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  • Adrian Moore
  • February 7, 2019
Don’t look at $15-per-hour minimum wage out of context

Before raising the minimum wage, we should examine the possible unintended consequences.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The Phillippi Gardens home at 5546 Merrimac Drive recently sold for $665,000. Built in 1976, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,158 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $537,000 in 2016.Â
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 7, 2019
Greenbrook Drive home sells for $989,600

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 21-25.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 7, 2019
Cops Corner: Sarasota 2.7.19

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Todd Brown runs a Project Earth and an Infection Outbreak program at SMA.
    By
  • Amelia Hanks
  • February 7, 2019
SMA teacher joins global program

Todd Brown named as a UN Sustainability Development Goals teacher.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Kathryn (Mazzanti) DeYoung. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 6, 2019
Lakewood Ranch talent on exhibit

MTC student work gets world audience.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Front yards have been dug up for new piping
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • February 6, 2019
Emerald Harbor utilities and roads project at halfway point

Despite inconvenience, Emerald Harbor residents are pleased

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jim Brown plans to meet with representatives of the Sarasota Ballet and the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall this month.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • February 6, 2019
Brown plans to look into details of black box theater

Ringling says it makes sense to remove black box theater

  • Longboat Key
  • News
As tropical storm Debby drew close in 2012, the sea at North Shore Road looked a lot different than a placid day in 2019.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • February 6, 2019
Longboat lands millions six years after Tropical Storm Debby

Longboat stands to receive even more money from past hurricanes and storms

  • Longboat Key
  • News
LeRoy J. Smith, 1943-2019
    In Memoriam |
  • February 6, 2019
LeRoy J. Smith, 1943-2019

LeRoy J. Smith Obituary

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Judy O'Donnell with Carole Reiss, who is modeling a hat she made in needlepoint.
    By
  • Amelia Hanks
  • February 6, 2019
Fashion in full bloom in Sarasota

The University Park Women's Club presented its fashion show on Feb. 6.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Knowledge McDaniel.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 6, 2019
National Signing Day 2019 roundup

Area senior athletes finally put pen to paper.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Tina and Jimmy O’Brien, Licensed Real Estate Agents
  • February 6, 2019
Factors for Home Sellers To Consider Before A Home Showing

Factors for Home Sellers To Consider Before A Home Showing

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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Lakewood Ranch's Brittany McManus uses Airbnb to book accommodations wherever she travels, whether abroad or in the United States.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 6, 2019
County shoots air ball at tax collection

Manatee County commissioners hope to find way to collect taxes on Airbnb stays.

  • East County
  • News
USF professor Dr. Dana Zeidler helps students as they take measurements of the meteorite.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 6, 2019
Ashton kids examine 'meteor'

Science project sponsored by Education Foundation of Sarasota County .

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Longboat Key Club games for a cure

The annual game day on Feb. 6 benefited Breast Health Sarasota, Inc.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ben Hur de Bernaville, shown with Olissio Zoppe, will be featured at Cirque Ma'Ceo, which has been extended through March 3.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • February 6, 2019
Rare draft horse on display at Cirque Ma’Ceo in Sarasota

Boulonnais draft horse makes debut at Big Cat Habitat & Gulf Coast Sanctuary as Cirque Ma'Ceo extended through March 3.

  • East County
  • News
A home in Sleepy Lagoon at 6568 Gulfside Road recently sold for $775,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,620 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $485,000 in 2013.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 6, 2019
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $775,000

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 21-25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
A home in Lake Club at 16432 Daysailor Trail recently sold for $1,327,500. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,573 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,500,900 in 2015.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 6, 2019
Lake Club home tops local sales at $1,327,500

Lake Club home tops local sales at $1,327,500

  • East County
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 6, 2019
Cops Corner: Have we got a deal for you . . .

