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  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 17, 2021
Ready to perform in Myakka

Hermmann's Royal Lipizzan Stallions show off their talents during training sessions in Myakka City.

  • East County
  • News
The Manatee River winds through Rye Preserve in northeastern Manatee County. Last year, Manatee County voters approved a referendum that will raise funds for the county to purchase more environmentally sensitive lands.
  • By Scott Lockwood |
  • November 5, 2021
Manatee Commissioners discuss how to implement environmental tax

Manatee County to implement the environmental tax referendum approved in 2020.

  • East County
  • News
Tara Preserve residents Stan Barr and Bob Saunders were opposed to the Tara Bridge project. Barr said Tara Boulevard is a neighborhood road that is not meant for the capacity of traffic the extension could bring.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • May 12, 2021
Tara Bridge removed from Manatee County thoroughfare plan

Manatee County Commission says Tara Bridge no longer makes sense

  • East County
  • News
VPA Director Rebecca Abrahamson and VPA Theatre Chairman Scott Keys stand where a new lobby could be added.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • October 27, 2020
Booker VPA to see $22.5 million in renovations

The upgrades include more seating capacity, additional classrooms, a new lobby and a blackbox theater.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Natalie Merino shades her face from the sun, but not her empty basket; she’s ready to hunt eggs, she said.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 29, 2015
Children hunt for thousands of eggs

Bayside Community Church hosted its 12th annual egg hunt, Eggolution

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The St. Armands BID is working with an architecture firm to modify the previously approved design of the restroom structure, depicted above.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 3, 2019
St. Armands Circle leaders tinker with bathroom plan

As it pursues a new direction for the design of a freestanding public restroom, a St. Armands group hopes the project is complete within a year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Second suspect in Lakewood Ranch murder arrested.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 25, 2017
Second suspect arrested in Lakewood Ranch murder

Police dog helps subdue Alan Baily, who was resisting arrest.

  • East County
  • News
Former Booker High wideout Talik Keaton, a sophomore at Marshall, and other athletes can now promote brands on social media thanks to the NCAA's new Name, Image and Likeness laws, which went into effect July 1. Courtesy photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 6, 2021
Prose and Kohn: New NCAA laws boost Sarasota-area alumni's potential earnings

The Name, Image and Likeness laws went into effect July 1, and a former Booker High wideout has taken advantage

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Snowbirds won't be coming back to Longboat Key beaches until winter 2021.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 22, 2021
Longing for Longboat

Some snowbirds didn't fly south for the winter and are living out their first northern chill in years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Police released this image of the crane.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 1, 2020
Two men charged with climbing aerial crane

Sarasota police arrested pair after security personnel spotted them inside a fenced construction site, climbing a crane ladder.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Mark, which opened in 2019, has nearly 50,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space — but residents are worried prospective tenants in their downtown building will prove problematic. File photo
  • By David Conway |
  • December 9, 2021
Lemon Avenue plans spark public pushback

As the city reviews proposals for new businesses at The Mark and in Paul Thorpe Park, residents are concerned about how commercial activity might affect a central segment of downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Manatee County School Board member Scott Hopes was selected as interim administrator April 1. Commissioners say the county needs some stability before searching for a permanent administrator.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • April 7, 2021
Piney Point spills into Manatee County administrator search

Commissioners say Manatee County needs stability before searching for permanent administrator

  • East County
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Police investigate the report of a shooting near First Street and Orange Avenue.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2019
Report of downtown Sarasota shooting likely a suicide, police say

Area near First Street and Orange Avenue in Sarasota cordoned off Wednesday morning.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 25, 2015
Q+A with Jay Romine

Jay Romine, director of Manatee Technical College's law enforcement program, is the new chairman of Florida's Criminal Justice Training Center Directors Association.

  • East County
  • News
Devin Valadez, a student at Freedom Elementary School, reads a book about Abraham Lincoln with his mother, Kerry, at the Braden River Branch Library. Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 20, 2015
Library aims to improve student reading skills

A new program at the Braden River Library pairs children and parents to make reading addictive.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2009
In Brief

Community News and Notes

  • Longboat Key
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It took Wigelsworth some time to put the castle together. Courtesy photo.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • May 6, 2021
Celebratory sand castle

Siesta Key Sand Sculptor makes sand castle for Sarasota Centennial.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Julia Braz and her Stanford teammates finished second overall at the NCAA Rowing Championships after not being able to row together until April.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 9, 2021
Worth waiting for

A former Sarasota Crew rower's college career at Stanford was delayed by COVID-19 restrictions — but it worked out in the end.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Laurent Hilaire
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • February 25, 2015
Scene & Heard

Catch up on the latest arts news in this week's Scene & Heard column.

  • Arts + Culture
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