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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2015
Cops Corner: Sarasota 07.30.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The beach project will place sand at the Broadway beach access to Gulfside Road, and from The Islander condominiums to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 13, 2013
Town prepares for beach bids again

The town of Longboat Key received no bids for its summer beach project April 16. One month later, the town is putting the project out to bid again in the hopes of landing a bid from a sand-dredging company.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
VFW Post 12055 members Dave Daily, George Johnston and Denny King hope the post can find a new home. They are sitting in a 1953 Korean War Jeep.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 25, 2017
Lakewood Ranch VFW post needs new home

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
Steven High will assume his role as executive director of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art June 1.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 24, 2011
Ringling Museum selects new executive director

On Thursday, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art named Steven High as its executive director.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • November 8, 2012
City to ease Circle parking enforcement

The first change city commissioners want to see is an immediate plan to remove parking 'boxes' on St. Armands Circle.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Playwright Arthur Keyser and Director Don Walker review the “Before Steepletop” script. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 15, 2018
Lawyer-turned-playwright Arthur Keyser gets his second act with Players

'Before Steepletop' is the latest work by the Sarasota playwright, who didn't find his talent until retirement.

  • Arts + Culture
Michael Roy throws punches during his Rock Steady Boxing class.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 4, 2017
Sarasota gym's boxing program helps participants fight Parkinson's

One man credits the program with recovering his confidence.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2011
Our View: City fumbles police pension

Politicians are not always noted for making the tough decisions. Still, it was more than a little disappointing to see the Sarasota City Commission stay in character even as it changed characters last fall and punt a necessary change in police pensions to some future commission.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • November 7, 2012
City to ease St. Armands Circle parking enforcement

The first change city commissioners want to see is an immediate plan to remove parking 'boxes' on the Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 27, 2014
Sarasota plans traffic improvement

County, FDOT hopes the installation of the InSync traffic-control system will ease the traffic congestion along University Parkway.

  • East County
  • News
The Grammy and Emmy-nominated comedian will play the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Dec. 1.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • July 28, 2015
Craig Ferguson coming to the Van Wezel

The television comedian will bring his acerbic Scottish wit to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on December 1.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 2, 2011
Colony unit inspections begin

The town is inspecting approximately 80 to 90 units that the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort owners wish to re-open this year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In other news, Bob Burstein (far right), CDD 6 chairman, said he is resigning as chairman, but will remain on the board.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • March 18, 2014
CDDs talk agreement on gate costs

At a workshop today, Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts 2, 5 and 6 are conducting a straw poll on an interlocal agreement to share the cost of maintaining and operating the gate at Balmoral Woods Boulevard and the gate at Legacy Boulevard.

  • East County
  • News
Paul Blackketter, a project manager for Benderson Development, serves as president of Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 18, 2014
Commission to consider SANCA contract

Sarasota County commissioners tomorrow will consider a five-year contract with Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates for the operation of Nathan Benderson Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota High's Shawn Bane Jr.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2012
JUST THE STATS

2 - The number of shutouts the Booker High football team has posted this season after blanking Avon Park 41-0 in Class 4A-District 6 action Oct. 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Acting Transportation Director Don Ross said he runs the department like a business and examines his budget daily. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 25, 2012
BUS BUDGET BREAKDOWN

With 944 bus routes covering about 14,000 miles daily, Manatee County Public Schools''transportation department is one of the district's most complex.

  • East County
  • News
The workshop will take place in commission chambers at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road. (File photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 18, 2014
Commission to hear from community at workshop

The Longboat Key Town Commission's annual goals and objectives workshop takes place at 10 a.m. Monday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Representatives from several landscape and maintenance companies toured Siesta Key Village in June.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 4, 2012
Village tour planned for maintenance firm

Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corp. Chairman Mark Smith on Friday will lead representatives from Championship Landscape Maintenance Professionals through the Village.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The work is scheduled to occur in three sections, which will be barricaded during the time of work.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 3, 2011
Resurfacing planned for Moorings road

Moorings Point Circle will be closed June 6-15.

  • East County
  • News
Carlson Studio Architecture designed the proposed nature center for the Sarasota Audubon Society.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 18, 2013
Nature center and industrial complex provide similar boons

The Audubon Society and Benderson Development will work together to create friendly boundaries on dual projects east of Interstate 75.

  • East County
  • News
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