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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 20, 2009
Town of Longboat Key lays off three employees

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis laid off three employees in the Planning, Zoning and Building Department Tuesday, May 19.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Built in 2000, the home at 70 Lighthouse Point Drive three bedrooms, five-and-two-half baths, a pool and 4,979 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 30, 2022
Lighthouse Point home sells for $8 million

Lighthouse Point home tops sales at $8 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2017
Cops Corner: Sarasota 8.3.17

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 2, 2019
Lakewood Ranch area school promotes bicycle, pedestrian safety

Lakewood Ranch area school promotes bicycle, pedestrian safety

  • East County
  • News
Linda Barnes, of Sarasota,  scopes out a large-scale map of the new configuration during an April 4 public meeting on the project.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 12, 2017
New DDI pattern expected to cut 90 seconds off each trip

Workshop educates public on DDI traffic flow.

  • East County
  • News
Manatee Technical College students, like former student William Kennedy, have been learning remotely since March 30. MTC is receiving federal funding to provide students who have been impacted by COVID-19 financial aid. File photo
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • June 17, 2020
MTC receives $1 million in government aid

Funding will provide financial aid to at least 508 students and cover costs of moving to remote learning.

  • East County
  • News
Monday marked the first in-person meeting held in Longboat Key since March 23.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • November 2, 2020
Longboat Key resumes in-person meetings

The town is planning to use a hybrid approach through the end of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 26, 2012
Local teaching pros to square off in tennis series

Ty Braswell and Nate Griffin will face Travis Eckert and Gerardo Azcurra in the fourth event of the Gettel Nissan Tennis Series Feb. 11 at the Palm-Aire Country Club.

  • East County
  • Sports
Ashley Moody and Rick Wells. Photo by Brendan Lavell.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • May 26, 2021
Attorney general presents award to Manatee County Sheriff's Office

Florida attorney general presents Back the Blue Award to Manatee County Sheriff's Office

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Former professional race car driver Robin Dallenbach was among the instructors at the BRAKES hands-on driving school at Bradenton Motorsports Park.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 1, 2016
BRAKES instructors a driving force in teen safety

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
A lightning rod is pictured on top of a home on Halyard Lane in the Country Club Shores IV North neighborhood.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 5, 2020
Longboat Key to allow for lightning rods on rooftops with restrictions

Longboat Key town commissioners voted 4-2 in favor of the regulations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Elliot DeBear, who lives in Lakewood Ranch, has been painting since 2018.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • April 6, 2022
Ukraine invasion prompts Lakewood Ranch artist to paint

Lakewood Ranch's Elliot DeBear tries to capture the horror of war and the spirit of resilience in his newest painting.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • In Memoriam |
  • January 3, 2022
Sidney Katz

Sidney Katz was born in a cold-water tenement flat on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on May 27, 1917.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Willis Smith's Angel Ortiz and Nathan Carr say Waterside Place is on schedule to be finished by next spring.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 16, 2020
Another Waterside Place milestone by Willis Smith in Lakewood Ranch

Willis Smith caps Waterside Place roofs as it heads for a spring completion in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
The meeting will start at 5:45 p.m., at 215 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, in the school district's administrative building.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 18, 2012
School Board to discuss budget tonight

School Board members tonight will hear a preliminary budget message from Manatee County Public School Superintendent Tim McGonegal.

  • East County
  • News
Jennifer Rominiecki is taking decades of experience she acquired at some of New York City’s most prestigious cultural institutions to lead the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens into into its fifth decade.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • May 13, 2015
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens' Jennifer Rominiecki is planting roots

Manhattan native Jennifer Rominiecki had a good job at an iconic New York City institution. Then she traded it all to come to Sarasota for a chance to make her mark.

  • Arts + Culture
Lacey Knispel, Lindsay MacConnell and Emma Devine perform in “The 1940’s Radio Hour” at Players Mainstage. Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • December 13, 2017
Players holiday show boasts big band with a big impact

The Players strives for authenticity and gets creative with its production of “The 1940’s Radio Hour.”

  • Arts + Culture
Neal Communities’ “The Harmony” in Central Park is part of a coastal series. It features 2,453 square feet of living area with four bedrooms and a bonus room option.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 20, 2013
Builders show off models

The Home Builder Association's annual Parade of Homes starts this weekend.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 20, 2012
Woman robbed at East County Walgreens

The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 15, 2010
Tarpon Queen makes appearance

Tarpon Queen Nicole Coudal made an appearance at the 80th annual Sarasota All-Release Tarpon Tournament.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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