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The Out-of-Door Academy's Jake Krug will help lead the Thunder against Riverview Feb. 9.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 4, 2016
That's the ticket ...

Check out these top events in Sarasota sports this week

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Preserve Longboat Inc. has rallied opposition to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort referendum with signs and newspaper advertising.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 10, 2017
Foundation of former Viacom chairman plays role in Longboat Key election

The Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Foundation donated more than 37% of the roughly $27,000 raised by a political action committee opposing the Colony referendum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2012
Cool 'do

Laurie Birnbach showed off her Coca-Cola pride Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the Sarasota Yacht Club's Trick-or-Treat on the Docks event.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 6, 2010
Firefighters put out blaze

Southern Manatee Fire Rescue and other EMS workers were able to keep a fire in the 500 block of 59th Avenue East, Bradenton, from spreading.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo. Brothers Andy and Ted Wittman when Professional Plumbing & Design, Inc. first started in 1985.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2015
Professional Plumbing & Design celebrates 30 years

After 30 years in business Professional Plumbing & Design, Inc. keeps the company in the family.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2009
Cops Corner

A supermarket employee stopped two teenage girls after they took two bandages from a box.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Sierra Van Such
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2012
Temple Beth Sholom celebrates Pi Day

As part of Temple Beth Sholom Goldie Feldman Academy's annual Pi Day celebration, eighth-grade student Sierra Van Such recited pi to 2,109 digits from memory.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Master sand sculptors arrived early to help create the sponsor sculpture for the 2012 Siesta Key Crystal Classic.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 4, 2013
Crystal Classic organizers seek volunteers

Siesta Key Crystal Classic planners have asked for volunteers to assist five master sand sculptors create a 60-foot-long sculpture ahead of the event.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Grammy-nominated group Liverpool Legends. Courtesy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 26, 2012
Scene & Heard

The Beatles take Sarasota for a good cause; FST announces 2012 to 2013 winter season; Sarasota Opera Guild is back in action

  • Arts + Culture
The Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch will home the annual musical celebration, Winterfest.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 4, 2014
Winterfest organizers release final lineup

Organizers of the annual musical celebration, Winterfest, released the official lineup of bands to perform at the March. 29 event.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • September 9, 2009
Moms launch new networking group

MOMSnext caters to mothers of children with elementary-age children.

  • East County
  • News
George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.
  • By George Rauch |
  • March 21, 2012
Market Watch: Public debt and our investments

Investment decisions need to factor in several items, such as government debt and its economic effect.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Courtesy of Kristi Dyer
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2012
Imagine hosts career day

Children at Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch recently learned about future career options during the school's third annual Career Day.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Scullers rower Andy LeRoux, second from the right, competed in the 2014 World Rowing Junior Championships, in Germany.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 9, 2015
Rowing to Rio

Sarasota Scullers rower Andy LeRoux was selected to compete in the men’s quadruple sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Junior Championships.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2013
COPS CORNER HALL OF FAME: Longboat Key

"Will this be in Cops Corner?" We understand Longboat Key police get that question a lot.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Doris Leeper's "Garden Sculpture 3" sits on the corner of First Street and Orange Avenue.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • November 19, 2015
This week in history 11.5.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Olivia Osol and Andrew Hardaway perform in the FSU/Asolo Conservatory's production of  "Oedipus." Photo by Frank Atura.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 15, 2017
Asolo Conservatory's 'Oedipus' defies logic but captivates

Student talents bring Sophocles’ “Oedipus” to life in compelling production.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Rodolfo Estraea, 8, went as fast as he could through the tunnel.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 7, 2011
GALLERY: Tara Math-tacle

Thanks to a $1,000 Toshiba math and science grant, children at Tara Elementary school this week are making their way through a special Math-tacle course. During their physical education class time, students work their way through nearly a dozen obstacles, pausing before each one to solve math problems.

  • East County
  • News
Animal-complaint calls the town receives are referred to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 27, 2010
Key resident complains about raccoon problems

Emerald Harbor resident Weldon Frost says that raccoons have become increasingly problematic on Longboat.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2012
News Briefs

City issues downtown parking reminder; Sister Cities to honor Bollettieri and ORT

  • Sarasota
  • News
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