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Mote Marine Laboratory CEO Dr. Michael Crosby addresses members of the Bay Area Legislative Delegation Tuesday morning at the WAVE Center at Mote Marine.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 26, 2019
Bay area lawmakers vote to make red tide funding a top priority

Mote Marine’s Dr. Michael Crosby asks regional legislators to commit to $3 million a year for five years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
… For unto you is born this day …
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 22, 2015
At the time of Christ’s birth

Our heritage, family values and principles depend on the continuous retelling of such important events.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Three sections of concrete from Interstate 75 fell as a result of the accident.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 29, 2014
FDOT repairs I-75 overpass

Construction crews poured new deck in damaged bypass areas on Tuesday and Wednesday.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

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

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2013
Obituary: Helen 'Sissy' Glennon Malloy

Helen "Sissy" Glennon Malloy, 75, of Manasquan, N.J., and Longboat Key, died Dec. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 27, 2012
Scrapper busted for crane thefts

A Bradenton resident was arrested in connection to statue thefts that began this month on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 8, 2009
Mailboxes can stay put

After 41 Longboat Key residents discovered Friday, May 29 they had additional mailboxes next to their existing ones, the new ones will be taken out this week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the East County Observer archives.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
A Snowy plover mother pauses with one chick beside her and another under her, with just its legs visible. The babies fledged just before July 4. Photo by Catherine Luckner.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 1, 2011
Chicks flock to beaches

Six snowy plover chicks made it to the flight stage this year on county beaches, but more than 80 black skimmer chicks achieved viability.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 10, 2010
SPORTS BRIEFS 03.11.10

Heritage Harbour resident Domenico Geminiani won his fourth tournament of the Florida Junior Tour (13-15) season March 6-7 at Lake Wales Country Club.

  • East County
  • Sports
Justin Beaudoin challenges his mother, Michelle, to an arcade game.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 10, 2015
Families bond over skating and games

Mothers and sons find fun together.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2009
St. Stephen's teacher earns fellowship

Dominique Craft, an East County resident, will attend the 2009 Summer Institute for Early Career Teachers by the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University.

  • East County
  • News
Ken Bumgarner, chairman of the Waterlefe CDD, said he is not opposed to the bridge and believes Manatee County has the right to do what it pleases, as long as there is communication with the public.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 14, 2013
Support dominates Fort Hamer Bridge meeting

The U.S. Coast Guard let Manatee County residents get in a last word about the Fort Hamer Bridge project.

  • East County
  • News
Parker Lawhorne and Kelly Leissler started Plump Sisters Productions to offer Sarasota a narrative, musical-comedy drag performance.Photo by Salvatore Brancifort
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 7, 2016
The Plump Sisters bring musical-comedy drag performance to Sarasota

With their musical-comedy drag duo, Plump Sisters Productions, Parker Lawhorne and Kelly Leissler pay over-the-top tribute to showbiz of the past.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Donna Swan |
  • June 15, 2011
Deal us in

A gutsy partner makes a jump bid

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Blockages in the stormwater system that filters through ponds in Heritage Harbour are causing standing water near the system's structures.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 19, 2015
East County neighborhood's stormwater system suffers

Fallen tree limbs and other debris from recent storms have contributed to blockages in Heritage Harbour South's stormwater system.

  • East County
  • News
Congressman Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, said “it’s just not acceptable to lose your home over rising insurance costs” last week at an insurance roundtable.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 13, 2013
Brown: 'We are being punished' by insurance

Congressman Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, works to suspend an act that has wreaked havoc on insurance rates for property owners living close to the water.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 13, 2011
Raccoon bites woman near Key beach access

During the Fourth of July weekend, a woman visiting Beachplace was bitten twice while rinsing off sand from the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The accident occurred around 10:15 a.m., Wednesday.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 28, 2011
Driver dies in S.R. 70 crash

An accident at the intersection of Lockwood Ridge Road and State Road 70 yesterday proved fatal to one and left three others with injuries.

  • East County
  • News
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