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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 5, 2012
Village Association wants continued success

After a busy season, the Siesta Key Village Association searches for the best ways to advertise and keep people coming back.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
In August land was cleared adjacent to the Gulf and Bay Club Condominiums, seen in back, for a retention pond and ultraviolet light water treatment units.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • October 2, 2013
Drainage project tops SKA agenda

A county official will brief the Siesta Key Association Thursday on the status of the Beach Road Drainage Improvements Project.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • January 25, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2012
Ranch youth stars in new musical

The East County's Channing Weir, a senior at Lakewood Ranch High School, will portray a key role this weekend in "Jonesing," a musical written and directed by Bradenton resident Dylan H. Jones

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Tenor Rafael Dávila, as B.F. Pinkerton, and soprano Asako Tamura, as Cio-Cio-San, in Sarasota Opera’s 2011 production of Puccini’s "Madama Butterfly." Photo by Rod Millington/Sarasota Opera.
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 2, 2011
Music Review: Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' performed by the Sarasota Opera

I have wept through many a moving 'Madama Butterfly,' from the Met and New York City Opera to companies abroad and cinematic versions that broke my heart, but the fall production mounted by Sarasota Opera is the most convincing, honest, moving and beautiful I've seen yet.

  • Arts + Culture
Also at its retreat, the commission nominated Commissioner Christine Robinson as its chair and Commissioner Carolyn Mason as its vice chair for 2012. File photo.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 1, 2011
Commission approves Reid's contract

The Sarasota County Commission unanimously approved new county administrator Randall H. Reid's $190,000 contract Thursday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2012
Ann Hood speaks to NewGate students

New York Times best-selling author Ann Hood recently paid a visit to fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students at NewGate School.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 13, 2014
Siesta trolley service to start in July

With help from a Florida Department of Transportation grant, Sarasota County Area Transit will begin a regular trolley service to Siesta Key this summer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2009
Golf pro steps down

Give it up for PGA golf professional Jim Duval, who was honored May 3 at a retirement party thrown by Mission Valley Country Club.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2009
It's a sign ...

Have you seen the signs?

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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
Workers from Florida Sign Co. today are busy erecting a new monument sign for Honor Animal Rescue at its Lorraine Road ranch.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 1, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Sign-sational

Workers from Florida Sign Co. today are busy erecting a new monument sign for Honor Animal Rescue at its Lorraine Road ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Congressman Vern Buchanan
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 19, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Republican Club

The Republican Club of Longboat Key was joined by fellow Republican Clubs from the two counties for a special breakfast meeting on Friday, March 16. Attorney General Pam Bondi was the featured speaker. Congressman Vern Buchanan was also present. Bondi grew up in Florida and her father, Joe, lives on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This home at 1212 Center Place in the Lido C Subdivision has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a swimming pool and 1,677 square feet of living area. It sold for $640,000.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 20, 2010
Real Estate:Sales fall to eight during first full week of October

Sales dropped to eight for the week of Oct. 4 through Oct. 8, down from the previous week's total of 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2013
News Briefs

Closures planned for Veterans Day; City Commission to extend Street Team program; Broken Egg closes in Siesta Key Village

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2014
Homes sales spike 33% in Sarasota

Property sales in Sarasota County jumped 33% in March over February and surpassed 1,000 for the month, the Sarasota Association of Realtors reports.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • October 14, 2009
Resident plans Veterans Day honor wall

Larry HarNess, a Navy veteran, is asking residents to submit photos of their veterans for a special Wall of Honor to be displayed at the Braden River Branch Library.

  • East County
  • 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
Lakewood Ranch's Emily Ruple hits the ball back to St. Augustine.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 20, 2012
Lady Mustangs fall short in semifinals

The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team saw its historic season come to a close with a 3-2 loss to St. Augustine Nov. 13, at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.

  • East County
  • Sports
This Publix opening Oct. 17, in the new Lockwood Commons project, adds to the offerings of an underserved area.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • October 16, 2013
Lockwood Ridge Publix set to open

The Oct. 17 grand opening of a new Publix at State Road 70 and Lockwood Ridge Road adds to the progress of Benderson Development projects.

  • East County
  • News
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