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Senate President Bill Galvano
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 6, 2019
Galvano has it right

Senate President Bill Galvano wants the state to build three major highway projects. Given the strong economy, for once the state should be in front of the state’s inevitable growth and not play catch-up.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 6, 2019
Coyote incident in Lakewood Ranch sends cautionary message

Walkers beware: They are out there.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • February 6, 2019
School board broadens discussion regarding electronic device policies

School Board members expanded their review of cell phone use to address electronic devices in general.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sam DiGiammarino plays a teaching game with Booker fifth graders.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Booker students flip for turtles

During the third, fourth and fifth-grade science classes at Booker Elementary School, students learned all about turtles courtesy of the Longboat Key Turtle Watch.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Mustangs hold a banner celebrating their seventh-straight district title.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 6, 2019
Culture club: Mustangs soccer players have diverse backgrounds

The team has played as a unit ahead of its regional semifinal game Feb. 9.

  • East County
  • Sports
From left to right: Haven chairwoman May Ahdab, Haven president and CEO Brad Jones, and Bernie Hardiek of the Hardiek Foundation pose for a picture at the groundbreaking for Mary Jane's House on Thursday, Jan. 31.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • February 6, 2019
Haven breaks ground on new residence

Wheelchair accessible group home should be open within a year.

  • East County
  • News
Katie McKenney, right, teaches her Birdies class before hitting the putting green.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 6, 2019
Merger brings renewed focus on youth golf

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
Manatee County’s Interim Library Manager Glenda Lammers talks with Donovan, Michelle and David DuJardin about technologies available at libraries during a fundraiser Jan. 29. They look at products made by 3-D printers.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 6, 2019
Plot thickens for Lakewood Ranch library

Friends of the East Manatee Library at Lakewood Ranch hosts fundraiser.

  • East County
  • News
Taylor Morrison's Southwest Florida Division President Cammie Longnecker said a focal point of The Heights will be a giant hill, inspired by the Celery Fields park in Sarasota.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 6, 2019
Field of possibilities for new development called The Heights

Taylor Morrison begins to build lifestyle community near Ward Lake.

  • East County
  • News
Grand Living at Lakewood Ranch Executive Director Michele Orlando and sales and marketing lead Nick McLaughlin are excited to be able to show guests more about the future Grand Living community.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 6, 2019
Grand entrance on Lakewood Main

Retirement apartment community opens leasing office at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
A crowd of about 50 people showed up to a public meeting discussing the Floyd C. Johnson & Flo Singer Johnson Preserve at Braden River.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • February 6, 2019
Manatee County discusses preserve plans

Johnson Preserve will undergo limited construction to create fire lines.

  • East County
  • News
At the Sunday rehearsal ahead of the Greek Glendi, a group of dancers jumps into the air.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • February 6, 2019
Greek feeling about to take over in Sarasota

Visitors to Green Festival might be overwhelmed by "Kefi."

  • East County
  • News
Dan LeClair dances with his preschooler daughter, 5-year-old Lydia, at McNeal Elementary's "Sweetheart Dance."
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • February 6, 2019
Sweet moves

Girls from Gilbert W. McNeal Elementary School get the princess treatment.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Laura and Robert Dutton
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Happy Birthday, Robert Dutton!

The longtime Longboat Key resident turned 90 on Feb. 4.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Carol Erker; Susan McGuire; Janet Shapiro; Jack Rozance and Sherri Mills. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Words of wisdom

The Rotary Club handed out more than 150 dictionaries to Tuttle Elementary School fourth-grade students on Jan. 25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Windsor Reflections' Eldergrow garden has flowers, herbs and other plants its residents tend to daily. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 6, 2019
Local memory garden earns award

Windsor Reflections presented 'Happiest and Healthiest Garden Award.'

  • East County
  • News
Nathalie McCulloch and Dr. Lou Bertha McKenzie-Wharton at a Lilly Pulitzer Fashion Show in 2014.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Nathalie McCulloch volunteered way through life

The longtime Selby Gardens volunteered, 98, died Jan. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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