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Girls Inc. names ‘She Has No Clue Where She’s Going’ honoree Executive Director Angie Stringer.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • March 31, 2016
Girls Inc. names ‘She Has No Clue Where She’s Going’ honoree

Girls Inc. of Sarasota County Executive Director Angie Stringer recognized for being directionally challenged.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2016
Cops Corner: Sarasota 07.14.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 8, 2011
License plate funds sea of grants

The Protect Our Reefs Grants Advisory Committee announced that 11 awards totaling $274,000 have been made for new coral reef research, conservation and education projects.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2013
SIDELINES

9 Sports to offer flag football clinic for children; Manatee County adult basketball league returns; Coastline Volleyball summer camps upcoming

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Public Interest Committee Board of Directors |
  • December 16, 2009
Rothenberg should step down from commission

The board of directors of the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee (PIC) is saddened and distressed that the Town Commission, in a 5-2 vote, has allowed Mayor Lee Rothenberg to run for yet another term on the commission.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Deborah Waggoner, of Banana Republic and Michelle Butler, of Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Sarasota Chapter
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2010
Make-A-Wish kicks off Season of Wishes campaign

Banana Republic and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Northern Florida teamed up to host an evening filled with holiday treats, shopping and awareness Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Southgate Mall.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Fiscal 2016 will be Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock's busiest year to date.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 6, 2016
People to Watch: David Bullock

The town manager has millions of dollars in capital project to oversee in 2016, but none are as important to him as obtaining permits to renourish the island’s shoreline.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
An online petition aims to stop a proposed heliport at The Concession Golf Club.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 27, 2016
Online helistop petition gains momentum

Petition opposes a planned helistop at The Concession Golf Club

  • East County
  • News
Soprano Hope Koehler. Courtesy photo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • May 2, 2012
Music Review: The Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota: Hope Koehler, soprano

Every once in a while, we hear a singer (violinist, pianist, you name it) who is so good, so magnetic, so talented, we wonder why the performer hasn't had a major career and become a household name. Take Hope Koehler.

  • Arts + Culture
Joan Biller, Jean Griffin, Angela Stowe and Dee Pinksi
  • By Dora Walters |
  • March 7, 2012
Longboat Key Susan G. Komen events set a new record

The Susan G. Komen Go for the Cure events on Longboat Key have set a new record.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Natalie Palumbo, a 21-year-old student at Ringling College of Art and Design, begins a mural of a pony and a young girl as part of a project for Sarasota Manatee Association for Therapy Riding.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 15, 2016
Ringling student paints mural for Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy

The mural is part of SMART’s autism awareness campaign.

  • East County
  • News
Mayor Jim Brown will speak before the Anna Maria City Commission next week to discuss the town’s ULI report.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 3, 2014
Anna Maria ponders ULI study

The town of Longboat Key's Urban Land Institute final report has intrigued Anna Maria city officials.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
School starts Aug. 24 in Manatee County. Are you stocked up for day one?
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 12, 2015
Bradenton Marauders give back to local students

At the Back-to-School Night event Aug. 15 at McKechnie Field, the first 500 children ages 12 and under will receive backpacks stuffed with school supplies.

  • East County
  • News
Your memories of 9/11
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2011
9/11: Your memories

We asked you to submit your memory of where you were for 9/11. Here is what you sent.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Tyrone Edwards, of Wilhem Bros., works on putting together a rock retaining wall out in front of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church. "It's kind of like a puzzle," said Edwards of his work.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • September 27, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Rock puzzle

St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church is currently undergoing some lawn maintenance and will soon have a brand new garden area.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Be a beach bum: Grab your towel and sunscreen and head to one of the island’s 11 public beach accesses.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 11, 2014
Summer bucket list: Top nine things to do

If you're sticking out the summer showers and 90-degree temperatures, here are suggestions for the most dogged of days.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2015
OBITUARY | Donald Corb

Donald Corb, 86, of Longboat Key and Lincoln, N.H., died Oct. 15.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Five years later, the 18-acre beachfront property at 1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive remains locked up and vacant.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Colony still sits vacant

Making vacation plans? Don’t plan on staying at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort any time soon.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
They were last seen at 1:50 p.m. yesterday leaving Sarasota Military Academy, located on the corner of 10th Street and North Orange Avenue, walking southbound on Lemon Avenue from 10th Street.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • May 2, 2014
Sarasota Police seek missing teenagers

Cheyanne Nicole Muecke, 15, and Joshua Howard Palmieri, 16, were reported missing yesterday after they did not return home from school.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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