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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 21, 2010
Mustangs, Pirates advance to regionals

The Lakewood Ranch boys tennis team won the Class 3A-District 10 tournament April 14. The Pirate boys and Lady Mustangs both were runners-up.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • April 22, 2010
Young gardeners grow successful harvest

Students at Gulf Gate Elementary and Emma E. Booker Elementary are learning through the hands-on project of caring for their EarthBoxes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 14, 2010
Service with a Purpose

Seven members of Woodland, The Community Church, will be heading to Uganda July 18 to visit with orphans.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 7, 2010
Manatee district proposes tax increase

Superintendent Tim McGonegal said Manatee County won't be able to offer electives such as physical education and engineering without it.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 25, 2010
Hogle: Unlocked cars drive up crime stats

Police Chief Al Hogle said it's hard to deter burglars from targeting the area when residents continuously leave cars unlocked.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2010
Cops Corner

A man reported watching occupants on a 28-foot boat called the 'Scrappy T' run into a wooden dock on the other side of the canal. The accident caused extensive damage to the dock and an underground piling.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 5, 2010
Camps key to helping kids beat the heat

Longboat Key offers a variety of summer camps this season, from sports to marine-based camps, for kids of all ages.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • September 6, 2012
Cops Corner 9.06.12

Aug. 28 MORE VALUABLE THAN CASH 1 a.m. - 2500 block South Tamiami Trail. Burglary of a Structure. An unknown person broke into the office next to the bar at a local establishment. The suspect climbed through the window, and once inside, opened the door to the office and cut the large padlock on the safe. The suspect left the money in the safe, but removed a bottle of pinot noir from the storage room. The suspect drank half of the bottle and left the half-empty bottle.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

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  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
This Roberts Point home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,773 square feet of living area, sold for $854,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 19, 2012
Sandy Hook home sells for $2.7M

A home in Sandy Hook tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Kim and Olga Nielsen, of Tarzana, Calif., sold their home at 2 Sandy Hook Road to William and Georgia Weisberg, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for $2.7 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 25, 2012
Observed: The truth ... and nothing but

I'll never forget the night I told my parents I wanted to become a journalist.

  • East County
  • Opinion
"To me, it's how all music programs should be," Elizabeth Power says of the Perlman Music Program. "It might sound idealistic and altruistic, but why not support a model that’s developing human beings?"
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 21, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: Perlman 'power' house

Elizabeth Power is so passionate about her job that she rarely gets distracted by the fact that she gets to rub elbows every winter with Itzhak Perlman.

  • Arts + Culture
The parking areas and pedestrian walkways, shaded in purple, are scheduled to be improved at Turtle Beach, thanks to a County Commission vote Jan. 10.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 19, 2012
Turtle Beach vote split

Despite commissioners' concerns, the Siesta Key Association says it has had adequate involvement in plans for Turtle Beach improvements.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2012
News Briefs

Night planned for arts program; Foundation to host Parkinson symposium

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The municipal parking lot between Avenida Madera and Avenida de Mayo is one of two commercial lots on Siesta not linked to specific businesses.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • July 21, 2011
SKVA gets update on parking, housing rentals

A county code enforcement officer says Siesta Key property owners are charging drivers up to $20 a day to park illegally in residential areas. Some property owners are violating a county ordinance that supersedes a state law on short-term rentals.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

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  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 26, 2012
Maintenance Corp. ordinance set for hearing

The County Commission this week approved a Feb. 21 public hearing on a new Maintenance Corp. ordinance for the Village.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch running back McKenzie Hathaway rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns, helping lead the Mustangs to victory Sept. 2.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 7, 2011
Lakewood Ranch wins in a convincing fashion

Lakewood Ranch racked up 224 yards on the ground on its way to a 28-18 victory over rival Braden River Sept. 2.

  • East County
  • Sports
Juna Langeldyk, 5, enjoys the falling "snow" at Siesta Center during the 2010 Light Up the Village holiday festivities. File photo.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • November 23, 2011
Light Up the Village brings out families

The Village's biggest annual event kicks off the Siesta holiday season for children of all ages.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Read this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

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  • Sarasota
  • News
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