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  • By Guest Author |
  • August 17, 2020
Letters to the editor: readers sound off on beach parking

Letter writers ask for public lots to reopen .

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
With his parents Monica and Joe Sweeney looking on, Kevin, 12, began his third season playing TOPSoccer at the end of September with his older brother Tom, 14, serving as his buddy.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 17, 2013
Just for Kicks

Twelve-year-old Kevin Sweeney began playing soccer for the Braden River Soccer Club's TOPSoccer program last fall.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2020
Sarasota City Commission District 2: Liz Alpert

Meet the candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
According to a Nov. 22 memo sent by Finance Director Tom Kelley to Town Manager David Bullock, the cost to the town totals $171,993.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 5, 2011
Commission to discuss $1,000 bonuses for town employees

The commission will discuss the budget transfer at tonight's regular meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Currently, Lakewood Ranch Boulevard dead ends in the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park. Schroeder-Manatee Ranch officials say its extension south to Fruitville Road will be open in late 2017.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 6, 2016
Affordable housing key to expansion

The Villages project creates affordable housing and a new road network joining Sarasota and Manatee counties.

  • East County
  • News
Florida Department of Transportation Community Outreach Manager Brian Bollas said the department expects construction on the S.R. 70 and I-75 project to be completed in November, weather permitting. File photo.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • July 14, 2021
FDOT expects I-75/S.R. 70 project to be completed in November

The $80.8 million project to improve the I-75/S.R. 70 interchange is running four to five months behind schedule.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 5, 2019
Local author wraps up series

Love on the links

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bello, Eugene and John Nock are bringing their Batmobile to Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 25, 2018
No Joker, but Batmobile comes to Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Family Eye Care hosts a back-to-school event in Lakewood Ranch that includes having the Batmobile on display.

  • East County
  • News
Sidewalks now line each of the Circles’s four medians. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 14, 2011
Medians project 99% complete

St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District (BID) Chairman Marty Rappaport announced Tuesday that a $450,000 Circle median project is 99% complete.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tramm Hudson
  • By Tramm Hudson |
  • December 8, 2022
SMH Board chair vows to impartially examine COVID-19 response

A report is expected on what went right, what went wrong and what the hospital system can learn.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 4, 2015
TWIS Asks: La Dona Donuts

TWIS Asks: La Dona Donuts

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Rain is no big deal to these Pirates.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 5, 2016
Getting into the spirit of running, with help from Braden River cross-country

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • November 21, 2018
Haycock and Langley given another week to file paperwork

Longboat Key election filing deadline extended to Nov. 28.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Aaron Blaise, a 1989 graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, worked on the Lion King, Mulan, Beauty and the Beast, and co-directed the 2003 hit Brother Bear.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 17, 2013
Ringling grad launches Kickstarter campaign

Animator Aaron Blaise, a 1989 graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, has started a grassroots campaign to fund an animated feature film.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Logan Veith.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 28, 2020
East County Athlete of the Week: Logan Veith

The Braden River golfer talks the state tournament and his love of social media.

  • East County
  • Sports
D'Arcy and Ray Arpke in "the only spot in the restaurant (they've) never been photographed."
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 24, 2020
Euphemia Haye, Longboat Key landmark, celebrates 40 years

Ray and D’Arcy Arpke started small, but Euphemia Haye is the talk of the town 40 years later.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2022
Father, daughter charged with animal cruelty following discovery of viral video

Sarasota deputies charge both after footage surfaces of raccoon burned alive in trash bin.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"I planted squashes," said Cody Pooler, 11. "It was fun. You poked holes and planted."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 14, 2011
New greenhouse cultivates learning at Pinnacle Academy

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch installed a greenhouse this summer at Pinnacle Academy. Students now are getting their hands dirty and trying to get their garden to grow.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Florida Department of Transportation is re-striping and marking a 10-foot-wide shared bus and bike "shoulder" in the space of the formerly dedicated bike lane. (Photo courtesy of the city of Sarasota)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 18, 2022
Ringling Bridge to be re-striped for a shared bus/bike shoulder lane

FDOT plans to ultimately mark dedicated lanes for the Bay Runner trolley, bicycles and e-scooters while preserving two general travel lanes on Ringling Bridge.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Indigo Girls Emily Saliers and Amy Ray star in "It's Only Life After All" and will receive the Maestro Award at the Sarasota Film Festival.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 20, 2023
Sarasota Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary

Indigo Girls' Amy Ray and Emily Saliers and "Angel" star Roma Downey will be honored and attend the festival.

  • Arts + Culture
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