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Courtesy photo. Friends and family were aboard for the ribbon cutting ceremony for TNT Freedom Fishing Charters.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • July 27, 2015
TNT Freedom Fishing Charters launches

A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new business took place on Friday, July 24th.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • January 26, 2017
YourTown 01.26.17

Blase Cafe celebrates 20 years and St. Boniface welcomes its new choir director.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 8, 2017
Library closes chapter on season

Volunteers gathered at The Chart House for lunch on April 8.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jack Short |
  • December 4, 2015
Commission chooses new chair, vice chair

Alan Maio assumed the crucial role for the upcoming year, and hopes to follow former Chairwoman Carolyn Mason's example.

  • Sarasota
  • News
CDD 1 supervisors hope friends of the boys who died will place flowers and other memorabilia at an alternative site.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 18, 2015
Lakewood Ranch CDD 1 has new plan for memorial site

Supervisors hope a bench can serve as a new, safer memorial location.

  • East County
  • News
That’s a sexy Fisher Island Club peacock, not a Longbeach Village peacock.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 30, 2015
Longboat Key: Bringing sexy back?

The New York Post says Longboat Key is one of Florida’s five sexiest, secluded off-shore islands.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The firm founded by world-famous economist Arthur Laffer will study development policies in Sarasota County.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 27, 2013
County hires famed economist's firm for study

Laffer Associates signed a $90,000 contract Aug. 20, to study fiscal neutrality in Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • April 8, 2026
New volunteer board members picked by Town Commission

Four vacancies on three boards were filled by Longboat Key Town Commission.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • September 27, 2012
A day in the life of the homeless -- Part One

A day in the life of the homeless -- Part One

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Rachel Ghormley, the new owner of Euphemia Haye with husband Jason, said they were glad to save the 50-year-old restaurant that holds special sentimental meaning for her family.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • June 6, 2025
New owners of Euphemia Haye excited to save 50-year-old restaurant

Preserving and celebrating this Longboat Key staple is personal for Rachel Ghormley's family.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Dr. Magdi El Shahawy gives his acceptance speech at the Sarasota High School Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Oct. 26 at Michael's on East. He's spent over 30 years working in athletic administration, with stints at Florida State, Michigan State, USC, Georgia and, currently, San Diego.
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • October 30, 2025
Former defensive lineman leads group of stars into SHS Hall of Fame

Sarasota High School 1986 graduate Magdi El Shahawy has served as the University of San Diego's associate athletic director for academics after taking time off for family.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Hazan
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2013
In Memoriam

Longboat Key said goodbye over the summer to many citizens, past and present, who made a difference in their communities. Here, we remember the lives they lived.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unicorp filed a new plan for the Colony property with the town in late July 2017.
  • By John McGuire |
  • August 2, 2017
New plan for Colony property on Longboat Key meets resistance

Preserve Longboat members, Tencon residents take issue with the scaled-down plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Students at William H. Bashaw Elementary School planted a new garden last week with the help from Supervisor of Student Nutrition Skye Grundy (left), EBD self-contain teacher Ms. Bratton, EarthBox representative Will Carlton and Principal James Dougherty.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • January 22, 2025
Bashaw Elementary plants garden to further campus improvement project

The school garden will be used for cooking, math, science lessons — and lunch.

  • East County
  • Schools
Barb’s Korean-inspired bulgogi nachos tempt with won ton chips, bulgogi steak, chopped kimchee, jack cheese, pico de gallo, scallions and gochujang aioli served with guacamole.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 18, 2023
Remy’s on Main owners discuss food, Julia Child and their must-try dish

Their family recipe for success? Serving up all-American comfort food with a Korean flare in a thoroughly modern ambiance.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
The new Aldi store is located at 7214 University Parkway didn't open as expected on Thursday.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 7, 2022
Aldi makes its debut in Lakewood Ranch

The popular supermarket chain store had to clear a final Sarasota County inspection to open.

  • East County
  • News
Aubrey Bakar, an eighth grader at Carlos E. Haile Middle School, is excited to show at the Manatee County Fair for a second year. This year she's showing her pig, Gunner.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 4, 2020
This little piggy heads to the Manatee County Fair

East Bradenton FFA members thankful they can still show their livestock at the Manatee County Fair.

  • East County
  • News
Elizabeth Goldstein prefers making simple, low-fat foods at home. Photo by Loren Mayo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • May 30, 2012
Kitchen Classics: Elizabeth Goldstein

Conductor, organist, choir director, dancer, singer and Broadway actress Elizabeth Goldstein loves eating and cooking, and it shows in every way from the parties she gives to the foods she craves - except one: her figure.

  • Arts + Culture
Tyler Schroer will play lacrosse for the University of Detroit.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 1, 2010
Athletes ink college choices

Lakewood Ranch's Tyler Schroer and Ashley Reid and Braden River's Kristin Swindell signed national letters-of-intent.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 20, 2011
Who are the Clearwater Chargers?

The anchor tenants of Lakewood Ranch's new Premier Sports Campus come to the East County with a rich tradition of cultivating soccer stars.

  • East County
  • Sports
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