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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 12, 2009
Dual Threat

Nine-year-old twins Sarah and Emma Fazio have been playing football for the East Manatee Bulldogs for the past four years.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Virginia Sanders |
  • August 12, 2009
Turtle Watch

It's a tough life for sea turtle hatchlings

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 25, 2009
TOP STORY, February: Campaign issue escalates

Commissioner Randall Clair contends his opponent is 'tainted' by voicing an opinion about the Longboat Key Club's $400 million Islandside renovation project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 30, 2009
Circus Sarasota aims high with Wallenda stunt

Daredevil and seventh-generation circus acrobat Nik Wallenda plans to pull a stunt in Sarasota as hair-raising as the one that landed him in last year's Guinness Book of World Records.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 31, 2009
TOP STORY, AUGUST: Town hall draws 1,400

U.S. Rep Vern Buchanan addressed health care reform during his forum Aug. 20 at Braden River High School.

  • East County
  • 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
  • By Kurt Schultheis and Robin Hartill |
  • February 4, 2010
Length of Jewfish dock causes concern

The Jewfish Key dock will grow from 50 feet to 180 feet out into Sarasota Bay if the Zoning Board of Adjustment approves the request next week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • February 17, 2010
Osteopathy: What's old is new again

Once out of the mainstream, osteopathic concepts are increasingly embraced by traditional M.D.s.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 18, 2010
Election challenge denied

The organizer of a political-action committee claimed the Sarasota County School District broke Florida law through a flier that was sent home with students.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 27, 2009
Spot on

The Golden Apple Dinner Theatre's stage technician has no problem sharing his spotlight with everyone else.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Brittney Bouche |
  • May 20, 2009
PIRATES: Sarasota Orchestra performs at BRHS

The concert was the culmination of Braden River High School's first Arts and Communications Academy Week.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2009
Our View

The case for Crist: What is it?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 23, 2009
MTA students brighten smiles

Fourth-level students in MTI's Dental Assisting Program provided dental cleaning services to about 25 children.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 1, 2010
TOP STORY, SEPTEMBER: Flood Zone

Some areas of Manatee County were drenched with more than eight inches of rain over a two-day period.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 3, 2010
Key Real Estate: Vizcaya condo sells for $2.1 million

There were eight sales recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee courthouses on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys for the four-day reporting week of Feb. 16 through Feb. 19, which was shortened by Presidents Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 31, 2010
Pendleton senior tumbles to state title

Lakewood Ranch resident Matt Frey won the level 10 USA Gymnastics Florida State Championship earlier this month in Daytona Beach. Frey is now preparing for the Region 8 Championships April 9-11.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2010
Letters to the editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Sarasota Observer, 1517 State Street, Sarasota, 34236. The Sarasota Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 17, 2010
Bowling alley project in the gutter

Hubbard Entertainment's proposed bowling alley in Lakewood Ranch is the second project in the development's planned entertainment hub to fail.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 24, 2010
Ranch twins reminisce about life, softball

After 13 years together as teammates, seniors Rachel and Becca Slowik are playing their final season on the same field.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 12, 2010
Residents target homeless feedings

People living and working around Selby Five Points Park explore an Orlando law that severely restricts homeless feedings in its parks.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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