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Nick and Nicole Clark own Fitness Together in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 29, 2011
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIPS: Reducing belly fat

This week, Fitness Together-Lakewood Ranch owner and personal trainer Nicole Clark shares tips for losing that extra bit of belly fat.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2011
Chabad enjoys Family Fun Day

Chabad Hebrew School of Bradenton & Lakewood Ranch celebrated its first Family Fun Day of the year with a Honey Cake Bake-Off Sept. 25.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Shannon Lugannani and chef Stephen A. Wahle
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • March 23, 2011
Word of Mouth is Sarasota's 'Cheers'

Word of Mouth owner Shannon Lugannani and chef Stephen A. Wahle share an exclusive recipe for Observer readers.

  • Arts + Culture
Kindergarten teacher Gail Garger's favorite, The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak, has a page of "word sounds."
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 10, 2016
Event gets read on Witt teachers

Literacy night shares teachers’ favorite books with students.

  • East County
  • Schools
Manatee County officials hope Fort Hamer Bridge will help ease congestion on nearby roads, such as Interstate 75.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 10, 2015
Groundbreaking ceremony set for East County projects

The Manatee County Public Works Department celebrates breaking ground on Fort Hamer Bridge, other local projects

  • East County
  • News
Kate Honea, Victoria Hulland and Danielle Brown in Sir Frederick Ashton's "Birthday Offering." Photo by Frank Atura.
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • February 6, 2013
Dance Review: 'Birthday Offering,' 'Between Longing & Yearning' and 'Changing Light'

World premieres are always exciting, but no one could have expected the sheer exhilaration experienced at the premiere of Will Tuckett's "Changing Light," set to the specifically commissioned music of composer Jeremy Holland-Smith.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 12, 2011
State agrees to reduce signage

Florida Department of Transportation officials agreed last week to remove 53 state road signs from Gulf of Mexico Drive right of ways.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
John Goodman, former president of Sarasota Concert Association, died in 2019.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 29, 2014
John Goodman passes Sarasota Concert Association baton

John Goodman was the president of Sarasota Concert Association for eight years. In April, the association named Joy McIntyre as its new president.

  • Arts + Culture
Chelsea Pezzola is one of the stars of Golf Channel's new show "Shotmakers." Photo courtesy Sharon Pezzola.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 18, 2018
Former area golfer now a contestant on Golf Channel show "Shotmakers"

She also uses her social media brand to promote the game of golf.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • May 18, 2016
Cops Corner 5.19.2016

Comical crime reports from around the area.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Joey Baar, 10, has been a source of inspiration for River Club resident Shari Medley, who attends Living Lord Lutheran Church with Joey, ever since he was diagnosed with leukemia in April 2008.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 20, 2011
Going the Distance

River Club resident Shari Medley will participate in the Scenic Shore 150 Bike Tour July 23-24, in Wisconsin, to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Medley will ride in honor of 10-year-old East County resident Joey Baar, who has been battling leukemia since April 2008.

  • East County
  • News
Michael Drake and President Fred Kagi
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 10, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Longbeach Village Christmas party

Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant was closed to customers on the evening of Dec. 10 for Longbeach Village Association's annual Christmas party. Residents of the Village, some dressed as elves and Santa Claus, came out to celebrate the holidays and their neighbors.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 10, 2015
Q+A with Melissa Wandall

Whisper Bend resident Melissa Wandall is best known for helping to pass the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act, which allows the use of red-light cameras.

  • East County
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2019
Cops Corner: Sarasota 1.3.19

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By June LeBell |
  • October 8, 2013
MUSIC REVIEW: Unprecedented cycle rolls into Sarasota

History is being made this season in Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessi Smith |
  • February 29, 2012
Ringling in Bloom Flourishes in its Second Year

Ringling in Bloom Flourishes in its Second Year

  • Arts + Culture
Tre Gregory
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 23, 2014
High five moments of the week

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • East County
  • Sports
Pat Ringley, a cabinet maker and artist, works on a miniature race car made of paper at a desk in his East County home. Ringley has hundreds of his cars on display throughout his house. Photos by Amanda Sebastiano and Pam Eubanks
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 24, 2014
Playing with paper

Pat Ringley uses his lifetime love of IndyCar racing to create vehicles of his own - miniature paper race cars.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
More than 55 tons of dead fish have already been removed from island canals and shoreline during the seven weeks of the latest red tide outbreak, which has ebbed but never completely released its grip on the island.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • November 7, 2016
Red tide continues to aggravate Longboat Key residents, workers

More than 55 tons of dead fish have already been removed from island canals and shoreline during the seven weeks of the latest outbreak, which has ebbed but never completely released its grip on the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota Bay Water Festival took over Ken Thompson park, Saturday Nov. 2.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 4, 2013
MONDAY EVENT MASHUP: Sarasota Bay Water Festival

Sarasota Bay Water Festival; Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce's SandFest; Polo Grill 2.0 Relaunch Party; and MORE!

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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