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Morton Hellwig, Beer Can Island
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2012
2012 Best of weather photos: Longboat Key

Looking back through our archives of weather photos in 2012, picking our best submissions was a near impossible task.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
East County resident Sue Gates took this picture Oct. 13, from her backyard.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2011
Weekly Winner: Mushroom Cloud

East County resident Sue Gates took this picture Oct. 13, from her backyard.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Dr. Joseph Klein attributes turning 100 years old to several factors, including a healthy lifestyle and good genes.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 12, 2011
Neighbors: Dr. Joseph Klein

Dr. Joseph Klein has lived through World War I, Word War II and the flu pandemic of 1918.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Gabor Szakacs took this sunset photo from the Emerson Point Preserve in October in west Palmetto.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2011
Weekly Winner: Sails at sunset

Gabor Szakacs took this sunset photo from the Emerson Point Preserve in October in west Palmetto.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 2, 2010
AAA offers free towing service

The American Automobile Association is offering a free service that will pick up a driver who has had too much to drink as well as the vehicle they are driving.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 2, 2014
Beer Box packs up for downtown move

Beer Box packs up for downtown move

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Kiersey Clemons and Nick Offerman in "Hearts Beat Loud." Photo source: Kanopy.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 11, 2019
Binge Blog: Headphones on

"Hearts Beat Loud" start Kiersey Clemons and Nick Offerman, while "Green Room" has Sir Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat and the late Anton Yelchin.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Railroad tracks were used to transport equipment and goods to fishermen along Sarasota Bay. Photos courtesy of the Sarasota History Center.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 9, 2012
Siesta Key: From dried fish to snowbirds

Siesta Key, which consistently tops rankings in Sarasota County tourist tax dollars, could have been a much different place if not for Tampa Bay Hurricane of 1921.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
David Corenswet in "Hollywood." Photo source: Netflix.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 10, 2020
Binge Blog: Welcome to Dreamland

"Hollywood" and "Labor of Love" are this week's picks.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
The proposed dredging of Big Pass is a long-standing point of tension between Lido and Siesta keys.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 10, 2017
Challenges mount against Big Pass dredge permit

Siesta residents and others are challenging the state’s initial approval of a proposed Lido Key renourishment effort, while Lido residents are preparing to defend the project.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Golden-Gate-Point-Sarasota
  • By Marc Rasmussen |
  • January 6, 2015
A brief history of Golden Gate Point

A brief history of Golden Gate Point

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Edward Alley |
  • June 12, 2017
Music review: Sarasota Music Festival opening weekend

Jeffrey Kahane and the Festival Orchestra opened the festival with palpable energy.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Mote President/CEO Michael Crosby, founder Genie Clark and President Emeritus Kumar Mahadevan (Courtesy Mote Marine Laboratory)
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 25, 2015
Mote founder Genie Clark dies at 92

Eugenie Clark was affectionately known as the ‘Shark Lady’ for her research.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
File photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 23, 2018
Ringling College of Art and Design announces entertainment design major

Ringling College of Art and Design will begin offering the new undergraduate degree program, entertainment design, in fall 2019.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 10, 2010
Longboat Island Chapel holds hurricane seminar

Longboat Key Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Paul Dezzi and Police Chief Al Hogle spoke at the event.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch resident Nikki Bradshaw took this sunset photo Oct. 1, on Anna Maria Island.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2011
Weekly Winner: Amber Glow

Lakewood Ranch resident Nikki Bradshaw took this sunset photo Oct. 1, on Anna Maria Island.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
David Grace submitted this photo, overlooking the bay near Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2011
Weekly Winner: Night Watch

David Grace submitted this photo, overlooking the bay near Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Blake Fleetwood |
  • April 3, 2013
My View: The 'terminators' attack the Colony Resort

The developer plans to tear down the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort and build anew are not good for anybody but the developers. Renovation is a viable option.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 17, 2011
Copper stolen from Lakewood Ranch school

A Manatee County Sheriff's Office report states copper wiring was stolen from the room of Willis Elementary School.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch sophomore Jay'den Clarke-Jones drives to the basket in the team's loss to Riverview. Photo courtesy Hannah Russo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 19, 2020
Prose and Kohn: Despite loss, Mustangs remain serious playoff threat

Lakewood Ranch boys basketball will look to follow the 2005 girls team's path to the title game.

  • East County
  • Sports
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