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It’s hard to witness high school students being so enraptured and enthralled with anything as they were to Susan Egan’s every note and story.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • December 21, 2015
Top Story — January: Musical Mentorship

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

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
The kitchen of the 1960s home has been updated within the last four years.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • December 10, 2015
High style from the '60s

The restored Bechtel Home has a dramatic design and history.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Sue Jacobson |
  • October 18, 2012
My View: Why I'm voting in this election

With all of the focus on making sure that people who want to vote can vote, it's disheartening to learn that someone who can vote would not want to vote.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Lisa Fisher and Rep. Greg Steube
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • October 9, 2019
Sarasota employee selected as 17th Congressional District MVP

Lisa Fisher was awarded for her work with Sarasota County Schools' Reading Recovery program.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Currently, Clubhouse Drive ends here. The roadway is proposed for extension to Linger Lodge Road in Manatee County transportation plans, but the project is not funded in the county'   s five-year plan.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 8, 2017
Myara project might come back to life

Neighbors, developers agree about road, but not on future use.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 23, 2020
Children's book decades in the making

Daughter follows through in publishing her mom's children's story.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Randi Donahue |
  • May 23, 2019
Try something more than just a simple bowl of ice cream this summer

Ice cream might be an iconic summer tradition, but to Floridians such refreshing indulgences are a year-round necessity. Good thing there are plenty of options.

  • LWR Life
"The Sty of the Blind Pig" runs through Aug. 3, at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 21, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Sty of the Blind Pig'

The Banyan Theater's current production of Phillip Hayes Dean's "Sty of the Blind Pig" explores a time when it seemed like change would never come.

  • Arts + Culture
The home at 5382 Sandham Place  was built in 1996. It has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,330 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 14, 2021
Mistletoe Lane home sells for $3.1 million

Residential real estate transactions for June 28-July 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 18, 2012
DSA expands First Friday to every Friday

A popular First Friday event sponsored by the Downtown Sarasota Alliance will now be held every Friday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The town of Longboat Key has replaced the missing World War II memorial near the mid-key water station at 4250 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • November 9, 2020
Historic marker is back

The marker is one of seven installed in 1997. It notes Longboat Key's role in training new Army Air Corps pilots.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • January 13, 2010
Aerobic Grandma: A physician heals himself and others

When Dr. Baxter Bell started to practice yoga he found "it gave me some space to notice the things I liked and wasn't liking about the Western model of health care."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Josh Siegel Jim Nichols, of CORE Construction, and Sheila Boyd, property manager for Ranch Lake Apartments, stand by a wooded area of the property. More than half of the 48-acre property has been left untouched.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 22, 2014
Ranch Lake Apartments near completion

The East County apartment project has begun leasing and will begin moving in residents in March.

  • East County
  • News
Built in 1999, the property at 303 Calle Miramar has eight bedrooms, eight-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,792 square feet of living area.  (Photo courtesy of The Zarghami Group)
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 14, 2022
Eight-bedroom Siesta home sells for $4.1 million

An eight-bedroom Siesta home tops sales this week at $4.1 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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  • By Nicole Thompson |
  • April 21, 2014
TWIS Happy Hour Guide: Magnum Wine & Tastings

TWIS Happy Hour Guide: Magnum Wine & Tastings

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 07.20.2016

Enjoy this week’s edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • In Memoriam |
  • December 10, 2020
Carl P. Friedman

Carl Friedman, 78, of Longboat Key, FL, formerly of Stamford, CT, devoted husband, beloved father and adoring grandfather, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2020 after a short but mighty battle with glioblastoma. 

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 2, 2021
You Observed: Rotary Club of Longboat Key hosts Walk for Water

The club put together a walk to raise money for a community in Peru.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jim Brown is running for the At-Large seat on the Town Commission.
  • By John McGuire |
  • February 22, 2017
Longboat Key Town Commission candidate profile: Jim Brown, At-Large seat

Candidate Jim Brown outlines his priorities and preferences in a Q & A with the Longboat Observer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Another candidate jumps into the Sarasota County Commission race
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 5, 2013
Daily Headlines: Nov. 5, 2013

Today's stories: Another candidate jumps into the Sarasota County Commission race; Two Longboat Key properties sell for $6 million each; Sarasota City Commission to extend homeless outreach program; and MORE!

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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