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Sarasota Crew members rowed with all their might during the remaining seconds of their 2010 ergathon.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • February 1, 2011
Sarasota Crew attempting Guinness records

Sarasota Crew hopes to snag three world records this Saturday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The cover of the Sept. 13, 2001 issue of the Longboat Observer.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2013
Our view: 9/11: 2,977 + 4

Perhaps it's good that Sept. 11, 2001, continues to evoke emotions of sadness, anger and a sickness in our stomachs. We are not forgetting. Those who witnessed it never will.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Gavin Klein, teacher Andrea Gonzalez and Rebekah Spiegelman enjoyed their trip to Guatemala.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 4, 2012
Students spend spring break in Guatemala

Wakeland students Gavin Klein and Rebekah Spiegelman visited students attending Wakeland's sister school, Chiquic Elementary.

  • East County
  • News
Traffic has reopened at Main Street and Pine Place following the instillation of a brick crosswalk, part of Main Street improvement efforts.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 12, 2013
Brick crosswalk installed at Main and Pine

Main Street construction continues as crews prepare to remove sidewalk and curbs along a new segment of the street this week.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • June 16, 2010
OBSERVED: In honor of Dad and his drawer

Growing up, I must have come to my dad with hundreds of broken toys, shoelaces and scraped knees. And every time, he knew just how to fix them. That's just what dads do.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Front row: Jack Murray, India Hirschowitz and John Angsten; back row: Rachel Shapiro, Alaija Pitts and Timeria Miller
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 2, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Salute to Seuss

If he were alive today, Dr. Seuss would be 107 years old! Students at Bay Haven School of Basics-Plus got all dolled up as "The Cat in the Hat" in honor of National Read Across America Day.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 14, 2009
Real Estate Reports

Real Estate Reports

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 8, 2016
Beach Road on the path to legal battles

A couple accuses the Siesta Key-based Reopen Beach Road campaign of spreading misinformation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 11, 2016
Longboat Key honors its veterans

The Longboat Key Rotary Club’s third annual Veterans Day Parade brought 150 veterans together for an afternoon of patriotism.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 1, 2010
Buchanan proposes freeze on drilling permits

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan is asking other legislators to place a moratorium on all deepwater drilling permits for new and existing oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • East County
  • News
Paddlers can enter the 12-mile Hyper Hawaii Endurance Challenge or the 3-mile fun paddle.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • March 18, 2013
Paddle boarders gear up for Siesta Key Classic

The inaugural Siesta Key Classic Paddle competitions will take place starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 20.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
A condominium in Condominium on the Bay recently sold for $1,625,000. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 2,930 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $518,000 in 1997.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 13, 2018
Condominium on the Bay condo sells for $1,625,000

Residential real estate for Nov. 26-30.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
This home in Harbor Acres recently sold for $3,925,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 27, 2017
Harbor Acres home sells for $3,925,000

Residential real estate transactions for July 10-14.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Nine-month–old Billy Herb appeared quite impressed with the "Best of Show Award" given to his parents, Bill and Leslie, during Siesta Fiesta.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • May 2, 2013
MOMENTS IN TIME

The Observer takes a look back at this week in Sarasota's history.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • June 1, 2016
Manatee County School Board approves Parrish purchase

District will spend $2.3 million on 48-acres to be home of a new high school.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Donna Swan |
  • September 9, 2009
Deal us in: Don't depend on probabilities

The key to today's game lies with South's play of the club suit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 11, 2010
East County kids perform with All-State Chorus

Three East County elementary school children performed at the Florida Music Educators Conference Jan. 8 in Tampa.

  • East County
  • Schools
dessertcocktails
  • By Matthew Serrano |
  • August 19, 2015
Creekside Drinks: Dessert cocktails

Creekside Drinks: Dessert cocktails

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Two home burglaries were reported Sept. 25 and are not related to recent car burglaries.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 2, 2015
Two Key residential burglaries reported

Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming said the burglaries aren’t linked to the recent car theft and car burglary suspects.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Mall at University Town Center named Kimberly Dominguez, fourth from left, as its marketing and sponsorship director.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 6, 2014
The Mall at University Town Center names executive director

Lakewood Ranch resident and marketing executive Kimberly Dominguez has been named marketing and sponsorship director for The Mall at University Town Center.

  • East County
  • News
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