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The web cam will be available 24 hours a day on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 1, 2010
Main Street goes live

Starting tonight, Lakewood Ranch Main Street will have a 24-hour web cam so people can watch Main Street activities online.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • November 11, 2013
Fresh Start Café: Sarasota's secret breakfast and lunch spot

Fresh Start Café: Sarasota's secret breakfast and lunch spot

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 07.27.2016

Enjoy this week’s edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 6, 2010
Happy Birthday, Dora!

Okay, so she's another year older. But Longboaters know that having Longboat Observer Senior Editor Dora Walters on the scene never gets old. On Jan. 4, Walters celebrated her birthday with cake at the office and, ever the reporter, then headed off to the Longboat Key Town Commission meeting to snap photos. When she got up to take a crowd shot, the group surprised her by singing 'Happy Birthday.' One person in attendance asked her if she was turning 39 again. Her response: 38.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sgt. Scott Osborne has won medals since 2002 in the Florida Police & Fire Games
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 15, 2011
Five Things You Didn't Know About: Sgt. Scott Osborne

Enjoy this week's edition of Five Things with Sgt. Scott Osborne

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2009
Cops Corner

12:42 p.m. -- 4000 block of GMD (Gulf of Mexico Drive). Property Damage. A man called to report that his car had been hit in a hardware store parking lot.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Roundabout advocate Rod Warner says the first two roundabouts will bring “a remarkable” change to the bayfront.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • May 2, 2013
Officials OK 10th and 14th street roundabouts

The project is entirely funded, but construction work is still at least four years away.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo by David Conway
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2015
News briefs

Dairy Queen planned for U.S. 301; Judge slashes Culverhouse award in Benderson lawsuit

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 17, 2018
Longboat Key Obituaries: Jan. 18, 2018

Dorothy Hale Johnson, Lawrence Paul Libertore, Sharon Lothes, Ida M. Mason, Gabrielle Miller and Shirley Peterson died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 29, 2009
Lady Pirates serve up semifinal victory

The Braden River High volleyball team defeated Osceola 3-0 in the district semifinals Oct. 28.

  • East County
  • Sports
Chef Chris Covelli and Chef Gary Mazan try not to laugh as pitcher Darren O'Day practices his well-known tomfoolery.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 26, 2014
Cooking for the Major League

Chris Covelli feeds the Baltimore Orioles' hunger for a World Series. And, occasionally, he'll serve them bacon.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2009
In Brief

Community News and Notes

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Residents say after the feedings in Selby Five Points Park, many homeless loiter there and commit crimes.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 13, 2011
City won't restrict homeless feedings - for now

Sarasota city commissioners want to collect evidence that restrictions on feedings in Selby Five Points Park are even necessary, before it enacts any new restrictions.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2011
Letters to the editor

Historical Society reflects on its past year, looks forward to 2011; Article misrepresented resident's cell-phone tower views

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The two-sided flyer provides information about rip tides, which can trap even strong swimmers. Courtesy photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 26, 2012
Fire Department launches water safety campaign

The department urges managers and association presidents to post a flyer with information about rip tides on their properties.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Zeus makes the sixth peacock taken in by Birds of Paradise.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 27, 2016
Paradise found for Longboat peacocks

Former Longboat peafowl strut their stuff at East County sanctuary.

  • East County
  • News
The New Pass Bridge was up May 31 when an ambulance approached on its way to Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 29, 2011
Emergency-response issue arises

The New Pass Bridge log shows that the bridge tender was not notified in 17 different instances this year when an ambulance was headed toward the bridge to reach Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The event will be held at 6 p.m., April 5 at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center, 590 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 29, 2011
LLSA Coldwell Cocktails Courtside event rescheduled

Because of a rainy forecast, the event will take place Tuesday, April 5.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 22, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Merle Norman

After more than 20 years in West Bradenton, Pamella Boozer has moved her Merle Norman cosmetics business to the East County, opening a location in Bennett Plaza in February.

  • East County
  • News
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