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Results for: Markets4you Official Referral Code "fjbnkre" Get 20% Fee Discount on Trades

  • By Molly Schechter |
  • May 9, 2012
EDIBLES: A pearl of an oyster bar

There's a new kid on the block near the Hollywood 20 movie theater: it's the Half Shell Oyster House, and it has an enticing promotion to get you in to try its wares.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • September 28, 2011
Scene & Heard

Sarasota's bourgeois beckoned for J. Lo film; Lakewood Ranch rocker records second album; Puppets open the Van Wezel season

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 17, 2012
George Pappas proves creativity is ageless

Local artist George Pappas sits on a leather couch in his in-home Sarasota studio, where he talks about his long career and receiving the "Ageless Creativity" award from the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 26, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Coaching the team

FSU/Asolo Conservatory second-year acting professor Brendon Fox is coaching a team of three students for the upcoming production, 'The Aliens.'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 17, 2020
S.R. 64 corridor near Lakewood Ranch gets more business

Convenience store comes to S.R. 64/Lorraine Road intersection with more development on the way.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • June 28, 2017
Party animals' fireworks can frighten the real ones

From dolpins and turtles to manatees and skimmers, all marine wildlife can be affected over Independence Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 28, 2019
Manatee Sheriff's Office finds new way to hound suspects

Sheriff's Office K-9 helicopter rides to improve East County response times in Manatee County

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 3, 2018
Another painful loss for Pirates against Venice

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Shellie Terry |
  • March 15, 2018
Sarasota Challenge Dances into 10th Year

The annual ballroom dance competition offers a glamorous, artistic experience for competitors and guests alike.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 25, 2016
US Open shows how fun lawn bowling can be

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 11, 2015
Commission seeks island-wide neighborhood funding plan

A plan to bury Longboat Key power lines and utility poles in neighborhoods and side streets will be decided by the voters March 15. A decision on how to fund it still needs finalized.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 2, 2013
Town hears another call for tower alternative

Two men say a small-cell technology is gaining traction in tourist towns with reception issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 20, 2014
Monumental milestone

Sarasota Christian basketball players Heidi Miller and McKenzie Lantz both reached the 1,000-point milestone in their careers last week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 5, 2025
Police chief calls for backup to stop a street scuffle

Officers respond when Police Chief Rex Troche spots two men on the verge of a fight in a downtown street. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

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  • Cops Corner
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 25, 2024
School Board of Manatee County adds safety and security to tax referendum

If renewed, the 1-mill property tax referendum will support providing security at after-school events and funding security enhancements.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • December 6, 2025
Kids aim to score big in Elks Hoop Shoot in Lakewood Ranch

The annual event forces the competitors to learn to perform under pressure and allows the to advance all the way to the national level.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2024
Sarasota City Commission District 2: Liz Alpert

Meet the candidate.

  • Elections
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 18, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Loud guy in a truck

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 21, 2012
Parking problems push another out of the Village

Anna's Deli, a Siesta Key sandwich shop open since 1971, closed its Siesta Key Village location after scarce parking led to losses.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • August 8, 2019
Local band premieres first song 'Sarasota'

The band AWAKENNATION featured lyrics about Sarasota Bay and the Ringling family in the city-themed song.

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  • Neighbors
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