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  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • February 7, 2019
Cleaning woman accused of taking jewlery, cash, Prada wallet from a Longboat home

Police are still investigating items pawned by Michelle Wood

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 1, 2016
Still no signs of urgency

When the season’s traffic woes finally ended (for the summer), everyone said: ‘We can’t live through that again.’ Yet we’re all still waiting to hear: What is the plan?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Sharon Smythe (purple),  Monica Hall (red) and Miriam Gregory (pink) complete their Saturday morning run with the Lakewood Ranch Running Club.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • August 11, 2016
Outdoor exercise: Don't sweat it

Minimize the impact of the summer heat on your body with these workout locations and tips.

  • Health
Principal Dancer Ricardo Graziano and Ellen Overstreet pose for a marketing photo. "I'm so thankful for everything that has happened to me," Overstreet says. "I never imagined I’d be here."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 20, 2013
Dancing in sin

Don't let Sarasota Ballet dancer Ellen Overstreet's sultry vixen character role fool you -- she's really the girl next door.

  • Arts + Culture
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2019
Cops Corner: Sarasota 2.7.19

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • In Memoriam |
  • March 27, 2018
Barbara R. Hulyk 
(nee Ochs)

Barbara R. Hulyk (nee Ochs) passed away March 9, 2018, surrounded by her family.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Eileen and Adam Smith with host Sandra Ceshker and George Ceshker
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • August 24, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: The SYC Lounge

The Lounge opened Friday, Aug. 23, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Robert Carter, Sally and Carmen Valenti
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • November 13, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: 4th Annual Taste of Friendship

The Friendship Centers hosted their annual dinner at the Edson Keith Mansion located within the Phillippi Estate Park. Proceeds raised at the dinner benefited the Friendship Centers' Health Services in Sarasota and Venice.

  • Arts + Culture
Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • July 11, 2012
July 11: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota High wrestling coach Cezar Sharbono began    coaching his son, Chance, when Chance was 4 years old. On Nov. 16, the Sarasota High freshman wrestled his first regular season match as a member of the Sailors program.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 20, 2013
Family Affair

Fifteen-year-old Chance Sharbono is in his first year wrestling at Sarasota High, where his dad, Cezar, is the head coach.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sam Molyneaux competed in the Sarasota SUP Race Series June 21. File photo
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 18, 2014
County staff takes stand against swim zone shrinking SUP

In its report, staff does not support allowing SUP rentals at Siesta Key public beach.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Front yards have been dug up for new piping
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • February 6, 2019
Emerald Harbor utilities and roads project at halfway point

Despite inconvenience, Emerald Harbor residents are pleased

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lyricist Lynn Ahrens, Director Frank Galati and Composer Stephen Flaherty — Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 6, 2019
Asolo Repertory Theatre announces world premiere musical, 'Knoxville'

The musical will be based on James Agee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel 'A Death in the Family' and will debut spring 2020.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • August 27, 2015
SANCA hires 2017 World Rowing Championship event director

Meredith Scerba will start the position in October.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota County this summer approved a $1.1 million plan for a new water main connection between Siesta Key and Casey Key to improve flow and reliability.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 22, 2012
County lifts water warning

Siesta Key residents affected by the broken water main on Midnight Pass Road can now safely drink water from the tap.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 5, 2009
Eagle Scout project benefits scallop search

On Saturday, Aug. 8, volunteers will monitor the scallop population of Sarasota Bay by snorkeling alongside weighted ropes, called transect lines, in the second annual Sarasota Bay Great Scallop Search.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 12F at Plaza at Five Points, 50 Central Ave., has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,356 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.1 million. File photo.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 19, 2012
Plaza at Five Points condo sells for $1.1 million

A condominium in Plaza at Five Points tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Malouf and Therese Abraham, of Canadian, Texas, sold their Unit 12F condominium at 50 Central Ave. to Steven and Lynn Blackledge, of Longboat Key, for $1.1 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By David Conway |
  • March 13, 2014
Players bowled over by bayfront plan

As the city revisits a plan that would relocate the lawn bowling greens off of U.S. 41, bowlers are fighting to preserve the facility - and their sport.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2013
Our View: How to stop panhandlers

It's probably safe to say a lot of Sarasotans curse Michael Barfield, the face of the American Civil Liberties Union in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Joe Gruters, Republican Party of Sarasota County chairman, says he would prefer if political parties stayed out of nonpartisan local races.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 25, 2015
What's the party line on nonpartisan races?

The involvement of political parties in the City Commission race is not a new phenomenon, but some individuals are calling for an end to the partisan input.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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