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  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • June 17, 2015
Gardeners Out East sprouts opposition to cattle plan

Florida officials are considering turning over some of its state-owned parks to cattle grazing, and one Lakewood Ranch organization is poised to take action.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 24, 2014
CDD boards approve new transponders

New transponders are $50, but they aren't required to be used until old units break.

  • East County
  • News
Keith and the Florida Bluegrass Express entertain patrons.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 17, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Braden River Bluegrass Festival and Gumbo Cook-off

Linger Lodge Restaurant and Campground hosted a day of "gumbo goodness" and bluegrass tunes for its annual Braden River Bluegrass Festival and Gumbo Cook-off May 17.

  • East County
  • News
Martin Hyde lost in last week'   s runoff election to Jennifer Ahearn-Koch and Hagen Brody.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2017
Martin Hyde has his say

City questions still need answers.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 27, 2010
Firefighter contract discussions linger

The town will not give the firefighters their old contract back, because it contains clauses it wants revised.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dr. Rene Salazar, USF Environmental and Occupational Health, addresses a parents meeting at Lakewood Ranch High.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 30, 2017
Mold closes building at Lakewood Ranch High

District tells concerned parents it will do a comprehensive assessment of all the school's buildings.

  • East County
  • News
Weston contracts out every service in the city, including police, to the Broward County Sheriff's Office, to keep overhead low. The city of 64,000 residents employs nine people but has services including motorcycle patrol dedicated to Weston.
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • July 13, 2011
A Tale of Three Cities: Weston: City Government Lite

Weston has put the concept of contracting out for government services on steroids - and wouldn't have it any other way.

  • East County
  • News
The Longboat Key Town Commission has a busy meeting 5:01 p.m. at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 25, 2015
Budget meeting agenda grows

A special meeting to adopt Longboat Key's budget has turned into a 10-item agenda to review a myriad of town-related issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 27, 2014
Coming up clutch

Sarasota High senior Mason Dancer has helped lead the Sailors baseball team to a perfect 12-0 record so far this season.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Braden River High School student Taylor Nelson, 16, returns books to their shelves for community service hours.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 16, 2016
Braden River Library turns another page

The branch celebrates its 25th anniversary March 19 and hopes an expansion will be part of its future.

  • East County
  • News
"Every painting is a chunk of your life that in a way you somehow wrestled into paint," James Griffin says.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 9, 2013
Natural Talent

If James Griffin were to create the cover art for a book about his career, it would illustrate just enough of his story to seduce you to read the pages beneath it.

  • Arts + Culture
The incident is a Florida Highway and Patrol investigation. There is at least one trauma alert to which Bayflite is responding.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2012
Multiple car crash on I-75 near University

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office reports an accident involving an estimated 30 to 50 vehicles in the southbound lanes of I-75 on the overpass at University Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • May 5, 2010
FOREVER A MOM

Ever since her son, Josh Zawacki, was a little boy, East County mom Alison Almy promised him a sibling. On Josh's 21st birthday in 2008, she surprised him with news - she was having triplets.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Review: October 2013, Garage delays frustrate developer

Pineapple Square developer John Simon believes delays at the State Street garage are not only a legal issue but could cause long-term damage downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • February 26, 2021
Sophie Pollack, nee Pielet

Sophie Pollack, nee Pielet, age 95, of Downers Grove, IL and Longboat Key, FL.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 7, 2018
Cops Corner: Fix my storm damage, already

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Stella will be the Big Cat Habitat's first sloth and newest addition.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • July 12, 2017
The family tree grows at Big Cat Habitat in Sarasota

Stella the sloth finds temporary home in East County as her habitat is being built.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • July 15, 2009
The Benderson Boom

Marshalls and Pei Wei Asian Diner are just two of several businesses slated for the University Parkway corridor.

  • East County
  • News
LECOM School of Dental Medicine
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 2, 2012
TOP STORY, DEC.: The East County's Most Expensive Projects

In Sarasota and Manatee counties, 41 construction permits for more than $1 million have been pulled in the past year. Of those, about one-fourth are in the East County.

  • East County
  • News
Earlier this month, a consultant deemed the Fishkind feasibility study as accurate.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 24, 2010
TOP STORY, FEB.: Ranch Incorporation

The Lakewood Ranch Civic Action Forum hosted its first public meeting regarding the incorporation of Lakewood Ranch Feb. 24.

  • East County
  • News
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