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Eve Wickwire, Susan Singer, Patti Ostroski and Laurin Goldner were excited to sell their first raffle ticket to Larry Panza Feb. 24, at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.
  • By Maria Amodio |
  • March 2, 2011
Key tennis event supports SMH Breast Health Center

The Breast Cancer Awareness Women's Round Robin will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at the Public Tennis Center, 590 Bay Isles Road.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 2, 2009
Athlete of the Week: Kaitlyn Kerrigan

The Observer spotlights Lakewood Ranch soccer star Kaitlyn Kerrigan.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • April 3, 2017
Temple Emanu-El hosts intergenerational women's Seder

The event highlighted women's voices in the telling of the Passover story.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2009
Our View

A contest for Bird Key Park

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The U.S. portrait, created by fifth-graders at Garden Elementary School, is one of dozens of portraits on display for the 2017 World Rowing Championship.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • September 26, 2017
World Rowing Championships: Day Three

Fifth grade artists talk about their experience creating the U.S. art piece on display at Nathan Benderson Park.

  • East County
  • News
Photo by Jen Blanco
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 7, 2013
Leading Lady Ram: Glanna Vastola

Riverview High senior guard Gianna Vastola scored her 1,000th career point in the Lady Rams' 65-32 victory over Palm Harbor University.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
(Courtesy Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office) Sarasota County deputy Michelle Pufnock cradles the kitten she saved from traffic Wednesday.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 26, 2014
Sarasota deputy rescues kitten

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office deputy Michelle Pufnock saved a black kitten wandering through traffic near the intersection of Beneva Road and Webber Street Wednesday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 15, 2010
Key Real Estate: En Provence unit sells for $2.7 million

Sales fell from 10 during the last week of May to just four during the first week in June.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Gabriella Alvarez is pictured with Andrea Avery, who helped chair the project.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 31, 2012
ODA student launches Teens for Jeans campaign

Out-of-Door Academy student Gabriella Alvarez is collecting jeans for homeless teenagers through Feb. 3.

  • East County
  • News
One of the patients of the Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital at Mote Marine Laboratory swims around in its aquarium, which visitors can view while seeing the turtles, manatees and dolphins at Mote.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • November 9, 2011
PHOTO ESSAY: Nesting Mode

During this year's sea-turtle season, which runs from May to October, Longboat Observer photographer Rachel S. O'Hara teamed up with Mote Marine scientists and volunteers, as well as Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers, to get an upclose look of what turtle season is like on the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Emma Uihlein and Amelia Thomas at a 2018 Tidal Tykes camp at Mote.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • May 15, 2019
Stay cool with these local barrier island summer camps

From Lido Beach to City Island, there are plenty of spots that are offer camps all summer long.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Chief Planner Steve Stancel says the city will continue to compile information on redesigning Fruitville Road, with another public workshop planned for the next 45 days.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 3, 2016
Key leaders question Fruitville redesign plans

As the city works to create a more pedestrian-friendly atmosphere along Fruitville Road, barrier island residents are wondering how changes might impact their traffic conditions.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A worker puts the finishing touches on the pump station, which will hopefully be fully functional within a month.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • February 14, 2018
Siesta Key residents pumped over sewage plant demolition

The new pump station on Key will cut back on odor, noise and other effects neighbors have dealt with for years.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Located near the southwest corner of State Road 70 and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, the green-roofed information center has served as an information center for Schroeder-Manatee Ranch for two decades.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 18, 2015
Ranch considers Summerfield info center

Town Hall will see if any retired architects would be willing to survey the Summerfield info center to see if it's a viable option for meeting space for Lakewood Ranch clubs.

  • East County
  • News
Women's Golf Association executive board members Kim Lester (ex officio), President Brenda Deona, Vice President Lisa Deutsch and Treasurer Sandy Murray. Not pictured is secretary Christine Bonner. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 26, 2016
Club news: University Park women explore history

Ranch mom's group supports its own

  • East County
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 29, 2017
Flip Sides: Eddie Tobin and Judy Renaud look to future

Tobin and Renaud have been performing at Amore for the past two years. With the restaurant closing, the two look ahead to their flip sides.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By George Rauch |
  • July 6, 2011
My View: Debt causes direction of market to stay questionable

Right now, even though the market has sold off recently, we remain in what is technically called a bull market.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2009
Sarasota cemetery honors military servicemen

Nearly 700 people attended the first Memorial Day celebration Saturday, May 30, at the Sarasota National Cemetery.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Nine-year-old Cara Sanchez races past a defender and heads down the field.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 16, 2015
Teamwork thrives on the pitch

The Sarasota Surge Youth Academy has grown from four players to 32 players in the span of a year.

  • East County
  • Sports
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