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Twins Zach and Christian Berendes were the only two players from the area selected for the LB3 Lacrosse 2016 National Team.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 10, 2014
National Recognition

Nineteen Monsters Lacrosse Academy players, including three from Cardinal Mooney, will play this summer on LB3 National Teams, which comprise the best players from across the nation.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Braden River High sophomore Kayla Gray scored two goals for the Jamaican U17 women’s team during the World Cup Qualifier May 2 to May 6 in Guatemala City.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 30, 2012
Pirate scores on national stage

Braden River High sophomore forward Kayla Gray was selected to play for the Jamaican U17 women's team in the World Cup qualifier May 2 to May 6, in Guatemala City.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • January 27, 2016
Three things: The right Key

No wonder visitors come back year after year for another season in the sun.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By David Conway |
  • April 25, 2014
SCAT seeks awareness on Try Transit Day

As the transportation organization continues to reorganize its service, it hopes to establish a more steady ridership base throughout the year.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
MTI will now be known as MTC — Manatee Technical College.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • December 9, 2014
Manatee Technical Institute gets name change

Manatee Technical Institute (MTI) is now named Manatee Technical College.

  • East County
  • News
Manatee County will see more job and population growth in 2015, Economist Dr. Henry "Hank" Fishkind said today.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 14, 2015
Economist sees job and population growth for Manatee County in 2015

Dr. Henry "Hank" Fishkind sees positive trends in job and population growth for Manatee County in 2015, according to the economist's economic forecast presentation, Jan. 15, at Manatee Technical College's State Road 70 campus.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2009
St. Thomas More models get dolled up

With a little fashion advice from Dillard's stylist, Daniel Hancock, the ladies of St. Thomas More hit the runway.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Assistant Sarasota County Administrators Tom Harmer, Lee Ann Lowery, and Mark Cunningham, and County Administrator Randall Reid confer with commissioners during a Dec. 7 retreat.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 3, 2013
LOOKING AHEAD: County Staff Shuffle

Randall Reid's vision for how the government does business includes a focus on positive media stories, ethics and communication between staff and citizens.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Residents say after the feedings in Five Points Park, many homeless loiter and commit crimes. File photo.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 11, 2011
Association acts as homeless feedings facilitator

The Sarasota Ministerial Association will work this fall to hold discussions with all groups involved in the controversial homeless feedings issue at Selby Five Points Park.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Florence Katz has volunteered at the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Sarasota-Manatee for the last 17 years. Photo by Nick Friedman
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 30, 2013
Florence Katz shows giving knows no age limit

Home Instead Senior Care honored the 97-year-old Sarasota Bay Club resident with the Florida Salute to Senior Service award.

  • Sarasota
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Our View
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2015
Our View: The spirit of liberty defined

We publish our annual “Spirit of America” section — with the hope we can capture and keep alive some of the values and characteristics that have defined American exceptionalism since our nation’s founding 239 years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2011
Cops Corner

CLASSIC COPS March 5, 1984 12:01 p.m. Man reports bullet fired into vending machine, 6900 block of GMD. The machine survived the attack.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Visiting youngsters play basketball at Bayfront Park.
  • By Katie Johns and John McGuire |
  • April 26, 2017
Longboat Key's "typical" season comes to a close

As Longboat's season winds down, crowds and traffic begin to dwindle.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • April 10, 2014
State Street garage construction draws closer

Before commissioners decide whether to approve construction of the State Street parking garage, city staff will provide an update on the project at a public meeting.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2013
Obituary: David Kovalsky

David Kovalsky, 64, of Sarasota, died May 31.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
In 1961, Barbara Glidden was named Tarpon Queen at the Sarasota Tarpon Tournament.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • May 30, 2013
YOUR NEIGHBOR: Barbara Glidden

Barbara Glidden basks in the sunlight of her Siesta Key home as she flips through old photographs of herself in New York, Mexico and the Caribbean.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 14, 2012
Lakewood shifts to reclaimed water

Braden River Utilities has begun using reclaimed water from the city of Sarasota for irrigation in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2009
Garden Club flies in to SOS

The Longboat Key Garden Club had birds on the brain Wednesday, May 6, when 22 members toured the Save Our Seabirds facility.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2009
Garden Club flies in to SOS

The Longboat Key Garden Club had birds on the brain Wednesday, May 6, when 22 members toured the Save Our Seabirds facility.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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