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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 21, 2011
Cops Corner

Bowling for Bentleys 3:19 p.m. - 1000 block of Siesta Drive. Suspicious Incident. Five kids were seen rolling two-liter soda bottles into traffic and trying to hit cars.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • August 9, 2012
Film Review: 'Queen of Versailles'

Is being in the 1% all that it's cracked up to be? Not if you're billionaires Jackie and David Siegel.

  • Arts + Culture
The Sarasota Police Department also made 372 more arrests in 2011, for a 9% increase.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 16, 2012
Police report drop in felonies, increase in arrests

In 2010, the city had 1,902 felony index crimes, compared to 1,803 felony index crimes in 2011. Those statistics reveal 99 fewer victims of those crimes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 26, 2010
UPDATE: Colony decision expected next month

Longboat Key Town Manager Bruce St. Denis testified the town doesn't support converting the resort's bankruptcy into a Chapter 7 liquidation.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 17, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Siena Kelley

Braden River High sophomore Siena Kelley finished with 14 kills, 10 digs and four aces in two games to help lead the Lady Pirates to a 3-0 victory over Palmetto Oct. 9.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 10, 2016
St. Armands clowns around

St. Armands Circle was filled with circus performers and appreciators at the 29th annual Circus Ring of Fame Jan. 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 19, 2014
Raising the Intensity

Lakewood Ranch High set a school record with five wrestlers qualifying for the Class 2A Wrestling Championships Feb. 14 and Feb. 15.

  • East County
  • Sports
Kathy Banks with one of her three rescued squirrels.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • November 15, 2017
Handle with care

Mill Creek's Kathy Banks cares for three baby squirrels.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 27, 2016
County takes over mangrove management

Sarasota County will now take over mangrove protection from the state.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2019
Cops Corner: Sarasota 8.22.19

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Sarasota Ballet Artistic Director Iain Webb, founder Jean Weidner and principal dancer Octavio Martin. Each male dancer presented Jean with a red rose at the dinner following the 20th anniversary performance.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • March 30, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Once a prima ballerina ... ; Hard core philanthropy ... ; 'My turn' for Gerri Aaron; Tidbits; and Black Tie Affair.

  • Arts + Culture
Veteran and student firefighters come together to compete.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 16, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: MTI's First Responders Challenge

Manatee Technical Institute hosted its second First Responders Challenge Nov. 16 at its Lakewood Ranch campus.

  • East County
  • News
Co-Chairwomen Mickey Davis, Donna Koffman, Jamie Becker, Bianca Lawrence, Honorary Chairwoman Cornelia Matson and Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast President Christine Johnson
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 5, 2017
Palm Ball raises funds to protect land along the Gulf

The 10th anniversary of the event was celebrated at Bay Preserve on Feb. 4.

  • Black Tie
Over the last few years, Joe Comforto’s mailbox has become a receptacle for things he never ordered — and never wished to find.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 18, 2012
East County resident battles identity theft

East County resident Joe Comforto has been battling identity theft for five years. This year, however, the thieves used his information to commit tax fraud.

  • East County
  • News
Dee Wernick, Barb Serna and Marjorie North
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • December 1, 2010
Marjorie North's 'Get the Scoop' Luncheon

Marjorie North's 'Get the Scoop' Luncheon

  • Black Tie
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • May 7, 2018
Seagrass Survey and Festival celebrates the Sarasota Bay

The fourth annual Sarasota Bay Seagrass Survey and Festival brings volunteers to study the bay at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Michelle Ragni's class of 3 and 4 year olds prepare for a breakfast feast.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 9, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: All God's Children Mother's Day

Children at All God's Preschool at Living Lord Lutheran Church celebrated their mothers May 9, during special festivities at the school.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Doris and Aaron Cushman
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 21, 2018
70 years of wedded bliss

Aaron and Doris Cushman got married on March 7, 1948.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ron Reagan served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 28, 2015
Ron Reagan files for Manatee County commission seat

He will seek the seat being vacated by Commissioner Larry Bustle.

  • East County
  • News
Rebeccah Hazelkorn, a senior biologist, along with Sgt. Bruce King with the Sarasota Police Dept. work to get the whale on the trailer and dry land.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2017
Top Story - June: Rare whale found dead on Siesta Key

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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