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  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 17, 2011
Three-way race to decide District 3

Three candidates are seeking to replace Mayor Kelly Kirschner, who decided not to run for a second term on the City Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jan and Tim Solomon have owned Key Sailing for 14 years.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 21, 2020
Sarasota couple celebrates 45 years of smooth sailing

Jan and Tim Solomon, owners and operators of Key Sailing, have been together for 45 years.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
John Hanlon, Zack Mozina, Tim Boyll and Austin Rushnell play for Tampa Bay Hurling Club.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 26, 2017
Lakewood Ranch residents take up the Irish sport of hurling

The game is known as "the fastest sport on grass."

  • East County
  • Sports
Sasaki will work with the Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization to develop a master plan for 42 acres of city-owned land surrounding the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 11, 2017
Bayfront group selects professional planner

The Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization picked Sasaki, a Massachusetts-based firm, to guide the redevelopment of 42-acres of city-owned land.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 29, 2018
Save seabirds

Save Our Seabirds is in need of towels, blankets, heating pads, puppy training pads and money to order worms and brine shrimp for the birds as they recover.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
As his first act of the Feb. 7 Heritage Harbor South Community Development District meeting, Joseph Jaudon resigned from his post as chairman.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 13, 2013
Changes under way for Heritage Harbour

The Heritage Harbour South CDD will be searching for a new district manager and will be changing its meeting format, among other items.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 27, 2022
Esplanade home tops sales at $1.38 million

An Esplanade home on Tivoli Run tops the week's sales at $1.38 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
JLynn Ingemansson caught up on East County news when her family was visiting. She lived in the East County from 2001 to 2005 and now visits the area each summer and Christmas season.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Editor's note: Responses to our April Fools' edition this year drew plenty of laughs, as well as some criticisms. Here are some of the comments we received.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By George Rauch |
  • September 2, 2009
If not for debt, 'bull' would be back

U.S. factories and consumers are poised for a rebound. The holdup is inflationary deficit spending in Washington.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
 Brendan Ragan and Betsy Helmer co-star as a soldier and teenage girl aboard a space ship to a new planet in “Pilgrims.” Photo by Daniel Kelly.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 2, 2017
The voyagers of ‘Pilgrims’ face ancient problems in a brave new world at Urbanite Theatre

In Urbanite Theatre's new play, outer space is a familiar frontier.

  • Arts + Culture
Helen Holliday, Jillian Godfrey, Cara Herman and Sharon Ohrenstein. Courtesy of Don Walker.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 20, 2012
Scene & Heard

If I Were A Size Two; Back in action; Crafting a show

  • Arts + Culture
"Clyde Burnett has that alluring quality that many outsider artists have," says artist Virginia Hoffman of Burnett, above. "His work has a very masterful painterly quality. And he's got quite a vocabulary with his images."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 2, 2012
Clyde Burnett: American gothic

Clyde Burnett would rather toy with your imagination than brighten up your living room. The 83-year-old painter explains why after all these years he's still suffering for his art.

  • Arts + Culture
John Horne and Chuck Slater look at promotional material created to promote the school district's portion of the half-cent sales tax.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 8, 2016
Promoting the half and half

Political Action Group forms for Manatee County sales tax issue.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Kate Zoltak.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 23, 2017
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 02.23.17

Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 02.23.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2012
Braden River students kick off food bank efforts

Students and staff at Braden River High School are stepping up to restock the shelves at The Food Bank of Manatee.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
“Morale is at an all-time low. We feel like the rug is being pulled out from underneath us,” Sarasota County Area Transit bus driver Bill Litzan, Sarasota Observer, Oct. 10
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 12, 2013
Quotes Observed: Oct. 5 - Oct. 12

Each weekend, we bring you a collection of quotes from the biggest (or quirkiest) Observer and national news stories of the week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
George Glance, president of KB Home’s Central Florida operations, met with Association-selected contractors Sept. 20, in the Willowbrook community.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 26, 2012
Contractor selected for Willowbrook repairs

The Willowbrook Condominium Association has informed its residents of pending temporary balcony repairs.

  • East County
  • News
Vote by mail voters stopped by the Supervisor of Elections office on Tuesday to drop off ballots.
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • March 8, 2022
Sarasota retains single-member districts

57.2% of voters say "No" to the charter amendment.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Andrew Lakey performs at a fundraising event for Music Heals Us on Jan. 26.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 3, 2018
Music Heals Us hits the right notes

Andrew Lakey was diagnosed with Astrocytoma when he was 9. Now, cancer-free, he is giving back through the program he founded in 2016.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ken Hughes
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Demand for homes continues to rise; Realty company puts focus on health-care industry; Lennar Homes rings in $5M-plus in two months; Candice McElyea joins SNN Local News station

  • East County
  • News
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