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East County resident Charles Meador hopes the upcoming Millennial Conference will help bring young professionals together.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 30, 2016
East County resident helps close generation gap

Charles Meador believes an upcoming event will pull together millennials in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
PIC formed in the spring of 1985, and its membership peaked at 1,100 in 1993.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 6, 2011
The voice of Longboat Key

The Longboat Key Public Interest Committee (PIC) has evolved in the 25 years since its incorporation. But members say the organization maintains a powerful voice.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Whole body vibration technology can help individuals achieve more than 90% muscle recruitment — twice the amount of a traditional gym workout, according to Goga Studio's website. Courtesy photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

First Watch finds roomier corporate headquarters; Center For Sight first to launch laser for cataract surgery; Center researches pain treatment option; Re/Max Realtor Group forms management alliance

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2018
Wiley Coyote roams the town

A trapper has been notified after multiple reports of coyote sightings.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2012
Our View: The anti-American president

He just leaves you breathless, dumbfounded ... enraged.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Longboat Key Marine Police Officer Shawn Nagell, a 15-year veteran of the police department, has been trained as a 911 dispatcher and is receiving overtime for taking on dispatch responsibilities.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 22, 2015
Commission hangs up on dispatch discussion

A majority of commissioners have an answer to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office’s call for consolidation after two years on hold: Eliminate the Key’s police dispatch service.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • November 16, 2018
Culture Collective gets a dose of flower power at Selby Gardens

The young art patrons group got a private tour of The Orchid Show: ‘Endless Forms’ Nov. 15 at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • November 8, 2012
Chalk up another year to success!

Chalk up another year to success!

  • Arts + Culture
Braden River hopes to keep its quest for a state championship alive Feb. 16, in the Class 7A-Region 3 quarterfinal against Port St. Lucie. Brian Blanco.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 15, 2012
Pirates win district crown

The Braden River High boys team captured its second-consecutive district title with a 68-56 victory over Venice in the Class 7A-District 11 championship.

  • East County
  • Sports
A sailboat rocks back and forth close to the shore at Island Park.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 28, 2012
Tropical Storm Debby impacts City Island

Tropical Storm Debby forced four large boats to the City Island shore, uprooted a sea grape tree in Bayfront Island Park and caused damage to an island restaurant's dock.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 16, 2010
In Brief

In Brief

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lakewood Ranch fell to 2-3 on the season with a 27-0 loss to Palmetto Sept. 30.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 3, 2011
Tigers shutout Mustangs

The Lakewood Ranch High football team failed to find the end zone as the visiting Mustangs fell to Palmetto 27-0 in non-district action Sept. 30.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 2, 2018
Bradenton man dies in one-vehicle crash

Two others were injured in the accident.

  • East County
  • News
Chef Paul Mattison leads the school garden project at Philippi Shores Elementary.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • November 6, 2013
Phillippi Shores breaks ground on school garden

Volunteers laid the dirt this morning in the school's future vegetable garden.

  • Sarasota
  • News
All registered voters in Lakewood Ranch will receive a ballot in their mail.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 29, 2011
Ranch CPA firm to conduct straw poll

Kerkering, Barberio & Co. will conduct the poll that will determine whether the incorporation of Lakewood Ranch will proceed to the Florida Legislature.

  • East County
  • News
A three-dimensional installation on the floor at the Re-Imagining Sarasota Chalk Artists Art Show
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • November 14, 2013
Sarasota Chalk Show at the Ice House

Sarasota Chalk Show at the Ice House

  • Black Tie
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 10, 2010
Stewardship District sets stage for Central Park

The Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District eventually will issue bonds for Central Park to pay for the community's infrastructure.

  • East County
  • News
The Greer Island Beneficial Use Project proposes using sand dredged from the east side to bolster the sliver of land on the area’s west side.
  • By John McGuire |
  • April 19, 2017
Longboat Key examines dredging to fix Greer Island erosion

Town moves ahead with plans to dredge canals, including lagoon access on north end.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Trevon Young, a 2013 Braden River High and  2018 Eckerd College graduate, is now playing professional basketball in Argentina. Photo courtesy Andy Meng/Stageshot Photography.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 10, 2018
Former Pirate sets sail for Argentina

Former Braden River basketball and football player Trevon Young is playing pro basketball in Argentina this season, for La Unión de Colón.

  • East County
  • Sports
Friedman
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 29, 2011
Obituary: Morton Friedman

Morton Friedman, of Longboat Key and Copake Lake, N.Y., died Nov. 24. He was 90.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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