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  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 17, 2009
Commission approves parking meters

City commissioners voted Monday to approve a $510,000 contract to institute a paid-parking program downtown.

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  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 12, 2010
YOUNG BLOOD

Competing in their third state meet of the year, sophomore Devin McDermott and freshmen Kristin Zarrella and Ashley Platt helped lead the Lakewood Ranch High girls track team to a ninth-place finish at the Class 3A state meet May 7 in Winter Park.

  • East County
  • Sports
The hearing, which is being held in accordance with the operating procedures for Lakewood Ranch CDDs 1, 4 and 5, is expected to last all day, and possibly longer, at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 24, 2012
Magistrate hears landscape bid protest

Hamilton "Chip" Rice today is hearing witnesses in the bid protest by Garden Leaders against three Lakewood Ranch community development districts.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 7, 2017
Van Wezel announces 2017 – 2018 season

The Broadway, classical and dance series features Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, ‘Motown’ and more.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2009
Cops Corner 11.26.09

A man shopping at a department store took four designer shirts and began walking toward the exit. When a security guard tried to stop him, he ran out the door to a waiting car, and as he jumped inside, he yelled at the driver to, "Go, go, go."

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 1, 2011
Developer to take on Texas-sized new role

Pineapple Square developer John Simon is confident in the project's success, and he plans to stick around to see to it to fruition.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lenny Landau, a mechanical engineer who still does consulting work for General Electric, has compiled his findings into a Power Point presentation.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 1, 2012
Resident's study provides data for town to utilize

Key resident Lenny Landau uncovered findings about the town's utility system in his effort to understand the Key's population cycle.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kara Shay Thomson stars as the title character in "Vanessa," playing now at the Sarasota Opera House. Courtesy photo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 28, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'Vanessa'

Waiting. That's the theme of Samuel Barber's "Vanessa," a melodramatic soap-opera-of-an-opera, with a libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti that touches on our deepest vulnerabilities, anxieties and insecurities.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • March 23, 2011
OUR VIEW: No miracle on 44th Avenue

Poor planning and NIMBYism has created an unfortunate collision at 44th Avenue East's expansion running from east of Bradenton through Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The furniture inside each of the resort’s 237 units remains.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 15, 2010
Colony Lender claims furniture

Colony Lender LLC and U.S. bankruptcy trustee William Maloney have reached an agreement to sell the Colony's furniture; unit owners continue to lay claim to the property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The furniture inside each of the resort’s 237 units remains.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 15, 2010
Colony Lender claims furniture

Colony Lender LLC and U.S. bankruptcy trustee William Maloney have reached an agreement to sell the Colony's furniture; unit owners continue to lay claim to the property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By James Campbell |
  • January 24, 2013
RUSH -- an exercise experiment

RUSH -- an exercise experiment

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Longboat Key Public Works service worker Tony Porter places flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive Tuesday afternoon in preparation for the 12th anniversary of Sept. 11. Porter received frequent honks of appreciation from motorists.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2013
VIDEO: Longboat Key's 9/11 tribute

In 2002, Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Executive DirectorE Gail Loefgren proposed lining Gulf of Mexico Drive with nearly 3,000 flags in memory of each life lost in the attacks.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2011
Our View: Tallahassee

Political pension punt

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The Bedford model is 2,592 square feet and includes a ground-floor master bedroom and two upstairs bedrooms. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 25, 2014
D.R. Horton opens new community

The country's largest new homebuilder has opened its newest community, Stoneledge.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
The project, slated for completion in October, will continue into the new year.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • November 28, 2013
Siesta seawall procures no quick completion

A city-county project to restore the Bay Island Park seawall has stalled due to death of the contractor.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: Secur-All Insurance

Rookie Business - Finalist

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Planning consultant Shawn Dressler addresses residents from the area surrounding the Bath and Racquet Club at a Jan. 25 workshop.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 1, 2018
Bath and Racquet plans remain controversial

Residents expressed significant concern about a proposal to add buildings ranging from three to seven stories to the Bath and Racquet Club property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 29, 2010
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: Kids Activity Center (WITH VIDEO)

This week, The East County Observer caught up with children at Kids Activity Center to find out what they loved most about the center's Summer Vacation Camp, which features in-house field trips, gymnastics, crafts and other activities.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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