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  • By June LeBell |
  • January 10, 2016
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra: 'Masterworks III'

'Masterworks III' brings winter dreams to Florida.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2014
Our View

Call in the creative pros

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Marie Babayan won her second Class 3A District 12 title last spring. Courtesy photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 12, 2012
Lady Pirate tennis player signs with Coastal Carolina

Braden River High senior Marie Babayan signed a national letter of intent Nov. 16 to play tennis for Coastal Carolina University.

  • East County
  • Sports
Fredd Atkins believes he can become the first Democrat to win a County Commission seat in 46 years.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 27, 2016
Sarasota County Commission — District 1: Fredd Atkins

Fredd Atkins has tried and failed to break the Republican stranglehold on the County Commission before — so what’s different this time around?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mote educators designed the traveling Sanctuary Reef exhibit. Photo by Jason Robertshaw.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 7, 2011
WEEKEND BEST BET: Mote's Sanctuary Reef exhibit

This weekend is the last chance to see the traveling-reef exhibit at Mote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 12, 2014
Juggling act

The Lakewood Ranch High softball team has four pitchers it can rely on to take the mound at any given time.

  • East County
  • Sports
An arrest report revealed a tenant removed a black handgun from a blue duffel bag and pointed it directly at a Sarasota County Sheriff officer.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 13, 2012
UPDATE: Sarasota man pointed gun directly at deputy

A man who was being served a final eviction notice Thursday pointed a handgun directly at an officer and will be charged with attempted murder.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2013
COPS CORNER: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of COPS CORNER.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 4, 2009
Ensemble Cast

Georgi Eberhard's crew of makeup artists and wigmakers helps opera singers step into character with their trademark big hair, red lips, cleft chins and sweat-proof foundation.

  • Arts + Culture
The Army Corps is currently going through the state review process as it seeks approval to move forward with plans to renourish Lido Beach.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 29, 2015
Consultant finalizes critical Big Pass dredge analysis

In a report commissioned by Sarasota County, a coastal engineering firm says a controversial proposal to renourish Lido Key is lacking sufficient supporting evidence.

  • Sarasota
  • News
'Caturday Night Fever' Chairwoman Deborah and Rod Vaughan
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • March 17, 2014
Black Tie Untied

Untie the weekend with Black Tie Untied, featuring Cat Depot's "Caturday Night Fever," ODA's Banyan Bash and Eight Over Eighty.

  • Arts + Culture
USA's James Lenger swims in the Masters 40-49 race at the UIPM Biathle/Triathle World Championships at Nathan Benderson Park. Lenger finished second.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 26, 2016
Exhausting competition can be a real pain

Exhausting competition can be a real pain

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 8, 2009
East Manatee Junior Midget squad falls to New Tampa

The East Manatee Bulldogs' Junior Midget team fell to the New Tampa Sharks 16-6 Sept. 5.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 4, 2010
Save Our Seabirds sends out SOS

The bird-rescue facility needs supplies and volunteers to help out if its team is deployed.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Maureen Flaherty |
  • May 4, 2010
Former NFL player Todd Williams visits local 'homeless box retreat'

Former NFL player Todd Williams kicked off a recent homeless box retreat at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Community.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jayna Perry and Lilliana Janneman
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • August 27, 2014
The Search for Scallops

Between Tampa Bay Watch, Pine Island Sound Scallop Search and our very own Sarasota Bay Watch, the West Coast waters of Florida were covered - with scallop searchers. On Aug. 23, volunteers gathered to collect information about the survival of scallops in our waters.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 28, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 10.29.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Audrey Price and Jade Hayden with their 200-cap jellyfish design
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 24, 2013
Haile students collect caps for project

A sixth grade Earth Day project saw 260 students at Haile Middle School collect 30,000 plastic caps and assemble them into art projects.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 27, 2010
Neal's Central Park takes shape

Inspired by New York's Central Park, the future community is expected to open in July.

  • East County
  • News
On a sunny day at Siesta Public Beach, the shower area in the northernmost part of the parking lot poses no immediate problems, but rainy days and heavy shower use have produced algae growth in standing water.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • August 25, 2011
Beach outdoor shower prompts complaints

A resident recently alerted commissioners to dangers of standing water in the Siesta Public Beach parking lot.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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