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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 4, 2020
LBO Cops Corner: Same bay, wrong Bayfront?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 27, 2016
What’s the best path?

Put aside the candidates’ sins and flaws. Think instead about the best path forward to lighten the next generations’ debt burden and improve their standard of living.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • September 16, 2020
Longboat Key man's sailboat washes ashore

Mark Sternal had recently purchased the boat in Punta Gorda.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The home on Gulfside Road was Built in 2010. It has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 4,201 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 28, 2021
Gulfside Road home sells for $6.3 million

Sleepy Lagoon property is the top seller in the Longboat Key area for Nov. 15-19.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Kristen Pace |
  • April 10, 2012
Belles of the Shell: Tequila Tasting and Oysters

Belles of the Shell: Tequila Tasting and Oysters

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
K-9 department dog Ron, and his handler, Jerod Wolfe , prepare to get onto the helicopter for transport during a training exercise Aug. 20.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 20, 2019
Manatee County Sheriff's Office conducts K-9, aviation training in Bradenton

Manatee County Sheriff conducts K-9, aviation training in Bradenton

  • East County
  • News
Linda Holland still lives in the 1926 historic home she moved into in 1980, when she came to Sarasota.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • February 14, 2013
Election: Neighborhood leader wants to bring two sides together

On the North Trail, Linda Holland wants to bridge differences between residents concerned with change and developers who want to redevelop the corridor.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The community center was designed by Victor Lundy, a leader in the Sarasota School of Architecture style of post-war modern design. It was built in 1956.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • June 24, 2021
Historic South Gate property could be turned over to county

South Gate residents will vote on whether to sell the community center to the county.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kali Reis.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 12, 2020
East County Athlete of the Week: Kali Reis

The Lakewood Ranch senior shortstop is expected to have a big 2020 season.

  • East County
  • Sports
New Longboat police officer John Michael Bobianski with Police Chief Pete Cumming
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • October 8, 2018
Longboat hires part-time police officer

New cop adds veteran presence.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
At $5.1 million, the development sold for more than 10 percent above the original asking price. Image courtesy Ian Black Real Estate).
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • July 27, 2017
Sarasota development sells for $5.1 million

Sale underscores demand for mulitfamily housing in the area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rosedale's Hal Ross is a former Canadian toy industry executive who now will concentrate on writing suspense novels.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 5, 2020
Nothing fictional about Bradenton writer's goals

Former Canadian toy industry executive enjoying life as an author in Bradenton.

  • East County
  • Opinion
A rendering of exterior renovations at Payne Park Auditorium proposed by The Players Centre for Performing Arts.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 23, 2023
The Players finds a home at Payne Park Auditorium

Sarasota city commissioners authorize staff to craft a lease agreement with The Players Centre for Performing Arts, which hasn't had a permanent home for seven years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Clayton Dees (5) will enter his second year as a starting quarterback as a senior for Lakewood Ranch in 2023.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 2, 2023
Top 10 East County athletes to watch in 2023

These athletes combine experience and talent to find success in their respective sports.

  • East County
  • Sports
Nobody's Listening, a copper sculpture by New College of Florida art professor Jack Cartlidge, has been at City Hall since it was commissioned in 1967.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 2, 2023
City of Sarasota publishes proposed Public Art Plan 2030

The 100-page plan lays out the city's strategy for expanding its public art collection over the next seven years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2022
East County weather page photo: August 25

Laura Beck took a photo of this hibiscus in bloom in The Isles in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Karen Holbrook, the regional chancellor of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, and Cynthia Saunders, the superintendent of the School District of Manatee County, can't wait to see the completed Aviation Maintenance Technician School.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 1, 2023
Aviation Maintenance Technician School ready for takeoff at SRQ

Manatee Technical College and Suncoast Technical College, among other partners, celebrate the groundbreaking of the new aviation school that will offer hands-on opportunities for students.

  • East County
  • Schools
Ballroom dancing instructor Colton Gannon leads Dynasty Stars Program dancers, including Bryanna Schmidt (back right) and Sophia Slaughter (front right) in the tango.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 4, 2019
Lakewood Ranch dance studio makes dancers stars

Ballroom dance program for special needs kids and young adults opens in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2022
East County weather page photo: September 29

Gordon Silver took the photo of these pileated woodpeckers along White Eagle Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Work progresses on the St. Regis hotel building on Longboat Key. (Eric Garwood)
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 4, 2022
Podiums key to St. Regis buildings' vertical construction

Work crews build key structural elements, begin pouring roofs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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