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  • By Robert Plunket |
  • September 15, 2016
Three Things: Snowbird Special

Three Things: Snowbird Special

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Lakewood Ranch homecoming king Travis Freeman and homecoming queen Madi Grogan. Photo by Ryan Kohn.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • September 14, 2018
Lakewood Ranch High names homecoming court

Guy Harvey visits Sarasota's new Dick's Sporting Goods location.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The event will be held at Premier Sports Campus.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 11, 2014
Sam Woolf to perform at Winterfest

Organizers of Winterfest Music Festival have announced acts for the 2015 event.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • March 8, 2018
School district paid thousands to investigate complaints against administrators

The Sarasota County School Board paid an outside law firm $20,290 to investigate complaints made against Superintendent Todd Bowden and Booker High Principal Rachel Shelley.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Huck selects the 49ers.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 28, 2020
49ers otter win in Miami, Mote residents predict

Mote otters take over the football prediction game while manatees' habitat is renovated.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The St. Armands Business Improvement District said Circle stakeholders have already thoroughly vetted the proposal, including the production of a design by architect Jonathan Parks.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 19, 2018
Hurdles remain for St. Armands restrooms

Concerns about maintenance expenses are holding up the potential approval of new public bathrooms on the Circle.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 2, 2017
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Aug. 3

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2014
News Briefs

MPO approves diamond interchange funding; The Mall at UTC brings in 'Frozen' ice palace; Lakewood Ranch Town Hall hosts early voting; Lakewood Ranch to break ground on new clubhouse; County searches for construction trades members

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2011
Cops Corner

Goggle ogle 3:08 p.m. - 5200 block of GMD. Suspicious Person. A woman reported that a suspicious looking man approached a nearby condominium unit door and took a pair of goggles that was near the door. The woman confronted the man about his actions, and he returned the goggles and fled the area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Tommy Klauber. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 3, 2017
Chef 'paints the town'

Students go green for Lyme disease

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Harmony's Casey Clough and Alison Clough at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer last year, say that American Cancer Society is a great organization because it helps all kinds of people. Courtesy photo.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • October 17, 2018
Fundraiser hits its stride at Nathan Benderson Park

Lakewood Ranch breast cancer survivors among those who will participate at Making Strides event.

  • East County
  • News
Realtors Reid Murphy, Cheryl Loeffler, Lynne Koy and Ian Addy spoke to more than 40 people at Saturday’s Condo Fed meeting at Beach Harbor Club.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 20, 2013
Realtors talk about condominium marketability

An in-demand condo unit requires more than a room with a view, according to Realtors on a Federation of LBK Condominiums panel.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 29, 2019
Kiwanis kick off bell-ringing scheduling on Longboat

Volunteers needed for annual fund-raising activity that begins Friday after Thanksgiving.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 16, 2009
Athlete of the Week: Linda Luo

The Observer spotlights Lakewood Ranch golfer Linda Luo.

  • East County
  • Sports
Elizabeth 'Betsy' Bagby
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 2, 2013
Scene & Heard: Patron Playbill

On average, ticket sales only account for around 20% of the cost it takes to put on a production. The following patrons are representatives of some of the area's arts organizations; these people are helping to keep our cultural mecca flourishing well into the New Year.

  • Arts + Culture
Fruitville Grove offers a variety of seasonal vegetables each week at San Marco Plaza's Friday Farmers Market.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 17, 2012
Market plans put on hold

LWR Main Street's Saturday farmers market won't re-open this season, but San Marco Plaza's market will expand.

  • East County
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer team captured the Class 4A-District 10 Championship with a 5-0 victory over Seminole Osceola. Photo by Brian Blanco.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 26, 2011
Mustangs dominate district

The Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer team defeated Seminole Osceola 5-0 in the Class 4A-District 10 Championship Jan. 22.

  • East County
  • Sports
Mary Lynn Cheatham sits on a specialized wood made from white oak.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • December 8, 2018
Lido Beach's Holiday of the Arts

Lido Beach hosted their holiday art festival.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: Nov. 1

Gregory Fiore captured this shot of a white pelican and smaller friends in upper Sarasota Bay off Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy Lawrence Evans, Susan Greenhill, Jeffrey Plunkett and Warren Jackson read scripts distilled from interviews with six exonerated inmates.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 21, 2017
FST's 'The Exonerated' gives a voice to the wrongly convicted

Florida Studio Theatre reprises groundbreaking play exploring the crime of punishment.

  • Arts + Culture
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