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

  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 1, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Stand-up gal

Zan Aufderheide returns to her comedy roots with her one-woman show. The comic sounds off on her influences and strangely inspiring life on the road.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 21, 2011
Homeless battle continues

After a downtown resident bused in homeless people to dine in front of the vice mayor's house, Mayor Suzanne Atwell attacked that stunt.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: Beach Improvements

The nation's No. 1 beach is scheduled for a major facelift starting this summer, but the work could disrupt annual events.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 11, 2012
Willis teacher wins washer/dryer

Christine Bradford, and her husband, John, won a washer/dryer set from Home-Tech over the Christmas holidays. With eight children, the couple is putting it to good use.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 8, 2012
Girl Scouts improve Ranch animal safety

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall leaders will install wildlife-crossing signs this week, at the suggestion of members of Girl Scout Troop 740.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 8, 2012
Haile student releases song, music video

East County resident Jordan Boyer, a longtime performer, is working toward a professional singing career with the release of her new song and music video, 'Goodbye Love.'

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 9, 2012
Police complaints committee feud grows

Members of the city's Police Complaints Committee have refused to accept a suggestion that briefer reports cannot be produced for their review, and they are questioning whether investigations into police misconduct are wasting taxpayer dollars.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • February 9, 2012
Neighbors: Janice Howle

Janice Howle, better known as Miss Janice, opened the Key's first day-care center in 1950.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Susan Phillips |
  • August 31, 2011
My View: Irene should be a wake-up call for us

By this time, we've all witnessed the devastation caused by Hurricane Irene, which made landfall rated as a Category 1 storm.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jeffrey Oldenburg and Peggy Benzinger |
  • May 26, 2011
MY VIEW: Redeeming North Trail

As we have been working to help revitalize blighted areas in Sarasota (the Rosemary District, Gillespie Park and North Tamiami Trail) for the last 18 years, we share your editorial writer's frustration ("North Trail hypocrisy") in that no seated City Commission in the last 30 years has contributed anything really significant to the revitalization of the North Trail.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Heidi Kurpiela and Loren Mayo |
  • June 1, 2011
Scene & Heard

'Ghost-Writer' scribe makes a case for hyphens; WBTT goes digital with donation; Booker Middle spends a night at the Met; and Hot Tickets.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2011
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • Cops Corner
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 17, 2011
DID frustrated by pricey maintenance bids

The Downtown Improvement District doesn't want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to have enhanced maintenance in its downtown corridor.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 3, 2011
Neighbors: Tim Holliday

When he was a teenager, Tim Holliday joked that whenever he had children, he would send them off to an island to be raised by a nanny.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • November 10, 2011
An extension sought for SWFWMD grant

With construction of a beach stormwater project still delayed, county staff is worried about getting an extension of a grant to cover half the cost of the work.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 2, 2011
Neighbors: Nora White

This medical missions volunteer doesn't clown around on the job.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 19, 2011
East County rallies against breast cancer

The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk will be held Oct. 22, at the Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 30, 2011
Golf club fights assessments

Stoneybrook Investors, owner of the Stoneybrook Golf Club, have filed a lawsuit against the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Don't be divisive on North Trail Goodwill; University of Florida will never schedule OSU

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 8, 2011
Organization to help military family, friends

Professionals Assisting Military Families & Friends members will provide key services to those close to returning veterans.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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