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If you know someone who should be featured as an Athlete of the Week, please call or send the suggestion to Mallory Gnaegy at 366-3468, Ext. 360 or mgnaegy@yourobserver.com.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 22, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Sherry Fideler

Sherry Fideler has always been active. When she took an aerobics class with her sister, she realized it combined two of her favorite things - dance and aerobics.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 16, 2009
Crist OKs pipeline project

A natural-gas pipeline company will reimburse the town, up to a limit of $5 million, for beach-quality sand that sits on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • October 24, 2012
School board sets timeline for superintendent search

The board approved a March 29 start date for a permanent superintendent.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 23, 2009
Dick Clapp named mayor

After a couple seconds of awkward silence, the District Two commissioner was named mayor. He was unanimously elected to the position. Commissioner Kelly Kirschner was named vice mayor.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mark Morris Dance Group. Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 28, 2012
International artists to perform at RIAF

International artists have been visiting Sarasota as part of the Ringling International Arts Festival since 2009. And there's a new crop of artists on this year's bill Oct. 10 through Oct. 13.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 4, 2009
Road to graduation

When hundreds of beach balls are thrown into the air after graduation, Riverview High School Principal Linda Nook can finally relax.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Institute of the Ages Director Tom Esselman would like to see Sarasota instinctively thought of when a group is interested in working with an older population.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 11, 2013
The Institute for the Ages operates with purpose

Director Tom Esselman says the institute, which serves as a conduit between innovators and the older population, has found its niche as it enters its second year in operation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The Morse family: Matthew, Richard, Shawn, Nicholas and Kyle Morse, relax in their hotel room during their June vacation at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.ÂÂ
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 14, 2011
Jack and Jill Foundation brings fun-filled vacations to families

Shortly after his wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Jon Albert and his wife, Jill, decided to start an organization to help families affected by the disease.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2011
Our View: Suspension reveals law flaw

The recent case of Manatee County Sheriff Lt. John Murrell being slapped with a three-week suspension is appalling, but revealing. In a reasonable world, Murrell would be lauded, not sharply disciplined.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • April 25, 2013
Development could cost the city

Draft traffic study: Proposed Benderson retail development would trigger $17.6 million in roadway improvements.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 9, 2011
COMMENT: Observer team takes field for spring ball

"Play for the name on the front of your jersey -- not the name on the back." It's a simple phrase that speaks volumes. And this spring, I already know one team that's doing just that.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Next Level Hoops seventh-grade travel basketball team won the High Hoops Tournament Feb. 25-27 in Fort Myers.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 9, 2011
AAU seventh-graders win High Hoops Tournament

Lakewood Ranch girls basketball coach Tina Hadley started Next Level Hoops, an AAU travel basketball organization, three years ago as a way to prepare players for high school.

  • East County
  • Sports
Photos by Amanda Sebastiano Heritage Harbour South CDD Supervisor and Stoneybrook resident Lee Bettes considers seeing native plants growing near ponds as one of the key reasons he moved to the community.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 6, 2014
Sowing the Seeds

Community representatives continue their efforts to educate the public about importance of plant life in stormwater retention ponds.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 24, 2013
Cougar athletes ink scholarships

Six Cardinal Mooney High seniors signed national letters of intent to play at the next level during a signing ceremony April 17.

  • East County
  • Sports
Logan Learned, Ricki Bertoni, Ricardo Graziano, Jamie Carter and Kate Honea all prefer live music to recordings.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 24, 2013
Spotlight: Theatre of Dreams goes live

Live music is a new element for this year's Theatre of Dreams program.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 15, 2012
Braden River Soccer Club plans building expansion

The County Commission approved Feb. 7 a resolution authorizing the construction of single-story extension to the Braden River Soccer Club's building at Lakewood Ranch Park.

  • East County
  • Sports
Tammy Halsted takes a break at the Touch Corporation office on St. Armands Circle.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 27, 2012
Neighbors: Tammy Halsted

Tammy Halsted has moved 34 times but says this area feels like home.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Banyan Opening Night Dinner Chairwoman Anne Howard, David Howard, Banyan Artistic Director Carol Kleinberg and Ted Shears
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter |
  • July 6, 2011
Scene & Heard

Longtime chef to produce theatrical parody; Comedy tonight; 'Operation Epsilon' offers up food for thought

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • February 25, 2014
Theater SRQ & A: Alana Opie

Theater SRQ & A: Alana Opie

  • Arts + Culture
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