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Although a group of residents is trying to strengthen an argument to save the structure, the city this week approved a permit for the demolition of the GWIZ building.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 13, 2018
GWIZ preservation battle continues

As the city moves to demolish the former Selby Library building, preservation advocates are exhausting their options to save it.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 5, 2009
Back in Action

The East Manatee Bulldogs opened the 2009 season with their first practice Aug. 1.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2020
Manatee School Board District 3: Richard "Rick" Murphy

Meet the candidate.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2011
Cops Corner

July 7 Forget me not 8:44 p.m. - 200 block of Beach Road. Impaired Person. A deputy responded to a report of a drunken man walking into the water. The deputy found the man wading in the surf, and he asked the man to get out of the water. The man stumbled to the sand and slurred his words. He was apparently so drunk that he forgot his last name. The deputy took him to a treatment center.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Krista Francies, assistant principal, calls out students' names as their parents arrive to pick students up after school.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 29, 2020
Law causes change to student pick-up at Braden River Elementary

New law causes Braden River Elementary to adjust dismissal procedures.

  • East County
  • News
Dr. Kirk Voelker speaks during a videoconference Thursday about Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s participation in clinical trials testing COVID-19 treatments.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 9, 2020
Sarasota Memorial Hospital discusses participation in COVID-19 tests

The hospital is part of an effort to test the efficacy of two different treatments for the coronavirus.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • February 18, 2021
Life of Luxury

WheelBase Premium Garage Condos offers car enthusiasts not only a secure place to store their vehicles but also a community.

  • LWR Life
Manatee County District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh has filed to run for reelection .
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 10, 2019
Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh announces she will run for reelection

Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh announces she will run for reelection

  • East County
  • News
Six months after every March municipal election, the town audits its population of registered voters to ensure a balance remains in the districts from which five of seven commissioners are elected.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 17, 2020
With balanced population, no district redrawing needed

Variation between smallest and largest stands below charter threshold for required action.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Public Works Director Isaac Brownman, center in the blue shirt, explains to commissioners and members of the public about the plot of city owned land on which they stand.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 4, 2019
Tour shows possibilities of Longboat's outdoor venue site

Commissioners, staff, public take a walk to see the three-dimensional reality of on-paper proposals.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"Everybody" (Christian Douglass) tries to bring "Stuff" (Dreaa Baudy) on his journey in the Asolo Conservatory production.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 16, 2021
Dying on stage

'Everybody' explains life, death and everything in the FSU/Asolo Acting Conservatory’s imaginative production.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
University Place leaders say Pond 14 seems to be losing water faster than other ponds.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 3, 2017
University Place residents worried for water

Drought, pump failure create challenge for irrigation pond.

  • East County
  • News
A lifeguard at Siesta Beach watches swimmers, ready to help if needed.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • June 22, 2017
Water safety emphasized on Sarasota area beaches

In a community surrounded by the gulf, the bay and inland waterways, drownings are again a concern.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Clifton Aiken, of Capital Solution Services, joined Jennie Lucier, of Alltrust, and co-worker Michael Williams, also of Capital Solution Services.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 3, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Grill and Chill

About 200 business professionals traded suits and high heels for football jersey's during the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance's Grill and Chill fundraising event Oct. 2, at the Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2011
Raffle winner will launch fireworks

For $5, you could win the chance to press the button that starts the Fourth of July community fireworks celebration on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Chad Ruis worked on a piece of artwork during the Siesta Fiesta festival last year.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • April 11, 2013
Merchants put Siesta Key on the map with Siesta Fiesta

Siesta Key merchants came together in 1972 to organize an art show that, for the past 41 years, has brought hundreds of thousands of people to Siesta Key each year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Developer Carlos Beruff says he could invest money for the Port Harbour Parkway extension into other projects, but prefers to spend the money now if it prevents tearing up newly built portions of Upper Manatee River Road later.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 9, 2015
Medallion advances Moore's Dairy site project

Developer Carlos Beruff plans to coordinate the extension of Port Harbour Parkway with improvements to Upper Manatee River Road.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Executive Director Anne Ross leads a community development district meeting from her home. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 16, 2020
Could future hold more remote government meetings in Lakewood Ranch area?

Social distancing forces government representatives to conduct business differently.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 18, 2011
Firefighter pension issues debated

Edward Siedle, the investigator the Firefighters Pension Board hired, said last week that there are problems with the board's investment consultant. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney refuted the claims.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2010
Our View

At last, a good decision; Our Obsession with Inflation: What Others are Saying about Dollar, Gold

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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