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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 17, 2013
Project partner trims beach costs

The town will perform a hot spot beach project this summer to restore sand to high-erosion areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • September 8, 2017
Sarasota shelters prepare to take in evacuees

If you're thinking about going to one, you probably should, Superintendent Todd Bowden said.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 18, 2009
New faces to fill Ranch HOA boards

Of six seats open, only five will be filled through the election process.

  • East County
  • News
Kathleen Brady shops for tomatoes and peppers at Monji Mechergui's booth. Photos by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 10, 2014
Farmers market takes root

The return of a farmers market to Lakewood Ranch Main Street exceeds expectations, securing a deal to bring it back through the end of the year.

  • East County
  • News
Hunter Reed enters the state tournament "confidently anxious."
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 1, 2017
Don't wrestle with decision to attend state finals

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
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  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 10, 2011
Clapp, Caragiulo head to recount

The District 2 City Commission opponents were separated by just 11 votes. Meanwhile, District 1 will see a runoff, which leaves District 3 with the only clear-cut winner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Christy Disbrow, of the Oscar Scherer Park Service, Eileen Kozloff and Carolyn and Jim Dunn, of the Sarasota Folk Club, want to bridge the gap between the folk-music generations.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • March 11, 2015
Music of the People

The Sarasota Folk Club’s annual folk festival is bridging the musical and generational gap in Sarasota, FL.

  • Arts + Culture
During the past few weeks, police have indentified what they call the "Top 20," a most-wanted of the most aggressive and violent of the homeless population.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • October 4, 2012
Homeless arrests continue

Police are focusing on the 'Top 20,' a group of homeless people who break the law repeatedly. Advocates for the homeless say the city's overall approach is not getting to the heart of the issue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 30, 2009
A Hero's Welcome

Lakewood Ranch resident Ken Quinn was working aboard the Maersk Alabama when Somali pirates seized the U.S. cargo ship April 8.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 17, 2009
Community Golf Scores 06.06.09 to 06.14.09

East County golfers post amazing numbers on area courses.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By The Insider |
  • April 9, 2013
Jeremy Xido DEATH METAL ANGOLA Director Video Interview

Jeremy Xido DEATH METAL ANGOLA Director Video Interview

  • Arts + Culture
Jason Collins, VP & chief athletics officer, sits next to Aimee Boorman, the new director of women's and elite gymnastics at EVO Athletics.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • August 30, 2016
Olympic coach finds new home in Sarasota

EVO Athletics adds big name to its gymnastics lineup.

  • East County
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 12, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2016
Longboat Key Letters to the Editor

Lido Beach deserves attention

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Hannah Bergan Kates graduated May 5 from Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor's of science in environmental engineering.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 30, 2012
Class of 2012

These Longboat Key, Lido and Bird Key high school seniors have aced countless exams, read stacks of literary classics, won football games and tennis matches, danced at prom, learned to drive, learned foreign languages, mastered the FCAT and took their high schools by storm.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dolly Jacobs and Bailey Sloan have worked together at the Circus Arts Conservatory for the last eight years. Backstage the two swap stories and help each other get ready.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • June 24, 2015
A New Circus Chapter

Bailey Sloan and Dolly Jacobs, a ringmistress and aerialist in the Sailor Circus’ Summer Circus Spectacular, help each other face two different challenges in their varied careers: going to college and grant from the National Endowment for the Arts grant

  • Arts + Culture
The east wing of the jail has inmates locked behind bars, representing an older ideology of how to punish crime.
  • By Cassidy Alexander & Anna Brugmann |
  • October 26, 2017
Sheriff seeks decision on the future of the jail

With his jail population nearing its practical ceiling, Sheriff Tom Knight says an ideological question must first be answered before deciding how to proceed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Even at 93 years old, veteran rodeo man Hub Hubbell still loves working with his trick pony and practicing rodeo stunts.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 10, 2011
Author to pen biography on Hub Hubbell

Rodeo man and East County resident Hub Hubbell, at 93, soon will be immortalized in print.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mike Cavaliere |
  • February 19, 2014
Common Nonsense: And throw in something called a 'bean sprout'

Common Nonsense: And throw in something called a 'bean sprout'

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Joaquin Phoenix stars as Freddie Quell in "The Master." Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • September 26, 2012
Film Review: 'The Master'

Audiences either get director Paul Thomas Anderson's films or they're left reeling in the wakes they create: "The Master" is no exception.

  • Arts + Culture
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