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Rebecca Roberts, Lauren Ward, Dylan Jones and Neil Levine. Photo by Marty Fugate
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • September 29, 2016
Theater review: Little Grey Hat Productions at Starlite Lounge

Dylan Jones debuted three works in progress.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Chef Jeanette Scott will prepare clam chowder and hush puppies for My Hometown Fest.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 6, 2016
Eat This: My Hometown Fest

Inaugural My Hometown Fest serves up craft beer, food and nostalgia.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Attendees discuss the future of the bayfront at Tuesday's The Bay open house at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 19, 2018
Residents share feedback on bayfront plans

Public input on three concepts for redeveloping the bayfront will help create a singular vision for a vast swath of waterfront land.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 15, 2014
10 reasons to get excited for the Mall at University Town Center

10 reasons to get excited for the Mall at University Town Center

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Poonam and Sheena Maini run their restaurant, Tandoor Indian Cuisine, together.
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • October 17, 2018
Familiar Faces: Poonam Maini

Poonam Maini carries on her dad’s legacy and passes it onto her children

  • Black Tie
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 2, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: When the prime suspect is the wind

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
1. The Riverview High girls golf team captured the Class 3A state title.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 20, 2021
Top sports moments of the 2020-2021 Sarasota school year

There was all sorts of greatness achieved this year.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Ed Willett, Chip Tominelli, Charles Simmons and Joe Barbera, who are all veterans living at Cypress Springs Gracious Retirement Living, show off their new quilts. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 7, 2022
Lakewood Ranch group surprises veterans with patriotic-themed quilts

Four Cypress Springs Gracious Retirement Living veterans received quilts from a Del Webb of Lakewood Ranch group that supports local veterans.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The project will be done in two segments, one from Beneva Road to Caribbean Drive and another from Caribbean Drive to Stickney Point Road. Photo courtesy of FDOT
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • November 17, 2020
Bike lanes, median upgrades coming to U.S. 41

Six-foot bike lanes and signal modifications will be added to ensure safer travel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • January 23, 2018
'Phantom Threads' explores the complexities of control over others

Daniel Day-Lewis shines in what he's saying is his final role before retirement.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 21, 2018
Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: Gerich Home

The north end home will be on display for the annual home tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 3.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A sari, circa 1867, from Bengaluru, Karnataka; made of silk and metal-wrapped thread — Photos courtesy Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 14, 2019
'The Fabric of India' explores the global importance of textiles at The Ringling

The latest exhibit in the Searing Gallery tells the woven history of India's most important good.

  • Arts + Culture
The St. Armands BID is working with an architecture firm to modify the previously approved design of the restroom structure, depicted above.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 3, 2019
St. Armands Circle leaders tinker with bathroom plan

As it pursues a new direction for the design of a freestanding public restroom, a St. Armands group hopes the project is complete within a year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • May 8, 2012
"Hit So Hard" Screens at 2012 Harvey Milk Festival

"Hit So Hard" Screens at 2012 Harvey Milk Festival

  • Arts + Culture
Katerina Sommers used cracker tags from her mother’s store to make her iconcept jr. dress. Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • September 14, 2017
Trend Setters: iconcept jr. participants put their imagination to the test

Young designers challenged their creative instincts by designing an outfit out of recycled materials for the upcoming iconcept jr. fashion show.

  • Arts + Culture
This Esplanade Azario home at 16112 Umbria Place sold for $1.42 million. It has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,101 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 24, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 9-13 in Lakewood Ranch

An Esplanade Azario home on Umbria Place tops the week's sales at $1.42 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
The Salvation Army will utilize The Sarasota Police Department’s vacant Central Avenue police substation this fall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 28, 2012
Salvation Army utilizes vacant building

An agreement between the city and the Salvation Army will allow the nonprofit to take possession of a vacant police substation on Central Avenue for $1 a year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Markus Black challenges his team during a timeout.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 18, 2018
Tornadoes back on top through hard work

Markus Black returned to Booker to 'shake the foundation' of the boys basketball program. He's done so this season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Although the downtown CRA Advisory Board wants to prioritize Fruitville Road improvements, Chief Planner Steve Stancel is still working with consultants on plans for the project.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 28, 2016
City ponders final downtown CRA priorities

As the city and county continue to squabble over the end of the downtown CRA, officials discuss how to spend the remaining funds.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2013
News Briefs

School Board land sales would bring $2 million; MCAT to host public meetings as it plans its future

  • East County
  • News
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