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Nathan Benderson Park will host the 2022 and 2023 USRowing Masters National Championships. (Photo by Nat Kaemmerer)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 5, 2022
Benderson Park awarded USRowing Masters Nationals

The championships will be coming to the park in 2022 and 2023.

  • East County
  • Sports
Emergency services respond to the scene of Longboat's latest gas line break.
  • By Eric Garwood and Sten Spinella |
  • July 24, 2019
Longboat Key road reopens after repair of gas line break

Town officials plan to meet Friday, July 26, to discuss third closure of Gulf of Mexico Drive since late June.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Trenton Huffman, a student at R. Dan Nolan Middle School, works on a tablet while sitting at one of the tables in the media center.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 4, 2022
Manatee modernizes school media centers

The School District of Manatee County is well into a library transformation project in all its schools.

  • East County
  • Schools
Firefighter Paramedic Tirso Guerrero demonstrates CPR.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • January 22, 2019
Fire department offers life-saving training

More than 2,000 have taken the CPR class

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2015
Everyone knows U.S. and Western governments won’t stop the Islamic jihadists

Islamic states and jihadists who attack and murder Westerners and other disbelievers are motivated to do so by their religion, Islam. Everyone paying attention knows this (including those pretending not to).

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 20, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Peace!

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Artist Erin Ernst created a sculpture of giant cigarette butts in the sand to help raise awareness. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 13, 2022
Longboat Key sets sights on its own smoking ban

When commissioners return in September, a proposal for parks and beaches is expected to be waiting for them.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Gulf Coast Community Foundation leaders hope the playbook will encourage and inform residents and policymakers on how to improve water quality.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • March 10, 2021
Foundation creates playbook to improve water quality

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation created a playbook that highlights 43 activities that could keep Sarasota’s waterways clean and healthy.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Esteban Benjoud. (Photo by Ryan Kohn.)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 15, 2022
East County Athlete of the Week: Esteban Benjoud

The Braden River High freshman had four points in his first varsity game Nov. 8, helping the Pirates to a 6-0 win over Bayshore High.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sloane Ziegler, 4, works with blocks that help her learn additives of 10. Brynn Mechem
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • September 30, 2020
Montessori school opens on Main Street

Kathy Lindaman started the school in First Baptist Church to help families have another option during COVID-19.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
The Swim City store at Tamiami Trail and First Street has been plagued by roundabout construction for more than a year. (Photo by Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 27, 2022
Roundabout construction limits access to Tamiami Trail business

The owners of Swim City on Tamiami Trail say the construction has cost them nearly 30% in sales in recent months. Detours, street closures and a closed crosswalk will continue until fall.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 27, 2022
Sarasota County School Board District 4: Robyn Marinelli

Meet the candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2022
Sarasota weather page photo: April 14

Diane Suner captured this photo of a white egret on the shoreline on Lido Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Centre Shops of Longboat Key is located in the 5300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 20, 2013
Chamber seeks volunteers for move

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce is preparing for a Jan. 2 move into the Centre Shops.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Initial site work at Town Center Green started in April and is scheduled to finish in late summer.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 11, 2020
Longboat begins looking at what's next for Town Center Green

Initial site work at Town Center Green began in April and is scheduled to finish in late summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ray Taranto and Bryan Veith are helping put together The Junior Tour Powered by Under Armour.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 15, 2020
New national junior golf tour has events in East County

The Junior Tour, sponsored by Under Armour, will have three coed age divisions.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • July 19, 2016
Film review: 'The Innocents'

'The Innocents' questions faith in horrific circumstances.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • June 18, 2021
SCAT to resume collecting fares

Fare collection, which has been suspended due to COVID-19, will resume July 6.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2009
Birds of a feather ...

This black swan, Rosie, was brought to Save Our Seabirds last Saturday, not because of a broken wing, but because of a broken heart.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Riverview sophomore Jayson Evans is in second place on the school's 100- and 200-meter dash lists, primed to break both of them soon.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 31, 2022
Prose and Kohn: Riverview sophomore sprints into school's record books

Plus, a look at how other track and field athletes in the area are doing.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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