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  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2009
Ohio State alumni help to keep Sarasota beautiful

After its recent adoption of Bird Key Park, the Sarasota-Manatee Ohio State Alumni Club participated in the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup Saturday, Sept. 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Military Academy CEO and co-founder Dan Kennedy will take an extended leave from the school beginning July 1.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 26, 2014
Top Stories - Sarasota: June

Dan Kennedy, CEO and co-founder of Sarasota Military Academy, will become an inactive employee next month, per an agreement with the school's board of directors.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bridge Street Bistro is located on Bradenton Beach with a view of the beach and gulf.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Bridge Street Bistro

This week we went in the kitchen at Bridge Street Bistro with co-owners Bill Herlihy and chef Keith Daum as Daum prepares oysters Bienville with shrimp and bacon stuffing.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2009
Cops Corner

Police confiscated a brown pouch with two white, small discs that a housekeeper thought could have been an illegal drug. The white discs tested negative for drugs several times.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Read the top stories from the Observer's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

A man on Longboat Key hears the voices of Jesus and the Boogeyman. A bulldog bites a woman in East County. A suspicious person leaves a dead parakeet on the doorstep of a Sarasota theater, and a Siesta Key woman reports movers stealing money, iPods and jewelry.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 23, 2014
TWIS Asks: Patrick Green, Lakewood Ranch International Beer Festival organizer

TWIS Asks: Patrick Green, Lakewood Ranch International Beer Festival organizer

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2009
Ohio State Alumni Club helps to keep Sarasota beautiful

After its recent adoption of Bird Key Park, the Sarasota-Manatee Ohio State Alumni Club participated in the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup Saturday, Sept. 19.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 is incorporating community comments into a vision for the bayfront.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 19, 2015
Bayfront 20:20 enters second phase

As Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 moves toward the planning phase of its bayfront visioning process, members of the group turn to other cities for inspiration.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dan Lobeck asked the board not to listen to developers who pushed back against the idea of assessing school impact fees for the first time in five years.
  • By Jack Short |
  • September 16, 2015
Developers to School Board: We need more time

Representatives of the development industry say the recovery isn’t yet solidified, and impact fees may damage it.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone star in "Irrational Man."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • August 10, 2015
Film Review: ‘Irrational Man’

How can committing a murder for a complete stranger be an existential triumph? Answer: When it's the brainchild of Woody Allen.

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ODA's Desmond Lindsay signed a $1.1 million contract with the New York Mets June 19.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 22, 2015
ODA slugger signs with Mets

Despite a hamstring injury, Desmond Lindsay reported to Port St. Lucie June 22 to begin training with the Mets.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Sports Page Bar & Grille wants to stay on Main Street and is working with the owner of 1459 and 1461 Main St. to possibly lease the spaces.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • April 11, 2013
Sports Page considers new location

If the city approves an exemption and conditional-use application, the bar's old granite bar top will be moved into the new space.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 27, 2010
Paving project postponed

Recent rainfall has postponed the beginning of a Gulf of Mexico Drive repaving project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2010
Birth Announcements 02.25.10

Congratulations to the East County parents who celebrated recent births. The East County Observer will publish birth announcements each month. To have your listing included, please e-mail your information to Executive Editor Michael Eng, [email protected].

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Jack Short |
  • March 4, 2016
Longboat included in 40-home crime spree

A multi-agency effort led to the arrest of three men who attempted to or successfully burglarized approximately forty homes, including two on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
SoulRCoaster Band is the performer at Music on Main March  4.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 4, 2016
East County weekend event forecast

Walking and cycling events, a free concert and movie showing are penciled in for East County residents this weekend.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 29, 2011
Blacksmith welds wonders for Golden Apple

Golden Apple Dinner Theatre Technical Director Trez Cole fabricates sets with everything from spiral staircases and moving baskets to translucent stairs.

  • Arts + Culture
13609 Legends Walk Terrace
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 23, 2015
Grosvenor Gardens home seels for $1.1 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between Aug. 10 and Aug.14.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 1, 2010
NBA ref Bob Delaney launches campaign for overseas soldiers

Lakewood Ranch resident Bob Delaney, an NBA referee and former undercover agent, is asking for donations of clothing with familiar logos - whether name-brand drinks or sports team logos - for an upcoming drive.

  • East County
  • News
The home in Riverdale at 4009 Fifth Ave. N.E. recently sold for $680,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 28, 2018
Riverdale home tops local sales at $680,000

Residential real estate transactions for March 12-16.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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