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  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 10, 2015
New businesses boom on St. Armands Circle

Next time you stroll the Circle, check out these seven new businesses that add flavor and flare to the shopping district.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 3, 2023
Perfect plans to experience all Sarasota has to offer

Don’t leave town without filling your senses with these lesser-known Sarasota wonders.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 23, 2010
Rio named new BRE principal

Hayley Rio, assistant principal at Prine Elementary School, will be taking Braden River Elementary's top post this summer.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 7, 2012
Neighbors: Jill Ross

Jill Ross is a certified therapeutic recreation specialist who uses her background in theater, arts and puppetry to brighten the lives of Sarasota Bay Club residents.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2011
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 12, 2019
Prose and Kohn: Sailing the digital seas

Sailors senior transitions from being in the action to filming it.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • February 27, 2020
'Discover Sarasota' through a child's mind

The tour will be offered on select Sundays through July.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Emily Walsh |
  • February 2, 2017
Considering life in Israel, Americans need to get a grip

The internet was full of fake news. And mainstream media were reporting stories that most respectable journalists wouldn’t consider news. Sensationalism everywhere. It was exhausting.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 1, 2016
Rowers get a new 'Buddy'

TV coverage of Olympic Rowing Trials could include biting commentary.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • August 7, 2014
Safety concerns surface in SUP proposal

Sarasota County currently forbids watercraft at public beaches with lifeguards, but the county is considering two options to allow vendors to rent stand-up paddleboards to beachgoers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 4, 2013
Lakewood Ranch solves murder mystery

Wes and Christa Harding are murder-mystery game writers who host a dinner during in which their guests solve the pretend murder the couple has scripted.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • September 12, 2017
Players Centre seeks donations to fix water-damaged stage

Hurricane Irma caused serious damage to the The Players Centre for Performing Arts stage, and the organization is doing everything it can to rebuild before getting behind on preparations for its next production.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 24, 2019
Pirates beach volleyball set to plunder state tournament

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 4, 2017
Exciting times ahead for East County sports

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • February 25, 2026
Season ends for Braden River boys basketball in regional semifinals

With 23 victories, the Pirates had their winningest season since 2011-12.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 26, 2010
Town prepares its oil response plan

The U.S. Coast Guard has a strategy in place for the oil spill in the Gulf that includes plans for Longboat Pass and New Pass.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 21, 2017
Pat Gussin debuts new book

Her newest, and seventh, book "Come Home" hit bookstores on Nov. 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 1, 2024
APRIL FOOL: Is Manatee County out on a wire with bridge plan?

Engineers begin planning for a suspension bridge at Fort Hamer.

  • April Fools
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 20, 2023
Luca Molnar: The art of pattern recognition

Luca Molnar illuminates the networks of people, politics and power in her latest painting series at Art Center Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
  • A time to celebrate |
  • September 13, 2021
Brittany Bryant-Swift and Randy Connery Swift II

The 2021 wedding season kicked off this past Labor Day weekend with Sarasota residents Brittany Bryant-Swift and Randy Connery Swift II.

  • Sarasota
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