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Longboat Key resident Harold Ronson and Thomas Savage, founder of the Sarasota Public Art Fund. Photo by Yara Klimchak
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 30, 2013
Iwo Jima veteran envisions statue next to Unconditional Surrender

Iwo Jima Navy veteran Harold Ronson envisions the famous 1945 monument sitting next to Unconditional Surrender.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County blocked access to Beach Road properties after the recently repaired road collapsed from erosion.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 29, 2012
Tides destroy Beach Road repair

Sarasota County called on a local construction firm this morning to mull emergency improvements.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2012
JUST THE STATS

0 - The number of games the Sarasota High School JV girls basketball team lost during the regular season this year. The Lady Sailors went 20-0 this season to give Sarasota its first undefeated year of girls basketball.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lilli Hernler sits by the pool at her Silver Oaks home, which overlooks the now-vacant cattle pasture.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 20, 2015
Silver Oaks residents to protest Palmer Ranch development buffer

The Palmer Ranch community hopes to gain traction with the Sarasota County Commissioners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The crowd at the opening night of the Fabulous Arts Boutqiue on Thursday, Feb. 11.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • February 13, 2011
FABulous turnout at Art Center Sarasota

The Fabulous Arts Boutique brought out quite a crowd this past weekend. FAB was held at Art Center Sarasota and ran from Thursday, Feb. 10 through Sunday Feb. 13.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
June winner: Gordon Silver captured this shot of a bald eagle ready to do some afternoon fishing in a Lakewood Ranch pond.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2017
Your weather and nature photo contest winners

Keep track of June, July and August winners here!

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Mary Tygh Parks submitted this photo she titles “Sun and Earth,” taken on Siesta Key.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2015
Sarasota weather page photo: Dec. 24

Mary Tygh Parks submitted this photo she titles “Sun and Earth,” taken on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2014
Volunteers needed

The Tiny Hands Foundation is looking for volunteers for this weekend's Backpack Brigade event Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
According to a press release, Duncan held a woman at gunpoint in the parking lot of the Dutch Heritage restaurant on Bahia Vista in Sarasota.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • January 24, 2012
Deputies make arrest in armed robbery case

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested Joshua Duncan, 22, for an armed robbery that occurred last week.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kali Reis.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 8, 2019
East County Athlete of the Week: Kali Reis

The Lakewood Ranch junior talks recruitment and grand slams.

  • East County
  • Sports
The former bank building at 6960 Gulf of Mexico Drive that also once housed the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce sold for $549,000 on April 24.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 30, 2015
Former LBK Chamber building sells for $549,000

Longboat Key property owners Anthony and Roxanne Marterie of San Rafael, Calif. purchased the bank property last month and town officials hope they keep an open mind when figuring out what to do with the property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Craig Obrecht submitted this sunset photo, taken from the Sarasota Sailing Squadron docks.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 10, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Brenda Zook
  • By David Conway |
  • May 17, 2018
Sarasota's ice cream trucks face a rocky road

Officials are revisiting a contentious conversation about allowing the iconic businesses to operate in neighborhoods.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nate's Honor Animal Rescue's Development Director Rob Oglesby announces plans for Nate's expansion with permanent buildings.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 10, 2018
Ponies, pups raise funds for rescue group

Honor Animal Rescue announces plans to expand.

  • East County
  • News
The Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home at 6922 Lacantera Circle recently sold for $2,125,000. Built in 2015, it has five bedrooms, five-and-two-half baths, a pool and 7,629 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 17, 2018
Country Club Village home tops sales at $2,125,000

Residential real estate transactions for Oct. 1-5

  • East County
  • Real Estate
"You know what you said, but you don't know what they heard," newest member of Sarasota Ballet, Ian Tanzer, says of what it's like to see himself on episodes of CW's "Breaking Pointe."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 1, 2013
Reality TV star joins Sarasota Ballet

CW's 'Breaking Pointe' lead character, Ian Tanzer, leaves Utah's Ballet West to join the Sarasota Ballet.

  • Arts + Culture
A condominium in The Pierre at 455 Longboat Club Road recently sold for $1 million. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,470 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $900,000 in 2003.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 7, 2018
Condominium at The Pierre sells for $1 million

Residential real estate for Oct. 22-26.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Sarasota High principal Jeff Hradek estimated that attendance was about 50% Friday, a makeup day after finals at the school. Image courtesy of Google images.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 21, 2012
Increased security at Sarasota High after threat

Additional police officers are on SHS campus today.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 15, 2016
Sarasota weather page photo: Dec. 15

Mary Metzler captured this sunset on the way to Siesta Key Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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