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Mother Nancy Sekelsky with her sons, Dante and Luis Valenzuela. The three manage the restaurant together.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • May 4, 2016
Taste of Peru

New family restaurant on University Parkway serves Peruvian food, culture.

  • East County
  • News
Longboat Key Mayor Jack Duncan and Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Carolyn Mason praised each other's commissions Monday for working well together.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 7, 2015
Town updates Sarasota County on top priorities

Town Manager Dave Bullock told two sets of commissioners Monday in Sarasota that beach projects are a top priority, followed by several other issues in fiscal 2016.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 27, 2015
Sarasota County to consider establishing affordable housing committee

Sarasota County staff has drafted a report for commissioners after they requested an update on the county's affordable housing efforts in February.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Pam Eubanks London, Pilgrim, Jenny and Aiden Benham sit beneath a sign that hangs in the living room of their Creekwood home that says “SDG.” The letters stand for “soli Deo gloria,” or “All glory to God.” Bach wrote the reference at the bottom of all his
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 11, 2015
Pastor makes progress with Shoreline Church

The Rev. Pilgrim Benham believes the new Shoreline Church fills a void in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Shelli Freeland Eddie
  • By David Conway |
  • November 6, 2014
Forum introduces City Commission applicants

A neighborhood association meeting in Alta Vista served as the first chance for many residents to learn about contenders for openings on the City Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 20, 2015
Freshman's email sparks volunteer program

Lakewood Ranch High freshman Courtney Joseph sees the task as a way to experience work in the public sector.

  • East County
  • News
Lisa Henson's summer job at New College of Florida is more casual than a typical education setting. Students call teachers by their first names, and all participants dress casually.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • July 24, 2013
Local teacher heads up Duke summer camp

Braden River High School teacher Lisa Henson spends her summers educating, rather than teaching, as head of a Duke University summer camp in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2013
News Briefs

Monthly property sales surpass 1,000; City of Sarasota ranks high for walkability; City of Sarasota offices will be closed Memorial Day

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • May 31, 2013
Wal-Mart and the redevelopment pipe dream

Wal-Mart and the redevelopment pipe dream

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
This bike is one of 13 spray-painted bikes locked up at shopping centers along University Parkway.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 5, 2013
New company utilizes colorful marketing ploy

OrangeTheory Fitness, a new gym set to open off University Parkway in August, has a colorful marketing ploy to match its unique offerings.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Charles Varah, partner representative for University Park, says the development’s new neighborhood, Lansdowne Crescent, will have the same Neoclassical, pristine look of existing sites.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 12, 2013
PATIENT PAYOFF

University Park developers waited out the housing crisis to break ground on Lansdowne Crescent, the development's first phase in seven years.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 1, 2013
Multi-family housing coming to match new mall demand

In a nod to the wave of new workers that will live in East County when the Mall at University Town Center opens in 2014, a North Port company has plans to build 62 townhomes West of I-75.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • June 14, 2013
Piqued by perq coffee bar

Piqued by perq coffee bar

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Samantha Mills and Natalia Mock demonstrate something you might do in their class. Courtesy Photo
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • June 26, 2013
Dance yourself fit this summer at FST

A series of six classes, titled 'Broadway Dance for Fitness (and Fun!),' on Tuesdays at Florida Studio Theatre begins July 9.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kennedy Center teaching artist Karen Erickson leads the children in an arts integrated lesson while teachers observe from library stacks. Courtesy photos.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 27, 2014
Spotlight: Any Given Child paints a bright future for students

This year, the Sarasota County Schools system is fostering creativity even more.

  • Arts + Culture
Photos by Amanda Sebastiano Wolves Head General Manager Rob Hallam throws a pizza made from his secret recipe.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 23, 2014
Doing Business: Wolves Head Pizza & Wings

The red-walled restaurant, nestled in the corner of Lane Plaza Too on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, offers 19 beers on tap and eventually will offer daily specials and host events.

  • East County
  • News
BLACK-DIAMOND
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 10, 2014
Eager to tease: Black Diamond Burlesque celebrates four years

Eager to tease: Black Diamond Burlesque celebrates four years

  • Arts + Culture
Amanda Sebastiiano The space on the corner of Lockwood Ridge Road and State Road 70 sits ready for its newest attraction, to take place in a tent in front of the former Winn-Dixie building — drag queen bingo.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 2, 2014
New attraction to fill long-time vacant lot

APRIL FOOLS' - Property at S.R. 70 and Lockwood Ridge Road is slated for a Drag Queen Bingo site.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 2, 2014
Mar Vista and Moore's to merge

APRIL FOOLS' - The longtime restaurateurs plan to merge Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub and Moore's Stonecrab Restaurant into a single 456-seat restaurant.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
mall
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 15, 2014
10 reasons to get excited for the Mall at University Town Center

10 reasons to get excited for the Mall at University Town Center

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
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