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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2016
Cops Corner: Sarasota 04.14.16

Cops Corner: Sarasota 04.14.16

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • August 28, 2013
Beach improvements top county's agenda

The Sarasota Board of County Commissioners met Wednesday to discuss issues from puppies to speed limits.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Florida gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott had a near-obsession with measuring performance as CEO of Columbia-HCA. It made the company the national leader in quality.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 20, 2010
The Real Rick Scott

There's another portrait of candidate Rick Scott the media neglect to report. It shows an honest, exceptional businessman and that the alleged Medicare fraud wasn't the primary reason for his resignation from Columbia-HCA.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2012
Our View: County subsidies: immoral

Maybe a a good roundhouse to their proboscises might knock some sense into them and awaken them.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Former Sarasota Memorial Hospital Gwen MacKenzie resigned from her position in May. David Verinder served as CEO in the interim, and will now take on the post permanently.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 25, 2014
Sarasota Memorial names new CEO

The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board named former Sarasota Memorial Chief Operating Officer David Verinder as CEO in a unanimous vote Friday. Verinder has served as interim CEO since the departure of Gwen MacKenzie in May.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The district's operations department will discuss the additional dollars for school resource officers, staff and employee benefits, among other aspects of the new budget, at a public hearing from 5:45 to 8 p.m., July 22, at 215 Manatee Ave. W.,
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • July 25, 2014
Manatee County School District to host public hearing on budget

The Manatee County School District will discuss its 2014-2015 school year budget in detail at a public hearing slated from 5:45 to 8 p.m., July 31.

  • East County
  • News
Dave Brenner resigned from the Charter Review Committee on Tuesday.
  • By John McGuire |
  • March 29, 2017
Brenner resigns from Longboat Key's Charter Review Committee

The former vice mayor was approved for the position by the Town Commission last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2011
Haiku written as labor of love (bugs)

Longboat Key resident Florence Levine recently began writing haiku poetry. Love bugs are the subject of her latest poem.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers Jennifer Sargeant, Lindsey Conrad, Kelley, Jim and Niko Kuncis and Cyndi Seamon
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • July 8, 2015
Turtle Watch asks residents to share the beach

During turtle nesting season, visitors, residents and businesses are encouraged to move their belongings away from the beach to help turtles. Many, however, are leaving items behind, which can cause problems for nesting turtles.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Cheryl Gaddie thanks the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce for choosing her as 2012 Business Person of the Year. She said “it takes a whole village to be a village.”
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • January 30, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce holds Annual Awards Luncheon

The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce held their Annual Meeting and Business Awards on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at Libby's Cafe and Bar to recap the year and award businesses for their good work. About Eighty five people attended the event where seven awards were given to local Siesta Key businesses for their commitment to the community and for a job well done.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Seventh-grader Vito Bavaro plays both varsity and JV soccer for ODA.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 15, 2010
Seventh-grader earns spot on Thunder squad

Vito Bavaro is the only seventh-grader to start on The Out-of-Door Academy's varsity boys soccer team. He also plays on the Florida Everblades' 97 hockey team.

  • East County
  • Sports
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 20, 2013
Weekend best bets: Friday, Dec. 20

Weekend best bets: Friday, Dec. 20

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 10, 2014
Sidelines

Sailors set new school records; SCS completes district sweep; ODA breezes to district win; Golf tourney to benefit Booker

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Two sandhill cranes force drivers to maneuver around them Nov. 26.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • December 2, 2014
Crane crashers

Sandhill cranes will jump in your car, block roads and tap on your windows. Get used to it - they're here to stay.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy this classic Cops Corner entry from the Longboat Observer archives.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Owen King and Stephen King take questions from the crowd at their book talk on Oct. 6 at Selby Public Library.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 9, 2017
Stephen King and Owen King end book tour in Sarasota

The father-son pair discussed collaborating to write their new fiction, ‘Sleeping Beauties.’

  • Arts + Culture
Greet the Light will celebrate this season's "nowHERE" at the Ringling. Singer-songwriter Meklit Hedero will perform in this season. (Photo by Rus Anson)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 20, 2013
Weekend Best Bet: Greet the Light

Cap off your measly 9 hours and 32 minutes of daylight with a great event Saturday night. Don't miss The Ringling's Greet the Light Winter Solstice Celebration - it starts at 7 p.m.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 4, 2010
Beach Conditions Report updated to include oil spill information

The report is updated at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2010
OUR VIEW: The birth of Spirit of America

To know where you're going, it helps to know from where you came.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Joe Gruters is hard at work this year preparing for the state’s Republican Primary on Tuesday.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 30, 2012
IN THE PUBLIC EYE: Joe Gruters

No one seems busier these days than Republican Party of Sarasota County Chairman Joe Gruters.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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