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The Sarasota County School Board, from left, includes Eric Robinson, Caroline Zucker, Shirley Brown, Vice Chair Jane Goodwin, Chair Bridget Ziegler and Superintendent Todd Bowden.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 11, 2018
To rebuild board trust

Sarasota School Board member Eric Robinson and Superintendent Todd Bowden unveiled their broiling distrust. The board’s effectiveness now hinges on its chair.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Tiffany Smith, Ali Boiko, Sheena Arnold and Megan Baggett
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 3, 2010
Chili devoured at cook-off

Morton's Gourmet Market held its 11th annual Firehouse Chili Cook-Off Sunday to benefit the Sarasota Fire Fighters Benevolent Fund.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch quarterback Justin Curtis will lead the Mustangs Sept. 9 for a non-district game at Riverview.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 7, 2016
That's the ticket ...

Check out this week's top East County sporting events.

  • East County
  • Sports
Last year'         s Taste of the Keys Event chairwomen Patty Sileo, Lyn Haycock, Palma Panza and Phyllis Black
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 11, 2017
Your Calendar: Taste of the Keys Fashion Show

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2010
CYD announces online activity directory for youths

For the past three years, Community Youth Development has avidly collected data about activities for Sarasota County youth.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
GRITS founder Elizabeth Lanier helps Dyana Goss with her shooting form.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 18, 2015
GRITS targets Ancient Oak for new chapter

The women’s-only shooting group aims to make rounds in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Ricardo Graziano in March 2011, near the end of his first season with Sarasota Ballet.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 30, 2011
Prodigal star

Ricardo Graziano's latest turn as a wayward boy in Sarasota Ballet's 'Prodigal Son' proves the newcomer has no problem acting out on stage.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2009
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  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Head coach Jeremy Schmidt hopes to make Riverview High a powerhouse like his alma mater, Sarasota High.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 22, 2018
Riverview High baseball can take area scene to even greater heights

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The $2.1 million projected cost of the Sarasota BMX track renovations is $400,000 over budget, which Sarasota County staff say won't be the case as the design progresses.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 7, 2014
County advances BMX renovations

Sarasota County commissioners voted to spend $31,000 for a pre-construction manager upgrades to the Sarasota BMX track, but questioned a business plan for the future of the park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lee Pace in "Pushing Daisies." Photo source: Amazon Prime Video.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 15, 2019
Binge Blog: Pie in the sky

"Pushing Daisies," created by Bryan Fuller and starring Lee Pace, Anna Friel and Kristen Chenoweth, and "Being John Malkovich," directed by Spike Jonze, written by Charlie Kaufman and starring John Cusack, are this week's picks.

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Before
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2012
Crafty Genes: Etched wine glasses

Join do-it-yourself editors Mallory and Leslie Gnaegy as they etch wine glasses.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rendering of an affordable housing project proposed by the late Sarasota entrepreneur Harvey Vengroff. Citing frustration with city regulations, Vengroff abandoned the idea after spending three years and $300,000 on it.
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • May 2, 2019
Affordable housing requires whole solution

The answer to Sarasota's lack of affordable housing is simple, but few communities are willing to commit to what's necessary.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Senior Kailey Christian is greeted at the plate by her Mustangs teammates following her home run against Sarasota High. Photo by Kayleigh Omang.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 28, 2018
Top-ranked Lakewood Ranch softball team shines under the (disco) lights

The Mustangs are primed for another deep playoff run.

  • East County
  • Sports
Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles’ very own Madison Hildebrand was the guest of honor at the cocktail party.
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • January 25, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Mingle With Madison

On Saturday, Jan. 25, Richard Perlman, an agent with Michael Saunders & Company, hosted 'Mingle with Madison' at Bayside Villa, a private estate for sale on Longboat Key. Madison Hildebrand, a Los Angeles real estate broker and star of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing LA, was the guest of honor.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The chamber’s east wall displays John and Charles Ringling, cultural advocates Bertha Palmer and A.B. Edwards, influential builder Owen Burns, and Newtown founder Lewis Colson.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • March 2, 2021
Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce celebrates 100 years of history with murals

Figures from Sarasota's past are on display on the walls of the commerce building.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Orchestra's "Songs of Wars I Have Seen"
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 22, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: 'Songs of Wars I Have Seen'

'Songs of Wars I Have Seen' is a thought-provoking piece filled with unearthly, enigmatic sounds that, somehow, tie together the vignettes of wartime Gertrude Stein wrote about.

  • Arts + Culture
A condominium in Grand Bay II topped recent real estate transactions, selling for $1.65 million
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 10, 2018
Grand Bay II condo sells for $1.65 million

Residential real estate transactions for Dec. 25-29.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Roibin Olersiak, 54, of Sarasota, drove off of McIntosh Road into a retention pond Thursday afternoon. Photo courtesy Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 24, 2014
Sarasota man frees woman from sinking vehicle

David Gaul, 47, of Sarasota, got a woman safely out of her vehicle after she passed out at the wheel and drove into a retention pond.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2017
East County weather page photo: Sept. 21

Scott Veix captured this photo after Hurricane Irma dropped the top of a Cook pine, giving an up-close look at something not normally seen in Braden Woods.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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