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Results for: Funded Futures Network Promo Code "SKV50" Get 50% Off On All Plans

  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • November 9, 2012
The Vision Thing - How to get it done

The Vision Thing - How to get it done

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 27, 2016
Off Key Chorale's Healing Voices

Off Key Chorale uses the power of music to give Parkinson's patients a voice.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By David Conway |
  • November 21, 2019
Shaw questions Selby’s diversity initiatives

Comments critical of the racial makeup of the workforce at Selby Gardens and Michael’s On East draw pushback from those organizations.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2014
Letters to the Editor

To send in your Letters to the Editor, email them to Deputy Executive Editor Jessica Luck at [email protected].

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 16, 2017
Tiny House brings its big message to Lakewood Ranch

Willis Smith hosts Creative Animal Foundation as its brings its message of sustainability to Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 21, 2022
East County Athlete of the Week: Julia Magno

The Lakewood Ranch girls soccer senior had two goals and two assists Nov. 17 in an 8-0 win over ODA.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 6, 2015
in 2015 i resolve to ...

In the new year, East County students pledge to play outside, read more, help the elderly, be nicer to their siblings and maybe even buy a pet goat.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 7, 2013
MPO commissions bus-service study

The Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization has hired a consultant to determine if mass transit - bus service - is a good fit for Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 27, 2014
Siesta vacant lot becomes nuisance to neighbors

Siesta Key residents report partying and the sale of parking spaces at 645 Beach Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2009
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228. The Longboat Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2011
Our View A 'good buy'? We'll see

That is one of the mayor's assessments of the Longboat Key Town Commission's approving last week the spending of $452,500 for the 0.71-acre lot that separates Pattigeorge's restaurant and the town's Bayfront Park.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By John McGuire |
  • July 5, 2017
Longboat town attorney seeks new, hourly deal

Maggie Mooney-Portale has served as town attorney since 2013.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 3, 2012
Police announce North Sarasota crime operation

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Department and the Sarasota Police Department made 181 arrests in January in North Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 1, 2013
44th Avenue Extension project grows

Despite opposition to the 44th Avenue extension, county officials now are planning to widen 44th Avenue and are also considering constructing a toll bridge over the river.

  • East County
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  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • April 28, 2021
County leaders envision $117 million in recreation facility upgrades

Four north county athletic facilities will see major improvements at an estimated cost of $117 million over the next three to seven years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 3, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Addams Family: A New Musical'

Marty Fugate reviews "The Addams Family: A New Musical," which runs through Nov. 16, at Players Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 8, 2018
Garden Club enjoys Dinner and a Movie

The event was held at Bayfront Park on April 8 to benefit the club's grants and scholarship fund.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2024
Junior League of Sarasota welcomes Elizabeth Smart to Legacy Luncheon

The abduction survivor's message of hope and overcoming obstacles inspired the nearly 400 guests in attendance.

  • Black Tie
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • January 24, 2012
JAN. 24: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota, and Siesta Key.

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  • By Amanda Morales |
  • March 23, 2015
Neil deGrasse Tyson advocates for U.S. space exploration

No topic was off limits for the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall lecture series featuring astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Monday at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

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  • News
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