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  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 2, 2009
Sarasota shelter slashes adoption fees

With its shelter overcrowded, Sarasota County's Animal Services is offering lower adoption rates.

  • Sarasota
  • News
(Photo courtesy SPD)The Sarasota Police  Department headquarters was evacuated after an officer found a suspicious package Monday.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 16, 2015
Sarasota Police headquarters evacuated due to suspicious package

Roughly 200 people were evacuated from the Sarasota Police Department headquarters and an adjacent building after an officer found a suspicious package Monday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2017
Longboat Key letters to the editor 1.4.2017

The plan to install roundabouts on U.S. 41 at Fruitville and Gulfstream deserves first prize for lack of foresight and incompetent planning.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 18, 2010
Connectivity plan moves forward

On Monday, City Commissioners approved a connectivity plan to slow traffic and increase pedestrian access to the bayfront through a series of six roundabouts on U.S. 41 and lower speed limits.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 20, 2012
IDA moves forward with new maintenance facility

Supervisors are ready to approve construction of a facility that meets the state requirement that a building withstand 140-mph winds.

  • East County
  • News
Fifth-graders Lauren Costello, Â Alexis Suter and Daniel Rumbo take a lap around the new track while learning about how to run at a steady pace.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 23, 2015
New Tara Elementary track jogs students' enthusiasm

The school's track was upgraded from grass to clay, thanks to some extra dollars from a district project.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 17, 2010
Why I love my dad

He's a hero, memory-maker, comedian, storyteller and friend. The Sarasota Observer caught up with a group of kids at the Boys and Girls Club to chat about Father's Day, which falls on Sunday, June 20. Here's what they had to say about some of Sarasota's special dads.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 17, 2018
State College of Florida's 'The Laramie Project' moves without overdoing it

Reality-based play looks back at a brutal attack — and an unlikely team of investigators who struggled to find the truth behind it.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
I love you all, but the highlight of this job was definitely meeting Aly Raisman. Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 3, 2018
Black Tie & Tales 01.04.18

A final farewell from a very grateful black tie reporter-turned A&E managing editor.

  • Black Tie
A Cessna 421C. Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 19, 2012
Plane bound for SRQ crashes in Gulf

An aircraft destined for Sarasota with an unresponsive pilot circled in the Gulf before crashing at 12:20 p.m.

  • Sarasota
  • News
India's Somdev Devvaran, who defeated Jesse Levine 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4, and Ilija Bozoljac 6-4, 6-4, is among the eight in contention of winning the sixth Sarasota Open.
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • April 19, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Sarasota Open closing weekend

Field whittled down to elite eight, celebrity exhibition kicks off Saturday's action.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Cucci family came out in full force to honor their beloved relative, Laura Cucci, who died of breast cancer more than a decade ago.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 31, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Get Teed Off Golf Tourney

East County residents teed off against breast cancer Aug. 31, at the Legacy Golf Course, for a charity golf tournament benefiting Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

  • East County
  • News
SCAD survivor Tracee Murphy in her home with her dog, George.
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • April 19, 2018
When in doubt, advocate for your health

A rare diagnosis sends Tracee Murphy searching for answers to SCAD at an out-of-state clinic.

  • Health
Lieutenant Brandon Desch shows off the Longboat Fire Department's night vision monocular. Photos by Sten Spinella.
  • By Sten Spinella |
  • August 7, 2019
New equipment improves vision for Longboat Key Fire Department

Even in the night, firefighters can see as clear as day.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • March 16, 2018
UPDATE: Siesta Key Breeze trolley turning 1 year old

SCAT is celebrating the trolley's success by rewarding the anticipated 250,000th rider.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Players Centre for Performing Arts CEO Michelle Bianchi and Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Director of Community Relations Monaca Onstad are eager to introduce The Players to Lakewood Ranch through a children-focused programming.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 7, 2017
Players Theatre writes new chapter in Lakewood Ranch

'Storytelling Theatre' introduces The Players' children's programming to Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 9, 2012
Welly, White spar on project history

In 2004, the town held hearings for the Key Club's proposed Ca d'Coure plan, but Michael Welly and Bob White have different memories of the plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Shore restaurant owner Tom Leonard says a revised Shore application that now has a one-story restaurant with 185 seats “will have a woody, surf watch, Old Florida feel."
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 9, 2015
Shore seats: And then there were 185

A revised Longbeach Village restaurant application eliminates a second story and reduces the number of seats from 299 to 185.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Gopher tortoises prefer dry sandy soil. Their burrows average 15 feet long and 6.5 feet deep. Photo courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 20, 2019
Manatee County takes hard look at tortoise habitat

Rye Preserve restoration will help struggling gopher tortoise population.

  • East County
  • News
The island is getting closer to a new CVS, with work on the drug store’s interior currently under way.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 1, 2012
CVS moves forward with new store

CVS appears to be getting a move on.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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