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The Sarasota Surge faces off against the Gainesville Hogs during a scrum. (courtesy photo)
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 27, 2016
Surge wins state championship

The Sarasota Surge rugby team will advance to the USA South Regionals April 30.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 27, 2016
GCFOA seeks officials

The Gulf Coast Football Officials Association will hold informational meetings May 2 and May 16.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 27, 2016
It’s not a growth issue

When things go wrong, businesses immediately adjust. Government officials should be taking the same approach to traffic. We can’t let next season be like this one.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 27, 2016
Why the Vue is so close to the road and the 5-year plan

We have some answers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • April 27, 2016
Manatee County School Board prioritizes half-cent sales tax

The majority of board members wanted to focus on its sales tax renewal.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2016
VOTING FORMS: Part-time Longboaters prepare for referendum

Click here to download vote-by-mail forms for the Aug. 30 referendum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 27, 2016
Persistent peacock population peeves Longbeach Village residents

As a contractor continues rounding up the local peafowl, Longbeach Village residents think the problem may be bigger than town officials originally thought.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 27, 2016
A part-time resident’s guide to the Floridays referendum

Longboat Key residents must request an absentee ballot for their off-island address if they will not be living on the Key during the Aug. 30 referendum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Thomas Koch
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • April 27, 2016
Six-String Sensei

Thomas Koch passes on the legacy of classical guitar.

  • Arts + Culture
Arnold Berns has a deep appreciation for Sarasota history. The former president of the Historical Society of Sarasota County, he was instrumental in helping create the county's ordinance for historical preservation.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • April 27, 2016
Studio 41: The world in pictures

With his North Trail gallery, Arnold Berns combines his love for history, architecture and photography.

  • Arts + Culture
Joseph Caulkins
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • April 27, 2016
Off Key Chorale's Healing Voices

Off Key Chorale uses the power of music to give Parkinson's patients a voice.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • April 27, 2016
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, April 28

A look at our favorite events taking place this week

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 27, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Susan Phillips, event chairwoman and Garden Club president, at last year's Dinner and a Movie.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 27, 2016
Clubs saddle up for Dinner and a Movie

The Longboat Key Garden and Kiwanis clubs will hold their second Dinner and a Movie April 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A turtle returns to the same beach she was born on to lay eggs.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 27, 2016
Turtles crawl to nesting season

Sea turtle nesting officially hatches May 1.

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