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The bayfront-connectivity plan will cost $53 million.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 3, 2011
City to request congressional earmarks

Requested funds would help pay for $100 million in improvement projects citywide.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2013
N.Y. woman injured in Longboat Key crash

A pedestrian was injured Monday afternoon after being hit by a car. The accident occurred in the 3100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Chamber seeks Small Business Award applications; Michael Rego joins Neal Homes as vice president of homebuilding; Christa Hardin opens Reflections Counseling Center; Super Value Nutrition celebrates 36th anniversary

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 30, 2017
Craig Rubadoux and the art of creation

Craig Rubadoux’s paintings reveal a deep connection to Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
Culverhouse Nature Park community garden organizer Catherine Dente took this picture just outside the park's fence. T Photo courtesy of Catherine Dente
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 5, 2012
Culverhouse park fence questioned

Stonebridge residents are upset with a chain-link fence that was placed around a community garden at the Culverhouse Nature Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ben Affleck stars in "The Town."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • September 22, 2010
Film Review: 'The Town'

In "The Town," Affleck positions himself in front of as well as behind the camera and elevates himself to true auteur status.

  • Arts + Culture
Christine Robinson reads county materials and information in her spare time the way other people read novels, she said.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 12, 2015
Q+A with Christine Robinson

Christine Robinson was appointed to the Sarasota County Commission in 2010 to fill the District 3 vacancy and was elected to office in 2012.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rex Jensen explained big events upcoming in Lakewood Ranch at the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance luncheon at the Polo Grill & Bar.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 29, 2017
Big plans emerge for Lakewood Ranch

Possible new high school, additional developments, even water taxis unveiled by SMR President and CEO Rex Jensen.

  • East County
  • News
Vehicles line Ivanhoe Street, near Walt's Fish Market and Restaurant, on a Friday night.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 27, 2013
Proposed parking ban divides residents

Patron traffic from Walt's Fish Market has caused headaches for some neighbors, but no consensus on the issue has been reached.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • June 27, 2013
Commissioners pick through county budget

With the millage rate set to remain flat, the county is slated to dig deeper into reserves to increase its service levels.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Smith home, 5341 Gulf of Mexico Drive, is one of six unique homes featured on the Garden Club’s Home Tour.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • March 6, 2015
Rummage Sale, Home Tour take place tomorrow

Two annual Longboat Key events, St. Mary's Royal Rummage Sale and the Garden Club Home Tour, to take place March 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2014
Business Observer

New martial arts facility opens on Ashton Road; Seven Icard Merrill attorneys honored; Grapevine receives industry accolades; National chain opens spa in Sarasota

  • Sarasota
  • News
It's almost like the boom times again in Lakewood Ranch's new Central Park community going up off Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, north of State Road 70. So why doesn’t anyplace else look like this?
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2011
OUR VIEW: Lessons for Sarasota County

There is something dramatically different about the development and dynamics of Lakewood Ranch compared to the rest of the region.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 2, 2011
Lady Mustangs win regional semifinal

The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team defeated Tampa King 3-0 in a Class 6A-Region 3 quarterfinal Nov. 2.

  • East County
  • Sports
Nate Ditchfield and Troy Larkin are eager to share their love of golf with others. "We really want the local golf industry businesses to benefit from what we do," Larkin says.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 26, 2013
Reserving tee times made easy

Sarasota resident Nate Ditchfield and Lakewood Ranch resident Troy Larkin started EverythingGolfUSA.com for local golfers.

  • East County
  • Sports
The owners of the Ringling Shopping Center have a year to decide which course of action they would like to take when attempting to redevelop the property.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 8, 2015
City cuts a deal with Ringling Shopping Center owners

After two years of legal action, the city and the owners of the Ringling Shopping Center have reached a settlement agreement. Now what?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kameron Partridge Hodgens, the new executive director of Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services Center, and her predecessor, Phil King. Photo by Cliff Roles.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • November 18, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

The substance behind the style; The Ron and Jimmy Show; Tidbits; and Black Tie Affair.

  • Arts + Culture
It's almost like the boom times again in Lakewood Ranch's new Central Park community going up off Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, north of State Road 70. So, why doesn't anyplace else look like this?
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2011
OUR VIEW: Lessons in Ranch growth

There is something dramatically different about the development and dynamics of Lakewood Ranch compared to the rest of the region.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 27, 2016
What’s the best path?

Put aside the candidates’ sins and flaws. Think instead about the best path forward to lighten the next generations’ debt burden and improve their standard of living.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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