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All proceeds will benefit the Levi Dakin Trust to support Dakin as he continues to battle brain cancer.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 3, 2012
East County 'saddles up' for cancer patient

A rodeo this weekend will benefit Levi Dakin, who is battling brain cancer.

  • East County
  • News
Debbie and Co-Chair Dan Dannheisser
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • May 2, 2015
Going for the Gold 'An Unbridled Evening'

The YMCA Foundation hosted its annual Going for the Gold event themed ‘An Unbridled Evening’ on Saturday, May 2, at Dolphin Aviation.

  • Black Tie
Josh Tomlin
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 9, 2011
OBSERVER TEAM SPOTLIGHT: Josh Tomlin

Each week, The East County Observer will introduce one player from the Lakewood Ranch Little League Observer team.

  • East County
  • Sports
Courtesy photo
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 5, 2014
Giving Challenge gets ready for take off

Each year, The Giving Partner hosts a 24-hour fundraising drive. From noon Tuesday, May 6 to noon Wednesday, May 7, more than 400 local 501(c)(3) organizations are seeking funds.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • March 22, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: St. Martha Cajun Crawfish Festival

St. Martha Catholic School Cajun Crawfish Festival will include a mechanical great white shark and 2,000 pounds of boiled crawfish. Festivalgoers can enjoy the Cajun atmosphere 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 23.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2011
Briefs

Child's benefit dinner raises almost $1,500; Sarasota County offers small-business help; Holiday to affect trash and recycling pickup

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Land's End Marina today.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 28, 2012
Land's End Marina holds decades of memories, Longboat history

Memories begin where the 'land ends' on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2009
Garden Club flies in to SOS

The Longboat Key Garden Club had birds on the brain Wednesday, May 6, when 22 members toured the Save Our Seabirds facility.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2009
Garden Club flies in to SOS

The Longboat Key Garden Club had birds on the brain Wednesday, May 6, when 22 members toured the Save Our Seabirds facility.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tim Daveler, Liz Huselid, Michael Perry, Thomas Krug, Art Jackman, Greg Hagopian, AJ Stickley and Steve Zimath
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • March 11, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Pound the Ground 5K

Runners ran in the first Pound the Ground 5K Saturday, March 9 at the celery fields to raise money to end child homelessness in King County. About 200 people attended the run that they had been planning for 2 months. The race included obstacles like an 8-foot wall, hurdles, and tires. 'We wanted to start something new and fresh in Sarasota and to utilize the parks we have for events like this,' said Event Organizer Jason Lancaster.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Braden River High girls soccer team shut out Palmetto 6-0 to advance to tonight's district semifinal at Seminole Osceola.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 21, 2011
Lady Pirates advance to district semifinals

The Braden River High girls soccer team blanked Palmetto 6-0 in a Class 4A-District 10 quarterfinal match Jan. 20.

  • East County
  • Sports
Bella Guzman and Lentz Laurent
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • May 2, 2015
Lakewood Ranch High School students dance amid 007-theme

Around 570 students filled the ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 26, 2010
Woman shells out her own 88th birthday present

It took three months, several pounds of glue and hundreds of seashells, but Sarasota resident Ailine Burke was determined to celebrate her 88th birthday in an extraordinary way - by turning an ordinary bathtub into an exquisite work of art.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Paul Blackketter
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 28, 2016
SANCA president and CEO resigns

Paul Blackketter steps down after seven years developing Nathan Benderson Park into top rowing facility.

  • East County
  • News
The home at 825 Tropical Circle recently sold for $3,925,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 3, 2017
Tropical Circle home sells for $3,925,000

Residential real estate transactions for July 17-21.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Jean Weidner Goldstein and Alfred Goldstein
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • June 27, 2017
Alfred R. Goldstein: A legacy etched in stone

The prolific philanthropist died June 26 at age 92.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By John Day |
  • January 14, 2015
Day Drinking: English Breakfast

Day Drinking: English Breakfast

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2010
Business Observer 03.25.10

Anchor Homes, Gibraltar Homes and John Cannon Homes have finalized designs for The Forest at Hi Hat Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
A ravaged mangrove forest on Greer Island, killed by ocean water washing over the eroded shoreline.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • November 28, 2017
Longboat commissioners seek north end protection

The Town Commission approved the town's pursuit of permitting for five rock groins on the north end of the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 3, 2013
Hymn for Her wrap up successful Kickstarter campaign

The Sarasota duo recently released its third album, Lucy and Wayne's Smokin' Flames

  • Arts + Culture
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