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Photo by Conor Goulding/Mote Marine Laboratory
  • By Katie Johns |
  • June 5, 2018
Mote elects new board of trustees vice chairman

Howard "Sam" Seider was elected to the role in late May.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 22, 2017
Mayors’ Feed the Hungry celebrates 30 years

The organization’s 30th anniversary celebration was held on March 22 at Harvest Church.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch'  s John Fain and Angela Massaro-Fain have sold their business, Grapevine Communications.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 14, 2017
Lakewood Ranch's Grapevine Communications sold

Grapevine had $14.33 million in revenues in 2016

  • East County
  • News
The crime scene at 3451 Cattlemen Road.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2017
Sarasota deputies make arrest after robbery

Credit union on Cattlemen Road was robbed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota Ballet performs 'Lux Aeterna.' Courtesy photo.
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • February 2, 2014
DANCE REVIEW: 'Four Temperaments,' 'Lux Aeterna' and 'Sinfonietta'

Sarasota Ballet continues to astound with every pirouette and leap.

  • Arts + Culture
Dorothy Wallace Foisy with several of her quilts, which will be donated to local children in need.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • June 24, 2015
100-year-old Longboat Island Chapel member threads love to children

Dorothy Wallace Foisy sews five quilts a week for charity.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2016
Cops Corner 06.22.2016

Enjoy this week’s edition of Cops Corner!

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Dead fish began washing up on Casey Key beach this week. Sarasota County Parks and Recreation has been cleaning up the fish that wash onshore. Photo by Alex Mahadevan.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • October 11, 2012
Red tide inches its way northward

Mote scientists continue to collect water samples and work with the county health department.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Taylor Golden reports for duty as a member of Braden River Elementary’s safety patrol Monday.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 16, 2014
Guards reporting to schools won't carry guns

The Manatee County School District seeks a legal opinion before it will arm elementary security guards.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • February 2, 2018
Longboat Police rule out accident, natural causes in sauna death

The 54-year-old woman's body bore signs of trauma, warranting Longboat Police's dismantlement of the sauna her body was found in.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A March 25 rendering of the State Street parking garage, which the city hopes to begin construction on next month.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 9, 2014
City to provide update on State Street garage

At a public meeting tomorrow, city staff will share information about the timeline and construction process for the State Street parking garage.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 18, 2012
Interviews to begin soon for north-end project

The community-based planning effort for the island's north end will incorporate input from stakeholders, students and design professionals. information-gathering phase of a community-based planning effort for the island's north end.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 21, 2017
Sarasota Opera unveils Steinwachs Artist Residences

The new Rosemary District development will increase the opera company's artist housing capacity from 43 to 70.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2009
Cops Corner

A woman was pulled over for swerving in a Dodge pickup truck on Gulf of Mexico Drive. When police told her that her driver's license was suspended for failure to pay a traffic fine, she explained that she had taken care of that ticket over the phone.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
A parking forum will be held 5:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Selby Library.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 13, 2012
City hosting parking forum

The city of Sarasota will host a parking management forum next week to help prompt improvements within the parking system.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • February 12, 2018
Fundraising, voter turnout highlight enthusiasm behind special election

House District 72 candidates have outpaced fundraising totals from previous elections.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 5, 2013
Sales-tax vote brings ramifications

In part III of our preview series on a June 18 referendum on a half-percent sales tax increase, the East County Observer details how Manatee County would respond if the vote failed to pass.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 25, 2012
Forks and Corks event entices Longboat foodies

Epicureans will unite this weekend for the fifth annual Forks and Corks Food and Wine Festival, which will showcase more than 50 Sarasota-Manatee independent restaurants and visiting winery owners and winemakers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pam Eubanks Contractor Better Roads Inc. completed the widening of State Road 64 from Carlton Arms Boulevard to Interstate 75 nearly a year behind schedule.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 25, 2014
FDOT completes S.R. 64 expansion

Although drivers have used State Road 64 for more than a month without the interference of construction barricades, the Florida Department of Transportation officially completed its widening of the roadway June 18.

  • East County
  • News
University Park Country Club resident Ellen Kaiden started Art in the Park 12 years ago as a way to meet other local artists.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 18, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Art in the Park

University Park Country Club residents and the community enjoyed seeing the works of a variety of local artists during the 12th annual Art in the Park March 17. More than 30 artists were featured in the neighborhood's fine arts exhibit.

  • East County
  • News
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