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Chandler Brooks, 23, enjoys the effects of Isaac Monday, Aug. 27, on Siesta Key. Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 30, 2012
Sarasota County staff gets disaster dry run

Administrator Randall Reid made no apologies for being proactive.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Lakewood Christian Church Pastor Jeff Weaver, a resident of Mill Creek, is eager for the church to get more involved in the community.
  • By Michael Eng and Pam Eubanks |
  • September 15, 2010
Church growth continues out east

Four East County churches are taking big steps to widen their ministries in the community.

  • East County
  • News
Dr. Kumar Mahadevan is president of Mote Marine Laboratory.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 24, 2010
U.S., Cuban and Mexican scientists to attend conference at Mote

The conference is the fourth meeting of the Trinational Initiative for Marine Science.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Along with a bevy of academic opportunities, the Longboat Key Education Center offers mind-body classes, such as yoga. Katie Hendrick
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • January 30, 2013
New classes start in February at LBK Education Center

For 24 years, the Longboat Key Education Center has satisfied locals' curiosities on topics ranging from movies to modern Hebrew poetry. And this year will be no different.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota City Commission will vote on a three-year teamsters contract agreement Tuesday at City Hall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 22, 2011
City's teamsters ratify contract agreement

The city's Public Works Department employees have ratified an agreement for a new three-year contract that would expire in September 2013.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2015
Cops Corner: Sarasota 10.22.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle, pictured in 2007.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 10, 2012
Golf tournament to honor Hogle

The First Responder Golf Tournament is named in honor of the late Longboat Key police chief.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 19, 2011
Cain campaign stops in Bradenton

Presidential hopeful Herman Cain was in bed with the flu, but his campaign still made the first stop of his Common Sense Solutions bus tour of Florida at Mixon Fruit Farms today.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • January 20, 2014
Black Tie Untied

Untie last week's events with Black Tie Untied, featuring RCLA's Town Hall Series Platinum Dinner and Suncoast Communities Blood Bank's Red Hot!.

  • Arts + Culture
The former Longbeach Chevron station got a face-lift with new paint and renovations last year. File photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 12, 2014
New office will fuel north end

After seven years of vacancy, the former Longbeach Chevron station is under contract. Keller Williams Realty will redevelop the building into its first Longboat Key office.

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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 18, 2016
Suspects deliver clue on thefts to Longboat police

A work schedule left behind in a vehicle burglary leads police to two suspects in a string of package thefts on Longboat Key

  • Longboat Key
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Brandi Witman has always had a love for teaching, even when she was a child.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 18, 2015
Gullett teacher named Educator of the Year

As a child, Brandi Witman knew she wanted to be a teacher. After just four years teaching at Gullett Elementary, she received the Educator of the Year award.

  • East County
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Commissioner Phillip Younger wants the town to ask voters for a single $15 million referendum to construct north-end structures and recover some sand to renourish portions of the island's erosion hot spots.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 5, 2011
Younger submits new beach project option

The Town Commission will meet again Thursday to discuss the proposed $15 million beach project option.

  • Longboat Key
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Triton Bend is located near the 2900 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive and is adjacent to Neptune Avenue.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 5, 2012
Triton Bend breaks ground on two homes

The homes in the long-awaited new subdivision are the first of 13 planned for the mid-Key development.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • March 3, 2014
Black Tie Untied

Untied the weekend with Black Tie Untied, featuring Asolo Repertory Theatre's "A Night at the Rainbow Room," 21st annual Celebration of Imagination and Community Humanitarian Awards Gala.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Washington, D.C., chatter about the debt is just a scare tactic

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 24, 2010
Broadway beach access gets sign replacement

The signs provide information about sharing the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Snowy plover nests were roped off last week near Siesta Key’s Beach Access No. 7.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 21, 2011
County will take steps to protect plover nests

Someone on Siesta Key may have intentionally walked up to a snowy plover nest and stepped on two eggs, crushing them.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Braden River's Craivon Koonce and Raymond Thomas celebrate during the Pirates 38-10 Kickoff Classic victory versus River Ridge Aug. 19. (courtesy McKenzie Moritz)
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 24, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Ready to pass the time with high school football?

  • East County
  • Sports
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