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  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • May 14, 2013
2013-14 community theater auditions and season at a glance

2013-14 community theater auditions and season at a glance

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Guest Author |
  • May 6, 2019
Letters to the Editor: Learn from The Bay's public engagement

Longboat readers sound off on issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Blues Traveler will headline the inaugural Sip the Sunshine Craft Beer Festival Saturday, Oct. 29, at Nathan Benderson Park.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 23, 2016
Blues Traveler to headline Sip the Sunshine Festival

The inaugural craft-beer festival will highlight Florida breweries and feature local chefs and live music.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 5, 2018
Track and field championships: Day two

Four champions highlight a strong final day for Sarasota and East County athletes.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 11, 2015
Cops Corner 11.11.2015

Crime reports from around the area.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
The Circus Arts Conservatory banner is a new addition to the newly named Sailor Circus Academy arena.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 4, 2013
Circus Sarasota unveils a new identity

The new identity for Circus Sarasota was a necessary one. There were so many acts that have developed since Dolly Jacobs and Pedro Reis began the nonprofit 17-years-ago that they needed one big top name to straighten it all out.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 6, 2015
Country Club Shores celebrates the season

Country Club Shores residents celebrated the holidays with their neighbors Dec. 6, at Bird Key Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Gov. William Bradford
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2013
Our View: The 'why' of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day kindles so much in many of us: gratitude for what we have; for our families and friends; for the blessings bestowed on us, however great or small they may be.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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
Alex Breslin dressed as the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz, holds Java Chip who is dressed as a flying monkey. Dan Plonsky is dressed as a flying monkey as well and is holding Danny, a squirrel monkey.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • October 29, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Howl-o-Ween Pet Costume Contest

Pooches of all types dressed up for the Howl-o-Ween Pet Costume Contest presented by the HSSC on Wednesday at the Phillippi Farmhouse Market.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of Michael Saunders & Co.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 24, 2013
$22 million price tag sets local record

The north-end Ohana estate was listed last week at a record asking price for the Sarasota County area.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Maj. Jamie Purmort holds a photo of himself and three fellow Marines lifting off in a helicopter in June 2004 on his last day in Iraq.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 11, 2010
A Few Good Men

Three Sarasota veterans, who fought in five wars, share stories of bravery and fear and of losing their friends and their innocence.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Missy is blind and got top-notch seating in a doggie stroller for the parade.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 25, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: All dolled up

Missy's owner shows her off to the crowd at Stoneybrook Golf and Country Club's Halloween Dog Parade.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • April 11, 2019
7 things you can do to help mitigate red tide

From choosing the right plants to volunteering on the beach, there are a variety of things Sarasota and Manatee county residents can do.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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  • By Nicole Thompson |
  • August 13, 2015
Day Trippin' — The Florida Distillery

Day Trippin' — The Florida Distillery

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
City Engineer Alex DavisShaw believes residents will embrace alternate forms of transportation if given the opportunity.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 16, 2015
City works to steer residents to other modes of transportation

The city continues to work on addressing transportation issues, but will Sarasota residents embrace alternate methods of getting around town?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Floridays Development Co. is proposing a 200-room hotel similar to the architectural style of the building below.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 19, 2012
Downtown hotel proposals revealed

City staff is wrestling with finance options for two hotel proposals submitted for the Palm Avenue site.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dedra Reed is a fifth-grade teacher at Emma E. Booker Elementary. She says she enjoys the opportunity to help her students develop character.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 21, 2014
The Good News: Dedra Reed

Booker Elementary students share life goals and celebrate the importance of dreaming big with the school's first anthology.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • July 3, 2019
Sarasota’s own ‘School of Rock’

Everyone Rocks offers an alternative method to traditional music lessons.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 23, 2018
Players Backstage closes its 2017-2018 season with a comical take on 'The Price'

The last Players Backstage Theatre production of the year addresses the worth of humanity through possessions.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
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