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Riverview's Keanan Dols will look to follow up his district title in the 100 yard backstroke with another win at regionals. The Class 4A Region 2 swimming and diving championships start at 12 p.m. at the Orlando YMCA Aquatic Complex.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 27, 2016
That's the ticket ...

The top match-ups this week in Sarasota sports.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Developer David Meunier on Monday pulled out of his deal to buy the Sarasota Polo Club from Schroeder-Manatee Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 9, 2017
Developer pulls out of Sarasota Polo Club sale

David Meunier says the process to improve the venue is too involved.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 15, 2015
Theater Review: 'Reborning'

Theater Review: 'Reborning'

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
KC and the Sunshine Band at the Firefly Gala
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • May 25, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

"At the end of all our wanderings, we return to the place of our very beginning, and see it, as if for the first time," T.S. Eliot. Once again, a season has flown by. Here is what many of you remember ...

  • Arts + Culture
Barbara Koetsier, co-chair of the Aging in Paradise Resource  Center
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • September 29, 2015
Aging in Paradise to hold Powerful Tools for Caregivers

Beginning Oct. 5, the Aging in Paradise Resource Center will host the six-week Friendship Center course, Powerful Tools for Caregivers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
James Satcher
  • By Observer staff |
  • August 6, 2018
Manatee County Commission, District 6: James Satcher

James Satcher runs for office.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Nicole Unger |
  • August 26, 2014
Day Trippin' — South Lido Park

Day Trippin' — South Lido Park

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  • Things To Do
The lot at 20 N. Washington Blvd. is currently used as a parking lot for the county services across the street, but could eventually be the home of a 150-room hotel.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 11, 2014
Developer pitches deal for downtown hotel

Sarasota County commissioners will consider an offer from SHD Parters LLC Wednesday, to swap land and cash for the development of a 150,000 square foot hotel at the corner of Main Street and U.S. 301.

  • Sarasota
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Manatee County hopes to be more prepared to face a major hurricane in 2018.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 10, 2018
Is Manatee County better prepared to face a hurricane after Irma?

Officials say shelters and roads need improvement.

  • East County
  • News
Katelynn Coons.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 23, 2017
East County Athlete of the Week: Katelynn Coons

The Lakewood Ranch sophomore swimmer talks FLAGS and BMX bikes.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 1, 2010
Ranch HOAs announce automatic debit option

APRIL FOOLS -- Residents soon will be able to have their fines automatically deducted from their checking accounts.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 13, 2015
TWIS Asks: Wade Gasque, director of 'Tiger Orange'

TWIS Asks: Wade Gasque, director of 'Tiger Orange'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By John McGuire |
  • March 22, 2017
Last week's referenda sees more voter participation than Town Commission races

About 400 more voters participated in the referenda.

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  • News
Paul Berriff was interviewed by the Longboat Observer shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In the photo, he shows what his filmmaking equipment looked like after it had been in the debris. File photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 7, 2011
9/11 Looking Back: Paul Berriff

Paul Berriff was filming an Animal Planet series Sept. 11 in Manhattan, N.Y., when he heard that the North Tower of the World Trade Center had been struck by a plane.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Jen Blanco
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 8, 2012
Comment: Hoops madness hits early out east

The tournament seeds have been announced, and the brackets are set.

  • East County
  • Sports
Alexis Upham is the senior director of development at the University of South Florida.
  • By Maria Amodio |
  • December 16, 2010
Donor spotlight: Alexis Upham

Each week, The Sarasota Observer will feature a different donor who is involved with Season of Sharing, a 10-year, community-wide fundraising partnership created by the Community Foundation.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By [email protected] |
  • March 23, 2012
Kirsten's Weekend Preview!

Kirsten's Weekend Preview!

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  • Things To Do
About 14,000 of raw wastewater spilled into Sarasota Bay at Ringling Causeway Park.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 15, 2012
Bird Key Park 'no swim' advisory lifted

Health Department officials determined that the amount of bacteria in the waters had returned to acceptable levels over the weekend.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy of Tim Field
  • By Katie Johns and Bret Hauff |
  • August 1, 2018
Colony's founding families: Fields and Klaubers look back

Herb Field and Murf Klauber built The Colony up while their children worked behind the scenes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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