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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 11, 2015
Why to vote in the city runoff election, as told by 'The Simpsons'

Why to vote in the city runoff election, as told by 'The Simpsons'

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • September 24, 2014
Ballroom meets Broadway at the Sarasota Opera House

Ballroom meets Broadway at the Sarasota Opera House

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 5, 2014
A&E Picks and Highlights

A&E Editor Mallory Gnaegy keeps you in the know about events, local performers and art gallery happenings.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 26, 2010
UPDATE: Colony decision expected next month

Longboat Key Town Manager Bruce St. Denis testified the town doesn't support converting the resort's bankruptcy into a Chapter 7 liquidation.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2011
Our View: City joins TV media biz; ugh

The city of Sarasota launched City Business last week, a new television program aimed at covering businesses in the city.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 3, 2012
New Pass dredging offers sand options

A management plan paid for by Sarasota County now suggests sharing sand dredged from New Pass with the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 12, 2020
School Board of Manatee County considers revising capital plan

School Board of Manatee County considers reworking capital plan

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2018
Get out and get fit

A roundup of ongoing events in our area

  • Health
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 8, 2016
Voters approve county, school taxes

Tourists expected to pay a third of new taxes over 15 years.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 18, 2017
Welcome, commissioners

New Commissioners Hagen Brody and Jennifer Ahearn-Koch say it’s difficult to determine a top priority. They should read Tom Barwin’s 2016 budget letter. That will sober them up quickly.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • May 7, 2024
Man who forgot how to use his phone worries daughter

A woman called police to conduct a welfare check on her father, who had turned his phone off and forgotten how to turn it on. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 10, 2023
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

A loud party on a boat involved a lot of uninvited guests. This and more police reports in this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • April 23, 2025
The best Sarasota prep sports stories of the spring

The Sarasota area had an abundance of stories worth celebrating this spring.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • December 25, 2019
2019 A+ E Year in Review

Looking back, here are a few notable moments to get you started

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2023
Free boat safety inspections held Saturday at Centennial Park

The Sarasota Police Department Marine Patrol and Coast Guard Flotilla 84 urge safe boating by offering inspections at Centennial Park as summer approaches.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 9, 2009
CDDs approve FY2010 budgets

Each of the four Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts approved its proposed FY2010 budgets Sept. 9 during a continuation of the Aug. 20 board meeting.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2010
Bioterrorism drill tests hospitals' preparedness

Local hospitals and public-health officials tested their ability to respond to a bioterrorist attack involving deliberate and widespread salmonella poisoning in Sarasota County Friday, Feb. 20.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Michael Eng |
  • March 1, 2010
Deputies searching for bank robbery suspects

According to Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports, at about 10:30 a.m. this morning, two suspects entered the BB&T Bank at 5375 University Parkway. Witnesses said the suspects were armed with handguns. They jumped over the counter, pointed the guns at employees and demanded money.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 26, 2010
Birth Announcements 05.27.10

Congratulations to the East County parents who celebrated recent births.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2010
'Biggest Loser Sarasota' contestants tighten their belts, winner drops over 50 pounds

It took diet, nutrition and exercise under the guidance of certified personal trainer Patti Linn Stanley, but the 13 contestants who underwent the first "Biggest Loser Sarasota" program shed between 7.5 and 20 percent of their body weight.

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