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Bill Coblentz plays slide guitar on his custom-built resonator. Photos by Rachel S O'Hara.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 7, 2013
Strumming Along: Bee Ridge Park bluegrass jam

For the last 20 years, local musicians have gathered for a weekly open bluegrass jam at Bee Ridge Park.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 11, 2009
Update: Governor approves pipeline project

Gov. Charlie Crist approved a natural-gas pipeline project application Friday, Sept. 11 that affects Longboat Key's beach-quality sand resources.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 27, 2010
Residents strong-arm program fundraiser

This Saturday, Robert Martini and Abe Uccello will paddle the 36-mile stretch from Longboat Key to Englewood Beach in Charlotte County to raise money for the Sarasota County Junior Lifeguard Program.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This home at 1500 N. Drive has four bedrooms, six baths, a pool and 3,571 square feet of living area. It sold for $3,275,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 20, 2012
Cherokee Park home sells for $3,275,000

A home in Cherokee Park tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Randolph and Isabel Norton, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1500 N. Drive to Marcia Litton, trustee, of Fort Wayne, Ind., for $3,275,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2011
Cops Corner

12:01 a.m. - 2200 block of 51st Boulevard E. Grand theft. Unknown person(s) stole the boat and trailer from the front yard of the residence. The person(s) then fled with the property in an unknown direction.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Two great blue heron chicks beg to be fed.
  • By Dr. Lou Newman |
  • June 22, 2011
Birds'-eye View

Dr. Lou Newman has photographed wildlife on six continents.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Forristall Enterprises foreman Alex Barrow checks out the inside of the home before starting its demolition Nov. 21.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 22, 2011
Lakewood Ranch eyesore demolished

A Lakewood Ranch home that burned down in September 2008 was demolished Monday.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 18, 2010
Community Golf Scores 05.03.10 to 05.16.10

East County golfers post amazing numbers on area courses.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 30, 2013
Growth management: 'Southwest County Focus'

Manatee County planning officials are evaluating how development occurs in the community and how to best ensure growth pays for the infrastructure improvements - water, sewer and other services - that come along with it.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2011
Cops Corner

The two juvenile defendants selected several grocery items and concealed them in plastic Walmart bags.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2013
Our View

The story behind His birth

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 23, 2009
Santa's secret helper

If the North Pole needed a decorator, Santa set designer Roselle Stroz would be the best person for the job.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 17, 2010
HISTORIC REVIVAL

SemCon 2010 brings together community visionaries to discuss ideas for downtown improvement.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 6, 2010
Duly noted

Think your job is daunting? Try keeping track of every piece of sheet music that passes through the Sarasota Orchestra.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 12, 2012
Commission debates inlet money

The West Coast Inland Navigation District needs $400,000 more from Sarasota County for the 2013 fiscal year. Mote Marine Laboratory could potentially lose out on two projects, and law enforcement faces cuts.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • July 11, 2012
Loretta Swit shares her secrets to staying young

The 'M*A*S*H' star can be seen currently through Sunday in 'Love, Loss and What I Wore' at the Asolo Rep Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
A map shows the tentative route of Siesta Key sewer force main pipeline, through the Ashton Lakes neighborhood on the mainland. Sarasota County Public Works.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • March 15, 2012
Siesta sewer project discussion delayed

The Sarasota County Commission has postponed discussion of the next step in its Siesta Key sewage project until the morning of March 28, at the County Administration Center.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2010
Cops Corner 12.02.10

The victim reported an unknown person intentionally used a vehicle to strike her three garbage cans that were on the side of the road.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2011
News Briefs

Commissioner Donna Hayes files for re-election; Take Stock in Children announces appointments; Dean Mixon heads to Washington, D.C.

  • East County
  • News
Key residents long have spotted individual manatees in the Grand Canal. Photo by Rebecca Wild Baxter.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • August 11, 2011
Manatees in Grand Canal threatened by fast boats

Residents along the Key's Grand Canal long have contended with property damage from fast boat wakes, but new concerns have arisen about the boats' threats to a pod of manatees.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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