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Sidewalk astronomy provides telescopes for viewers to take a closer look at space. Courtesy photo.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • September 7, 2018
Calendar

Calendar

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The sign introducing guests to the Patricia Thompson Gallery now also introduces the exhibit, which runs through Oct. 21.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 24, 2016
The Art of Advertising: Ringling alum broadens the definition of art

Pedro Pérez exhibit explores the creative process of an advertiser.

  • Arts + Culture
Don O’Leary
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 21, 2011
FULL STORY: O'Leary leaves CDD 2

Don O'Leary has stepped down to accept a position as a fire commissioner. The board is seeking a replacement.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • June 7, 2021
Rotary Club of Longboat Key plants tree at new fire station

The Longboat Key Fire Department will now be looked over by a "shady lady."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Alicia King |
  • March 10, 2014
Storage Solutions: Jewelry

Storage Solutions: Jewelry

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By John Ewing |
  • March 24, 2012
International Star, Incandescent Genius

International Star, Incandescent Genius

  • Arts + Culture
Laura Gilkey and Jessica Anderson
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 29, 2017
Southside goes gold in honor of classmates

Southside elementary students came to school dressed in gold, the trademark color of childhood cancer awareness, in honor of Avery Rann and Benjamin Gilkey.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
 Ovation summer campers Zola Gutierrez and Alexa Hornung rehearse “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now,” from the musical “Hairspray.”
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • August 16, 2018
The Beat Goes On

Michelle McCord is giving the most heartfelt performance of her career at the Ovation School of Musical Theatre.

  • LWR Life
John Fain and Angela Massaro-Fain receive the 2017 C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian of the Year Award from past Community Fund president Diane Brune.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 19, 2017
Lakewood Ranch Community Fund Gala celebrates with heart of Dixie

Dixieland Jazz is theme as Community Fund raises grant funds.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: December 23

Chris Boothroyd captured this monarch butterfly on a patch of milkweed at North Water Tower Park in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • February 17, 2021
William Robert Hasenfus

William Robert Hasenfus, 72, of Longboat Key, passed away February 11, 2021, after a heroic battle against Pancreatic Cancer, diagnosed on December 23, 2019.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • December 7, 2016
SKVA bids members a final farewell

The Siesta Key Village Association held their final meeting Wednesday night.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Alyson Zildjian started the Peak Performance brand specifically to work with athletes and teams.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 15, 2017
Sarasota caterer starts brand to provide athletes nutritious meals

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 30, 2010
TOP STORY, AUGUST: Colony Collapse

The bankruptcy judge dissolved the 38 year partnership between Colony owner Murf Klauber and the unit owners.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 19, 2021
Render Unto Caesar

Jonathan Epstein’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s 'Julius Caesar' shatters cliché in the FSU/Asolo Conservatory’s latest streaming production.

  • Arts + Culture
"We'd read lines at the house," Larry Connatser says of he and his late partner, Doug Nelson. "Until 'Full Monty,' we were reading lines and then his voice went and he had to step out." Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 13, 2013
BACKSTAGE PASS: A Labor of Love

For stagehand Larry Connatser, love was the ticket to gaining admission into the supportive and loyal Players family.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jenifer C. Back DMD |
  • November 1, 2019
The Truth about Gum Disease

The Truth about Gum Disease

  • Health
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Photo by Rod Millington
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • November 9, 2016
'The Secret World of Og' enjoys U.S. premiere at Sarasota Youth Opera

The operatic adaptation of the popular Canadian story shows the power of youth opera.

  • Arts + Culture
What happens if Sarasota's bayfront park becomes a center of constant activity, similar to what has occurred, say, at Cincinnati’s Fountain Park? (Courtesy image)
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 12, 2019
Sarasota's overall strategy: Whack-a-mole!

Monday’s City Commission meeting agenda — with votes on the Bay Park and Fruitville Road — illustrates a helter-skelter strategy, which is no strategy. Table the Fruitville Road vote.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
This Country Club home at 13215 Palmers Creek Terrace sold for $1,935,500. It has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,701 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 3, 2023
Top residential real estate sales in Lakewood Ranch for Dec. 12-23

A Country Club home on Palmers Creek Terrace tops the week's sales at $1.94 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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