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Elaine Fuorry and Fran Merritt
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 6, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Winter Social

It's the first time St. Armands Key Lutheran has held its winter social at Sarasota Yacht Club, but it's not the first time LaCroix has performed. Congregation members dined, wined and danced the night away on Saturday, Feb. 4.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2015
Letters to the Editor

To send in your Letters to the Editor, email them to News Editor Robin Hartill at [email protected]. Letters pertaining to local issues receive priority. Letters may be edited for grammar and space.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Madeline Dolleman, Mackenzie Downs and Patricia Maroszek
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 10, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Achieva Credit Union Reindeer Trot

Achieva Credit Union held its first Reindeer Trot Saturday, Dec. 10, at Payne Park. The 5K/10K community event benefited classroom grants administered by the Education Foundation of Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Will Little
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 6, 2012
Scene & Heard

Sarasota couple hits the 'Little Big Leagues'; Booker High grads' acting careers on fire

  • Arts + Culture
A vacant lot in Siesta Key Village may be the future site of a new parking lot.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 14, 2017
Siesta Key mini-golf plan swapped for parking lot

Real estate developer Casto is planning a parking lot in Siesta Key Village.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Coach Kirby Gallie, coxswain Arianna Robbins, Shawna Sims, Devin Norder, Cara Rawe, and Colleen Wohlrab
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2011
Scullers women take gold at competition

The Sarasota Scullers recently sent 16 rowers and five boats to compete against the country's most elite rowers in the U.S. Rowing Youth National Champions, in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Willa Saalwaechter with John and Barbara Sulton
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 11, 2010
Belles of the ball

Sarasota Yacht Club held its Holly Ball Saturday, Dec. 11, when members dolled themselves up in gowns and tuxes before gathering with one another for the festive occasion.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jorge Blanco works with his hands and his work board to create his universe of bright and geometric humans.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • July 8, 2015
Studio Space: Jorge Blanco

Though the bright colors and slices of every day life may seem cheerful and care free, when sculptor Jorge Blanco is in his home studio workshop it’s all about one thing: serious sculpture.

  • Arts + Culture
The thatched area represents the property.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 23, 2016
Developer plans apartments near UTC Mall

Remi Properties has preliminary plans for 233 apartments at Honore Avenue and Desoto Road.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 20, 2010
MPO meeting seeks road to traffic fixes

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) officials discussed St. Armands Circle traffic with Longboat Key and Sarasota residents and officials Oct. 18, at a Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization work session on St. Armands traffic.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This file photo shows Midnight Pass, looking to the south.
  • By Jack Gurney |
  • December 24, 2011
TOP STORY, MARCH: Midnight Pass dispute moves to federal court

Florida authorities who twice denied Sarasota County permission to restore the Midnight Pass coastal inlet that previously separated Siesta Key from Casey Key may have thought the fight was over. If so, they can think again.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The trolley service on Longboat Key will continue while leaders discuss its future.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 24, 2010
Trolley meeting scheduled

The Manatee County Commission agreed to hold off on eliminating its Longboat Key trolley route for the rest of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Pirates played a tough contest in their home-opener.
  • By Lainee Jennings |
  • September 18, 2010
Sarasota sails past Pirates

Braden River falls to 0-3 on the season against the Sarasota Sailors and former coach Ed Volz.

  • East County
  • Sports
Writer, producer and director John McElroy with actor Cassandra Calo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • December 19, 2018
'Rocky Mountain Fast Guy' film proves a little movie magic goes a long way

John McElroy turned a devastating life change into something positive with the film "Rocky Mountain Fast Guy."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 16, 2010
Rebound could balance city fund

Once predicted to be millions in the hole, Sarasota's tax-increment financing could break even if a state economic forecast becomes reality.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Officials broke ground around 8 a.m.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 30, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Cattlemen groundbreaking

Sarasota and Manatee County officials today broke ground on the extension of Cattlemen Road, just before the start of the Florida State Championship Regatta.

  • East County
  • News
Amanda Sebastiano This Country Club East at Lakewood Ranch home, which has three bedrooms, three baths, two half-baths, a pool and 3,410 square feet of living area, sold for $997,900.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 22, 2014
Country Club East home sells for $997,900

A house in Country Club East at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Kameron Partridge Hodgens said she will take her first few weeks as executive director to learn about the 18 nonprofit groups operating on the Glasser Schoenbaum campus. Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • October 16, 2014
New Glasser Schoenbaum director looks forward

Kameron Partridge Hodgens, the new executive director of the Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center, joins the organization with an eye toward the future - and toward boosting the public's awareness of the nonprofit institution.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • August 12, 2009
La Tosca gets new owner, name

The Lakewood Ranch Italian eatery will reopen as Pino's Pizza Pasta & Wine Bar in mid-September.

  • East County
  • News
Kiwanis President Jim Burmeister and Bill Sadlo, CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • January 17, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Kiwanis Donations

The Longboat Key Kiwanis Club awarded donations to several community groups at its weekly meeting, Thursday, Jan. 17, at the Longboat Key Club Tavern. Recipients included Children First, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee, and Child Protection Center. Funds came from the Gourmet Lawn Party last November.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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