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  • By Ian Swaby |
  • November 13, 2024
Sarasota hosts first delegation of floral carpet artists

The Sarasota Int'l Chalk Festival brought a global group of organizations together for its "Floralia Infiorata" exhibit.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 4, 2023
New Lakewood Ranch Community Fund president takes the helm

Mark Clark says he wants to build the momentum that outgoing board President Nicole Ryskamp began.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Do not destroy Gill, even if you disagree with him; Rev. Gill has served the chapel well; We hope Island Chapel does not oust Gill; The perfect clergyman does not exist

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 24, 2025
All I want for Christmas for the Lakewood Ranch area …

Observer readers talk about things that could make our home an even better place to live.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2024
Sarasota County Public Hospital Board, at-large Seat 3: Pam Beitlich

Meet the candidate.

  • Elections
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2009
Our View

A contest for Bird Key Park

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 31, 2018
Big silver celebration in Lakewood Ranch

Rex Jensen talks about 25 years of progress in Lakewood Ranch before Music on Main party celebrates 25 years.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 24, 2021
Median home-sale prices rise to record level in Sarasota County

Benchmark sales figure has risen each month of 2021.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • December 1, 2020
Ruth A. Beliles

Ruth Dearing Beliles, born March 11, 1929, in Urbana, Ill., passed away peacefully on November 24, 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • January 31, 2014
Bella Nonna's Bistro: A pizza place puzzler

Bella Nonna's Bistro: A pizza place puzzler

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2022
Longboat details concerns surrounding St. Armands winter festival

Town worries are centered around traffic associated with an event of the festival's length and intensity.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Terry Lyons |
  • July 29, 2009
'Covert' released on paperback

Lakewood Ranch resident Bob Delaney celebrated the paperback release of his book, 'Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob,' at Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Dora Walters |
  • December 30, 2009
Memorable Moments

We asked Longboaters to share their most memorable moments of the past decade.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 9, 2010
Sarasota 'nomad' publishes essay from the heart

Kim Bass, a technical writer by trade, got personal about her 2005 trip to Uganda in a story published this month in the Random House anthology, 'Female Nomad and Friends.'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • May 23, 2012
EDIBLES: Salad sensation celebrates 75 years

It was an April lunch with Margaret Wise at the Bijou Cafe that launched this column.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 7, 2016
Historic bucket race

Former Sarasota Crew rowers compete in prestigious Henley Royal Regatta, on the River Thames, in Henley-on-Thames, England.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • August 7, 2017
'Siesta Key' cast under fire again for newly surfaced shark-shooting video

The video was posted on "Siesta Key" star Alex Kompothecras' Instagram, and surfaced just days after he told People Magazine he was "horrified" by the shark-dragging video.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • May 25, 2017
A memory worth fighting for

For most, Pearl Harbor is history, but for Captain Robert O’Neill it’s personal.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 29, 2016
Unicorp, Colony owners consider plan that could end litigation

Colony unit owners will consider pursuing a $46 million offer from Unicorp that includes a global settlement of litigation.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 18, 2015
Q&A: Stephen Spotte

Read our candid Q&A with marine scientist Stephen Spotte.

  • Longboat Key
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