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  • By Maria Amodio |
  • May 26, 2010
Player of the Week: Murray Miller

Longboat Key Club Tennis Gardens

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Goodwill Manasota is seeking non-perishable food items for its summer food drive to benefit the Food Bank of Manatee and All Faiths Food bank.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 2, 2013
Goodwill launches food drive

The public can donate food to any Goodwill location in Sarasota, Manatee, Hardee and DeSoto counties from Aug. 4 through Aug. 10.

  • East County
  • News
  • By The Insider |
  • April 21, 2012
Sarasota Film Festival: IN CONVERSATION WITH TODD SOLONDZ SUNDAY NOON AT SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOL! Dark Horse star Jordan Gelber speaks about Solondz! Solondz Film Retrospective!

Sarasota Film Festival: IN CONVERSATION WITH TODD SOLONDZ SUNDAY NOON AT SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOL! Dark Horse star Jordan Gelber speaks about Solondz! Solondz Film Retrospective!

  • Arts + Culture
Barbara Biscontini Savage and Lawrence Biscontini. Courtesy photo.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • August 8, 2012
Modifying Movements for 'Mom'

Many times in a class or the gym, someone will ask, 'Can I do that exercise?' A better question might be, 'How can I do that exercise?'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 14, 2009
Athlete of the Week: Kristin Zarrella

The Observer spotlights Lakewood Ranch's Kristin Zarrella.

  • East County
  • Sports
Town Manager Bruce St. Denis said the acquisition of the beach engineer will result in no changes to the town and its beach projects.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 8, 2011
Town's beach engineer sold

Coastal Planning & Engineering was sold for $26 million in cash Tuesday to The Shaw Group Inc.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
1. Braden River's O'Mariah Gordon repeated as the Gatorade Florida Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 17, 2020
A year of triumph: The top-10 moments of the East County high school sports season

Multiple aea athletes got national and state recognition for their accomplishments this season.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 4, 2010
Lady Mustangs advance to district championship

The No. 3 seed Lakewood Ranch High girls basketball team defeated No. 2 seed Bayshore 49-32 in the Class 4A-District 10 semifinals Feb. 3.

  • East County
  • Sports
"I don't sit down and say, 'I'm going to write a song now,'" Olivia Little says. "I have a poem book I carry with me all the time, and I'll be walking to class and a lyric will hit me."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 15, 2010
Olivia Little makes her big country splash

The 13-year-old Sarasota singer is ready to release her new single, a love song she co-wrote this summer, in Nashville, with country star Jamie O'Neal.

  • Arts + Culture
Joann Goldwater and Kathye Stowell
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • March 13, 2018
Longboat Key Democrats discuss local and national happenings at monthly meeting

Dozens of LBK club members came together March 13 to talk plans for the month ahead

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2011
Letter to the Editor

Ranch growth shows no need to incorporate

  • East County
  • News
Nancy Blackburn and Sharon Black Floyd
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • May 17, 2011
Corinthian Gala Kick Off

Corinthian Gala Kick Off

  • Black Tie
Although almost all the houses on Vamo had the same floorplan at one time, most have received additions and updates; many have maintained the old, Spanish-style architecture. Photos by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 25, 2014
VIDEO: Hidden history

Founded in 1925, Vamo Drive has brought its residents together into a close-knit community.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Architect Gary Hoyt presented the sketches at Wednesday’s meeting.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 14, 2012
North end enters discussion zone

The Longbeach Village Association heard ideas recently generated as part of a community-based planning exercise for the north end.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 7, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A rescue at sea

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Soprano Youna Jang protrays Cio-Cio-San at the Sarasota Opera presentation of "Madama Butterfly" in partnership with The Sarasota Chalk Festival.  Photo courtesy of Sam Lowry
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 9, 2011
Music Review: The Chalk Festival Meets Puccini

On Sunday, the Sarasota Opera moved Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' outdoors to downtown's Dolphin Street and Pineapple Avenue to meet the artists of The Chalk Festival. This may sound like a curious coupling, but it worked.

  • Arts + Culture
  • In Memoriam |
  • June 4, 2018
Jerome G. Jerry Lee

Jerome G. "Jerry" Lee, 1924 - 2018, passed away on May 29, 2018, his obituary tribute is publishing in the Longboat Observer of Observer Media Group, he was born in Chicago, IL and the Toale Brothers funeral home is handling the service.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
A great week for area teams, though some games were closer than others.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 21, 2016
Sarasota Football Final 10.21.16

A great week for area teams, though some games were closer than others.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 10, 2010
Key Lutheran nurse has global reach

Since coming to St. Armands Key Lutheran in late 2008, Tracey Rzepka has initiated several wellness classes at the church on topics such as weight loss, exercise and cooking for cancer survivors.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Carlos E. Haile Elementary named former assistant principal Kate Collis as its new principal.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • June 8, 2017
Haile Middle School names new principal

Former assistant principal returns to place she considers ‘home.’

  • East County
  • News
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