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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 6, 2009
Special Teams, Special Play

Senior Jared Brinton returned a blocked field goal 75 yards for a touchdown with 1:07 remaining in the game, propelling the Lakewood Ranch High football team to a 17-13 victory over Palmetto tonight.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • December 3, 2009
MY VIEW: The problem is in the mirror

n many respects, Sarasota County did a commendable job squirreling away rainy-day funds and then reacting relatively quickly to the downturn with budget cuts.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 25, 2009
Thanksgiving thoughts

Nine kids from Imagine School on Palmer Ranch, Emma E. Booker Elementary and Ashton Elementary School shared their Thanksgiving plans, their favorite - and most-despised - turkey-day foods and why they're thankful.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • September 10, 2009
My View

Florida - sorry, still not over

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend: Paul Chetlain

Paul Chetlain is responsible for the maintenance of Lakewood Ranch's ponds and landscaping. The Bradenton native is working to use innovative and green technologies to reduce or eliminate the battle between a pleasing landscape and a healthy one.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2010
Sarasota - Real Estate

Siesta Key home sells for $1.15 million

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2010
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 24, 2010
Full Circle

Even when times are tight, businesses continue to come to St. Armands Circle to take advantage of the shopping district's world-class reputation. Here's a look at businesses that have opened on the Circle since October.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Friends and family say Jessica’s laugh always will be remembered.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • July 15, 2004
In Loving Memory: Jessica Marie Stock

Jessica's body was found at about 11:30 a.m. July 6, on the south side of State Road 64 just east of Interstate 75. She was 25. Her car was found parked at home - less than one mile away.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer |
  • April 30, 2009
Riding the rails

Longboat Key's 'Energetic Travelers' continue to traverse North America's terrain in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Sandy Gilbert |
  • April 30, 2009
Commission, planning board rift affects all

If the two governmental bodies can't come together soon, Longboat residents will feel the effect in their daily lives.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 18, 2010
Golden Apple could close

The 40-year-old downtown Sarasota dinner theater may have to shut down, because two simultaneous construction projects will take away its customer parking areas.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • September 2, 2010
MY VIEW: The Dream Crushers

We've ceded far too much power to government and her bureaucrats. It is not overwrought to say it is a step toward the end of the American dream.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • September 8, 2010
My View: The Dream Crushers

My View: The Dream Crushers

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Longboat Key's beaches were quiet on a recent Tuesday morning in September, typically the slowest month of the year on Longboat Key.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 15, 2010
Coast is clear

During the early months of summer, Longboat hotel officials worried that misconceptions about the BP oil spill would impact tourism. Now, most report that summer business remained stable.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 2, 2010
Cultural remix

DJ Pram learned a long time ago that American dance tracks mixed with Bollywood beats keep parties hopping - no matter the crowd.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2010
KEY CLUB: Letters to the editor

Longboat Key residents respond to the Town Commission's vote at Monday's Longboat Key Club and Resort Islandside project hearing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 16, 2010
FAREWELL TO A HERO

Robert 'Bob' Intoccia served in both the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge with the 36th Tank Battalion of the Eighth Armored Division of the U.S. Army during World War II.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 12, 2010
Budget: $800,000 shortfall

The commission wants the town manager to rethink how his departments are run and ask town department heads to find more money to offset an $800,000 shortfall in 2010-11.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 3531 White Lane has four bedrooms, four baths, two half-baths, a pool and 5,606 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.65 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 21, 2010
Siesta Revised home sells for $1.65 million

A home in Siesta Revised tops all real-estate transactions this week.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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