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Braden River junior Jada Phillips is committed to LSU for softball.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 14, 2023
Pirates junior handles the heavy lifting of being a multi-sport athlete

Braden River High student Jada Phillips is committed to LSU for softball while also competing in Olympic weightlifting and track and field.

  • East County
  • Sports
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  • By Nicole Thompson |
  • August 5, 2015
Sarasota Happy Hour Guide: Life after Darwin's

Sarasota Happy Hour Guide: Life after Darwin's

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 23, 2022
East County weather page photo: June 23

Gordon Silver captured this brave white ibis walking past an alligator near the Lake Club in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Brennan Asplen came to Sarasota County Schools in 2020.
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • December 7, 2022
Longboat commission refrains from involvement in Asplen firing

The town commissioners' discussions centered on concern for appearing partisan in their decision when their goal is the opposite.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 26, 2013
Subcommittee debates places to store boats

A subcommittee believes boats and trailers should be confined to side yards and backyards, out of sight.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2022
Three sent to hospital after early morning Sarasota crash on Interstate 75

Truck collides with sedan near Bee Ridge Road, FHP reports.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 21, 2022
Braden River High students host 'Night of Magic' cabaret show

The student-led cabaret show dazzles the crowd with a little magic.

  • East County
  • Schools
Built in 1995, Unit 26A has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,564 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 7, 2022
Top residential real estate sales for Nov. 21-25 on Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Bird Key

A unit at Regent Place was the top seller of the week at $4.55 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 5, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: People and their dogs

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Stevie Freeman Montes, city of Sarasota sustainability manager, and Caleb Jameson
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • August 16, 2019
Teen's Sarasota beach project thinks inside the box

Caleb Jameson has been creating Turtle Safe Toy Boxes for just over a year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
One of Lorraine Robertson's passions is playing the piano. (Photo by Jay Heater)
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 21, 2022
Far more to come in this Lakewood Ranch story

Staying busy, 87-year-old Lorraine Robertson wrote and released a book, "The Saga of a Holistic Physician," between bridge group, painting sessions and piano recitals.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Coldwell Banker Staff |
  • June 2, 2022
Luxury Specialist Roger Pettingell Offers Insight and Advantages to Clients in Sarasota’s Competitive Real Estate Market

Sarasota real estate has never been in greater demand.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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Willis Smith executives Dave Sessions and John LaCivita with Howard Tibbals at the groundbreaking of the Ringling Museum Tibbals Circus Museum in 2003.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 31, 2022
Willis Smith celebrates 50 years of impact in the Sarasota and Manatee counties region

Mote, Ringling and schools projects highlight the Lakewood Ranch company's resume.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 9

Jenelle Alber captured this white ibis walking in the waves along Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 2, 2022
We should be alarmed

As we watch the death and destruction in Ukraine, Putin’s invasion should wake us up to the decline in the strength and readiness of the United States.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Shannon Boyce, 15, is the youngest hockey referee at Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex, and one of just six female officials in Florida. (Photo by Ryan Kohn.)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 14, 2022
Lakewood Ranch teen is one of six female youth hockey officials in Florida

Shannon Boyce, 15, is the youngest official refereeing at Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • March 12, 2020
Sarasota school district asking for student technology needs in case of closure

District officials are collecting information who may need a laptop or hotspot in the event of a coronavirus-related closure.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Cynthia Saunders, the superintendent of the School District of Manatee County, thanks Ted Lindenberg, the director of the Books for Kids program, for all he's done to support Manatee County students.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 25, 2022
Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch's Books for Kids program hopes to expand

Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch's Books for Kids program nears 100,000 books distributed.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 4, 2020
A wake-up call for LBK

A real estate expert thinks the decline in property values in the Sarasota County portion of Longboat Key is a one-off aberration. Town leaders should see it as a threat to be addressed.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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