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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 7, 2009
Freshmen trio propels Pirate team

Madison Daunt, Bridget Lanier and Kristie Affolter have been pegged to lead this year's Braden River girls cross country team.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2011
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Drug-monitoring program

Readers respond to Gov. Rick Scott's decision to repeal the prescription drug monitoring program.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 21, 2010
Manatee East dominates district All-Star tourney

Manatee East Little League captured District 26 titles in the 9-10, 10-11 and 11-12 age divisions.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Michael Eng |
  • September 7, 2011
9/11: Reflections on a day that changed the world

Up until last week, I had not watched any 9/11 footage in 10 years. The day - that day - was so tragic, so terrifying, so life-altering that I simply could not bring myself to relive it.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Keely Carney |
  • February 1, 2012
Elijah Wood Comes to Town

Elijah Wood Comes to Town

  • Arts + Culture
"I'm one of the luckiest people you'll ever meet," Chic Silber says of his long career in show business. "I've had a lot of strange and wonderful opportunities."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 1, 2012
Chic Silber: Broadway's stage sage

Far away from the lights of Broadway, Sarasota theater engineer Chic Silber builds special effects and intricate props for some of world's most famous stage productions.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By April Doner |
  • June 4, 2012
"Summer Nights" swapping: a shift toward abundance?

"Summer Nights" swapping: a shift toward abundance?

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 19, 2012
Longboat: the virtual reality

This town is a quiet, peaceful paradise, right? Maybe not to longtime residents, but it plays its role well in cyberspace.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 6, 2013
Our View: Economics of blackmail

For all those Tea Partyers chafing over Gov. Rick Scott's switcheroo to accept Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid spending in the state, sometimes you just have to take ipecac.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By April Doner |
  • May 31, 2012
Neighborhood love story: A re-beginning

Neighborhood love story: A re-beginning

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Titus Letschert and Betsie Coolidge
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 23, 2011
Cafe L'Europe owner's charm flavored restaurants

Titus Letschert died Friday, Feb. 18 at the age of 67.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pamela Letts |
  • September 9, 2009
My View

Health care system needs an overhaul

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Keely Carney |
  • January 15, 2012
Places: Pastry Art

Places: Pastry Art

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
"I just picked America; Sarasota picked me," David Smash says. "If other guys from Oklahoma or Alaska wrote to me on Facebook, I’d probably be living there."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 16, 2012
David Smash: A Smash Hit

David Smash is singing the blues and living the American dream. This is the story of how Sarasota's hot new rock 'n' roll front man went from playing 'Lithuania's Got Talent' to clubs in Southside Village.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • July 22, 2009
Chief of stunts

Sarasota firefighter and Hollywood stuntman Craig Clarke makes a case for high-speed car chases and special effects. 'Safety is paramount,' he says.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • May 20, 2010
My View: Euro-disaster worse than oil spill

We seem more willing to learn from the Gulf oil spill than from the unfolding Euro-socialist disaster. Perhaps it is the Ostrich syndrome.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 8, 2009
Freshman Mustang goes the distance

Kristin Zarrella qualified for her fifth trip to the Junior Olympics after winning the 1,500- and 3,000-meter dashes at the Amateur Athletic Union State Finals at the University of Florida.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 6, 2010
Workers ask county to save their jobs

The McLeod family has been involved in a decade-long dispute with the county about its business operations on Clark Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
District 1 Commissioner-Elect Lynn Larson gets the news that she beat Mayor Lee Rothenberg.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 25, 2010
TOP STORY, MARCH: Brenner, Larson win

Newcomers David Brenner and Lynn Larson won Town Commission seats Tuesday, while incumbent Hal Lenobel squeaked out a 94-vote win.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 1, 2009
YMCA swim team makes waves

With 120 members, the Lakewood Ranch YMCA swim team has nearly tripled in size since the team first formed in 2004.

  • East County
  • Sports
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