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After being diagnosed with juvenile-enthesitis arthritis last year, 12-year-old Erick Barnard was forced to give up baseball.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 13, 2012
Spirit of the Game

Twelve-year-old Erick Barnard was diagnosed with juvenile enthesitis-related arthritis about a year ago. On May 31, Erick was awarded the Matthew O'Sullivan Spirit of the Game Award during Manatee Cal Ripken Baseball's night at McKechnie Field.

  • East County
  • Sports
Samowitz, pictured in February, holds a photo of himself taken when he was a 27-year-old enlistee.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 7, 2013
Samowitz, oldest Iwo Jima survivor, dies at 99

Marty Samowitz was there when troops raised the U.S. Flag over Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Brad Shaw before
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 19, 2012
Neighbors: Deirdre Bradshaw

Four years and more than 100 pounds ago, Deirdre Bradshaw read an article about a woman's drastic weight loss and decided it was time to make a change in her life.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Wendy, right, leads her five 15-day-old cygnets.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 21, 2014
Sully, Susie take hatchlings under their wings

The newest swan couple hatched four healthy cygnets Sunday, and are relishing in their first days of parenthood.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Out-of-Door Academy football team's 25-man roster is comprised primarily of rising freshman and sophomores. Photos by Jen Blanco
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 21, 2014
Youth Movement

The Out-of-Door Academy football team's roster will be composed primarily of freshmen and sophomores next season.

  • East County
  • Sports
 The home at 763 Freeling Drive recently sold for $1.7 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 25, 2018
Bay Island Shoes home sells for $1.7 million

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 8-12.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 20, 2015
Our View: He just doesn't get it

For a guy who graduated from Harvard and 'taught' at the University of Chicago, Barack Obama sure didn't 'larn' much about economics or capitalism.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2014
Our View

The amendments

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2015
Father charged with negligence in shooting case

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has charged 35-year-old Reynold Franzen with culpable negligence after his 3-year-old son shot his 1-year-old son earlier this month.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 19, 2012
Temperatures, octopi net stone-crab season lull

Recently, stone-crab season hasn't been all it's cracked up to be due to warm water temperatures and an increase in predators.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Unit 202 at Sarasota's One88 condominium recently  sold for $2.8 million
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 30, 2017
One88 condominium sells for $2.8 million

Residential real estate transactions for Nov. 13-17.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 23, 2010
Key Club mulls modifications

Longboat Key Club and Resort officials are considering moving the Islandside project's wellness center to the north parcel.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2012
UPCC women celebrate the arts

Fifty members of the University Park Women's Club enjoyed a cultural extravaganza during their recent trip to St. Petersburg.

  • East County
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An imposing modernist structure, the home was rented by Stephen King and his wife for three successive winter seasons in the late 1990s. The famously reclusive author then bought a home on Casey Key, where he still lives.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • February 16, 2017
The perfect setting

The perfect setting

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  • Real Estate
Jen Blanco
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 2, 2011
COMMENT: Perfection carries several meanings

Seasons are defined by wins and losses; district, regional and state titles; and record-setting performances.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lois Braley took this photo of a double rainbow July 4 over the Manatee River at Braden Castle Park.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2011
Weekly Winner: What does it all mean?

Lois Braley took this photo of a double rainbow July 4 over the Manatee River at Braden Castle Park.

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The home at 1435 Westway Drive to 1435 Westway LLC has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,566 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 2, 2015
Westway Drive home sells for $5,475,000 million

The home at 1435 Westway Drive has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,566 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Town Hall's new purchasing manager, Ana Owen, likes to go sailing in her free time. She's been learning the skills for the water sport for the last four years.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • December 2, 2015
Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority board questions purchasing power

The IDA wants to structure the new purchasing manager’s spending.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend: Jaden Hair

Lakewood Ranch's Jaden Hair is one of the East County's most endearing people - and certainly the community's most famous chef. Since releasing her first cookbook, "The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook," last fall, Hair's fame has grown nationwide with appearances on 'The Today Show' and 'The CBS Early Show.'

  • East County
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