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"Annie Get Your Gun" plays at the The Players Centre for Performing Arts through Oct. 7.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • September 23, 2018
'Annie Get Your Gun' offers fully loaded fun

The Players Centre for Performing Arts in Sarasota offers a fun-loaded production of "Annie Get Your Gun" in its 2018 season. Eliza Morehouse, Amanda Heisey, Mick Mazaeda, Belle Babcock

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Will a referendum that asks if the town’s electorate wants to fund the burying of overhead power lines and utilities  on Gulf of Mexico Drive fail?
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 29, 2015
Undergrounding: Too little, too late?

The town of Longboat Key will hold workshops beginning in September to educate residents about the Nov. 3 GMD utilities referendum. But some wonder if it’s time enough to get the word out before the vote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dominique Kohlenberger leads a 45-minute walk and weight training every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Broadway Beach Access.
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • April 3, 2013
YOUR NEIGHBOR: Dominique Kohlenberger

Certified health coach Dominique Kohlenberger leads by example - and with empathy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Resilient Retreat founder Sherri Mills, emcee Barry Ayers a.k.a. Ms. Fruitville, and Board Vice Chair Sherri Mills  embraced the "Wizard of  Oz" theme at the opening.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • November 10, 2020
Resilient Retreat nonprofit hosts groundbreaking

The abuse nonprofit announced the groundbreaking on Oct. 30.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
"Images" will be 8 p.m. Saturday. Artwork by Kim Anderson.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Nov. 14

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • August 17, 2015
SARTQ opens "Here and Now" at the State of the Arts Gallery

The 16-member artist collective's first show runs through August 29.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • March 8, 2018
Joe Gruters announces bid for state senate

Gruters' announcement was accompanied with a list of 50 local elected officials who support his candidacy.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sand will be deposited this summer on the severely eroded north end. (File photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 22, 2014
Town, WCIND draft interlocal agreement for $760,235 project

Town Manager Dave Bullock estimates a WCIND sand project will cost the town approximately $300,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown told attendees Thursday the town is working to change codes to make it easier to revitalize Key properties.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 25, 2013
Forum discusses Longboat Key revitalization

A panel of six Longboat Key residents and business owners discussed Longboat Key's revitalization issues Thursday night.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The referendum voters will consider renewing helps fund art and music education in Sarasota County Schools.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • February 23, 2018
Millions in school funding on the ballot

Voters will decide by March 20 whether to renew the school tax referendum, which provides $56 million in extra funding to Sarasota County Schools.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 20, 2010
Commission tentatively chooses whiter sand

The Town Commission also approved code amendments proposed by The Longboat Key Club and Resort, which make its Islandside renovation-and-expansion project more defensible legally.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 16, 2012
County re-surfacing starts in Siesta Isles

Contractors hired by Sarasota County grinded a layer of asphalt off of Shadow Lawn Way yesterday, and will re-surface the street after minor curb repairs.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
For all the lightness and joy in "The Sound of Music," director Josh Rhodes wanted audiences to sense the looming danger the characters faced ahead of them.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 26, 2019
Director climbs new mountain for more dramatic vista

‘The Sound of Music’ is a pinnacle of classic musical theater. For Josh Rhodes, it was a peak experience.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 13, 2013
Hidden In Plain Sight: 'Sarasota Half in Dream'

Derek Murphy and Mitchell Zemil set out to uncover what lies beneath Sarasota's surface in their documentary, 'Sarasota Half in Dream.'

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • May 9, 2018
County comfortable with proposal to end downtown CRA dispute

The city is seeking $2.63 million from the county to fund four specific projects. County commissioners are on board so far.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The full report comes less than three months before the start of the next hurricane season.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • March 15, 2018
After-Irma report helps guide county's planning for future hurricanes

Among the top priorities in the Hurricane Irma after-action review: shelter operations, public communication and employee training.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 2, 2021
Mask wars: Coercion only brings destruction

This fight or war over masks on school children brings into vivid focus the incongruity that has existed with education from the day it became the domain of the state.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • January 18, 2018
Cleaning house

Proceeds from the sale of public property should be used to pay down debt, not finance budget shortfalls.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 22, 2009
Miss Florida visit kicks off Southside jog-a-thon

Southside Elementary School students looked up to Miss Florida - not only because she towered over them but also because of her passion for encouraging kindness wherever she goes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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