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SMR President and CEO Rex Jensen shows his proposed roundabout design for Interstate 75. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 2, 2014
Circular design slows I-75 effort

APRIL FOOLS' - Schroeder-Manatee Ranch CEO Rex Jensen says a roundabout design at I-75 and University Parkway will save money and be more efficient.

  • East County
  • News
A fire tore through storage sheds at the gulf front property Sunday night, causing two propane tanks to explode.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 29, 2016
Top Story — August: Explosions rock Sandpiper Inn on Longboat Key

Catch up on the hottest news items of the of the year with the Observer’s Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 11, 2013
Manasota Track Club beach runs begin tonight

The weekly summer beach runs kick off tonight at 7 p.m.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota City Commission will once again consider an agreement with the Bay Park Conservancy to manage the 53 acres of bayfront surrounding the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 9, 2019
Commissioners: Sign the conservancy agreement

Yes, the city can hardly afford more financial burdens. But the best bet for the bayfront is to seize an opportunity that likely won’t come again.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2014
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 16, 2013
Midfielder scores with Eagles

Braden River Soccer Club U18 center midfielder Logan Moriarty will play his final high school soccer game Jan. 18.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 29, 2013
Turn back time with Dean Johanesen at Ocean Blues

Turn back time with Dean Johanesen at Ocean Blues

  • Arts + Culture
"Antigone" runs through April 27, at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Call 351-8000 or visit asolorep.org/conservatory ‎for more information. Photo by Frank Atura.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 11, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Antigone'

Jean Anouilh's 'Antigone' is a visionary play about the nature of power and freedom.

  • Arts + Culture
Relatives Joe Liang, Tao Li and Yuan Sheng Wang are excited to bring Hawaiian poke food to the University Town Center corridor.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 31, 2018
Hawaiian favorites come to UTC

Smilefin Poke offers sushi bowls, hibachi items at Tourist Center Drive district.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 27, 2010
Cops Corner 10.28.10

Unknown suspect(s) smashed the front glass door at 7-Eleven with a rock. Once inside, the suspect(s) removed a cash drawer and appeared to have fled out the front door.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Testing will continue for Manatee County students through the end of the school year.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 6, 2016
East County parents sign off on Opt Out movement

With testing season underway, some students are choosing not to take the Florida Standards Assessment.

  • East County
  • News
Jeffrey Boos and Mirald Cake
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 7, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Ringling College Trustee Schloar Awards

Ringling College of Art and Design hosts an annual dinner to recognize the students designated trustee scholars, the highest honor one can get at the school. This year's was held Oct. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • April 11, 2019
Ian Bremmer talks geopolitics in Sarasota

Bremmer rounded out the 2019 RCLA Town Hall Lecture Series at the Van Wezel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lynne Armington and Joe Kerata of Asolo Rep Guild reading "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 2, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: SEASON greetings

Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a division of Ringling College of Art and Design, hosted 'SEASONS Greetings' to kick-off its events for the year on Thursday, Dec. 1. Asolo Rep Guild read four short stories, and then attendees ate cookies and drank wine while viewing the current exhibition by the Suncoast Watercolor Society.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kerrie Lehnert and Robert Dinan
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 29, 2011
Winner: 10 or Fewer Employees: Kitchens by Kerrie

Kerrie Lehnert makes a mean "homeless stew" - a concoction she developed from her grandmother's recipe and began serving to the homeless on the streets of San Francisco years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Founder of Compeer Sarasota, the local branch of Bunny Skirboll’s national organization, Ann Hartka laughs during a speech at a 2017 Compeer event. Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • July 17, 2018
Ann Hartka remembered for her generosity and kindness

The founder of Compeer Sarasota, also known at "The Bird Lady of Sarasota," died July 5.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of the Sarasota Sheriff's Department. The Hazardous Devices Unit destroyed a cylindrical object filled with a gel-like substance in a paper bag July 14 on Swift Road.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • July 14, 2014
Bowl with chicken's head, feathers found on Swift Road

The Sarasota County Sheriff's office have reopened Swift Road near Grand Cayman after investigating a suspicious object found in the street.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tropical Storm Emily could bring up to 4 inches of rainfall to downtown Sarasota and the surrounding area on July 31.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2017
Tropical Storm Emily moves away from Sarasota

The storm strengthened overnight, and is expected to make landfall the afternoon of July 31.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dick Vitale says he resonates with the cause of pediatric cancer because he loves children. "I was a school teacher," he says. "Kids brighten me up." Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 22, 2014
Vitale publishes new book

As legendary basketball coach and ESPN commentator sits in the shade of the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club's tennis facility, watching youth volley balls across the tennis court, he has one thing on his mind: impacting children affected by cancer.

  • East County
  • News
Jaymie and Tommy Klauber celebrated 10 years in the business at Polo Grill & Bar on Nov. 1.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 8, 2017
Polo Grill celebrates after decade of delights in Lakewood Ranch

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
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