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Although Heritage Harbour has a speed radar sign on Fair Isles Lane, residents and CDD supervisors say some continue to speed.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • October 22, 2015
Heritage Harbour South CDD aims to slow speeders

An off-duty deputy will monitor speeding on Fairway Isles Lane for a month.

  • East County
  • News
Children made 738 origami cranes.
  • By Kristi Dyer |
  • April 25, 2011
Imagine kids help others

Children at Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch participated in Osh Kosh B'Gosh's Cranes for Kids program.

  • East County
  • News
"Dance in healing is using the creative process of dance to not only bring healing to me, but bring healing to other participants," Leymis Bolaños Wilmott says. "My heart is for people, and I believe in the power of dance."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 27, 2013
Dancing empowers those with Parkinson's

On Dec. 7 and 8, Parkinson Place students will dance in Fuzión Dance Artist's winter program "Voices of Fuzión: Melange."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Rick Scott |
  • July 23, 2009
The Health Plan

$1.5 trillion: How is that 'saving'?

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 31, 2016
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Sept. 1

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
A sign on Main Street discourages donations to panhandlers. As part of a new campaign, downtown merchants will offer donation boxes, with funds going to homelessness serves providers.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 6, 2014
Downtown merchants work to discourage panhandling

Led by the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association, businesses in the heart of the city are preparing a campaign to direct funds to homelessness service providers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Josephine Johnson, kindergarten teacher at Tara Elementary, is one of the four finalists up for "Educator of the Year."
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • December 8, 2016
Three East County teachers are 'Educator of the Year' finalists

Manatee County School District announces excellence finalists.

  • East County
  • News
Sierra Hillman shows off a tray of brownies.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 8, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Mattison's Chef Camp

Campers at Mattison's Forty-One put their chef skills to work Friday, July 8, when they prepared a graduation lunch sampling for their families and friends.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Read the top Cops Corner stories from all Observers.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

Enjoy this week's top Cops Corner stories from all Observers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Wojtek Sawa stands with four large-scale photos that he will use in his future installation for “The Wall Speaks” project.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 1, 2013
Weekend's Best Bet: "The Wall Speaks"

"The Wall Speaks" event visits testimonials of Polish children in World War II.

  • Arts + Culture
The victim and the defendant got into an argument about the victim operating a remote control car in the parking lot because it upsets his dogs.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2010
Best of Cops Corner 2010

Since The East County Observer launched Cops Corner in August 1999, it has consistently been one of the most loved and most read features in the paper. It seems readers always want to know what kind of mischief is happening in their community.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Brittney Bouche |
  • May 20, 2009
PIRATES: Sarasota Orchestra performs at BRHS

The concert was the culmination of Braden River High School's first Arts and Communications Academy Week.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 28, 2010
'OUR LITTLE MIRACLE'

The day after Christmas, Lakewood Ranch 10-year-old Rachael Jaworski collapsed in her bathroom with two brain aneurysms and a ruptured arterio-venous malformation. To date, her doctors have not been able to find a solution.

  • East County
  • News
The new three-story, 46,000-square-foot library would be located at Old Bradenton Road and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 2, 2015
Ringling seeks donations to complete library funding

On Monday, Ringling College of Art and Design announced a pair of matching donations that, if met, would reach the school's $16 million fundraising goal for a new library.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This aerial photo of the Siesta Key public beach improvements shows the east concessions building in the top left, with the new maintenance building and tennis courts on the right.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 5, 2014
Commission gets update on beach project

A major facelift for Siesta Key public beach is about a quarter complete, as the east concessions building takes shape.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Art Ball's pastureland serves as a draining area for the Manatee River when it overspills its boundaries.  He is concerned a proposed development to his west may prevent his fields from draining properly.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 20, 2017
New development proposed for East County

Neighbors worry project will decrease values, cause drainage problems.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 27, 2009
City pares its overtime

More efficient scheduling this fiscal year helped the city shed more than $500,000 in overtime pay, with $1.3 million paid.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2011
Our View: To end the Colony dispute

It's the thought that counts. It was right on.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2011
Our View: To end the Colony dispute

It's the thought that counts. It was right on.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • May 2, 2014
Mother's Day dining

Mother's Day dining

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
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