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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 5, 2014
Shuffler seeks East County players

The Rev. John Brown wants to build a covered shuffleboard court in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Dick and Cornelia Matson with Aunt Charlotte
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 30, 2014
Champagne and candles

Charlotte Zwick celebrates her 105th birthday in style.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Selby Botanical Gardens, where State Sen. Nancy Detert was recently honored for her part in a $.5 million appropriation to  the Gardens.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2015
WHAT'S HAPPENING | Week of Oct. 22 2015

Check out this rundown of the week's hottest stories.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Dora Walters |
  • October 14, 2009
Terry Griffin revisits his past in state politics

Terry Griffin reminisced about his 41 years in Republican politics in Florida at the Republican Club of Longboat Key's first meeting of the season held Oct. 9, at The Chart House.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mary Miller is a member of the Longboat Key Garden Club and supports many causes in the area.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 16, 2011
Neighbors: Mary Miller

This lifetime learner makes time to support her favorite causes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight says the Sheriff's Office is concentrating on efforts that affect residents and business owners the most. File photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2012
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office: Crime down in 2012 so far

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office reports major crimes are down for the first six months of 2012.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The entrance sign to Summerfield Crest was destroyed some time the evening of Wednesday, March 27.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 3, 2013
Update: Neighborhood sign destroyed

The monument sign leading into the neighborhood of Summerfield Crest, in Lakewood Ranch, will be replaced. The new sign will cost $4,000 to $6,000.

  • East County
  • News
Courage, named by Nate's Honor Animal Rescue, did not interact when the rescue first received him last Wednesday. However he is recovering and beginning to wag his tail and respond to volunteers. Courtesy photo.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • August 26, 2015
East County rescue receives former fight dog

The 1.5-year old mixed breed was found covered in bites and filed-down teeth.

  • East County
  • News
Dr. Kumar Mahadevan is CEO of Mote Marine Laboratory.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 14, 2011
Mote to hold conference on oil-spill aftermath

'Beyond Horizon' will focus on needed protections for the Gulf following the Deepwater Horizon spill.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • April 30, 2009
Dance Review

'The Trilogy: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 15, 2009
Five more cars burglarized in Ranch

According to sheriff's office reports, sometime overnight on Oct. 13-14, unknown suspect(s) entered five vehicles on Winding Woods Way and Yellowtop Drive.

  • East County
  • News
The condo at 435 L’Ambiance Drive has two bedrooms, two and two half baths and 2,634 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 21, 2015
L’Ambiance condo sells for $1.9 million.

The condo at 435 L’Ambiance Drive has two bedrooms, two and two half baths and 2,634 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 23, 2013
Cell Phones for Soldiers opens new lines of communication

The Jacobites Pipe Band has partnered with area churches to collect cell phones for active-duty military members, as part of the national non-profit organization, Cell Phones for Soldiers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mote's Seahorse Conservation Laboratory raises lined seahorses, as well as pygmy seahorses.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2011
Mote's seahorses shipped all around the U.S.

Mote's Seahorse Conservation Laboratory has now shipped seahorse to 50 zoos and aquariums around the country.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 7, 2010
OBITUARY: Dan Lee Baumann

Dan Lee Baumann, 58, of Sarasota, was assistant manager at the Longboat Key 7-Eleven.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2011
Cops Corner

Theft. An elderly man forgot his hearing aids by the swimming pool. When he realized he no longer had them, he went back to the pool, but the hearing aids were gone.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
80 years and still soaring

Whitney Beach resident John Crimaldi recently got a surprise for his 80th birthday when his family and his best friend, R.J. Holland, and Holland's wife paid him a surprise visit.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2012
Our View: 'Education is a shambles'

It doesn't matter how much Florida Gov. Rick Scott sticks to his election campaign promises - making Florida the top state for business in America; accountability at every level of state government; lower taxes; lower cost of government; fewer regulations that irrationally inhibit economic growth.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2011
News Briefs

Ranch Humane Society to host family festival Ranch announces increases in lot prices Lakewood Reps to host July luncheon

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2011
Longboat Key Fire Rescue honors two of its members

The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department honored two employees recently for their service to the community.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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