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  • By Roger Drouin |
  • October 4, 2012
City puts six parcels on the market

One parcel is already under contract. City commissioners could use profits to pay down employee health-care costs.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 17, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Eric Mayes

Eric Mayes, the 18-year-old center on Booker High School's basketball team, has been playing basketball since the seventh grade.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Visitors coming to Sarasota County to see the top beach in the country in 2011 helped push county tourism tax collections to a level not seen in several years. Photo by Norman Schimmel
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 1, 2012
TOP STORY, NOV.: Tourist tax revenue passes $11 million mark

Siesta Beach's No. 1 ranking gets considerable credit for the county's best tourist tax revenue total since the 2006 fiscal year.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By George Rauch |
  • May 28, 2014
Market Watch

Economic realities could ram current bull marketÂ

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Braden River High football team fell to Port Charlotte 29-14 in its homecoming game Sept. 28.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 3, 2012
Braden River Pirates fall short, make progress

The team fell to Port Charlotte 29-14 in its homecoming game Sept. 28.

  • East County
  • Sports
A class photo of Lakewood Ranch High School's 2001 graduating class.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 5, 2011
Lakewood Ranch High School's first graduating class celebrates 10 years

Lakewood Ranch High School's 2001 yearbook was titled 'The Final Piece' -- to honor its first graduates as the last puzzle piece needed to complete the high school. This week, that pioneering class celebrates its 10-year reunion.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Susan Scott. Courtesy photo.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 6, 2012
Scott named to lead Education Foundation

The Education Foundation of Sarasota County Jan. 5 announced the appointment of Susan Scott as the nonprofit's new executive director, following a special meeting of the organization's board of directors.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Incoming Executive Director Robin Rose sits with several of the Girls Inc. girls.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 18, 2013
Girls Inc. welcomes its new director

Incoming Executive Director Robin Rose brings passion for children and non-profit experience to Girls Inc.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The new mascot for the combined Lakewood Ranch/Braden River team will be a live horse wearing a pirate hat.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 1, 2011
District to combine Braden River, Lakewood teams

APRIL FOOLS' DAY - To help balance both schools' budgets, the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs and Braden River Pirates will become one team beginning next fall.

  • East County
  • News
Former major league pitcher Troy Mattes is turning his attention to training Little League and high school players. Courtesy photo.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 16, 2013
Riverview alum returns home

Lakewood Ranch resident and former MLB pitcher Troy Mattes was named Extra Innings Sarasota's new coordinator of pitching instruction.

  • East County
  • Sports
Abla Lynn Hamza
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 30, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW - Sarasota Opera: The Risorgimento Concert

The Sarasota Opera's regular season may have ended, but the company was alive with the sounds of music last week when it presented a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo. Big Pass, between Siesta Key and Lido Key, has never been dredged.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • November 14, 2013
Changes surface in Big Pass dredge

A twist in the debate to dredge Big Pass has increased county commissioners' leverage to demand more answers from the Army Corps of Engineers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 12, 2013
Filmmaking duo has high hopes for Sarasota

Filmmaking duo has high hopes for Sarasota

  • Arts + Culture
The Rev. Elizabeth Deibert finally received the keys to her church’s new home, pictured behind her, Nov. 7. The property has lush green space and a pond.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • November 13, 2013
Church finds home

After eight years of uncertainty, Peace Presbyterian Church will occupy a permanent space, thanks to approval from the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners.

  • East County
  • News
"At the end of the show, there's all these confetti cannons that go off in the London production," Jake Mills says. "I cried tears of joy, and I felt so happy."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 13, 2013
Spotlight: Jake Mills becomes the Strangely Flatulent

Jake Mills stars in Florida Studio Theatre's "Spamalot," which runs through Jan. 11.

  • Arts + Culture
Eighth-graders Lauren Ponzo, Julia Stringer, Raya Cates and Lucie Blahackova
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 2, 2010
Middle-schoolers create candy-coated cottages

Brookside Middle School students decorated gingerbread houses for the Community Youth Development Gingerbread House Village.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jay Daniel, Ric Romanoff and Steele Harris, with Connor Flick, her father, Dieter, and Martin Sobel
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • July 3, 2013
Building wings of experience

Sarasota teens with the Young Eagles Program and Experimental Aircraft Association members are building an RV-12 out of an airplane kit.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 18, 2009
Man on the street: Signs of fall

On Friday, we headed downtown to ask locals their thoughts on the first sign of fall in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
The home at 4628 Barracuda Drive in Riverdale Revised sold for $752,000. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2014
Pomello Park home sells for $1.24 million

A home in Pomello Park tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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