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Courtesy photo, Nolan TSA students Naomi Burg and Amanda Boccarossa paint a little library to be installed at Greenbrook Park in Lakewood Ranch in January.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • December 18, 2014
Sarasota County installs Little Free Libraries in parks

The stand-alone lending libraries are a part of a national program that encourages communities to share literature.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Florida Studio Theatre's Keating Theatre. Courtesy.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • September 30, 2015
Live theater: Critic's season picks

See what we're buzzing about in the rapidly approaching 2015-2016 theater season .

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 9, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: Lan

Lan Executive Chef Lan Bradeen shares an exclusive recipe for YourObserver.com readers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lee Pace in "Pushing Daisies." Photo source: Amazon Prime Video.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 15, 2019
Binge Blog: Pie in the sky

"Pushing Daisies," created by Bryan Fuller and starring Lee Pace, Anna Friel and Kristen Chenoweth, and "Being John Malkovich," directed by Spike Jonze, written by Charlie Kaufman and starring John Cusack, are this week's picks.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Worker Jerry Lawson assists excavator driver John Hesse determine where to dig to uncover a blowoff, a valve that allows workers to manually flush out the irrigation line. Inter-District Authority's John Stewart watches.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 23, 2017
Deteriorating irrigation lines cause concern in Lakewood Ranch

Hollow asks CDD1 to flush out solutions.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota Farmers Market Manager Phil Pagano was partially inspired by “The Farmery,” a permanent market concept developed by a Durham, N.C. group. The model provides space for a grocery, a café and an area to grow crops. Courtesy
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2015
WHAT'S HAPPENING | Week of June 4, 2015

Sarasota County pulled into Benderson lawsuit

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 7, 2018
Cops Corner: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

Police reports from around Longboat Key

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Charles Ward.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 12, 2018
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Charles Ward

The Sarasota High junior talks long jump, high jump and his dream vacation.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Matt Nesser says his main job is to support the coaches. Courtesy photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 24, 2014
Changing course

Former Braden River High boys basketball coach Matt Nesser will cheer on his team from the sidelines this year as the school's athletic director.

  • East County
  • Sports
Bud Collins and his wife, Anita Ruthling Klaussen, at the U.S. Tennis Association's U.S. Open’s media center, which was named in Collins' honor.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • March 7, 2016
Former Colony owner and tennis journalist Bud Collins dies

Bud Collins, 86, of Brookline, Mass. and former owner of a unit at the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, died March 4. He was known nationally for his work as a tennis journalist.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Owen's Fish Camp (courtesy photo).
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2017
Top Story - April: Vogue Magazine calls Sarasota potentially 'Florida's best kept secret'

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County has approximately 900 to 1,000 food service establishments in its utilities system.
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • July 9, 2019
County to implement new FOG ordinance in effort to stem sanitary sewage spills

The new ordinance is scheduled for implementation in January 2020.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Cyndel Flores reaches to grasp her brother's hand as they spin around the Globe of Death.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 13, 2016
All in the (Fearless Flores) family

Local students see a different world inside the Globe of Death.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 26, 2019
Spookily spectacular

Lakewood Ranch's BooFest spookily spectacular for thousands

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 21, 2010
Size matters: Welcome signs need correction

Vice Mayor Jim Brown said the two welcome signs placed on Longboat Key last month were not built to design specifications.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • June 21, 2019
Our Precious Freedoms: Mary Bailes

Air Force flight nurse has sky-high views of women's rights

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Peter Runge races to the finish line during last year's Bradenton Runners Club Invitational. He went on to finish 35th at the Class 1A Cross-Country State Finals. (File photo)
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 9, 2014
Marathon Miles

The Out-of-Door Academy senior Peter Runge qualified for the Boston Marathon, with a time of 3 hours, 1 minute, at the Miami Marathon earlier this year.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 16, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Ringling International Arts Festival Opening Night

PHOTO GALLERY: Ringling International Arts Festival Opening Night

  • Arts + Culture
"The Long Dumb Road" mines comedic moments from a familiar formula.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 25, 2018
'The Long Dumb Road' mines comedic moments from a familiar formula

The film's central relationship saves an otherwise tired script.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Golden Apple Dinner Theatre

Cultural Organization of the Year -- Finalist

  • Sarasota
  • News
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