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  • By Matt Orr |
  • July 5, 2012
Matt's List: Five Saracentric places to gain perspective

Matt's List: Five Saracentric places to gain perspective

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Michael Eng |
  • February 8, 2012
Observed: Opa! St. Barbara preps for festival

When you're a minority, many folks are curious about your heritage, but they don't quite know how to inquire. They don't want to say anything that could be construed as offensive, so they skirt around, delicate as a doily.

  • East County
  • Opinion
John Lee, 50, suffered a broken rib, a separated shoulder, a partially collapsed lung and multiple contusions on his face.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • August 31, 2011
My View: Beating recalls own enraged confrontation

Reports asked John Lee, as he lay bloodied, questions about the attack. My first question was different: Have you spoken to your son?

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 6, 2010
Bike rally rumbles into Ranch

The fifth Annual West Coast Bike Rally will kick off with its Rock and Rumble event on Lakewood Ranch Main Street Oct. 8.

  • East County
  • News
Brenda and Danny Chin and their daughter, student dancer Katie. Photo by Molly Schechter.
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter |
  • August 30, 2011
Scene & Heard

'Festival of Stars' stars the students; Art Center Sarasota hits a triple; Couture your closet with costumes; Ringling Museum circles the wagons

  • Arts + Culture
Liz Coursen has already received 12 autobiographies to edit since her workbook was published a year ago. “I’ve not read a dull story yet,” she says.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 5, 2011
BACKSTAGE PASS: Tales from the script

Think your life doesn't warrant an autobiography? Sarasota writer Liz Coursen says it does - and she's got the tools to help you tell it.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • April 9, 2012
Mommy's in the Market for Monet

Mommy's in the Market for Monet

  • Arts + Culture
The Wiegand family has made participating in the Living Nativity a family tradition. Pictured clockwise from bottom left are: Fairyn, Alexander, Benjamin, Catherine, Lance, Elizabeth, Davis and Sarah.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 12, 2012
A Christmas Story

The Tabernacle Church will host its 26th annual Living Nativity Dec. 13 through Dec. 16.

  • East County
  • News
This map shows the location of the proposed 7-Eleven.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 17, 2020
S.R. 64 corridor near Lakewood Ranch gets more business

Convenience store comes to S.R. 64/Lorraine Road intersection with more development on the way.

  • East County
  • News
April Tcherneshoff  hopes the neighboring home will be rebuilt because it is too close to her home. The standard in Rosedale is a 12-foot minimum. The house is 7.6 feet away.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 26, 2020
Measure of concern in Rosedale

Builders might have to tear down homes built too close to their Rosedale neighbors.

  • East County
  • News
Volunteer reserve officer Kumiko Carter recently joined the Longboat Key Police Department. She thinks her role will entail anything from public relations to crime solving to community policing.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • February 12, 2020
Newest reserve police officer has decades of experience

Kumiko Carter headed to the police academy at age 18 and served more than 25 years with Manatee Sheriff's Office.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Alexia Jasmene and Minka Wiltz
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 26, 2017
Urbanite Theatre production tells the story of the man who wasn’t there.

'Naming True' is a parable of storytelling and personal loyalty.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 23, 2018
Sarasota Concert Band remembers fallen soldiers with Memorial Day performance

Sarasota Concert Band's Memorial Day concert uses patriotic and popular music to honor Americans who lost their lives in the military.

  • Arts + Culture
University of Michigan running back Karan Higdon, a Riverview High grad, had a stellar junior season. Courtesy photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 14, 2018
Prose and Kohn: The old college try

Area athletes continue to excel after high school.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Jerry Pireaux, the owner, with his wife Kelly, of the Bee Ridge Pharmacy in Sarasota along with the Lakewood Ranch Pharmacy, said it is imperative to get rid of out-of-date medications.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 21, 2019
Medicine cabinet up to date?

Lakewood Ranch pharmacists suggest a spring cleaning might be in order.

  • Health
Amy Korenman helps put on some finishing touches to her daughter Layla's witch costume. Layla wanted her witch outfit to be unique and chose fun fabrics to give it a signature style.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 24, 2018
Dressed to thrill for Lakewood Ranch Boo Fest

Families say making their own costumes is half the fun of Halloween.

  • East County
  • News
The ice rink at Holidays on the Green drew 20,000 people last year. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 2, 2018
There's nothing rinky-dink about this holiday display at UTC

Benderson goes all out creating a Christmas mall masterpiece in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • News
City Manager Tom Barwin says he's giving consideration to the best way to evaluate city employees.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 7, 2016
City officials reflect on performance evaluations

A public dispute surrounding the city auditor and clerk was the most high-profile part of the commission's review of charter officials — but what did the city’s leaders learn in the process?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Melissa Coleman Sperber, Charlotte Johnson, Benjamin Howe, Melissa Hull and Natalie Elizabeth Robinson will dance in SCD + Piazzolla beginning Oct. 12. Photo by Sorcha Augustine
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 4, 2017
SCD takes steps in a new direction with its first show of the season

Sarasota Contemporary Dance will open its season with SCD + Piazzolla, a collaboration that reinvents tango.

  • Arts + Culture
Casa del Mar Beach Resort General Manager Mark Meador let 10 families stay at the resort following Irma.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2017
Town says thanks for hurricane heroes

Following Hurricane Irma, Meador opened up Casa Del Mar Beach Resort to ten families.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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