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Michelle Sampson and Small Business of the Year nominee Rob Wagner at September's Business After Hours.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 9, 2017
Longboat Chamber finalizes Small Business Week schedule

Throughout the week, businesspersons can attend five seminars focusing on social media.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
An alternative to Floridays’ boutique hotel on the north end of Longboat Key?
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 13, 2016
Floridays' conundrum

Longboat residents would love to see the old service station and bank building on the north end redeveloped. But traffic tensions may be an insurmountable obstacle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Jane Goodwin
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2018
Sarasota School Board, District 5: Jane Goodwin

Questions and answers with Jane Goodwin

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 28, 2017
Artists bring creativity to St. Armands

Original work by more than 175 artists filled the Circle over the weekend.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
John Bean. Courtesy photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 25, 2017
East County sports roundup: 05.25.17

East County sports roundup: 05.25.17

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 13, 2009
Reid, Silvers earn top five finishes

The Lakewood Ranch High swim team had an impressive showing at the Class 2A FHSAA Swimming and Diving Championships Nov. 12 with the girls team finishing eighth and the boys team finishing 11th.

  • East County
  • Sports
Barbara Ramsay works on new acquisition "Portrait of John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane, 1738" by Allan Ramsay.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 9, 2014
Backstage Pass: Barbara Ramsay resurrects paintings to the way they were

Get to know Barbara Ramsay, the new chief conservator at The Ringling. She combines science and art methods to preserve art for future generations.

  • Arts + Culture
The nearly finished living room exemplifies some of the motifs and colors that can be found throughout the work of the 11 design teams that worked on separate sections of the house. (Photos by Klint Lowry)
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • March 11, 2020
Jewels on the Bay presents 25th home-design showcase

Late change of locale presented an extra challenge to designers

  • Arts + Culture
Solomon Shenker has dreamed of opening his own Jewish deli since he was 18 years old. This week, those dreams came true.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • December 1, 2015
Deli Diehards: Sol Meyer NY Delicatessen opens

With his new Jewish deli, Sol Meyer NY Delicatessen, Solomon Shenker is bringing a taste of the Northeast to Main Street.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • November 11, 2009
Beth Israel Women prepare holiday bazaar

Beth Israel Women (BIW) are doing a major expansion of their Holiday Bazaar for 2009.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 12, 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
A group of manatees appeared near the shore.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • August 13, 2015
This week in history 8.13.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 2, 2015
Refugee Rule of One

Before you become part of the chorus of altruists chastising Florida Gov. Rick Scott for wanting a pause on Syrian refugees, you should apply Arthur Laffer’s Rule of One.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Norma Pennington submitted this sunset photo, taken in Venice.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2011
Cool Today Winner: Sun sets on another year

Norma Pennington submitted this sunset photo, taken in Venice.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Director Greg Leaming will bring a hard-hitting take to Sophocles’ tragedy “Antigone,” at The Players Centre for Performing Arts, starting Oct. 23.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 9, 2019
Theater: Critic's Picks for 2019-2020

Sarasota is full of must-see live theater in the upcoming season.

  • Arts + Culture
Jeff Speck, left, signs a copy of his book Walkable City Rules for city Planning Director Steve Cover at City Hall on Thursday.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 11, 2019
Walkability expert talks downtown strengths, weaknesses

Planner Jeff Speck praised the progress Sarasota has made in the past two decades, but listed street design and cycling capacity among the issues left to address.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Vicki Goffinet, Stacey Monroe, Tonya Stockhill and Cara Botelho.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • January 9, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: 2nd annual Andrew Monroe Memorial 5K

Friends and former teammates supported a late friend with the 2nd annual Andrew Monroe Memorial 5K Walk/Run Saturday, Jan. 10 at Siesta Beach. Proceeds benefit the scholarship that was created in Monroe's name after he was killed in a car accident in 2011.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Roskamp Institute's Executive Director Dr. Michael Mullan was part of the team that discovered the genetic causes of Alzheimer's disease in the early 1990s
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • September 25, 2018
Enduring our memories

A breakthrough study from the Roskamp Institute could mean a cure for Alzheimer's is on the horizon.

  • Health
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 3, 2016
Two tales of intervention

The stories of Cask & Ale and Oaktree Development show how good intentions by the city actually drive up entertainment and housing prices for the consumer.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The meeting will be held at the county commission chambers, 1112 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 20, 2016
Tax on Manatee commission agenda

Will Manatee see a half-cent increase in sales tax?

  • East County
  • News
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