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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 16, 2011
My bracket is ready ... Is yours?

There are perhaps no two words that unite sports fans more than "March Madness."

  • East County
  • Sports
Running back McKenzie Hathaway rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns against rival Braden River Sept. 2. On Sept. 23, Hathaway scored a 22-yard touchdown to lead Lakewood Ranch past Boca Ciega.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 28, 2011
Ranch's Hathaway runs wild

The Mustang running back has rushed for nearly 400 yards and four touchdowns through four games this season and is well on his way to reaching his goal of 1,000 yards rushing for the season.

  • East County
  • Sports
Roger Pettingell, sales associate for Coldwell Banker's Longboat Key office, achieved $40.5 million in sales volume in 2010 and was named the top Coldwell associate in Florida.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 26, 2011
Pettingell takes top sales honors in 2010

The Coldwell Banker agent was the company's top Florida agent and the top MLS agent in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Marshall Kottler and Joe Martin opened Mexicali's third location in November.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 15, 2014
Doing Business: Mexicali Border Cafe

Mexicali Border Cafe opened its third location, at 7303 52nd Place E., in November.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • July 28, 2010
GALLERY AROUND THE CORNER: Selby Gallery

Selby Gallery is unlike a commercial gallery - it acts as a teaching gallery on the campus of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Arts + Culture
Baritone Lee Poulis, as Zurga, and tenor Heath Huberg, as Nadir, in Sarasota Opera's 2013 production of "The Pearl Fishers." Photo by Rod Millington.
  • By June LeBell |
  • February 20, 2013
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'The Pearl Fishers'

"The Pearl Fishers," written by Bizet when he was almost 25, is the 19th century's answer to what would become silent movies: not much plot, lots of histrionics and a definite demand on audiences to suspend their disbelief.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2011
Mote's replica takes a bite out of extinct shark

If you're looking for some giant pearly whites for your next photo-op, check out Mote Marine Aquarium's new replica of a megalodon shark jaw.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Out-of-Door Academy boys soccer team defeated Sarasota Military Academy 3-0 Jan. 9.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 16, 2014
High five moments of the week

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Members of the Pine Shores Presbyterian Church Youth Group are celebrating national recognition for helping All Faiths Food Bank. Courtesy Photo.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 1, 2012
Pine Shores youth group collects record donations

The Pine Shores Presbyterian Youth Group raised $17,432 and collected 2,365 cans of soup - more than any other Presbyterian church in the country - on Super Bowl Sunday.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
This home at 1570 Harbour Cay Lane has five bedrooms, six and a half baths, a pool and 5,918 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.65 million. Photo courtesy of Cheryl Loeffler
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 29, 2015
Bay Isles home sells for $3.65 million

A home in Bay Isles tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Andre and Jean Butterfield, of Harrogate, England, sold their home at 1570 Harbor Cay Lane to Phineas and Sara Demink, of Bemus Point, N.Y., for $3.65 million.

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  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 28, 2010
Save Our Seabirds director on standby for oil spill relief

Lee Fox will coordinate local wildlife rescue efforts if oil spreads toward Florida waters.

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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 19, 2015
Redistricting could cost county $250,000

Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent has asked for an additional $250,000 in the coming fiscal year to notify voters of changes to congressional and Florida Legislature districts.

  • Sarasota
  • News
New College of Florida Spanish-speaking docents Sarah Scully and Yates Gibson describe a large portrait in the "Behind Closed Doors" exhibit at the Ringling Museum of Art.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • November 12, 2014
Ringling Museum speaks language of exhibition

'Behind Closed Doors' offers an intimate peek into the lives of Spanish-American colonists - including how they spoke.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 5, 2013
Obituary: John Hopson Nisbet

John Hopson Nisbet, 86, of Longboat Key, died Jan. 29.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2009
Hunter charged with DUI manslaughter

The charge comes seven months after the former Braden River High School coach was in an accident that killed his friend and assistant coach Doug Garrity.

  • East County
  • Schools
Gloria Jara-Macias and Alondra Martinez remind girls to walk with their pedometers. (Photo courtesy of Girls Inc.)
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 13, 2014
Girls Inc. launches Step It Up Challenge

The challenge encourages girls and their families to work on a simple but effective goal of taking more steps daily.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has started planning a new facility that would include fleet maintenance.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 7, 2013
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office to present facility study

Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight Tuesday will present a study to county commissioners Tuesday, Jan. 8, that calls for the agency to double its facility space.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 28, 2012
Extra Innings to host Spring Break camp

Extra Innings will host an indoor comprehensive spring clinic from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. March 12-16 at the facility, 717 Cattleman Road, Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Sports
Marion Cotillard
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • February 23, 2015
Film Review 'Two Days, One Night'

This is a film review of "Two Days, One Night" starring Marion Cotillard.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Sarasota County Commissioners Christine Robinson (left), Carolyn Mason (center) and Charles Hines.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • April 22, 2014
Shelter talks set to continue

The Sarasota City Commission will meet with county commissioners Tuesday to discuss the results of study evaluating the primary option for a downtown homeless shelter.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
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