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  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2010
LETTERS: Readers respond to 'Epidemic'

Last week, The East County Observer published an article titled "Epidemic." It focused on Justin Lizardi, the 20-year-old who in July was caught burglarizing homes in Heritage Harbour. His family shared details about Lizardi's longtime addiction to drugs, which he began using while a student Lakewood Ranch High School. See inside for readers' responses.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • November 18, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales, by Molly Schechter.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2014
Obituary: Shirley Ann Jacobs

Shirley Ann Jacobs, 77, of Longboat Key, and formerly of Centerville, Ohio, died April 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rebecca Hopkins, Jocelyn Stevens, Andrew Stevens and Beth Duda. Photo by FST.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 22, 2012
Scene & Heard

Eighth-grader donates bar mitzvah money; Here's a Little more news; Calling all singers, actors and dancers; Hitting the pavement

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2013
SIDELINES

GSJGA tees off Winter Tournament Series; Mustang grapplers go 3-1; Lady Pirates improve to 14-5; Sun Coast Senior Men's Tennis League in full swing

  • East County
  • Sports
Mary Jane and Stan Antrim
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • March 28, 2012
2nd Annual 'One World' International Award Dinner

2nd Annual 'One World' International Award Dinner

  • Black Tie
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • January 10, 2019
Ringling College Library Association hosts an evening for appreciation

The Platinum Appreciation Reception was held Jan. 10 at the Alfred R. Goldstein Library.

  • Black Tie
Michele and Reese Bowen
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 14, 2018
You Observed: Bird Key takes in Westcoast Black Theater Troupe performance

On March 3, the Westcoast Black Theater Troupe brought their talents to the club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 19, 2019
Longboat Chamber, residents meet, greet and eat

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce opened its annual Meet, Greet and Eat expo to island residents this year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 1, 2017
Theater review: 'brownsville song (b-side for tray)

“brownsville song” sings an elegy for a life of broken promise.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 23, 2014
Sidelines

ODA crowns state tennis champs; Rosedale to hold junior golf program; LECOM organizes annual golf tourney

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2010
Our View

Go full force against the johns

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Florida Power and Light plans to start replacing Siesta Key resident's current electric meters with smart meters in November. Courtesy photo.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 10, 2012
FPL busts myths at SKA meeting

Representatives from Florida Power & Light Co. spoke at the monthly meeting of the Siesta Key Village Association to temper health and privacy concerns about the firm's smart meters.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 22, 2011
DID's marketing effort progresses

City leaders and business owners gave advertising updates at a marketing meeting this week hosted by the Downtown Improvement District.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The garden will stretch across the front of Braden River Elementary.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 2, 2016
Braden River Elementary to open edible garden

New trees and plants will greet students at front of the East County school.

  • East County
  • News
Brandon and Norm, played by FSU/Asolo actors Brendan Ragan and Jacob Cooper, fight over a document in a scene for "The Lucky 6" shot Friday, May 24.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 29, 2013
'LUCKY' BREAK: The Lucky 6

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is in the spotlight, as students from Ringling and FSU/Asolo collaborate on a feature film project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
 Across the street from Julie Bales’s house on Jackson Drive, a resident has already colored their sidewalk with the red stain.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 21, 2016
St. Armands residents paint the neighborhood red

St. Armands residents are undertaking an effort to stain their sidewalks — a throwback to the John Ringling era.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 22, 2011
Chair defends board's actions

County Commissioner Nora Patterson told a Tiger Bay Club audience that although the commission could have paid more attention to signs of trouble with procurement before a scandal erupted, the board was constrained by the county charter.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 10, 2020
Aqua Plumbing & Air serves up breakfast for Sarasota County Sheriff's Office

The company has provided an annual breakfast for three years now.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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