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Results for: Vantage Referral Code "rebate" Get Exclusive 10% Discount on Trading Fees

  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2017
Stakes rise on town center

The town’s acquisition of the Amore restaurant property makes sense for the development of a town cultural center. But it now raises important questions.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 1, 2017
A conversation with photographer Matthew Holler

The local arts and fashion photographer points his lens toward life’s beauty.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • February 2, 2017
Falls: A pound of prevention

If you want to prevent a fall, you have to know the cause.

  • Health
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 22, 2017
Curation as Art: Spectrum II opens at Art Center Sarasota

Nathan Skiles curates the experimental exhibit as an exercise in isolated collaboration.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 29, 2017
Flip Sides: Eddie Tobin and Judy Renaud look to future

Tobin and Renaud have been performing at Amore for the past two years. With the restaurant closing, the two look ahead to their flip sides.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 13, 2017
Living gluten-free: How one local changed her diet and sticks to it

Jessica Patella finds that you can still have fun in the kitchen even when you live gluten-free.

  • Health
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • April 20, 2017
Opsrey couple inherits French castle

Castle on a Hill

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 25, 2016
US Open shows how fun lawn bowling can be

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By David Conway |
  • December 15, 2016
Gillespie Park lobbies for paw park

After five years of asking for a dog-friendly area in Gillespie Park, Dale Orlando is close to making her vision a reality.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • May 28, 2015
Tree troubles take root in Hudson Bayou

As bigger houses sprout up in the neighborhood, trees are disappearing.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • June 25, 2015
Officials shore up Lido sand dune protection

After a resident complained about a downed barrier along a trail leading to Lido Beach, the city and county are searching for a way to keep beachgoers off the dunes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 4, 2015
Former Ranch CDD supervisor to run for commission seat

Lakewood Ranch's Kathleen Grant will vie for the Manatee County Commission District 5 seat in November 2016.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 29, 2016
Theater review: 'Macbeth'

Night of the Scottish Play

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 2, 2016
A considerable drive to help

East County residents will cycle 3,000 miles to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By David Conway |
  • April 1, 2016
Kevin Smith discusses collaboration with Ringling students

The Ringling College of Art and Design film program is drawing a growing list of creative professionals to Sarasota, as the area begins to develop a reputation among Hollywood types.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 6, 2016
Voters to decide fate of Floridays hotel

An August referendum could lay the groundwork for a 120-room hotel on the north end.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 13, 2016
Theater review: 'Alabama Story'

“Alabama Story” pits free speech against racism at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Jack Short |
  • May 4, 2016
Crosswalks: Should they stay or should they go?

For many residents, the answer is ‘stay.’ Now, the commission is hitting the brakes on a plan to ask FDOT to remove the safety features.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 30, 2015
Are golf carts a hazard?

The Manatee County Commission will determine whether approved golf cart use makes the cut on Tara Boulevard and Whitfield Avenue.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 14, 2015
Conversation with Ron Myers

The Waterlefe resident is the chairman of the Clean Water Committee for the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch and is passionate about the mission.

  • East County
  • News
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