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  • By Paula Atwell |
  • October 12, 2011
Theater Review: 'Just Desserts'

What would you do to win a luscious cupcake the size of a baby's head? Break-dance for 30 seconds? Spit on a gerbil? Lick a gravestone?

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • March 1, 2012
My View: Admit it: Meters are a failure

Hurricanes, traffic, beach repairs, the economy, balancing budgets, crime, bridges. All of these things have at one time or another confounded Sarasota city leaders. But nothing, nothing, causes unending vexation like parking.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The white sands of Siesta Key Beach will be taken over by 26 college volleyball teams for the 5th Annual Fiesta on Siesta Collegiate Volleyball Tournament.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • April 12, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BETS: Siesta Fiesta and Fiesta on Siesta

Swing by Siesta Key this weekend to browse through hundreds of arts and crafts and to watch the 5th Annual Fiesta on Siesta Collegiate Volleyball Tournament.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Natasha Rothwell
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 2, 2014
Sarasota Improv Festival: UCB Report

Marty Fugate recently spoke with Upright Citizens Brigade operative Natasha Rothwell at an undisclosed location.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 10, 2011
Developers decry buffer zones

A proposal intended to make the approval process easier for the business community and also make it more accommodating for neighborhood residents has angered both groups.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 14, 2015
Siesta Key Village buildings sell for $4.6 million

Real estate investor Jeff Berlin bought the Siesta Center building and adjacent properties on Ocean Boulevard for $4.6 million this week.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 25, 2010
Junior League paints the town blue

Junior League has partnered with the Child Protection Center to promote child-abuse awareness and prevention through the organizations' 'Paint the Town Blue' campaign.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jean Weidner Goldstein
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • January 8, 2014
Social Studies: Jean Weidner Goldstein

Sitting on a couch in Designing Women Boutique, founder and CEO Jean Weidner Goldstein opens up about her life as a dancer, an entrepreneur and a newlywed.

  • Arts + Culture
The Sarasota Police Department also made 372 more arrests in 2011, for a 9% increase.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 16, 2012
Police report drop in felonies, increase in arrests

In 2010, the city had 1,902 felony index crimes, compared to 1,803 felony index crimes in 2011. Those statistics reveal 99 fewer victims of those crimes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2009
Cops Corner

Police pulled over a man driving a four-door, silver Jeep. The man was driving in and out of his lane, and police issued him a ticket for driving with a suspended driver's license.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
"As long as I'm working in the arts, I don't care what I'm doing," says Kaylene Torregrossa. "I could be sweeping the floors, as long as it’s part of the bigger picture — and I've had to sweep the floors!"
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 5, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: A New Role

Kaylene Torregrossa started as an intern at Florida Studio Theatre in 2010. Two years later, she's playing the lead role as FST's general manager.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 3, 2012
Coastal Behavioral loses CEO, some of its funding

Coastal Behavioral Healthcare Inc. lost its CEO and access to what was previously exclusive state funding for its services.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nicholas Gesualdi and Nicholas Nesser go head-to-head in the one-on-one competition during last year’s Pirates Summer Basketball Camp.  File photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 15, 2015
Sidelines

Mustangs hold off Bobcats; Cardinal Mooney wins district crown; Cougars notch district win; Pirates to hold basketball camp; BRSC to hold tournament this weekend

  • East County
  • Sports
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  • By Lynn Larson |
  • September 21, 2016
MY VIEW: Commissioners disregard will of the people

Longboat Key taxpayers were sold on the referendum language that the underground project would be funded via assessments.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Juliet Onufrak maneuvers around a defender during one of her final games at ODA. File photo.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 22, 2013
Moving Forward: college signings

Braden River High senior Courtney McDevitt and The Out-of-Door Academy senior Juliet Onufrak will continue playing volleyball and soccer, respectively, at the next level.

  • East County
  • Sports
A plan to construct three groins on the north tip of Longboat Key to hold sand in the area is being challenged by former Manatee County Commissioner Joe McClash.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 15, 2013
McClash files another groin objection

A state permit for three groins to help hold sand on the north end of the Key has been met with objections from a former Manatee County commissioner that could cause further project delays.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Enjoy this week's Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • May 29, 2012
May 29: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Participating students heard from District 67 state Rep. Greg Steube, back center, as part of orientation. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 26, 2011
Youth with a Mission

The newly formed Manatee Youth Commission will give high school students a voice in local policy-making efforts.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • December 1, 2012
The Streetcar -- Getting Real

The Streetcar -- Getting Real

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
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