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The Out-of-Door Academy volleyball team won the Class 3A-District 10 title Oct. 24.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 25, 2013
ODA captures district crown

The Out-of-Door Academy volleyball team captured its first district title since 2007 with a 25-20, 22-25, 25-12, 25-11 victory over rival Cardinal Mooney in the Class 3A-District 10 championship Oct. 24.

  • East County
  • Sports
The National Weather Service forecasts a wet weekend for Longboat Key.
  • By Terry Oโ€™Connor |
  • August 26, 2016
Tropical storm unlikely to form but Longboat Key will be wet this weekend

Dredging job unlikely to be interrupted

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • March 26, 2015
City attorney calls county land agreement "a sham"

Time has proven a 12-year-old agreement in which the city agreed to transfer a Ringling Boulevard parcel to the county โ€œto be a sham,โ€ City Attorney Robert Fournier writes in a memo to commissioners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo. Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner will open the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall 2016 Lecture Series.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • August 17, 2015
Former Disney CEO to kick off 2016 Town Hall series

Michael Eisner will replace former President of Israel Shimon Peres as opener for RCLA Town Hall lecture series.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 12, 2010
County offices closed for President's Day

Manatee County Government offices will be closed Feb. 15, and trash pickup and other services will be postponed.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2017
Letters to the Editor Longboat Key 02.16.17

Longboaters take stand on Colony redevelopment.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Commissioner Phill Youngerรƒยขรขโ€šยฌรขโ€žยขs analysis suggests that just 1.8% to 3% of entries and exits to the Key are through traffic.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 19, 2014
Analysis suggests few mainlanders use GMD as thoroughfare

Commissioner Phill Younger analyzed data from traffic cameras on both ends of the island and concluded that reports of through traffic are overestimates.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 1, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries

Jerry Lionetti and Dr. Stuart James McEnerney died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
LECOM Park has been garnering substantial attention to its namesake according to a school executive.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 30, 2017
Lakewood Ranch's LECOM puts naming rights on stage

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
World War II veteran Bill Schlapfer.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • August 14, 2015
Community remembers VJ Day on 70th anniversary

Veterans and families gathered at Unconditional Surrender for VJ Day ceremony.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The more than 40,000-square-foot former Sweetbay space at 8750 State Road 70 E., Bradenton, closed Feb. 13, 2013 for failing to meet sales expectations. Goodwill soon will occupy the space. Photo by  Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 29, 2014
Goodwill gains East County retail space

Manasota Goodwill will open a 40,000-square-foot retail store in Ranch Lake Plaza in March.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2014
Community golf

The latest community golf scores from Lakewood Ranch, Palm-Aire and more.

  • East County
  • Sports
Music by Keith Bass and the Florida Bluegrass Express, Manatee River Bluegrass and other bands will entertain patrons at the Braden River Bluegrass Festival and Gumbo Cook-off, Saturday, May 17.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 16, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Braden River Bluegrass Festival and Gumbo Cook-off

From noon to 6 p.m., Saturday, May 17, the Braden River Bluegrass Festival and Cook- off will fill the air with bluegrass tunes and gumbo aromas, at the Linger Lodge Restaurant and Campground, 7205 85th St. Court E., Bradenton.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Richard I. Martin and his wife, Mary Jane Martin Smith, who sought to develop land she owns, and their counsel, waited out a six-plus hour hearing.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • September 6, 2013
Commissioners reject Waterline Road development

After pleas from neighbors urged commissioners to preserve their rural lifestyle, commissioners voted Sept. 5 to deny plans to build 175 residential units on 77 acres of wooded property on the north side of Waterline Road.'ยจ

  • East County
  • News
Eric Martin finagles his way to the net.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 19, 2018
Clawing back: Cougars boys lacrosse team has risen to area dominance

Cardinal Mooney finished the regular season 16-1.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Tara Bridge would improve emergency response times

  • East County
  • Opinion
Elizabeth Cartier
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 17, 2011
Simply ballroom

Professional dance champions sizzled Jan. 15 at the Sarasota Star Ball competition at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 18, 2012
SFF Film Review: 'Detropia'

Detropia - from Motown to Ghost town

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2013
Sarasota and Longboat Observers win first place in Newspaper of the Year contest

For the second consecutive year, the Sarasota Observer and the Longboat Observer won first place in their divisions in Local Media Association's 2013 Newspaper of the Year contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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