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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 16, 2014
Football Friday

The Observer recaps the week in football.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sophia Hebda waits to make her move at practice.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 12, 2017
After dreary start, Cardinal Mooney volleyball learned how to win

The team has gone 16-4 since an 0-3 start.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
5630 Gulf of Mexico Drive is about two acres and the subject of a referendum question on the ballot.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 8, 2019
Saturday is last day for Longboat early voting

Two referendum questions on the ballot for town consideration.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bavaro's owner Dan Bavaro plans to renovate an old office building to include an outdoor patio and two second-level private dining rooms.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 12, 2017
Tampa Bay pizzeria plans downtown location

Italian eatery Bavaro’s intends to open a two-story restaurant and bar next year at 27 Fletcher Ave., just east of U.S. 301.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Christian Luh, 20, clears chopped trees from the pavilion area in Summerfield Park.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 10, 2015
Mill Creek resident spends summer in the trenches

Lakewood Ranch High graduate Christian Luh is fostering his love for the great outdoors with a summer internship with Lakewood Ranch Town Hall’s Operations Department.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • April 7, 2010
Lights! Camera! Action!

The 12th annual Sarasota Film Festival has it all, and the lineup looks downright dazzling.

  • Arts + Culture
"It's not just about the figure," Ofra Friedman explains about her work. "It communicates the essence — the core of us."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 30, 2012
Ofra Friedman: On the Wire

Ofra Friedman is not only good with her hands; she's good at hands - and feet, for that matter. The Israeli-born sculptor turns sheets of steel-wire mesh into full-fledged, human-like works of art.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 10, 2013
Rye Road project expands

Manatee commissioners approved the addition of 50 home sites to Rye Road Subdivision.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 2, 2017
Campers explore marine careers

On Aug. 2, campers learned more about being an aquarium biologist.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Military Academy junior Ethan Marks guides Plymouth Harbor resident Charles Gehrie through programing a contact in his iPhone as a member of the eTEAM.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • October 13, 2016
Bridging generations at Plymouth Harbor through technology

A Plymouth Harbor program allows teens and senior citizens to learn from one another.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch High senior Marco Padilla chose Flagler College over several colleges in New York, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 17, 2011
Ranch forward headed to Flagler College

Lakewood Ranch High senior Marco Padilla signed a national letter-of-intent May 13 to play soccer for Flagler College.

  • East County
  • Sports
Graci McGillicuddy
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • March 25, 2015
People With Purpose: Graci McGillicuddy

Black Tie sat down with Graci McGillicuddy to find out more about her roots in philanthropy and her insatiable passion for being the voice of abused children.

  • Black Tie
Susie and her cygnets swim around the Harbourside Golf Course. Photo courtesy of Lou Newman
  • By Katie Johns |
  • May 10, 2017
Longboat Key swans hatch hope

Cygnets arrival is bittersweet for David Novak.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Hazel Nichols and Kayn Sims competed in the elementary school division with their team "Where's My Head?" Together they designed and constructed a replica of the droid BB-8 from "Star Wars the Force Awakens."
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • March 5, 2016
Science Center celebrates remote control competition victory

The Suncoast Science Center hosts the inaugural Remote Control Custom Car Open.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jimmy "the fishman" Johnson lives on Siesta Key with his 23-year-old African gray parrot, Harley.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • March 7, 2013
Your Neighbor: Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy "the fishman" Johnson is a self-described beach bum. But, the former restaurant owner is anything but lazy. Johnson used to sell 3,000 surf-and-turf dinners a week, at his restaurant in Wildwood, N.J.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lois Cohodas
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 21, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

The secret word is 'Senior Friendship Centers'; One season peaks, another plans; The raising of the green

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Crew athletes
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 8, 2011
Just the Stats 6.09.11

See the Observer's by-the-numbers breakdown of the week in East County sports.

  • East County
  • Sports
Calgary-based WestJet plans to serve SRQ Airport with nonstop service to Toronto three times a week.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 8, 2016
SRQ Airport increases flights to Canada

Calgary-based WestJet has added another weekly flight to Toronto from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The king and queen of fresh: Ben and Shelby King
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • March 7, 2012
EDIBLES: The Royalty of Fresh

Beginner gardening books would have you believe that growing something involves little more than putting a seed in a piece of appropriate earth and giving it food and water.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2015
News Briefs

The word at UTC: Microsoft to open; Students have science smarts; Library closes for makeover

  • East County
  • News
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