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Results for: Pococo Discount Code "AVA505" – Get 50% Discount

  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 14, 2010
Maximum millage: 1.9036 mills

Worried about having enough money for an oil-spill cleanup fund, commissioners voted to establish a maximum millage rate that's 19% higher than last year's max.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • August 25, 2010
Scene-stealer

The Players Theatre's John Reynolds explains why he prefers to take the scenic route.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Vanessa Moody |
  • June 2, 2010
Ranch thespian earns scholarship, admission into Cincinnati Conservatory

Lakewood Ranch High School senior Dane LaFemina began acting at age 5.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 30, 2010
City-employee perk questioned

Facing a $3 million budget deficit next year, Mayor Kelly Kirschner wants to revisit the city's comp-time policy, which allows salaried employees to accrue up to two weeks off per year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 23, 2010
So you think you can act?

How an eight-minute monologue brought A&E Editor Heidi Kurpiela back to her roots.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 29, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Supporting Role

Phyllis Silverman may be Rebecca Hopkins' right-hand gal, but she's everyone else's favorite fill-in. The longtime Florida Studio Theatre staffer explains why she loves being at everyone's disposal.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • July 16, 2012
Notes from a Virgin Vegan: part two

Notes from a Virgin Vegan: part two

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • July 17, 2012
A campaign against the new economy --- you can’t make this stuff up

A campaign against the new economy --- you can’t make this stuff up

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Carter Psychology opens Ranch location; Community Haven gets chairman, accreditation; MGA Insurance adds new manager; Grapevine continues growth

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2012
Letters to the Editor

They hear what they want; That settles it; I'll vote for Obama; Don't know Marxism; Treasonous remarks

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 23, 2012
Seventh-inning rally falls short

The Lakewood Ranch High baseball team saw its season come to an end with a 6-4 loss to Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy in the Class 6A state semifinals.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kristen Pace |
  • April 18, 2012
Socially Awkward Starstruck Blonde Navigates the Sarasota Film Festival

Socially Awkward Starstruck Blonde Navigates the Sarasota Film Festival

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Keely Carney |
  • April 20, 2012
The Red Carpet: For Me or the Film Festival?

The Red Carpet: For Me or the Film Festival?

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 7, 2012
County releases Village maintenance request

The search for a contractor to take on maintenance of Siesta Key Village started when Sarasota County released a request for proposal through the newly implemented eProcure website.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • December 22, 2011
County suggests pedestrian safety option

The County Commission supports the Siesta Key Condominium Association in seeking painted crosswalks on Midnight Pass Road without warning signs in the middle of them.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 26, 2011
TOP STORY, MAY: Lakewood Ranch Incorporation Debate

Pro- and anti-incorporation groups faced off Monday for the first Lakewood Ranch Incorporation Debate hosted by the East County Observer.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2012
Letters to the Editor

The Key must remainsafe for everyone; Resident offers ideafor crosswalk lights

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jeffrey Weisman |
  • February 9, 2012
My View: Halt those morning greetings from half-eaten chicken legs

For the most part, Siesta Key's streets appear very clean. But one's first impression is that the entryways to the Key, particularly on weekends, could stand some work.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 1, 2011
Off the beaten track

Once upon a time, Bob Horne owned a diner chock-full of circus paraphernalia. Now, he's running a circus train that serves lunch and Sunday brunch, hoping it will one day haul passengers from its home base to various cities and offer everything from circus acts to jazz music.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 18, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: Audra McDonald at the Van Wezel

Music at its best should thrill us, shake us up, elevate us, run us over, lift us up, sweep us out of this world and back again so we're elated and thoroughly exhausted.

  • Arts + Culture
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