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  • By Dana Kampa |
  • June 30, 2025
Debut Miss Longboat Key shares experience competing for state title

Madison VandenBrekel, who spent her summers growing up on Longboat Key, said she enjoyed connecting with fellow competitors at her first pageant of this scale.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2013
Our View: Right ideas, faulty methods

Last week in this space, we presented the context for how and why the referendum question on the indigent-care, one-half-cent sales surtax came into being.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 14, 2025
Sarasota prepares to line up new interim manager

As search begins again following Marlon Brown's 2024 retirement, a new face may temporarily lead City Hall staff.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Snider |
  • November 5, 2024
Whiteleaf Private Concert Club founder is ready to rock

Regrets? Barry Weisblatt has had a few. Like not getting a photo with Paul McCartney when he had a chance. But the Siesta Key resident, with live music as the backdrop, has mostly lived a charmed life.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 25, 2009
Symbolic chain to return home to Braden River

The Braden River High Athletic Booster Club will formally dedicate a memorial tribute in honor of coach Doug Garrity at 7 p.m. tonight prior to the Pirates' district game versus Bayshore. Additionally, Garrity's parents, John and Dehlia, will present a wooden plaque to the school in memory of their son.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 8, 2020
Binge Blog: Hark, Triton, hark!

"The Lighthouse" and "American Vandal" are this week's selections.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 19, 2020
Circus Sarasota reinvents the Great American Circus for the 21st century

Survival today means walking tightrope between tradition and innovation

  • Arts + Culture
  • By David Conway |
  • March 21, 2019
City extends consideration of bayfront partnership

Bayfront planners want to move quickly in pursuit of a partnership with the city. Critics are asking: What's the rush?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • February 1, 2018
Officials offer differing perspectives on public feedback

How much weight does your voice carry with city commissioners? It might depend on how you speak out.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • December 7, 2016
Pearl Harbor memories ring through for residents 75 years later

Five Longboat Key residents share what they remember about Dec. 7, 1941.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • September 17, 2025
Manatee schools try to stay 'on trend' when it comes to student meals

Students are served popular items for breakfast and lunch but with slightly different — and healthier — ingredients.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 25, 2023
Mira Mar building sold for $17M to developer

The historic downtown Sarasota building on Palm Avenue has sold to a local developer after safety concerns and an inability to get a demolition permit killed the previous deal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 28, 2010
The show tuner

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's James Dodge hasn't missed a beat since signing on as the organization's music director two seasons ago.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • March 5, 2013
Plenty of sizzle in an evening with Ashton, Tudor and Walsh

Plenty of sizzle in an evening with Ashton, Tudor and Walsh

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Columnist . |
  • March 12, 2020
Gillespie Day

March 10 celebrates Sarasota's golf-loving first mayor.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By David Conway |
  • September 12, 2019
Commercial districts plot real estate strategy

St. Armands Circle and downtown Sarasota leaders want to fill vacancies and attract desirable tenants.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • November 17, 2016
Cask & Ale project sparks legal battle

After the city approved his plans for a cocktail lounge on Main Street, Jeffery Catherell was sued by Cask & Ale’s co-owners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • April 1, 2013
Red-light district helps plaza shine

Town officials say their hands are tied when it comes to a new adult-themed business district at Whitney Beach Plaza on the north-end of the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 2, 2014
Workshop outlines ODP and code fix work and timeline

A consultant starts the process to address 'confusing and controversial' regulations in the town code that impact a potential Key Club project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 4, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Glass Menagerie'

Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie' offers a weird, refracted glimpse of loss and tough decisions.

  • Arts + Culture
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