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Results for: Betterpic AI Promo Code AVA Get Up To 90% Off On All Plans

  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 10, 2016
Theater review: 'The Fabulous Lipitones'

FST's newest production is living in harmony.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 26, 2018
When in doubt, Brian F. Finnerty dances

A portrait of Brian F. Finnerty as a young dancer, actor and choreographer.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • October 30, 2024
Longboat Key receives additional police support from state agencies

To help with traffic control and deter looting, the Longboat Key Police Department is receiving supplemental patrols from departments from Jacksonville to Miami.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 10, 2015
Manatee County Commission reviews impact fee options

Commissioners are split on whether to charge developers more money to build in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 13, 2012
Tenants line up for new retail space

Developer Casto said retail space for the future phases of the River Club Park of Commerce, at State Road 70 and I-75, is 70% leased.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 21, 2022
Longboat OKs commercial land proposal

Brista Homes' plan includes a master drainage system designed to alleviate neighborhood flooding problems.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 9, 2020
New podcast wants listeners to feel like part of the newsroom

The Observer is promoting transparency in journalism with 'The Convo.'

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • October 9, 2021
Kids costume up for Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Fest

The Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Festival runs every weekend in October.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 5, 2010
Teenager garners gold at rowing championship

Pine View's McKayla Taaffe won gold at the 2010 USRowing Club National Championship in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By John McGuire |
  • April 12, 2017
Former PAC devoted to thwarting Colony referendum is ‘alive and well’

Preserve Longboat Inc. is now working as a community group.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • March 19, 2020
Retirement communities work to protect residents

Screening visitors and halting group activities are two of the steps Plymouth Harbor leadership has taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • March 17, 2016
Artists revitalize push for live/work housing

Seeking fundraising help, advocates for an affordable artist housing project believe their work could help revitalize the North Trail. Will they succeed this time around?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Chris Waters |
  • February 16, 2012
My View: Without a long-range vision, cities perish

Sarasota needs a community-wide consensus and vision, to help it navigate over the next 100 years.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 3, 2020
Commissioners OK budget transfer for Town Center work

Cost of initial work higher than originally envisioned.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Shellie Terry |
  • March 22, 2018
'Roe' star Terri Weagant gets the conversation started

Asolo Repertory Theatre's "Roe" is sparking a multifaceted discussion.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 28, 2012
Tom Hall: Independent Streak

Sure, Tom Hall gets to pick what you see at the Sarasota Film Festival, but that doesn't mean he watches movies and chats with stars all days. The SFF director paints us a (motion) picture of his job.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • October 31, 2019
Sarasota County schools resource officers aim to do more than protect

A few months in to the first fully-staffed department, Sarasota County school police officers hope to make bonds, be mentors to students.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • December 19, 2012
District honors its best

Nolan Middle School science teacher Carrie Rainwater is one of four finalists in the district for the Outstanding EdVantage Educator of the Year award.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 15, 2021
Entire neighborhood sells on north Siesta Key

Lots in the Coronas Park neighborhood will be sold individually for the first time.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 12, 2025
Ship gets stuck on sand bar in the Gulf

Marine patrol responds to a couple running aground off Longboat Key. This and other Longboat Key police reports in this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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