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  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 12, 2011
Event to celebrate positive change on Longboat Key

the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce's "The New Year, the New Longboat: A Celebration of Things to Come" event will take place Wednesday, Jan. 19, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By James Campbell |
  • January 24, 2013
RUSH -- an exercise experiment

RUSH -- an exercise experiment

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Jimmy Donnellan played hard for the Thunder.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • September 24, 2010
ODA bests St. John Neumann 19-8

With its namesake rumbling off in the distance, The Out-of-Door Academy corrected its first-half mistakes to defeat St. John Neumann (Naples) 19-8 Sept. 24 in Thunder Stadium. The Thunder clawed back from an 8-0 halftime deficit and kept the Celtics scoreless in the second half.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By April Doner |
  • June 11, 2012
Open mics: growing and connecting local talent

Open mics: growing and connecting local talent

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 28, 2011
Two new host tenants sign on at Premier Sports Campus

The Manatee County YMCA's YFL youth tackle football program and the Sarasota Saracens Rugby organization have signed on as the two newest tenants at the Premier Sports Campus of Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2012
News Briefs

SCF Trustees will negotiate settlement; Buddy Basket program seeks hygiene items; Big Cat Habitat starts winter hours

  • East County
  • News
George Spoll to succeed Mayor Jack Duncan.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • November 21, 2016
Spoll to succeed Duncan on Longboat Commission

When the qualifying period closed at noon Monday, Longboat Key had one new commissioner-elect, two contested commission races and one referendum, according to Town Clerk Trish Granger.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Roxanne Jerde is senior vice president for donor relations and education at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 24, 2011
Community Foundation names new leader

Roxanne Jerde, of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, will be the next president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2012
SIDELINES

Riley-Hawkins wins Memorial Tournament; Cardinal Mooney tames Braden River with victory; Lady Pirates ride six-game streak; Lady Mustangs draw even with Lady Indians; Mustangs boys soccer blanks Venice Indians

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 11, 2010
Jewfish dock approved

The Jewfish Key dock will grow in size, but town staff will not know by how much until two months from now.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A new fleet of golf carts for club members is one of several upgrades at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.  Photo by Katie Hendrick.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 2, 2013
Looking ahead: Key Club upgrades

Longboat Key Club Islandside, Harbourside and Longboat Key Club Moorings are receiving upgrades in 2013.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • November 28, 2013
DID reconsiders parking meters

Finding new sources of revenue topped the priority list for the Downtown Improvement District at its recent workshop, during which members suggested bringing back parking meters.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Louisville Metro Police say the brothers are suspects in the stabbing death of a 23-year-old man in a McDonald’s parking lot Jan. 15.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • January 20, 2012
Deputies arrest fugitives wanted for murder

U.S. Marshals Service and the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office worked together to arrest two men wanted for murder in Louisville Kentucky.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The students from Girls Inc. of Sarasota County stare in awe of the tree.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • December 8, 2015
Selby flips the switch for bromeliad tree lighting

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens starts the holiday season tradition of lighting the bromeliad tree.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2011
OPINION: Equal caterwauling day

We could not let last week's Equal Pay Day pass without mentioning a few myth-popping facts.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The search is on for a new home for Complexus.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 21, 2012
Public Art Committee's project concern builds

The Public Art Committee questions an interactive art project for its lack of theme and artistic direction.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2010
Cops Corner

Jan. 7 No. 1 fan 8:54 p.m. -- 6400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Public Drunkenness. Police found a man sleeping on a bench at the intersection of General Harris Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive. He told police he had fallen asleep while listening to a game on the radio and was given a ride to his parents' house on Lyons Lane.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Josh Hunter has been out of jail on a $50,000 bond while his case was appealed.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 17, 2012
Former football coach's appeal rejected

The Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland has refused to overturn former Braden River High football coach Josh Hunter's 10-year prison sentence for a 2009 drunk driving accident that killed his best friend and fellow coach Doug Garrity.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 12, 2015
Waterlefe bridges road to fairness

Although related litigation continues, three boards and the community hope changes to the community’s documents bring clarity and fairness to all parties.

  • East County
  • News
Sam Hester.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 22, 2017
East County Athlete of the Week: 02.22.17

East County Athlete of the Week: 02.22.17

  • East County
  • Sports
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