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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2012
News Briefs

Manatee County lifts summer fertilizer ban; Las Hafner cleared of criminal wrongdoing

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 9, 2009
A 'Nooner' by any other name ...

'Nooners' have disappeared from the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber schedule.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Kit Fernald, Penny Rosenthal, Anna Miller and Virginia Sanders. File photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 13, 2013
Lore: Fugitive Longboat resident made most-wanted list

Even escaped convicts want their slice of paradise.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pension trustee and Key resident Arnold Malasky said an audit the pension chairman asked for would be a waste of money.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 24, 2010
TOP STORY, FEB.: Tension present at pension meeting

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis questioned firefighter pension board Chairman Keith Tanner's ability to make decisions for both the board and the firefighters union in his dual representation roles.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lillette Jenkins Wisner. Courtesy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 3, 2012
Scene & Heard

Once upon a time, I tweeted during a show; All that jazz

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kerry Kirschner |
  • April 14, 2010
My View: New investment has helped region flourish

The Argus Foundation is urging the town of Longboat Key and the Longboat Key Club and Resort to work together to bring about the club's redevelopment.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Gordon Kuhn is a certified fraud analyst, Vietnam War veteran and author. He likes to write at Bob Evans restaurant on State Road 70.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • March 6, 2013
Your Neighbor: Gordon Kuhn

Through a varied career - first in the 1st Marine Brigade in the Vietnam War, then as a janitor, with bouts as a ditch digger, cemetery lot salesman, accountant and teacher - Lakewood Ranch author Gordon Kuhn, 67, has always had a love for words.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Bay Isles Master Association President Vice President Bob Simmons said the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists were a major factor for removal of the trees and vegetation on Bay Isles Parkway.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 19, 2015
Bay Isles entrances receive $300,000 facelift

Banyan Palm trees along Bay Isles Parkway are being replaced replaced with mature Palm trees this new summer as part of a $300,000 project approved by the Bay Isles Master Association.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The marina site is denoted in yellow.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 20, 2014
Lennar nixes marina plans

Independent marina operators say the idea is not financially feasible.

  • East County
  • News
Originally from Argentina, 39-year-old three-goal polo player Francisco Llosa says he learned to walk and ride at the same time.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • December 12, 2012
Polo season kicks off with fresh faces, new scoreboard

Competitors from across the country invade the Sarasota Polo Club for the latest winter season starting Dec. 16.

  • East County
  • News
Owen Comora
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 20, 2011
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Owen Comora

Do you know the senior senior bird naturalist at Myakka River State Park, Owen Comora?

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Hot Flash: Take on rainy days in style
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • June 19, 2014
Hot Flash: Take on rainy days in style

How does one dress appropriately for rainy summer days? BT picks top rainy day essentials.

  • Arts + Culture
Walter Gavin and Rhonda Post, one of the dessert judges, enjoy some of the desserts.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2011
Family Promises hosts sweet event

Family Promises held its third annual "Just Desserts" event Friday, May 20, at Selby Garden's Great Room by the Bay.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Blackberg Ranch/Barefield Farm defeated Tito's 14-9 in the Rolls Royce & Merrill Lynch Cup Sunday, at the Sarasota Polo Club. Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2015
Blackberg/Barefield Farm defeats Tito's in Rolls Royce & Merrill Lynch Cup

Blackberg Ranch/Barefield Farm played Tito's in the Rolls Royce & Merrill Lynch Cup Sunday, at the Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2011
Our View: Privatize Bobby Jones

Golfing may be the least essential of all government services. Of all the entertainment venues that local governments own or subsidize - from the Van Wezel to tennis courts to baseball - surely golf must rank near the bottom in order of importance.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Get caught up on last weekend's Black Tie news with "Black Tie Untied!"
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • February 4, 2013
Black Tie Untied

The 2nd annual Women and Medicine Luncheon Friday, Feb. 1, was quite a success with double the attendance from the previous year's luncheon.

  • Arts + Culture
Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 7, 2010
Longboat Key resident exhibits his giving spirit

L'Ambiance resident David Bolger's $1,105,000 gift to the John and Mable Ringling Museum will improve the estate's waterfront plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A section of roadway leading into the Belmont neighborhood is showing signs of deterioration because of water.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 18, 2015
Town Hall seeks answers about Belmont roads

Although roads in the Belmont section of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club were repaved in March, sections of the roadway show they already are failing.

  • East County
  • News
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