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Don Bickel, Doreen Clyne, Beth Turconi and Angela Long were named to the 2021 Team USA dragon boat rosters. Fellow NBP Dragons paddler Mandy Kendall Boyers was also named to Team USA.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 17, 2021
Prose and Kohn: Paddlers named to Team USA feel honored despite event cancellation

The paddlers are also excited for the Club Crew Championships in October.

  • East County
  • Sports
Tasked with charting growth for Manatee County, John Osborne, an East County resident who developed the How Will We Grow plan over two years, believes opportunity for efficiencies should drive growth.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 8, 2014
Issues to Watch 2014: How we will grow

Manatee County leaders are setting a new vision for growth.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • September 9, 2016
Longboat Key Public Works honors victims of 9/11

2,977 flags were placed along GMD in honor of each life lost during the 9/11 attacks.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2014
Fall back an hour

Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Nov. 2, so turn back those clocks before bedtime Saturday night.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Each year, Patricia Christmas buys her family Christmas pajamas and T-shirts. Clockwise from bottom left are Elijah, Jermaine, Patricia, Tremaine and Genesys.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 19, 2018
Christmas all the time for Bradenton family

This family knows had to spread Christmas joy.

  • East County
  • News
1. The Cougars show off their volleyball state championship trophy.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 26, 2019
The top-10 Sarasota sports moments of 2019

It was the year Sarasota became a city of champions.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Guests will have fun trying to find their way through the maze. File photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 23, 2020
Pumpkin Festival will be held in East County

Hunsader Farms will host its 29th annual Pumpkin Festival with COVID-19 precautions in place.

  • East County
  • News
Police released this image of the crane.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 1, 2020
Two men charged with climbing aerial crane

Sarasota police arrested pair after security personnel spotted them inside a fenced construction site, climbing a crane ladder.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Built in 2010, the house at 1309 Vista Drive has four bedrooms, four-and-two-half baths, a pool and 8,452 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 6, 2022
Harbor Acres property tops sales at $15.5 million

A Harbor Acres property on Vista Lane tops the week's sales at $15.5 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 15, 2022
The Paradise Center hosts pickleball classes

About 25 attendees came to the second class taught by enthusiasts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sandra Lopez and Lisa Chavez. Photo by Millington
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 5, 2017
In 'Dialogues of the Carmelites,' impassioned singing and acting prevail

Sarasota Opera showcases its best, most cohesive cast of the season with strong singing and dramatic, believable acting.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2020
Sarasota City Commission District 3: Rob Grant

Meet the candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: October 7

Gordon Silver captured this fawn munching on some greenery at Myakka River State Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2021
East County weather page photo: October 7

Bonnie Ottaviani captured this photo of a morning rainbow in Del Webb at Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Tucker Lenora picks iconic locals for her new portrait series.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 4, 2016
The Art of Being Local

Tucker Lenora's new portrait series explores what it means to be a townie.

  • Arts + Culture
The hearing, which is being held in accordance with the operating procedures for Lakewood Ranch CDDs 1, 4 and 5, is expected to last all day, and possibly longer, at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 24, 2012
Magistrate hears landscape bid protest

Hamilton "Chip" Rice today is hearing witnesses in the bid protest by Garden Leaders against three Lakewood Ranch community development districts.

  • East County
  • News
(Sarasota Police Photo) Firefighters work to extinguish the flames of a recyclable-collection truck in the Fire Points area of downtown this morning.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2019
Authorities reopen streets downtown after morning truck fire

Fire involves recyclable-collection truck.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Closed to golfers since the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic and reopened in mid-2020 as a series of nature trails, Bobby Jones is in line for a restoration of its original 18 holes. (Eric Garwood)
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 31, 2022
Bobby Jones trails to close to allow initial golf course restoration

Renovated golf course could be open by November, city says.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Design Works Design Staff |
  • April 12, 2021
How Much Bling is too Much Bling…for a Laundry Room?

How Much Bling is too Much Bling…for a Laundry Room?

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Sponsored Content
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 5, 2022
Manatee County Sheriff's Office releases report on commissioner's suspected DUI investigation

A deputy reported that George Kruse appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance.

  • East County
  • News
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