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  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 2, 2020
Carl Abbott: Architect of Time

The seventh annual SarasotaMOD Weekend honors the  once and future legacy of architect Carl Abbott.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • March 8, 2023
Manatee students prepare to be career-ready with hands-on experience

Changes in career and technical education keep the school district adjusting to meet industry needs.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 14, 2023
One Park debate may depend on one word: 'Adjacent'

A Planning Board member says the meaning of "adjacent" might determine whether One Park will be built as proposed over Quay Commons.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 23, 2022
Planning, vigilance enable massive hurricane debris cleanup operations

Plant debris cleanup operations brought workers and equipment from across the country to Sarasota on a moment's notice. Disaster-stricken areas have a former congressman from Vermont to thank for it.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 8, 2022
Two steps forward, one step back

None of the combatants in the trenches of Florida’s property insurance crisis is celebrating the results of the special legislative session.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 19, 2022
Sarasota City Commission builds new set of development rules with 4-1 votes

City approves batch of changes aimed at moving quicker on attainable housing, though critics say public comment is cut out of the process.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2009
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To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Sarasota Observer, 1517 State Street, Sarasota, 34236. The Sarasota Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2010
OUR VIEW: The attack plan failed

The saying goes, "All is fair in love, war and politics." But as we have witnessed in this year's Republican gubernatorial election, "fair" does not equate with right and proper, and it certainly doesn't equate with integrity.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2010
Our View

Destructive threats

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2010
Our View

Destructive threats

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2012
Our View: Lessons from Lenobel

When you reflect on the 12 and a half years that Hal Lenobel served as a Longboat Key mayor and commissioner, you can see there were two distinct phases of his tenure - the mayoral phase and the statesman phase.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • February 28, 2013
Candidates employ social skills

As the at-large City Commission election season intensifies, candidates post Facebook updates and Tweet, trying to get the attention of younger voters.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 27, 2024
New One Stop Shop offers city staff, customers room to work

The city of Sarasota's planning and development services staff leaves the mosquitoes behind and settles into the new — and not "embarrassing" — building.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • October 23, 2024
Three strikes, but Sarasota County is not out

A local climate expert weighs in on how three hurricanes had separate personalities and why all are examples of climate change's impact on more intense storms.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2025
Noise complaint escalates into trespassing, resisting arrest

A late-night call to Indian Beach Park finds suspects playing loud music in a car and drinking from open containers. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 27, 2025
Hyatt redevelopment branded as 1000 Boulevard of the Arts

Kolter Urban releases details for the Hyatt redevelopment project to include 117 luxury condos and the Hyatt Centric Harborside hotel. An appeal of a Planning Board adjustment remains pending.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • May 20, 2025
Turtle Watch group shares insights into early season obstacles

Sea turtles face natural obstacles like a changing beach topography and artificial lights, but the organization said, recently, humans have disturbed nesting stakes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jeffrey Brandes, Adrian Moore, Edward Pinto |
  • July 9, 2025
Housing plan falls short

The affordability crisis is not a market failure. Sarasota needs to remove barriers. Other cities have done so and are seeing meaningful results.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 9, 2025
Senate Bill 180 handcuffs Manatee County commissioners

Florida legislators' actions might have stripped commissioners' attempts to make voter-supported changes.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • September 18, 2024
Venice Theatre raises the roof for its 75th birthday

The theater celebrates its diamond anniversary as it continues to repair Hurricane Ian damage.

  • Arts + Culture
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