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George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.
  • By George Rauch |
  • August 29, 2012
Market Watch: Government destroyed the economy - here's how to revive itÂ

In the early 1970s, the Nixon administration refused to transfer gold from our Federal Reserve System to France, in settlement for a pool of dollars that existed in French banks that President Charles DeGalle wanted redeemed for gold.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 1, 2021
Lakewood Ranch elementary school celebrates International Peace Day

McNeal Elementary students and staff create a peace train to show what peace means to them.

  • East County
  • Schools
Cast members and recurring characters Madisson Hausburg, Pauly Apostolides, Kelsey Owens, Garrett Miller, Brandon Gomes, Chloe Trautman, Juliette Porter and Alex Kompothecras — Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • July 26, 2017
MTV releases teaser video prior to premiere of ‘Siesta Key’ reality show

The sneak peak gives a nearly three-minute long introduction of the characters and how they’re all connected from the perspective of cast member Juliette Porter.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
This year's event will feature performances by a variety of groups.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2010
BEST BET: Holidays Around the Ranch

Lakewood Ranch will transform Main Street into a Winter Wonderland tonight for its annual Holidays Around the Ranch, which begins with Santa's arrival at 6 p.m.

  • East County
  • News
Fitz and Kim Fitzpatrick run their business, Illuminate Landscape Designs, out of their Mill Creek home. The couple try to not only shed light on people's homes but also in people's lives.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • May 19, 2020
Perseverance comes in handy in east Bradenton

Illuminate Landscape Designs owners Fitz and Kim Fitzpatrick navigate struggles of COVID-19 impacts.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 26, 2010
Commission to approve park purchase

The county is set to buy an 8-acre site in the Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores neighborhood and turn it into a park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2020
Manatee County School Board District 3: Christine Dawson

Meet the candidate.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 21, 2014
ODA storms back from five runs down

Trailing 5-0 midway through the first inning, The Out-of-Door Academy baseball team rallied back to beat St. Stephen's 6-5 in district action March 20.

  • East County
  • Sports
Luke Snyder, a third-grader from Braden River, gets help with his reading from Susan Hagerman on the first day of summer school.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • June 6, 2018
Summer school is now in session in East County

Summer schools are no longer a mandatory punishment for all failing students, but it might help your student in the long run.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Dana Westmark and Donald Geikie |
  • July 24, 2012
Real Estate Deal of the Week: Palm Aire

Real Estate Deal of the Week: Palm Aire

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 18, 2021
Strife on the SMH board

When a member of the Sarasota Hospital Board challenged the majority, he became persona-non-grata. The board’s response raises curiosity: Is it a board for taxpayers or management?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 8, 2019
It's time for sweethearts at Willis Elementary in Lakewood Ranch

Valentine's ball features music, dancing and doughnuts.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Carden Axl Cubria
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2013
East County Birth

The East County Observer would like to congratulate all the parents who celebrated recently the births of their new bundles of joy.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
GreyHawk Landing's Brandi Joyner and her family are eager to be some of the first residents in Waterside at Lakewood Ranch. They chose a lot in Homes by Towne's LakeHouse Cove project because of the builder's quality of work.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 18, 2017
Waterside plan excites early buyers

First buyers in Waterside are banking on their dream.

  • East County
  • News
Susan Phillips, right, welcomed sponsors Steve Branham and Kathleen Wingate from Premier Sotheby’s International Realty. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • October 19, 2021
You Observed: Longboat Key Garden Club hosts Dinner and a Movie at Bayfront Park

The club hosted one of its biggest fundraisers for the first time since before the pandemic.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jordyn Byrd and the Cardinal Mooney indoor volleyball team hope to capture the program's second state title in 2022. (File photo.)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 4, 2022
Prose and Kohn: A non-football fall sports sneak preview

A look at the area's swimming, volleyball, cross-country and golf programs, in which multiple champions could be crowned by the end of the year.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Protesters rallied against racial injustice and police violence during a march from Dr. Martin Luther King Way to University Parkway on Saturday, June 6.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 18, 2020
Protests spark dialog on police policy, reform

Amid national unrest, law enforcement agencies, activists, residents and elected officials are engaging in conversation about policing in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
SPARCC Director of Development Mary Ellen Mancini and SPARCC President and CEO Jessica Hays in the ball pit.
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • October 15, 2018
Season is back, and so is Black Tie & Tales

A few babies were born over the summer, Key to the Cure had an untouchable dessert and the Raise the Roof Party guests had a ball.

  • Black Tie
  • By The Women’s Center at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center |
  • September 9, 2019
Felicia Wagman, MD, OB/GYN, Practices Relationship-Building With Her Patients

Felicia Wagman, MD, OB/GYN, Practices Relationship-Building With Her Patients

  • Health
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  • By Harry Sayer |
  • January 27, 2022
Southside Elementary students honor Holocaust victims through Daffodil Project

Families left daffodils outside the school on Jan. 27.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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