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  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 14, 2018
Dads' personalities take form in Lakewood Ranch

Let's Create Art students in Lakewood Ranch draw their dad in honor of Father's Day.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2009
Obituaries

Ethel "Terry" Teal Crutchfield, 87, of Longboat Key, died Sunday, June 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 18, 2018
Cops Corner: The sandlot, LBK style

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The new mascot for the combined Lakewood Ranch/Braden River team will be a live horse wearing a pirate hat.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 1, 2011
District to combine Braden River, Lakewood teams

APRIL FOOLS' DAY - To help balance both schools' budgets, the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs and Braden River Pirates will become one team beginning next fall.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 30, 2009
High-schoolers fish for crime clues

For the fifth year, a summer program at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, teaches students investigative skills.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A proposal to relocate a historic Longboat Key cottage to a more visible location could backfire, a letter-writer says.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2017
Letters to the Editor for Longboat Observer

Readers sound off on key issues

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 12, 2014
Teenagers create generation-building events

East County students' Future Problem Solving Program project unites generations through the use of technology.

  • East County
  • News
Unit 301 of the Oceane Condominiums on Siesta Key was built in 2019 with four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 4,439 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2020
Oceane condo unit sells for $4.75 million

Residential real estate transactions for Nov. 30-Dec. 4.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
A group of Siesta Key businesses have proposed a $25 annual county permit, which would allow for the limited outdoors display of merchandise.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • April 1, 2014
Siesta Key trolley service slated to start in July

The Siesta Key trolley and plans to amend the outdoor display ban both took steps forward at a Siesta Key Village Association meeting Tuesday.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Elisa Hansen returns to the Ringling to lead the efforts of the art library.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • November 19, 2014
The Ringling hires familiar face to head art library

Elisa Hansen, who worked at the Ringling previously from 1989 to 1995, returns to Sarasota to be head librarian of its extensive art library.

  • Arts + Culture
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2016
Cops Corner: Sarasota 03.24.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Bird naturalist Matthew Press (right) and his father, David, look for birds at the Celery Fields.
  • By Randi Donahue |
  • January 23, 2014
Celery Fields naturalists provide birds-eye view

In its second season, the Celery Fields Bird Naturalist Program offers visitors a chance to educate others about the thousands of bird species that visit the park daily.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 22, 2015
Talbots opens new store

Talbots opens at The Mall at University Town Center today.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2010
Our view: Thanks for the memories

Our view: Thanks for the memories

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jack Short |
  • November 6, 2015
Siesta beach project under budget

With $400,000 left in the budget six of eight project alternates already completed, the county will consider how to spend the remaining money.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • April 6, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Le Week-End'

'Le Week-End' is simply a film about love and the commitments people make on its behalf.

  • Arts + Culture
Beach renourishment projects are capital intensive and enhance local tourist attraction.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 15, 2016
Longboat Key mayor requests more Manatee tax dollars

As one-fourth of the so-called ‘island mayors,’ Longboat Key Mayor Jack Duncan has a requested a new breakdown of the county’s half-cent sales tax — if it passes this fall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
With more than 200 films on this year's bill, picking what to see at the 2012 Sarasota Film Festival can be overwhelming.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 14, 2012
Film Fest Blog: Survival 101

Here are tips on how to tackle the 2012 Sarasota Film Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Tennis professional Jason Golden hopes one day to complete an ultramarathon.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 1, 2015
Picture of Health with Jason Golden

Tennis professional Jason Golden hopes one day to complete an ultramarathon.

  • Health
Jabez Spann has been missing for more than two weeks, and police are still asking the community for help finding him.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • September 19, 2017
Police still looking for missing 14-year-old, asking community for information

Spann has been missing since Labor Day, and Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DePino believes people in the community have information about his disappearance.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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