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Owner Glenn Comeau, left, and General Manager Brian Izzo stand in front of the pizza oven at Flatbread on Main. The restaurant is slated to open within a week.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 4, 2015
Pizzeria, craft beer bar coming to Main Street

Flatbread on Main - a new branch of a well-received Englewood restaurant - will open on Main Street this month, the latest in a line of craft-beer bars moving into the area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kimberli Radtke will serve under the assistant county administrator in her new role.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 20, 2014
County taps Radtke for financial management director

Kimberli Radtke has been a Sarasota County employee for more than 9 years.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
A landscape crew works to remove shrubbery Wednesday to make room for a new herb garden that will sit in front of the USF Sarasota-Manatee Culinary Innovation Lab.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 2, 2014
Herb garden coming to Main Street

A University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Edible Garden is being planted on Lakewood Ranch Main Street this weekend.

  • East County
  • News
The entrance sign to Summerfield Crest was destroyed some time the evening of Wednesday, March 27.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 3, 2013
Update: Neighborhood sign destroyed

The monument sign leading into the neighborhood of Summerfield Crest, in Lakewood Ranch, will be replaced. The new sign will cost $4,000 to $6,000.

  • East County
  • News
Dr. Thomas Trinchetto has been with Doctors Hospital for 12 years, during which he has served as chief of staff and chief of medicine.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 3, 2014
Doctors Hospital taps new executive

Doctors Hospital of Sarasota has named 12-year veteran Dr. Thomas Trinchetto as chief medical officer of the 155-bed facility located

  • East County
  • News
A few upcoming local auditions taking place are seeking actors, musical theater performers, tenors and Asian American children.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 16, 2014
Upcoming auditions seek new talent

A few upcoming local auditions taking place are seeking actors, musical theater performers, tenors and Asian American children.

  • Arts + Culture
They were last seen at 1:50 p.m. yesterday leaving Sarasota Military Academy, located on the corner of 10th Street and North Orange Avenue, walking southbound on Lemon Avenue from 10th Street.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • May 2, 2014
Sarasota Police seek missing teenagers

Cheyanne Nicole Muecke, 15, and Joshua Howard Palmieri, 16, were reported missing yesterday after they did not return home from school.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2014
Obituary: James Francis Hanrahan

James Francis Hanrahan, 80, of Sarasota, died Oct. 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Manasota Goodwill President Bob Rosinsky  expects to open in the more than 40,000-square-foot space in Ranch Lake Plaza in March.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 28, 2014
Goodwill gains East County retail space

Manasota Goodwill will open a 40,000-square-foot retail store in Ranch Lake Plaza in March.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2014
Obituary: Lawrence 'Larry' Schoenberg

Lawrence 'Larry' Schoenberg, 81, of Longboat Key, died May 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By David Conway |
  • December 12, 2013
Chalk Festival organizers open new store

Chalk Line, which opens Friday in Burns Square next to the Sarasota Chalk Festival office, will sell art and merchandise to fund the nonprofit behind the festival.

  • Sarasota
  • News
School Board members, County Commissioners, City Commissioners and SMA Board of Directors used gold shovels for the groundbreaking.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 22, 2014
SMA holds groundbreaking ceremony for SMA Prep

The middle school will serve sixth-, seventh-and eighth-grade students and offer the International Baccalaureate's Middle Years Program.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Josh Siegel Early this month, Ripa & Associates, a Tampa-based utility-construction company, began clearing 18 acres of land for underground work to begin.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 29, 2014
Construction begins on Raven Crest community

Presales for the new subdivision of single-family homes, priced at $300,000 and more, will begin in March.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 11, 2016
Paul Reubens touts Sarasota in New York Times profile

In the most comprehensive recent profile of the actor who embodies persona Pee-wee Herman, Reubens discussed his offbeat upbringing entrenched in the local arts scene.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sasha Payette and Joe Carter will lead philanthropic services at Gulf Coast Community Foundation.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2024
GCCF makes two C-suite moves to bolster philanthropic services

Joe Carter and Sasha Pyatte will execute the Gulf Coast Community Foundation's strategy to deepen donors' philanthropic impact.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
City of Sarasota announces holiday closures
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2024
City of Sarasota announces holiday closures

Garbage/recycling and yard waste collection schedules will not be affected by the holidays.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A roundabout at the Ringling Boulevard/Pine Place intersection is in progress.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2025
Last planned Ringling roundabout opening delayed until spring

Supply chain and storm-related setbacks postpone the planned January opening of the roundabout at Ringling Boulevard and Pine Place.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The home at 7045 Portmarnock Place in the Lakewood Ranch Country Club sold for one of the highest prices ever in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 14, 2025
Country Club home sells for $5.9 million, top price in 2025 for Lakewood Ranch

The six-bedroom, eight-bathroom home is among Lakewood Ranch's highest-priced sales.

  • East County
  • News
The Ringling College Visual Arts Center was designed by Sweet Sparkman Architecture & Interiors of Sarasota.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 30, 2024
SPAC architect selects Sarasota-based firm as architect of record

Italy-based Renzo Piano Building Workshop has named Sweet Sparkman as its local partner to design a new Sarasota Performing Arts Center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Florida Studio Theatre's Arts Plaza project will be on its five-theater campus in Sarasota.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2024
Florida Studio Theatre receives $4 million gift for Arts Plaza

The grant puts FST's $57 million downtown arts center project on track for a December 2024 groundbreaking.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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