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  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2014
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Despite keeping a rigorous schedule balancing a full-time job managing a car dealership, pasturing Grace Community Church, working on a doctoral degree and raising seven children, the Rev. Chip Bennett says he’s exactly where he needs to be.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 15, 2013
Grace Community opens in the Ranch

Grace Community Church has moved from its former Sarasota location to Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
José Manuel Carreño
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 27, 2011
Art Scene & Heard

Carreño mugs for downtown photo shoot; Red Bull jumps on board the 48-Hour GFC; Not all ballerinas love 'Black Swan'; SSOS reveals sculptors; and HOT TICKETS.

  • Arts + Culture
Downtown advocate Forrest Shaw hopes an overlay would bolster redevelopment on the edge of downtown, such as the old Scotty’s Hardware property across from Payne Park.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 24, 2013
DID considers expansion

The proposal for an expanded tax district and overlay area is linked to a projected streetcar project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2010
Cops Corner

Jan. 21 It's raining vacuums 10:14 p.m. -- Off the Key. Assist Other Agency. Police assisted Bradenton Beach Police with a domestic disturbance call and found a broken wooden table and a vacuum cleaner lying in the driveway. The wife told police she got mad that her husband had been out with a friend and threw the items in the driveway from a second-story balcony. No physical contact had occurred, and police left the scene while keeping an eye on the balcony for flying objects.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Mango Habanero Snowflake IPA won gold at the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • July 9, 2018
Motorworks Brewing awarded as a Top 10 Brewery

The Bradenton brewery, Motorworks Brewing, earned the No. 9 spot in the country at the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship in Oxford, Ohio.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2018
Cops Corner: Sarasota 10.16.18

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
This week, local organizations are seeking artists, writers, actors and college students for an arts internship.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 23, 2014
AUDITIONS: Calling artists, writers, actors and college students

Here's a round up of this week's arts-related opportunities in the Sarasota area.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • February 2, 2018
Unloading Day kicks off Orioles spring training

The team's athletic equipment arrived in Sarasota on Friday morning after a 1,000-mile journey.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Rosendo Romero, Jorge Núñez, Oscar Rodriguez Lasseria and Pepe Nieto. Photos by Amanda Morales
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • November 5, 2014
Locals host Cuban artists for cultural exchange

The table was set for an early Thanksgiving dinner. As the guests arrived last Wednesday to the Longboat Key home of Amy and Michael Drake, the aroma of a feast greeted them.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town Hall employees lovingly call all gators in Lake Uihlein, "Happy."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 24, 2015
Ranch secures gator permitting change

Lakewood Ranch officials hope a new targeted harvest area permit will allow them to better monitor the conduct of gator trappers on property.

  • East County
  • News
Patricia Wilson, Tara Raven, Ngan Gilkison and Jaden Hair are eager to educate the public about organic, sustainable farming.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 28, 2010
TOP STORY, JUNE: SmartFarm takes root

Four women are working to build a sustainable, organic community farm and educational facility in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota resident Jason Collins started coaching when he was 15 years old after spending six years as a competitive gymnast in South Carolina.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2013
Artistic Excellence

Former competitive gymnast Jason Collins returned to the gym last year and was named the Sarasota Surge's new program director in December after spending 15 years as a professional opera singer.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Former Lakewood Ranch High basketball player Jack Kelley is out of of intensive care after his hit-and-run accident.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 22, 2019
Former Lakewood Ranch basketball player out of intensive care

Former Lakewood Ranch High basketball player Jack Kelley is out of intensive care at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

  • East County
  • Sports
A unit in the Water Club, built in 1996, sold for $1,465,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2020
Water Club condo sells for $1.5 million

Residential real estate transactions for Feb. 17-21.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
"We can't say how grateful we are (to those who have helped us)," said Humane Society of Lakewood Ranch President Autumn Solomon, pictured with Lake Osprey Village owner Norman Ferber, who donated retail space to the organization for a year.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 23, 2011
Ranch Humane Society to open boutique

Second Chances Consignment Boutique, once open, will raise money for the ongoing operations of the Humane Society of Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2013
Just the Stats

0 - The number of goals the Lakewood Ranch High boys soccer team allowed in its 4-0 victory over Port Charlotte Jan. 10, to capture the No. 1 seed in the Class 4A-District 11 tournament.

  • East County
  • Sports
Marlee Matlin and, via FaceTime, Camryn Manheim
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 17, 2015
Black Tie & Tales

Black Tie & Tales

  • Black Tie
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 14, 2010
Coast Guard prepares plans for oil protection

The U.S. Coast Guard has a strategy in place for the oil spill in the Gulf that includes plans for Longboat Pass and New Pass.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Actor Stanley Tucci sat down with film critic David Edelstein at Sarasota Film Festival’s In Conversation with Stanley Tucci at Keating Theatre on April 9.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • April 9, 2017
The Sarasota Film Festival welcomes Stanley Tucci

The actor sat down with film critic David Edelstein to talk truth, former roles and the importance of the arts.

  • Arts + Culture
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