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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2018
Cops Corner: Sarasota 5.17.18

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Richard Wulterkens submitted this sunset photo of a heron, taken on Siesta Key.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Richard Wulterkens submitted this sunset photo of a heron, taken on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A new visual art program display begins this week in the Federal Building, 111 S. Orange Ave., Sarasota.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 9, 2011
Federal Building art displayed Thursday

An inaugural art exhibit displaying a new visual art program will be unveiled Thursday at the Federal Building.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Two pygmy killer whales were brought to Mote on Aug. 30. Photo courtesy of  Conor Goulding / Mote Marine Laboratory
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 31, 2018
Two pygmy killer whales undergoing treatment at Mote

Currently, the whales have shown no behavioral signs of exposure to red tide neurotoxins, which has been in the area since late July.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A coyote was spotted in the dunes.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • August 31, 2018
Longboat residents concerned for pets after coyote sightings

Residents learn at workshop island might be home to two mating pairs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2010
Our View

About that 25.8% tax hike ...

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
City staff has prepared conceptual renderings for what "activated" parks might look like, as seen in this image depicting Shenandoah Park.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 6, 2019
Parks master plan faces funding questions

The commission applauded staff’s vision for rehabilitating and improving parks citywide, but stopped short of making a long-term commitment.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • October 31, 2017
Sheriff's Office encourages safety on Halloween

Go out in groups, supervise your children and eat only factory-wrapped candy.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Actress Anna Paquin. Courtesy photo.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 12, 2011
Scene & Heard

Anna Paquin indie slated to shoot in Sarasota; 'Whimsical' demolition under way on the North Trail; One man's dead palm is another man's tiki pole; Blanco's 'Zephyrus' makes waves in South Carolina

  • Arts + Culture
Stonefish sets the mood with a rendition of The Allman Brothers’ “Soulshine.”
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 15, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Party on the Pass

Sarasota Sailing Squadron hosted a sunset cookout party Saturday, Oct. 13. Guests enjoyed food and drink near the water, while Stonefish serenaded the crowd with blues and classic rock songs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cardinal Mooney High senior boys lacrosse captains Alec Frank, Ryan Katchen and MJ McMahon.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 14, 2019
Cardinal Mooney boys lacrosse gears up for season

The Cardinal Mooney High boys lacrosse team gears up for season is setting last year's historic season as the minimum expectation in 2019

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 6, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Ringling Underground

PHOTO GALLERY: Ringling Underground

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Sarasota County Archaeologist Ryan Murphy said it was refreshing to work with staff so intent on preserving historical resources while planning tweaks to the Blackburn Point Park project.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 6, 2014
County preserves archaeological site in Osprey

Sarasota County will modify improvements planned for Blackburn Point Park to preserve part of a shell midden, which contains tools and pottery from before 850 A.D.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
More than 140 people registered to participate in the first monthly Yoga at the Ringling event Saturday, Sept. 15.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • September 16, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Yoga at the Ringling

More than 140 people practiced yoga as they looked out on the Sarasota Bay during the first Yoga at the Ringling event Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Ca d'Zan

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2009
Sarasota residents celebrate graduation

Cadet Adam Davidson DeMarco, above, graduated Saturday, May 23, from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Town Manager Dave Bullock blames strong easterly winds for the arrival of thousands of dead fish floating in Key canals.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 19, 2015
Town seeks red tide fish kill cleanup

A town contractor will clean up dead fish floating on the top of Country Club Shores canals and in other waterways as soon as possible.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photo by Rachel S. O’Hara
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 29, 2012
Neighbors: Nadja Bernitt

Nadja Bernitt's volunteer community policing helped to inspire her first, published mystery novel.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • May 30, 2013
Student Spotlight: Alyssa Sweeney

Alyssa Sweeney is learning how the adult world works at an early age. At 16, the Riverview High School junior represents the youth perspective when she sits on the Community Foundation of Sarasota County Board of Directors as a full voting member.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Authorities locked down the Westfield Southgate Shopping Center yesterday following a suspicious incident. Today, the Sarasota Police Department revealed a man had been spreading his fiancee's ashes.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 16, 2013
Man scattering fiancee's ashes caused mall shutdown

The Sarasota Police Department announced that the suspicious material that caused a shutdown at the Westfield Southgate Shopping Center was a woman's ashes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan as he reports the daily headlines.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • November 9, 2012
Nov. 9: 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
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