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  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 11, 2017
The Songbird Returns: Maria Wirries sings Cole Porter

Maria Wirries returns to Sarasota to celebrate Cole Porter in Artist Series Concerts’ season finale.

  • Arts + Culture
The use of the Selby Gardens property for special events — and a food service partnership with Michael's on East — is at the center of a still-unsettled dispute regarding a tax exemption. File photo.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 29, 2021
Selby Gardens property tax issue headed to court

Despite a mediated resolution earlier this year, a late tax payment is prolonging tensions between the botanical garden and the property appraiser.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Viewers now have a preview of MTV's new reality series "Siesta Key." Courtesy of MTV
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • July 12, 2017
MTV reveals trailer for 'Siesta Key' reality series

The reality program was shot locally in April through June.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Bradenton native Derek Lersch releases “Miss Me Whiskey” on Nov. 30. Derek Lersch was born in Boston but raised in Bradenton, and he's a 2014 graduate of Lakewood Ranch High School. Photo by Jessica Hannah Photography
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • November 28, 2018
Home-grown musician to debut first country-rock single, 'Miss Me Whiskey'

Bradenton country-rock artist Derek Lersch is relying on millennial methods to promote his debut single, "Miss Me Whiskey," Nov. 30 at Naughty Monk Brewery.

  • Arts + Culture
Brenda Cook and Darya Fedotova pack disaster boxes at All Faiths Food Bank.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 14, 2017
Sarasota nonprofits relieved, but recovering

Philanthropies are gearing up to travel the road to recovery after Hurricane Irma.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • In Memoriam |
  • August 29, 2022
Vera H. Freeman

Vera H. Freeman 91, of Longboat Key passed peacefully on Aug. 11, 2022.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Todd Mathes
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 6, 2014
Benderson works to gain approval for Siesta Promenade development

Residents, nearby merchants and Siesta Key residents remain concerned about the 24-acre development - for different reasons.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Skye Ekes (14) and Dalton Judge (3) leap to block an Oxbridge Academy shot away.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 6, 2018
Cardinal Mooney volleyball wins region, heads to state semifinals

The Cougars beat Oxbridge Academy in five sets

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
University Park's Todd Kleperis shows two edible cannabis products during his presentation at an event held in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • June 7, 2017
Will new industry be a hit?

Investors sought for the fast-growing cannabis industry.

  • East County
  • News
The vacant property, outlined in red, the place the city will soon market as a possible hotel site, sits next to the Palm Avenue parking  garage.garage.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 30, 2010
City targets hotel developer

A wide-range marketing plan is being created to help attract a major hotel chain to develop a vacant parcel of land.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Get your facts right

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 24, 2010
Seventh-grader snags spot on ODA squad

TD Dietrich has become one of the leaders of The Out-of-Door Academy baseball team this season.

  • East County
  • Sports
Seniors Tucker Kittle, Jack Cannon, Grant McCarthy, Sam Kimmell, Brian Ragone and Christos Eraclides have all been playing for ODA since they were in seventh-grade.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 17, 2011
Football Preview: Out-of-door Academy Thunder

Six years ago, The Out-of-Door Academy football team called a Pop Warner field home. Now, with a new stadium on campus and the support of family, friends and the community, the Thunder is prepared to leave a lasting legacy.

  • East County
  • Sports
Makena Jenkins poses with her sand castle.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • June 22, 2017
Kids sculpt summer fun on Siesta

Sarasota Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources hosted a sand sculpting camp as part of its summer camp programming.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • May 5, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Joe'

Nicolas Cage is back on top of his game in the new film, 'Joe.'

  • Arts + Culture
"Working behind the scenes is wonderful," Kelli Karen says. "I'm in control. I'm thinking on my feet. If something goes wrong, I find a solution."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 23, 2010
Stage coach

Florida Studio Theatre's tireless production stage manager takes time away from her lunch break to explain how she earned her ace reputation.

  • Arts + Culture
Petar Sibinkic
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • May 11, 2016
Longboat Key Fitness pumps support to All Faiths

Longboat Key Fitness owner Petar Sibinkic hosted a party that raised more than $4,000 for All Faiths Food Bank's Campaign Against Summer Hunger

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The owners of the Midtown Plaza shopping center, which formerly housed a Winn-Dixie, see residential zoning as an attractive path to redevelopment in the future.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 4, 2019
City explores mixed-use option for shopping centers

Could residential zoning be a path to redeveloping languishing commercial plazas throughout Sarasota?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant at 800 Broadway in Longbeach Village sold for $3.2 July 7.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 21, 2015
Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant fetches $3.2 million

It will take at least a year for the new Longboat Key restaurant owners to get a new restaurant approved and built at 800 Broadway.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Olivia Garland, 9, will perform in her first leading role this month. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • December 2, 2014
Taking center stage

For ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ star Olivia Garland, a Braden River Elementary student, acting is a family affair.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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