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  • By Pam McTeer |
  • September 30, 2009
Subway spokesman visits Ranch hospital

Jared Fogle and Lakewood Ranch Medical Center CEO Jim Wilson spoke about their weight loss successes.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photos Nolan TSA students Naomi Burg and Amanda Boccarossa paint a little library to be installed at Greenbrook Park.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 29, 2014
Students build libraries at county parks

Tom Bennett and Greenbrook parks contain fodder for reading, thanks to Nolan Middle School students.

  • East County
  • News
Greenbrook resident Willie Miranda, radio communications manager for Manatee County, says with the new P25 radio system, both Manatee and Sarasota counties will have nine radio towers. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 13, 2014
Systems Ready

Sarasota and Manatee counties will jointly install a radio communications network that will improve EMS and other services along University Parkway and in the region.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 26, 2012
Crumbling canal wall sparks liability concerns

When Sarasota County handed over Siesta Key to developers in the early 1900s, the deal included waterway maintenance. When a property owner is absent, sea wall repair can be problematic.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Realtors Reid Murphy, Cheryl Loeffler, Lynne Koy and Ian Addy spoke to more than 40 people at Saturday’s Condo Fed meeting at Beach Harbor Club.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 20, 2013
Realtors talk about condominium marketability

An in-demand condo unit requires more than a room with a view, according to Realtors on a Federation of LBK Condominiums panel.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Prudential Palms Realty founder and CEO Helen Sosso
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 24, 2011
Prudential Palms closes office

Real-estate broker Helen Sosso will close five Prudential Palms Realty offices to reduce costs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 29, 2012
Chamber chairman questions Siesta Key beach project costs

Architect Mark Smith worked with the design team to pare construction costs to the budget Sarasota County commissioners approved last year.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 26, 2010
Union-backed candidates get mixed election results

One teachers union candidate won her race by 4% of the votes. The other union-backed candidate came in last in his race.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Paula Atwell |
  • November 28, 2012
Theater Review: '50s Jukebox Review'

With a little glitter, a T-Bird-load of talent, some shimmery purple curtains and an enormous wood-stained Wurlitzer, The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe shakes, rattles and rolls the '50s into living color before the eyes of a wildly enthusiastic audience.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 26, 2012
Commission enacts new ethics policy

The policy stipulates duties and responsibilities of all Sarasota County employees and the County Commission regarding the prevention and reporting of fraud.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 23, 2010
Town requests input for Bay Isles Road sign

The Town Commission wants business owners to provide input before it places names on its Bay Isles Road wayfinding sign.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ebbeson, right
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 20, 2013
Anders Ebbeson dies in reported suicide Tuesday morning in Sarasota

The Swedish businessman and husband of Katherine Harris suffered several medical conditions. He was 68.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 4, 2011
Town, firefighters to revise firefighter pension contract

The town of Longboat Key won't enforce one point of contention firefighters have with their labor contract that expires in September.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Turtle Watch President Tim Thurman helps mark one of the first nests of the season.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 4, 2011
Two turtle nests found on first day of season

The loggerhead turtle nests were found May 1 by Longboat Key Turtle Watch and Mote patrolers.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 10, 2011
The Observer interviews American Ballet Theatre soloist Sarah Lane

Look out, Sarasota. Natalie Portman's famous dancing double will pirouette her way to town this month for the Carreño Dance Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Alice Blueglass has helped maintain a pizza garden for the past four years — part of the Longboat Key Garden Club's project with Just for Girls.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 14, 2011
Neighbors: Alice Blueglass

This lifetime teacher loves to help students of all ages.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 22, 2010
Mote uses Wii technology to explore shark mating behaviors

Motion sensors could help to determine where the sharks mate, allowing researchers to better protect those areas.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 19, 2011
Home burglaries rise, total crime level falls

Longboat Key saw an 84.6% increase in home burglaries from 2009 to 2010. Vehicle larcenies, however, decreased 64.6% in 2010.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 10, 2010
Community Foundation honors FAADA founder

East County's Cindy Harney recently was named an 'Unsung Hero' by The Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2009
OUR VIEW: High-speed looting

Amtrak? And how's that working for the American taxpayer? Oh, it only lost $1.1 billion last year.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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