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  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 16, 2015
Sarasota County commissioners to vote on contract for Siesta Key pump station

The commissioners will also hear a report on the county's water quality.

  • Sarasota
  • News
IDA supervisors hope a new search will produce their perfect candidate.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 20, 2011
Ranch IDA postpones director interviews

Ranch supervisors said they were not satisfied with the candidate pool presented by Colin Baenziger last week.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2011
News Briefs

Bartolotta will hold weekly office hours; Ringling Fountain to be rebuilt

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 18, 2010
Commission moves forward revised agreements

The majority of the Town Commission agreed to agreement revisions that allow a hotel, condo towers, a meeting center and other uses to be built in Islandside.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 18, 2010
Commission agrees to Islandside hotel, other components

The majority of the Town Commission agreed to agreement revisions that allow a hotel, condo towers, a meeting center and other uses to be built in Islandside.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 30, 2011
Bobby Jones offers holiday golf school

The city of Sarasota's golf club is offering a holiday special in December.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Natalia Besse, 3, Wandelisse Castillo and Ariella Castillo, 3, play games in the Kid Zone at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • October 25, 2017
Lakewood Ranch YMCA fundraiser to be good for the soul

Lakewood Ranch YMCA hosts Motown & Soul to fund ‘something fresh.’

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2016
Longboat Key Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Three Things: Brand New
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • October 15, 2014
Three Things: Brand New

If you want a brand-new house but don't want to live in a brand-new community, you're in luck. All over town, in Sarasota's great old neighborhoods, there's a building boom going on.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Authorities are still looking for suspects.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 27, 2016
Manatee County drug deal goes awry

A man was shot after drug transaction turned into a robbery in Palmetto.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 15, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon

PHOTO GALLERY: First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon

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Susan and Lenny Landau
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • May 11, 2011
Edibles: 'When it's pizza night at your house ...'

Today, pizza is everywhere and everything. Some fans stay close to the tried and true; others are more adventurous, exploring the likes of the Ritz-Carlton's cremini mushroom white pizza. But even the most devoted bec fin brings a pizza home once in a while. Here are some folks' choices across demography and geography.

  • Arts + Culture
Longboat Key resident Eve Kommel loves to prepare traditional dishes for company, and her favorite to serve is a simple Hungarian Goulash.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 19, 2011
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Eve Kommel

Longboat Key resident Eve Kommel was born in Berlin in 1930 and learned how to cook from her Hungarian grandmother.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sara Green, 6, Claire Maag, 6, and Aston Harris, 7, hold one of Winter's tails, Friday, Jan. 20, at Out-of-Door Academy.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • January 22, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Dan Strzempka talks at ODA

Dan Strzempka, the man behind the prosthetic tail for Winter the dolphin, talked to the students at Out-of-Door Academy, Friday, Jan. 20.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Benderson Development proposes a multiuse project including retail, residential and commercial at Tamiami Trail and Stickney Point Road.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • October 17, 2019
Both sides in Siesta Promenade state their cases

Developer rejects residents' contention that project was improperly approved.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 4, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Take Stock in Children 10K/5K

More than 1,000 racers participated.

  • East County
  • News
Deshaun Fenwick and Raymond Thomas
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 16, 2016
Braden River football puts trust in running back duo

The two Pirates work together to shake up opponents.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lennar will offer homes similar to its existing Sawgrass model. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 24, 2012
Lennar plans Ranch community

Homebuilder Lennar Homes is planning a 281-home community in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
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