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  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2011
News Briefs

Town Commission will consider property purchase; Sarasota Yacht Club refinances credit facility; Melon-headed whale headed to new facility

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • May 9, 2017
Film review: 'Graduation'

"Graduation" is a methodically paced character study, but its smoldering subtext fails to surface.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Tony Francis
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 22, 2018
Greyhawk Landing CDD Seat 5: Tony Francis

Incumbent hopes for continued service.

  • East County
  • News
STOP remains steadfast in its belief that its core issues reflect the interest of city residents.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 27, 2017
Development community responds to STOP

A new group, which includes planning and real estate professionals, is challenging the resident activist group STOP’s claims about growth in the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Alicia Bolduc and Melissa Long drank up at Sarasota-Manatee Originals Forks & Corks Grand Tasting Event on Jan. 26.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • December 18, 2020
Best of Black Tie 2020

It was a short season, but Black Tie still had a strong showing in early 2020.

  • Black Tie
The 2020 Dick Vitale Gala will be a virtual-only event, Dick Vitale and the V Foundation for Cancer Research announced Wednesday.Â
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 15, 2020
2020 Dick Vitale Gala will move to a virtual presentation

The event, already postponed from April to September, will now be online-only out of COVID-19 concerns.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2011
The Observer goes mobile

The YourObserver.com iPhone app is now available for download in the iTunes store.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bill Johnson, 70, stands by the boat he uses while volunteering at rowing races for Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates (SANCA) events at Nathan Benderson Park. Photo by Caleb Motsigner
  • By Caleb Motsinger |
  • October 8, 2014
Volunteer Bill Johnson helps keep SANCA afloat

The retired CEO and attorney is the go-to guy at Nathan Benderson Park, where he volunteers four days a week.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bryan Gagg
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 22, 2015
Sarasota Football Friday: Week 4

Four area teams opened their district seasons with losses this past week.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Commissioner Phillip Younger has proposed a new sidewalk along Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 3, 2011
Younger proposes north-end sidewalk

In an e-mail to Public Works Director Juan Florensa, Younger attached a drawing of a Gulf of Mexico Drive north end sidewalk extension north of Broadway on the east side of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Last year, close to 1,000 vehicles drove through the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Halloween event.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • October 12, 2021
Sarasota Sheriff’s Office to put on second annual Halloween drive-thru

Well-received event in 2020 prompts decision to repeat in 2021.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 12, 2012
Registration upcoming for TOPSoccer

The Braden River Soccer Club will hold registration for its TOPSoccer program from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 14.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Katie Johns |
  • September 14, 2017
Longboat Key boil water notice rescinded

As of Sept. 14, residents can resume normal water usage.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2013
Our View

Puppy mills: Caveat emptor

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Longboat Key Charter Review Committee members Pat Zunz, Phill Younger, Bill Cook and Alan Pryor.
  • By John McGuire |
  • June 6, 2017
Longboat redistricting idea meets resistance

Charter Review Committee moves plan forward for Town Commission review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • February 21, 2018
Braden River Elementary students connect with pen pals in China

East County fifth-graders corresponded with students a world away.

  • East County
  • Schools
Chase Sharp.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 24, 2018
East County Athlete of the Week: Chase Sharp

The senior wrestler talks conditioning, instincts and wanting to work for NASA.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2012
Our View: The anti-American president

He just leaves you breathless, dumbfounded ... enraged.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Panther Ridge homeowners have placed signs like this one throughout their community, as well as along State Road 70, to raise awareness within their community and neighboring ones. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 19, 2016
Helistop proposal lands at Commission meeting

Neighbors, Golf Club jockey for success

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 27, 2012
County bucks CLUCK request

Unwilling to add another burden to Sarasota County code enforcement, county commissioners declined to revise an ordinance against chicken keeping.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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