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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 24, 2014
Tax rate stays flat for county residents

For the second year in a row, the property tax base climbed, this year from $24.9 billion to $25.9 billion.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Ashley Pawelczyk |
  • October 21, 2014
Let's talk locks: Fall into a new hue

Let's talk locks: Fall into a new hue

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 2, 2014
Beer Box packs up for downtown move

Beer Box packs up for downtown move

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 19, 2014
Community opens course

Esplanade's golf course is the first to open since 2007.

  • East County
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 20, 2014
County to begin budget process

Sarasota County commissioners will hold a workshop Friday, during which Tom Harmer will begin preparing his first budget as county administrator.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mary Davis Wallace (left) is the new board chair of Art Center Sarasota and Katherine Ceaser has been named executive director.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2024
Art Center Sarasota names new management team

Sarasota's oldest visual arts organization has a new executive director and board chair.

  • Arts + Culture
Construction of a mixed-use development is expected to soon begin on the site of a former Checkers on Ringling Boulevard in Sarasota.
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 12, 2025
Apartments, pizza restaurant coming to former Sarasota Checkers site

The owners of the property on Ringling Boulevard are building a mixed-use development that will include a Tony Harper’s Pizza and Clam Shack.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A rendering by Humphrey & Partners Architects of Fruitville Gateway, planned for Fruitville Road between East Avenue and Washington Boulevard.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 25, 2025
New apartment development on horizon for Sarasota's Park East area

Fruitville Gateway will have 274 apartments, 30 priced affordable.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The building at 6131 S. Tamiami Trail used to be owned by New Dynasty and is between the Pho 101 Noodle House and Public Storage.
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 27, 2025
Restaurant on US 41 in Sarasota sells for $2.1 million

A veteran restaurateur purchased the building on South Tamiami Trail, which spans more than 5,500 square feet.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Charmaine Hunter
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2024
Sarasota Ballet names community engagement director

Charmaine Hunter was previously director of community enrichment for Orlando Ballet.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 26, 2022
How a nurse practitioner saved COVID-19 lives without vaccines

Vanessa Hamalian and her new Latitude Clinic have treated 1,092 COVID-19 patients with ivermectin and the FLCCC protocols, none with vaccines. Of those, 1,091 have recovered.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 17, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A break from fishing

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2009
Cops Corner

A Sarasota landscaper was asked why he took two wheelbarrows full of shell and 11 bags of mulch from a Country Club Shore yard. The landscaper told police he received permission to take the items from the landscaper in charge of maintaining the home.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 2, 2010
Panel debates racial makeup

A Police Advisory Panel adviser said if the city does not mandate that blacks be appointed to a permanent police panel, then that panel would be 'nearly racist.'

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 28, 2010
Cops Corner

April 17 Feel the burn 2:26 p.m. - 2100 block of GMD. Larceny. Two men were arrested for stealing heartburn medication at a drug store and trying to return it at a grocery store. The Longboat Key Publix store manager positively identified the suspects and the men were taken to the Sarasota Jail.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • August 4, 2011
Commissioners tell staff to fix that leaky irrigation system

When James Harriott, the county's executive director of public works, appeared before the County Commission July 26 to resolve questions about the operations of the Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corp., he brought up an ancillary problem that has drawn Village attention for more than a year: a malfunction in the landscaping irrigation system.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The home at 554 S. Spoonbill Drive on Bird Key recently sold for $3.5 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 14, 2018
Bird Key home sells for $3.5 million

Residential real estate transactions for Feb. 26 to March 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2015
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
ODA junior Makenna Larkin catches a pass against Bradenton Christian School on March 7. Larkin scored two goals against BCS.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 11, 2024
ODA girls lacrosse using attitude to its advantage

The Thunder is 5-2 as of March 8 after winning just four games in 2023.

  • East County
  • Sports
Carmen Ciricillo performs at McCurdy's Comedy Theatre.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • February 13, 2025
Nationally touring comedian finds a sweet spot in Sarasota

Carmen Ciricillo was always in search of positivity and laughter. After he visited Sarasota in 1992, it was the place he wanted to call home.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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