is working with county officials to spread the word that taking dogs on the public beach and not picking up dog waste are both illegal acts.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2011
Our View: Sell Payne Park

The city of Sarasota is working diligently on a marketing and spending plan to get people to Payne Park, an underutilized city facility. In fact, the city is looking at many ways to attract people to the park, which since its opening four years ago has been a disappointment.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Longboat Key Foundation Chairman Bob Simmons has its sights set on a location for the Longboat Key Center for Healthy Living in and around Bay Isles Road and Bay Isles Parkway where a future town center concept is proposed. (Kurt Schultheis)
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 30, 2015
LBK Foundation seeks $1.6 million for medical facility

The Longboat Key Foundation's new fundraising effort seeks to create the Longboat Key Center for Healthy Living before seasonal residents return.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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