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  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • December 7, 2022
FST pianist thrives in crafting the music of cabarets

He’s the indispensable man behind the music. For three decades, Jim Prosser has been Florida Studio Theatre's Piano Man.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 14, 2015
Lakewood Ranch IDA makes its choice

Panther Ridge's Anne Ross fills Town Hall executive director role.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 26, 2014
National Champion

Sarasota prosthetist Dan Strzempka recently fit unilateral amputee David Prince with a custom-designed prosthetic leg, specifically for running.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 17, 2013
District revisits gatehouse options

Supervisors now are considering two options, both of which eliminate or reduce the presence of gate attendants.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 10, 2019
School vouchers and choice for all

Think back to the GI Bill and how those college vouchers gave our veterans total school choice.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • December 13, 2017
Players holiday show boasts big band with a big impact

The Players strives for authenticity and gets creative with its production of “The 1940’s Radio Hour.”

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 24, 2024
Lakewood Ranch U12 All-Star team has World Series dreams

Coach calls Gustavo Omana the best 12-year-old player in Florida.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 3, 2013
Scene & Heard

Complexus is official; LBKCA hosts picture-perfect exhibit; Patron Saints

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 9, 2019
Temple Beth Israel facilitates fond friendships

For Shabbat, friends and family were clearly the most important part of the dinner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 23, 2015
Jen's MarketPlace farmers market uproots from Lakewood Ranch Main Street

Jen's MarketPlace farmers market uproots from Lakewood Ranch Main Street

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 9, 2011
Sport of Princes

The Sarasota Polo Club hosted a special Junior Polo Exhibition March 2, giving 12- and 13-year-old players a chance to play with other up-and-coming stars.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 21, 2017
Save the cottages

Longboat Key Historical Society President Michael Drake has secured the perfect place for the organization to have a home. Now it’s up to Longboaters: Is town history worth preserving?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 3, 2025
Sarasota brothers paddleboard from Bimini to Florida for cystic fibrosis

Two brothers and two friends take on and wi, an 80-mile Atlantic paddleboard challenge in an effort to provide support for individuals and families battling cystic fibrosis.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2011
Cops Corner

July 7 Forget me not 8:44 p.m. - 200 block of Beach Road. Impaired Person. A deputy responded to a report of a drunken man walking into the water. The deputy found the man wading in the surf, and he asked the man to get out of the water. The man stumbled to the sand and slurred his words. He was apparently so drunk that he forgot his last name. The deputy took him to a treatment center.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • January 14, 2020
Sarasota Police find mountain bikes work in city

Sarasota Police Department officers use mountain bikes to get around the city.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • February 28, 2018
Lakewood Ranch High student has nerve to fight back

Complex regional pain syndrome strikes sophomore, who tries to raise awareness.

  • East County
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  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 12, 2014
School's attendance pushes limits

Lakewood Ranch High adds portables to accommodate its growing student count.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 20, 2011
Casey Key explores underground utilities

A decade-old project to place underground electrical and telecommunication lines is being resurrected on the key - as is opposition to the proposal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • November 11, 2016
Whitney Beach Plaza owner asks for another Longboat Key referendum

Why the quick turnaround? Owner Ryan Snyder said he has no choice.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • May 27, 2009
County approves two-lane concept for Fort Hamer

The decision means a privately owned toll bridge will not be used to cross the Manatee River.

  • East County
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