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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2014
Election 2014: Sarasota County School Board

This is the second of a three-week installment featuring candidate questionnaires for the local races in the Aug. 26 primary election. This week includes candidates for the Sarasota County School Board and Charter Review Board.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
Our View: Watchdog for human rights

David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, is describing how he has spent the past 15 years circling the globe; sitting face to face, looking eye to eye with the world's most powerful heads of state; delivering the message incessantly and emphatically: Iran cannot have WMDs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2009
Longboat Observer takes second place

The Longboat Observer won second place in its category in the Suburban Newspapers of America's 2009 Newspaper of the Year/General Excellence contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 13, 2010
Sarasota sees banner month for real estate

With more sales in any month since March 2007, December renews optimism in the market.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 20, 2010
Surveillance camera installation on hold

A new requirement to pay $2,800 for an engineering study has delayed the placement of the security camera at Five Points Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2010
Home set for demolition stripped of valuables

Home set for demolition stripped of valuables

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Patty Kuemmel, Ty Smith and Joe Correll representing Dana Tyler
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 21, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Armands Circle Association Annual Meeting

The St. Armands Circle Association got fancy with the group's annual meeting at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Sarasota on May 15. Attendees got down to more than just business by enjoying a sunny happy hour on the hotel's lawn before the meeting. Executive Director Diana Corrigan summarized the past year's accomplishments on the circle: median landscape and improvement, additional parking spaces, the most successful Fright Night and new Buskers on St. Armands events, to name a few.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
President Murray Blueglass, Hostess Lillian Sands and Head of Sarasota County Democrats Rita Ferrandino
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 22, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Democratic Club Fundraiser

The agenda for the Longboat Key Democratic Club is simple: Reelect President Obama and elect Keith Fitzgerald to Congress. Their meeting at Lillian Sands' home on Monday, Feb. 22 was a fundraiser. Proceeds benefit a variety of activities that allow the Democrats to reach out to both Sarasota and Manatee counties. Since 2008, the group has sent busses from New Town to the polls to get people to vote - regardless of their political party. The fundraiser also featured speakers Rita Ferrandino the head of the Democrats of Sarasota County and Richard O'Brien the head of the Democrats of Manatee County.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
William Hall holds up his second fish
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 19, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Yacht Club Minnows

It's ten in the morning on a Sunday, and instead of sitting inside watching cartoons on T.V., the Sarasota Yacht Club Minnows hit the docks. The new club met for its first time on Sunday, Jan. 13, but will meet on a monthly basis because it seems most of the kids are hooked. Yacht Club employees Amanda Holm and Camille Bienvenue led the children's fishing group. They fished off of the dock, catching their fish using live shrimp as bait and releasing it shortly after.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Congressman Vern Buchanan will run for re-election with mostly the same district that produced victories for him in 2008 and 2010.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 26, 2012
Buchanan's district stays intact

The 13th Congressional District only received a slight redistricting modification according to a new redistricting map.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Hostess Mickey Fine and Temple Emanu-El Cornerstone Society member Lori Dorman
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2011
Temple members enjoy 'Fine' dining

Marty and Mickey Fine's abode at The Tower Residences on Watergate Drive was the prime setting for an elegant Sunday brunch June 12, for members of the Temple Emanu-El Cornerstone Society.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2011
St. Mary, Star of the Sea welcomes two new members

William Enrique Fickes, son of Jason and Kathy Fickes, of North Carolina, was baptized by Msgr. Gerry Finegan July 17, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic church.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The budget includes no tax increase.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 16, 2011
Manatee approves $462.4 million budget

Manatee County commissioners adopted a $462.4 million budget Thursday night.

  • East County
  • News
Ashley Boccuzzi
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2011
Ranch alum earns Hall-of-Fame status

Look out, business world. Ashley Boccuzzi is about to make some waves.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 1, 2013
Sarasota Police Department warns scooter owners

Reports about stolen mopeds and scooters prompts police to encourage owners to consider alarm systems or garage storage.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The new studio is located at 5360 Gulf of Mexico Drive in the Centre Shops.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 17, 2012
LBK Cabinetry opens in Centre Shops

The company is open for business and its showroom is scheduled for completion next month.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 16, 2016
Walkin' down Candy Cane Lane

Willis Elementary holiday show celebrates diversity.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Bob Gary, guest speaker David Houle, Victoria Baum and Longboat Key Democratic Club President Ken Marsh
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 8, 2019
Longboat Key Democrats reunite for 2019

On Jan. 8, members gathered to hear from futurist David Houle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Victoria Hulland, Marilyn Nordby and President Donna Maytham
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • February 25, 2019
Friends of the Sarasota Ballet celebrate Mardi Gras

Carnival at Mardi Gras was hosted Feb. 25 at the Hyatt Regency Boathouse.

  • Black Tie
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • April 17, 2018
Sarasota Orchestra friends celebrates the last chord

The Grande Finale dinner was hosted April 17 at Michael's On East.

  • Black Tie
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