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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2014
High Five Moments of the Week

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 2, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 1, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Fall Festival will feature fresh produce and more this Sunday. (File photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 25, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Centre Shops Fall Festival

Catch the feel of fall this Sunday at the Centre Shops Fall Festival.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Advertising Content Staff |
  • March 6, 2026
The Crucible

This 1953 play dramatizing the 1692 Salem witch trials is an allegory for McCarthyism.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Spotlight Partners
Sponsored Content
Al "Mifflin" Lowe
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 18, 2021
Al "Mifflin" Lowe heads west with new children's book

Bird Key resident's new children's book focuses on the little known heroes of the "True West.''

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lori Stone says it's been a fun change to have new people see her fabric art.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • August 24, 2021
Art community forms in Rosemary District studio

Emerging artists showcase creations at the Zero Empty Spaces studio.

  • Arts + Culture
Photo courtesy ashleystrand.com
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 28, 2018
Ashley Strand returns to Sarasota with one-man show 'Glorified Disasters'

The stand-up comedian/actor who formerly worked at New College and Golden Apple Dinner Theatre is bringing his award-winning show to The Starlite Room.

  • Arts + Culture
Steve Johnson, Jen Rust, and Jeff and Nikki Sedacca — Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 10, 2017
Black Tie & Tales 04.13.17

From engagement parties to special announcements, here's what you might have missed on the social scene last week.

  • Black Tie
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • December 4, 2013
New apartment complex planned for Lakewood Ranch

Davis Development plans to build 270 apartment units at State Road 70 and Pope Road.

  • East County
  • News
The purple line running from the Key to the orange dot represents the town-owned wastewater pipeline.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • April 24, 2024
Cost increase for sewer main project presents challenge for Longboat

The project rose in cost by about $8 million and would replace the subaqueous line underneath Sarasota Bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Senior midfielder Sofia Sepulveda (10) embraces junior midfielder Emily Simone (16), with junior midfielder Colette Maute (6) and sophomore midfielder Mia Alexander (12) joining in on the celebration. Riverview girls' soccer enters the 2025-26 season as back-to-back district champions.
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • October 29, 2025
Storylines to watch as high school soccer returns to Sarasota

The Cardinal Mooney boys, Riverview girls and Sarasota Christian girls are among the teams with intriguing trajectories for 2025-26.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Country Meadows' Michelle Noel has gone from jobless due to the pandemic to the owner of Wicked Awesome Ice Cream Emporium in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 17, 2021
Pandemic planted seeds for Wicked Awesome Ice Cream Emporium in Lakewood Ranch

New ice cream emporium in Lakewood Ranch melts together fun and whimsy.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Guest Author |
  • April 14, 2019
My View: Why we need Mote's new aquarium

Mote’s proposed Science Education Aquarium in Benderson Park will further the region as a leading center for marine science, education and discoveries.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 28, 2013
Sales-tax may yield new health-care model

In part II of our preview of a June 18 referendum on the half-cent sales tax increase in Manatee County, the East County Observer examines how new revenue would impact care in the community.

  • East County
  • News
odums
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 11, 2014
TWIS Asks: Brandan Odums, visiting New Orleans street artist

TWIS Asks: Brandan Odums, visiting New Orleans street artist

  • Arts + Culture
Last year's Grand Tasting
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 13, 2013
Tidbites

Put a fork in it; There's more to Fresh Start than meets the eye; James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour is back; and Quick bites.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota County's planned shuttle service between downtown and SRQ would utilize trolley-like vehicles every 20 to 30 minutes.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 29, 2023
County plans trolley service between SRQ and downtown Sarasota

The shuttle service would serve the growing number of visitors flying into Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and staying downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ann Roth with Ringling College President Larry Thompson. Heidi Kurpiela.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 9, 2011
Scene & Heard

Oscar winning costume designer visits RCAD; Jill Sobule on board for Asolo Rep's 'Yentl;' Beneva Fruitville moves up in the world

  • Arts + Culture
Shawn Troxel and Tony Cordero, owners of Dimensions of Fear Productions, doing business as Twisted Woods, intend to scare as many people as possible with their haunted attraction this Halloween season.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 26, 2011
Shawn Troxel and Tony Cordero specialize in the unexpected

Two Bradenton businessmen have opened the area's first professional haunted attraction in the East County.

  • East County
  • News
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