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Weekend's best bets: Friday, Nov. 28
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 19, 2014
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Sept. 19

Weekend's best bets: Friday, Sept. 19

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
MTC HVAC student explains to Braden River Highschool freshman Justin Hilts how to cut a length of pipe.
  • By Andrew Atkins |
  • March 20, 2019
'Rodeo' steers students to construction at Manatee Technical College

Christopher Emigdio, a junior at Lakewood Ranch High, was impressed with what he saw.

  • East County
  • Schools
Winston Duke is best known for his role of M'Baku in "Black Panther."
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 7, 2019
Winston Duke enraptures crowds at Ringling College of Art and Design

The "Black Panther" and "Us" star shared serious beliefs and amusing stories.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By David Conway |
  • February 27, 2014
Neighborhood pushes for parkland purchase

Residents of Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores want the county to buy a property to turn it into a new neighborhood park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"I always felt I had one chance with an audience or one chance with a class," Elizabeth Weil Bergmann says. "If people don't walk away having had an 'a-ha' experience, then they're not going to come back."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 11, 2011
Mover and shaker

Retired Harvard dance Director Elizabeth Weil Bergmann brings her Ivy League moves to Sarasota's Carreño Dance Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 7, 2020
Longboat Key Democratic Club holds January meeting

The club welcomed over 130 people to its luncheon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • April 7, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Fruitville Elementary

Fruitville Elementary playwrights presented a collection of short plays called 'Writing from the Heart' Wednesday, April 7.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 6, 2015
Cross-county bus ride? Maybe one day

An international mobility company has twice submitted a proposal to join Sarasota and Manatee transit systems and shave $2.5 million in overall operating costs.

  • East County
  • News
Matilda Hubbard.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 9, 2019
Gene Witt Elementary Beautification Day a family affair

At least a dozen parents, students and administrators come out to clean the Gene Witt campus.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
PCL Civil Constructors placed a palm tree on the last segment of the bridge as it was hoisted into place, symbolizing the firm had completed the project.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • August 21, 2013
The Bridge: Ten years later, controversy is 'water under the bridge'

An engineer and an architect involved in the design and construction of the the John Ringling Causeway Bridge reflect on the troubled water they faced and had to cross.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photograph of the pipe lying on its side at the Town of Longboat Key's Public Works Department. The breach was in the bottom invert of the pipe.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • December 18, 2020
Report blames underground log in Longboat sewage spill

About 14.7 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled between June 17-30.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Burt Herman and Guy Eby during a book signing of Herman's book at Ormond Beach.
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • May 3, 2018
Sarasota resident Burt Herman publishes book about pilot who saved his life

A near death encounter and a meeting with his hero inspired Burt Herman to write a book about the incident that saved hundreds of lives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • In Memoriam |
  • October 16, 2019
Betty Ann (Bachman) Hoff

Hoff, Betty Ann (Bachman), age, 90, was born in the Bachman Family Home on March 21, 1929 and passed peacefully alongside family at home on October 9, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Red Bug Slough, a 72-acre expanse of wetland preserve, offers open greenspace areas to fish and picnic. It is also dog-friendly. Photos by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 6, 2014
Red Bug Slough to officially reopen

After more than a year of work, the preserve's wetland restoration is complete.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Morgan Cummins.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 16, 2018
East County Athlete of the Week: Morgan Cummins

The Lakewood Ranch High senior softball catcher, who is committed to LSU, talks reaching the final four and her love of reading.

  • East County
  • Sports
Morgan Cummins.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 16, 2018
East County Athlete of the Week: Morgan Cummins

East County Athlete of the Week: Morgan Cummins

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 1, 2009
Transients rarely serve time, nor pay for crimes

Sarasota's habitual offenders, mainly transients, usually escape time in jail. And, when fined, they don't pay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 6, 2010
Key Club project contains fewer issues

Longboat Key Club Attorney John Patterson is hopeful the club's Islandside application has fewer issues and will move along more quickly at the Town Commission level.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Harvest United Methodist Church Rev. Steve Price tries to get out on the court at least twice a week.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 4, 2015
King of His Court

Harvest United Methodist Church co-pastor Steve Price won the National Men’s 50s Clay Court Doubles Championship Oct. 18.

  • East County
  • Sports
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