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Incumbent Jen Ahearn-Koch swept easily into the general election by more than 10 points.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 23, 2022
Ahearn-Koch leads the way in City Commission vote

Lobeck and Trice also make the field for the November general election of two at-large seats.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jess McIntyre |
  • February 22, 2019
Family fun is in close range

Eighty-six the plane, trains and automobiles with quick, affordable (and sanity-saving) local-ish staycations and getaways.

  • LWR Life
Miss Susie’s Newtown Kitchen will tentatively open this fall. Courtesy image
  • By Shellie Terry |
  • March 9, 2018
New neighborhood flavor coming to Newtown with Miss Susies's restaurant

Miss Susie’s Newtown Kitchen will offer a new concept for fast-casual dining when it tentatively opens this fall.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum in Steven Soderbergh's "Side Effects." Courtesy
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • February 13, 2013
Film: 'Side Effects'

All is not as it seems in director Steven Soderbergh's new film, "Side Effects." It's an intelligent, twisty murder mystery that plays games with your brain. So pay attention. This film is not for slackers.

  • Arts + Culture
Bid whist is a trick-taking game played with a standard 52-card deck, similar to bridge but with more trash talking.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • August 16, 2018
All Hands on Deck

A tight-knit community of bid whist players is getting its game on every Tuesday at Ed’s Tavern in Lakewood Ranch.

  • LWR Life
Lakewood Ranch High junior Riley Bohan began lifting her freshman year after a good friend talked her into the sport. Photo by Jen Blanco
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 3, 2014
Going for Gold

Lakewood Ranch High junior Riley Bohan won three gold medals at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Championships earlier this summer.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Longboat Key Center for the Ars -- Â which opened in 1952 -- shut down in May 2017 after 10 years under Ringling College management.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 16, 2019
Commissioners reframe Arts Center discussion

Split vote on pre-construction document raises questions among town leaders.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat officials clean-up red tide from local canals.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • September 19, 2018
Red tide cleanup bill surpasses $40,000

Longboat's red tide cleanup costs surpass $40,000

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Signs at Siesta Beach highlight previous accolades bestowed by organizations such as TripAdvisor.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 26, 2019
Siesta Beach ranked Top 10 in TripAdvisor list

Two years removed from being named No. 1 in the country, Siesta Beach has fallen a few spots in the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice ranking of the country’s best beaches.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Alyssa Mandel, the librarian at Out-of-Door Academy’s Upper School since 2008, recently began a side job working as an art detective for Art Experts Inc., a company that provides art-authentication research and analysis.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • July 17, 2013
The Great Art Detective

Alyssa Mandel, The Out-of-Door Academy's bookish librarian, is equally adept at mysteries. For her new side job, she solves them by determining the authenticity of artworks.

  • East County
  • Schools
Construction continues on Costco Wholesale, which will anchor the Market Place at Heritage Harbour.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 26, 2019
Costco plaza should bring along tasty choices to Heritage Harbour

Leasing executive said focus will be restaurants, entertainment.

  • East County
  • News
Manatee County is making sandbags available at four locations. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 30, 2019
Manatee County officials declare state of emergency

Officials have made sandbags available and they encourage the public to make preparations now.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 21, 2022
Cherokee Park home sells for $3.6 million

A Cherokee Park home tops this week's sales at $3.6 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
"It's a lot of work, but I knew that it was going to be, and there's still a ton more to do," Cami Leavitt says.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 17, 2013
Miss Best Dressed: Cami Leavitt

Cami Leavitt turns a pretty thought into a couture prom dress, and a stylish ambition into a posh business.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 21, 2013
News briefs

Bay Isles Parkway to be repaved

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Shelli Freeland Eddie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2015
Your candidates: District three

In advance of the March 10 City Commission election, the Sarasota Observer will profile the six candidates vying for the open District 2 and 3 seats. We begin this week with the District 3 candidates. District 2 candidates will run in the Feb. 19 issue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
East Manatee Fire Rescue firefighters deliver critical patients to a pre-HAZMAT area so they can be rinsed of chemicals from a chlorine bomb.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 8, 2017
East County first responders ready to slam terror

Operation Inshore Slam prepares first responders for the worst.

  • East County
  • News
Contact Brian Howard, owner/director of the Bridge Center of Bradenton, at 795-8981.
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • April 11, 2012
Bridge Bites: A trump demotion

Trump promotions are not so difficult once you get the hang of them, but it takes real talent to organize a trump demotion!

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • August 12, 2015
People with Purpose: Peter Crowley

People with Purpose: Peter Crowley

  • Black Tie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2012
News Briefs

APRIL FOOLS - Pocket park to become dog park; Siesta bridges to close for maintenance; Merchants needed to assist with upkeep

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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