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Karen Carpenter, Manatee County School Board chairwoman, and Superintendent Rick Mills took comments about the 2013-14 fiscal year budget at a public hearing today.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 29, 2013
Manatee school district to hire 85 teachers

The Manatee County School district will hire 85 additional teachers for the 2013-14 school year to match enrollment growth recorded in the first 10 days of the school year.

  • East County
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2017
Cops Corner: Sarasota 7.6.17

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2014
News Briefs

Key resident sells Seafood Shack properties; Town to transition to single-stream recycling

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Since the Oct. 10 accident, friends and family have placed flowers and photos in memorial.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 24, 2016
FHP cites alcohol in death of Lakewood Ranch teens

Florida Highway Patrol cites drinking, high speed as factors in fatal crash on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Melanie Mason |
  • May 30, 2013
Moments in time

According to an advertisement in the June 1, 1978, issue of the Pelican Press, Siesta Maintenance Painting offered full house painting for only $150.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Manatee County Animal Services hopes shelter dogs will find a forever home with a veteran, because of adoption specials offered Memorial Day through Labor Day.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 21, 2015
Animal Services salutes veterans with free adoptions

Manatee County Animal Services is offering free dog and puppy adoptions to military men and women and local law enforcement, Memorial Day through Labor Day.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 26, 2014
Natural inclination: Javier Rodriguez finds freedom in art

Natural inclination: Javier Rodriguez finds freedom in art

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 29, 2019
Milestones of our times

Often times, noteworthy historical events pass us by with little fanfare or recognition. Here are two that illustrate the richness of Longboat Key and one that's just plain fun.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Tre Gregory
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 23, 2014
High five moments of the week

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • February 21, 2018
Braden River Elementary students connect with pen pals in China

East County fifth-graders corresponded with students a world away.

  • East County
  • Schools
Commercial Art and Business Teacher at Braden River High School Casey Fabianski, 27, stands with his masterpiece — a 12 foot tall sandcastle that he sculpted in the center courtyard at the High School in light of Homecoming.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • November 3, 2016
Sand man turns Braden River courtyard into his castle

Teacher's specialty is just a day at the beach

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 10, 2012
Commission labels legislative priorities

The Longboat Key Town Commission has signed off on the following 2012-12 legislative priorities:

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Flooding closed the festival last weekend, Oct. 10 and 11.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 16, 2015
Hunsader Farms opens Pumpkin Festival this weekend

After last weekend's cancellation, the festival is back on track.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • August 15, 2018
A year of crime and tragedy tested Longboat Police

The Longboat Key Police Department showed it was capable in the past year of crime and tragedy on the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • April 27, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Barry Gradert, right, spends weekends at the Tara home of his stepmother, Polly Gradert, whom he has known since 1979. Barry Gradert has lived at Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities’ Friendship House for the last 26 years.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 17, 2013
Special-needs prom brings smiles and dancing

Barry Gradert isn't one to shy away from the dance floor, nor is he afraid to ask a girl to dance.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch resident Vanessa Baugh, pictured with her husband, Don, was giddy with excitement as she learned she would advance in the race for the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners District 5 seat.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 29, 2012
Year in review: August 2012, 'Baugh wins tough primary'

Vanessa Baugh wins 57.86% of the vote, while Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube easily wins re-election.

  • East County
  • News
Former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort General Manager Katie Moulton says helping parties achieve settlements as a professional mediator allows her to be with people again, and it just might help her heal from the one legal dispute she couldn’t settle.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 12, 2015
Where is Katie Moulton now?

Five years after the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort’s closing, longtime general manager Katie Moulton and owner Murf Klauber still talk Colony every day.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota High freshman pitcher Conner Whittaker fires a pitch against the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 24, 2018
Sarasota High baseball turns to young pitcher in the postseason

Freshman right-hander Conner Whittaker has carried the Sarasota High Sailors baseball team to the state semifinals, where it will face Strawberry Crest High on June 1.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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