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  • By Dora Walters |
  • February 24, 2010
Pets unleash inner desires

For the Kibbles 'N' Nibbles event, proud pet owners brought their dogs and cats to meet an animal communicator.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Florida's men’s 50+ volleyball team. Photo courtesy Craig Wolfe
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2013
SIDELINES

Four Lakewood Ranch YMCA Wave Runners swimmers qualified for the YMCA Nationals.

  • East County
  • Sports
Third-grader Sophia Santiago helps second-grade teacher Heather Dachille demonstrate how to play the ‘ili’ili, or lava rocks.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • February 21, 2013
Teacher Spotlight: Heather Dachille

Every Wednesday afternoon, Southside Elementary second-grade teacher and Hawaii native Heather Dachille teaches students how to play Hawaiian instruments, count in Hawaiian and dance the hula.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The home at 730 Sarabay Road recently sold for $3.1 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 14, 2017
Sarabay Acres home sells for $3.1 million

Residential real estate transactions for Nov. 27-Dec. 1.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 17, 2015
WATCH: Richie Brasil

WATCH: Richie Brasil

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • November 11, 2009
Beth Israel Women prepare holiday bazaar

Beth Israel Women (BIW) are doing a major expansion of their Holiday Bazaar for 2009.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
BUSTED: This week in police reports: Thursday, March 12
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • November 20, 2014
Busted: This week in police reports — Thursday, Nov. 20

Busted: This week in police reports — Thursday, Nov. 20

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 8, 2012
iPhone app aids arrest for vehicle burglary

An iPhone was tracked to an apartment complex near Ashton Way and deputies began following a stolen vehicle that was making the exact movements as shown on the phone application.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Manatee Technical College Program Supervisor Greg McGrew says the possibilities for enrichment courses are "limitless."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 19, 2015
MTC aims to expand enrichment offerings

East County resident Greg McGrew wants the community's input as he develops programming.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2009
Cops Corner

A deputy who responded to a call about a box truck that backed into a ditch found the driver standing in the middle of the road, throwing his belongings to the ground 'for no apparent reason.'

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2009
Tank transport company relocates to Manatee

Hawaii Intermodal Tank Transport is relocating its headquarters from Newport Beach, California to Port Manatee Commerce Center.

  • East County
  • News
Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards announces Asolo Repertory Theatre's 2014-15 season.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 18, 2014
Asolo Repertory Theatre announces 2014-15 season

Asolo Rep will perform eight mainstage productions in the 2014-15 season in the same format of its current season.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A corrections sergeant discovered Bodner had agreed to supply an inmate with Oxycodone and Lorazepam during prearranged visits to the jail.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • January 9, 2012
Psychologist arrested for illegally providing pills to inmate

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested a Holli Bodner, 51, for providing controlled substances to an inmate at the Sarasota County Jail.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The home at 7611 Windy Hill Cove recently sold for $755,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 13, 2017
Country Club East home tops sales at $755,000

Residential real estate transactions for Nov. 27-Dec. 1.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • April 10, 2013
A mother's love story premieres at the Sarasota Film Festival

A mother's love story premieres at the Sarasota Film Festival

  • Arts + Culture
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
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: Beth Callans Management Corp.

11 Employees or More -- Winner

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sweet-flavored tobacco products, far left and far right, are packaged similarly to many candy products, center, with bright colors and sleek designs.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 30, 2011
County to clamp down on flavored tobacco

Calling the creation of candy-flavored tobacco 'reprehensible,' county commissioners pass a resolution to urge storeowners to take the products off of their shelves.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2013
News Briefs

Operation targets spring break activities

  • East County
  • News
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