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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Boats should stay off front yards

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Sophomore Chris Pearcey filled in at running back in the second half, finishing with 33 yards on seven carries.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 29, 2011
Mustangs fall short of district title

With its starting running back sidelined with flu-like symptoms, the Lakewood Ranch High football team fell 42-22 to Largo Oct. 28, allowing the Packers to capture the Class 6A-District 7 title.

  • East County
  • Sports
Tom Mannausa said The Jewel will become his “crowning” development.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 31, 2013
The Jewel tower to break ground in July

The new luxury condominium building is slated to become the tallest downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Alejandro McCurry-Oliver, Aisha Quadir and Alia Quadir. Photo courtesy of Eve Johnston.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2013
SCHOOL BOARD BULLETIN

When in Rome; Ciao, Italia; Student talent

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Unit 802 at Tower Residences has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,751 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,062,500.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 15, 2013
Tower Residences condo sells for $2,062,500

A condominium in Tower Residences tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 9, 2015
WHAT'S HAPPENING | Week of July 9, 2015

Sarasota County is slated to net about $11.4 million frok the recent $18.7 billion settlement from BP related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2012
Letters to the Editor

No more ads for you!; Offensive, disgraceful!; Have you no shame?; You are so hate filled; Just plain crazy; Praise to the paper; How Castro started

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 11, 2012
Consultant: Ranch watering requires significant changes

The recommendations include a potential for about $1.7 million in a first phase of improvements, which would loop pipes to improve pressure.

  • East County
  • News
  • By June LeBell |
  • April 28, 2010
Music Review: La Musica

A review of La Musica's third program of the season, which took place April 15th, at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
"Clyde Burnett has that alluring quality that many outsider artists have," says artist Virginia Hoffman of Burnett, above. "His work has a very masterful painterly quality. And he's got quite a vocabulary with his images."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 2, 2012
Clyde Burnett: American gothic

Clyde Burnett would rather toy with your imagination than brighten up your living room. The 83-year-old painter explains why after all these years he's still suffering for his art.

  • Arts + Culture
Buchanan
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 27, 2010
Election coverage: Candidates differ on taxes, Social Security

Opposition to offshore oil drilling may be the only common ground between incumbent District 13 Congressman Vern Buchanan and his opponent, James Golden. They hold opposing views on continuing tax cuts, the state of Medicare and Social Security and the federal government's health-care reform.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Wine, Women and Shoes Co-Chairwomen Diana Kelly Buchanan and Emily Stroud
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • November 18, 2013
Black Tie Untied

Untied your weekend with Black Tie Untied, featuring Wine, Women and Shoes, Dream Maker's Ball and The Art of Caring gala.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The Romeo y Julieta crepe at La Creperie is $10.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 31, 2016
Eat around the world in St. Armands

From Italian to Irish, the Longboat Observer puts five of St. Armands Circle's international flavors to a taste test.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
facepaint
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 16, 2015
This week's best bets: Monday, March 16

This week's best bets: Monday, March 16

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2014
News Briefs

Stickney Point motels sell for $1.5 million; Sarasota School Board adopts final budget; Wallenda to walk tightrope across Chicago skyscrapers

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Longboat Key should hire an attorney for all; New system breaches residents' privacy

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Brian Kenney hopes to secure both national and local tenants for Whitney Beach Plaza.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 5, 2011
7 in 11: Brian Kenney

His company purchased the struggling Whitney Beach Plaza for $3.7 million. Now, Brian Kenney will work to bring traffic back to the north end of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch’s Coleen Campbell and Nicole Grant go up for a block against Naples Gulf Coast.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 13, 2013
Lasting Legacy

The Lakewood Ranch volleyball team saw its season come to an end with a 3-0 loss to Naples Gulf Coast Nov. 9.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • September 2, 2009
Parents question district's decision

Superintendent Tim McGonegal removed four students from Lakewood Ranch after they threw acid bombs at several homes.

  • East County
  • Schools
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