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This home at 7336 Barclay Court recently sold for $1 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 21, 2018
Knightsbridge home sells for $1 million

Residential real estate transactions for March 5-9.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 18, 2016
UPDATE: UF partnership a community effort

The University of Florida has asked for a $1 million grant from the county to establish a local engineering educational hub.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By John Ewing |
  • April 27, 2012
This Weekend in Sarasota with Kirsten!

This Weekend in Sarasota with Kirsten!

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Sarasota County commissioners authorized staff to finish the design of the Siesta Key public beach improvements with a single construction phase.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 12, 2012
Sarasota County approves Siesta Key beach project budget

Sarasota County commissioners authorized staff to finish the design of the Siesta Key public beach improvements with a single construction phase.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
In March 1981, Longboat Key voters voted in favor of a mid-Key bridge.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2017
Bridge to Longboat …

… 50 years of stop-and-go talking

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
When they moved to Florida, Chris and Tammy Sachs downsized a lot of things — including their Christmas tree.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 24, 2020
Holidays past and present on Longboat Key

No holiday season has ever quite been like 2020, and many hope there's never another one.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
20 plus girlfriends gathered at Yoga Shack on Feb. 13 for their third annual "Galentine'  s Day" celebration. Photo courtesy of Ashley Gruters
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 20, 2017
Black Tie & Tales 02.23.17

From a healthy girl's night out to some of the season's most creative outfits, this is the scoop on last week's social happenings.

  • Black Tie
"We have nothing now, we don't have one brick laid down or one actor signed," Brendan Ragan says. "But we have people buying in and believing in us, and as soon as we had that — that's when it started feeling real."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 4, 2014
Inside the Box

FSU/Asolo Conservatory alumni Brendan Ragan and Summer Dawn Wallace will open The Urbanite Theatre -- an edgy, hip, black box theater in downtown Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Police arrested a couple for burglary of an unoccupied dwelling Friday, Sept. 27, after a short standoff.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 30, 2013
Couple arrested for burglary

Sarasota Police arrested a 28-year-old man and his girlfriend for allegedly breaking into the man's mother's home on Flores Avenue Friday, Sept. 27.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Johanna Fincher, soprano, Joseph Holt, artistic director and Amy Connours, alto of Gloria Musicae, will perform their philanthropic concert at the Sarasota Opera House.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • November 18, 2014
The Art of Giving

Gloria Musicae leads a concert to reflect and raise awareness for local philanthropy and homelessness.

  • Arts + Culture
"I'm an evangelist for opera, so I would like to see Sarasota Opera further that mission and to really expand it," Richard Russell says. Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 26, 2012
Familiar Role: Richard Russell

After a two-year hiatus, Richard Russell will return to Sarasota to helm the Sarasota Opera, for which he served as an apprentice artist more than 20 years ago.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo. Jon Thaxton will be step up to fill the role of senior vice president for community investment for Gulf Coast Community Foundation.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2015
Thaxton promoted within Gulf Coast Community Foundation

Jon Thaxton will take over as the new senior vice president for community investment at Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2014
Obituary: Elberta Greene

Elberta Greene, 84, of Sarasota, died May 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • March 27, 2014
Signal timing system offers 'invisible' benefit

Sarasota County traffic engineers take to the streets to find ways to better coordinate traffic signals to prevent traffic congestion and improve roadway safety along U.S. 41.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • March 27, 2014
County voters approve school referendum tax by landslide

Sarasota County voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum Tuesday to extend the lifespan of a supplementary school tax by another four years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Paige Troyer crowns Nicole Wittmer queen.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Christian Banquet

Sarasota Christian School juniors and seniors dressed in their best formal wear Saturday, May 4, for the Junior and Senior Banquet. Each year, the juniors surprise the seniors by choosing a theme and decorating the school's gymnasium. Students enjoy a meal before the banquet king and queen are named. This year's king and queen were Hunter Drake and Nicole Wittmer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
After project opponents and supporters packed City Hall for a series of public hearings on the initial master plan, Selby Gardens hopes a revised proposal will be significantly less contentious.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 20, 2019
Selby Gardens to scale down master plan

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is attempting to address concerns raised by critics of an initial proposal, but resident opponents remain skeptical.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Skip Kister, honored guest Betty Shilalie and U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Raul Rojas
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 12, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: USS Sarasota Reunion Dinner

Former USS Sarasota crew members and their wives held a reunion dinner Thursday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first USS Sarasota reunion.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Aidan Forson pitches to an O's employee during the clinic at Ed Smith Stadium.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 25, 2018
Baseball clinic gets a standing "O"

The Baltimore Orioles hosted a clinic for Lakewood Ranch YCMA summer campers.

  • East County
  • Sports
A condo at the Ritz Carlton Residence recently sold for $4.3 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 2, 2017
Ritz Carlton Residences condo sells for $4.3 million

Residential real estate transactions for July 17-21.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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