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The vision plan for a redeveloped Sarasota Square Mall into a town center shows the proximity of the apartment buildings to Sarasota Square Boulevard and the JCPenny, Costco and AMC theaters to remain.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 16, 2024
Sarasota Square Mall redevelopment approved

Last-minute height reduction of apartments secures enough County Commission votes to transform the mostly vacant mall into a mixed-use town center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Pfizer Papers: Pfizer’s crimes against humanity
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 5, 2024
The Pfizer Papers: Pfizer’s crimes against humanity

Three governments tried to suppress evidence revealing that Pfizer and federal officials knew the company’s vaccine would not stop COVID and was deadly.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Mixon Fruit Farms has been a staple in Manatee County for decades.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 20, 2023
Mixon Fruit Farms leaves a legacy of making memories in Bradenton

Mixon Fruit Farms prepares to close July 29 after 84 years in operation.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Abby Weingarten |
  • February 20, 2020
Trail Talk

Fresh-air fitness is beneficial for the mind, body and soul. Period.

  • LWR Life
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 25, 2015
OUR VIEW | The ‘taking’ of your property

In Sarasota, often times it doesn’t matter what you own, or what city codes entitle you to do. Complainers trump property rights.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Turner Moore started the Whiskey Obsession Festival four years ago.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 22, 2016
Obsessed: Sarasota's Whiskey Obsession Festival

Turner Moore has turned his infatuation with whiskey into one of the biggest whiskey festivals in the country.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Sarasota Art Museum showcases works of Hermitage visual artists
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • April 17, 2024
Sarasota Art Museum showcases works of Hermitage visual artists

The exhibition is the first collaboration between the two area cultural organizations.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Women's Center |
  • June 8, 2023
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Maternity Patient Shares Her Story

In her profession as a pelvic floor physical therapist, Anjelica Yoder spends a great deal of time helping women understand their bodies – especially in pregnancy and postpartum.

  • Health
Sponsored Content
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 4, 2022
Sarasota Cops Corner: Prone to trespassing

Police reports from around Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2009
Manatee's Feagans named Emergency Director of the Year

Florida Division of Emergency Management has named Manatee County Emergency Management Chief Laurie Feagans the first recipient of the County Emergency Director of the Year.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2010
Cops Corner

A man called to report he was the victim of a drive-by fruiting. While driving south on Gulf of Mexico Drive, he reported he heard something hit his passenger window and then saw a mango lying in the road while two juveniles ran away from the scene. Their parents promised it would not happen again.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By John Ewing |
  • April 24, 2012
Observe This: Today’s Top Stories

Observe This: Today’s Top Stories

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Longboat Key residents on the north end of Longboat Key saw beach equipment arrive last week in preparation for a north-end beach-restoration project scheduled for February.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 26, 2011
Town begins sand speech

Town officials and beach engineers told Key residents Saturday why a $16 million beach project next year is necessary.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read the top Cops Corner from all of Observers this week.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 9, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

Enjoy the top Cops Corner stories that ran this week.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
It turns out the Easter Bunny’s timing is good this year: Last year, the holiday came two weeks later, creating a lull in post-spring break traffic during the first two weeks of April.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 4, 2012
Businesses prepare for hopping Easter weekend

The Easter Bunny's timing is just right this year for local hotels and motels that are prepping for one of the busiest holiday weekends in recent years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • July 18, 2017
Film review: 'The Big Sick'

Comedy cuts through serious issues in this unique love story.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • January 8, 2017
Film review: 'Hidden Figures'

Behind the space race, racial boundaries were being broken.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 9, 2019
Third suspect in Longboat Key armed robbery convicted

Two other men sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty in 2018.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
June Blaustein created suits for fitness competitors on the side. Photo by Anna Brugmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 30, 2018
June Blaustein remembered for her loving personality and unique hobby

The Sarasota speech pathologist and bodybuilder suit sewer died Sept. 22.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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