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Results for: Improving Mental Clarity for Adults

  • By Dean Kalahar |
  • September 13, 2012
My View: Show up for school

It's that time of year again when we assume children are back in school and that being absent is due to illness or extraordinary events.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 7, 2012
Observer teams swing into action

The Lakewood Ranch Little League and Miss Manatee Softball Observer teams both opened their spring seasons last month.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Steve Queior and Fred Piccolo |
  • May 24, 2012
My View: We're back on high ground

We think the chamber's Sarasota Tomorrow has re-ignited the business community's voice in Sarasota's future.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2012
Our View: What we need: A leader

One of the pleasures of winter in Sarasota is how this region manages to attract extraordinary speakers and experts.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Gil Waters |
  • May 31, 2012
My View: Let's demand the best for city manager

The first thing to be said is we need a system balancing local desires with experienced and skilled management.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 7, 2012
A walk through time

The Sarasota City Commission will vote Monday, June 18, on whether to approve a permanent exhibit to be displayed in the Sarasota City Commission Chambers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rex Jensen and Ed Hunzeker |
  • June 20, 2012
My View: How will we grow?

Once we move past the age-old debate of whether to grow and on to the question of how we should grow, we can move to a more realistic and rewarding discussion.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 21, 2011
Garden Leaders files bid protest

Lakewood Ranch CDD boards have taken steps to ensure Down to Earth Lawn Care will start landscaping services Jan. 1.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 22, 2011
Planning Board approves P.F. Chang's

A P.F. Chang's China Bistro is coming to downtown Sarasota after the Planning Board approved its application Dec. 14.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 27, 2011
TOP STORY, JUNE: Eva Rey

The Villages' Eva Rey was chosen as Lakewood Ranch Town Hall's new executive director.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 23, 2012
County partnering with Chalk Festival grant process

The Sarasota County Commission this week agreed to partner with the Chalk Festival in applying for a highly competitive National Endowment of the Arts grant.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • July 20, 2011
Dream Come True

Lakewood Ranch's Rachael Jaworski, who in 2009 collapsed when an arterio-venous malformation ruptured in her brain, will enjoy a four-night Disney cruise with her family through the St. Petersburg-based Children's Dream Fund.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 2, 2012
FDOT turns down Midnight Pass speed-limit request

Saying studies do not justify a change, the Florida Department of Transportation has denied a request by the Sarasota County Commission, the Siesta Key Condominium Council and the Siesta Key Association, requesting a lower speed limit on a one-mile segment of Midnight Pass Road.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By John Gudritz |
  • February 2, 2012
My View: Village atmosphere can be detriment to Key's future

Siesta Key Village has changed over the last 12 years, and not in a way that I would have anticipated or chosen.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: John F. McCarthy

The county's interim executive director of community services is overseeing some of the county's biggest projects starting this year, including the Siesta Public Beach improvements.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 1, 2012
Neal begins transition to residents

Within the gates of the Country Club of Lakewood Ranch, residents in Country Club West are preparing to run their own community development district.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 26, 2011
Community Fund gives out grants

Lakewood Ranch residents Bob and Billie Delaney also earned the fund's Humanitarian of the Year award.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • December 8, 2011
Groups could collaborate on trash collection

Two Key organizations may partner to supply trash bags at beach accesses.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 26, 2011
River Club receives Swiftmud grant

The community's homeowner's association will use the money to purchase testing equipment and materials for residents to test the quality of water in 10 lakes and five stream locations.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 8, 2011
Scene & Heard

Drag Queen Bingo makes debut in Venice; All hail the king; Booker grad gets 'cadaver' claim to fame

  • Arts + Culture
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