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Blues Pig at the Lawn Party in 2012. File photo.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 1, 2021
Blues Pig nears 25 years of performing around Longboat Key

Steve Mislyan, a former Longboat Key police captain, heads the blues band and has since 1997.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Two meetings of the Town Commission and Planning and Zoning Board will take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 18, 2010
Town to discuss sign code

The Town Commission and the Planning and Zoning Board will hold meetings Tuesday to discuss the Comprehensive Plan amendments and its sign code.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office vehicles drive about 7 million miles a year, according to Sheriff Kurt Hoffman. (File photo)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 12, 2022
Rising fuel, ammunition costs lead to spike in Sheriff's Office proposed budget

Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman cites escalating costs of essentials in part for a 14% preliminary budget increase and calls curbing patrol and firearm training unacceptable.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Matthew Good has take over this month as the managing broker for Premier Sotheby's International Realty in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 8, 2022
Longtime Realtor still values human element

Matthew Good is taking over this month as the managing broker for Premier Sotheby's International Realty in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The Concession Golf Club's director of instruction, Joe Ostrowski, was named one of Golf Digest's 160 Best Young Teachers in America for 2023-2024.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 14, 2023
Concession director named a Best Young Teacher in America by Golf Digest

Joe Ostrowski previously received the honor from 2018-2022.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Lori Boyd, Marketing Director of Lakewood Ranch Medical Center |
  • November 10, 2022
Parrish Resident Enjoying Life, Thanks to Successful Neck Surgery

Patient Credits Dr. Sundberg for Feeling Well Again

  • Health
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2019
Sarasota weather page photo: July 11

Jeannie Sparks spots a bee hard at work at Celery Fields.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Many businesses, such as Wawa, have racks inside with the East County Observer.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 9, 2022
Racking our brains to deliver the paper in Lakewood Ranch area

The East County Observer seeks more outlets, and better online service to make the newspaper available.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 1, 2019
Letters to the Editor: Readers go round and round about St. Armands speed humps

Road changes are designed to slow traffic around pedestrians.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Workers were building the framework for the Winter Festival skating rink on Monday. (Eric Garwood)
  • By Andrew Warfield and Lauren Tronstad |
  • November 16, 2022
St. Armands Winter Fest moves toward Friday opening despite quarrel

Organizers tout the six-week event as a boon to the community while traffic and prices concern others.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 2, 2022
Pet owners paws for weekend festival

Dogs take center stage at Get Your Mutt Movin' dog walk and expo.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May is accepting “higher and better” offers that may come forth before an auction scheduled for 2 p.m. June 19 in his Tampa courtroom.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 13, 2014
Colony Lender's attempt to delay auction fails

A motion to delay the auction of a bankrupt estate was denied by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May on Thursday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In October, the firefighter association  took second place in Morton’s Firehouse Chili Cook-Off.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 1, 2017
Longboat firefighters ready to tee up

On Nov. 18, the Longboat Key Firefighters Association will host its first golf classic.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sean Laureano used the three years between his first Puerto Rico team tryout and the 2022 championships to improve his game and earn a sport on the U21 team alongside his brother Christian Laureano.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 26, 2022
Cardinal Mooney High School brothers represent Puerto Rico in the Lacrosse U21 World Championship

East County's Christian and Sean Laureano will play in the lacrosse world championships Aug. 10-20 in Limerick, Ireland.

  • East County
  • Sports
Phillip Broomhead works with Sarasota Ballet Summer Intensive students. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 23, 2017
Phillip Broomhead joins guest faculty at Sarasota Ballet Summer Intensive

The former Royal Ballet principal shares his approach to teaching young dancers.

  • Arts + Culture
Pamela Gibson. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 1, 2020
Manatee County librarian finishes final chapter

East County's Pamela Gibson retires from Manatee County's library system.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 4, 2022
Sarasota Memorial Hospital names health care industry veteran as new CFO

Jeff Limbocker will succeed the retiring William Woeltjen as chief financial officer of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System in October.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Friends of the Lakewood Ranch Library |
  • April 5, 2023
Libraries are for Everyone!

A new library is coming to Lakewood Ranch!

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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Monaca Onstad finished her run as community relations director for Lakewood Ranch Communities Feb. 25 and will now open her own business.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 11, 2022
Award-winning Lakewood Ranch lifestyles director leaves post to open new company

Monaca Onstad leaves Lakewood Ranch community relations post with SMR to open new lifestyles company.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 14, 2021
Sarasota man gets five months in jail for anti-Semitic graffiti

Arrest dates back to incidents from April and July 2020.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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