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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 21, 2014
TWIS Asks: Mark Sherman, owner of The Famous Tavern

TWIS Asks: Mark Sherman, owner of The Famous Tavern

  • Sarasota
  • News
Second suspect in Lakewood Ranch murder arrested.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 25, 2017
Second suspect arrested in Lakewood Ranch murder

Police dog helps subdue Alan Baily, who was resisting arrest.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2012
News Briefs

Group makes strides in helping homeless; Dine Downtown continues this week; Parking amnesty program extended

  • Sarasota
  • News
Former Tampa mayor, and author Pam Iorio signs copy of her book, Straight Forward — Ways to Live and Lead.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 7, 2013
Former Tampa mayor talks leadership with Argus

Author Pam Iorio endorsed an elected-mayor form of government during the 26th annual meeting of the Argus Foundation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sandy Loevner and Jan Crudele, with the Florida Winefest & Auction.
  • By Kat Wingert |
  • May 23, 2018
Follow the money

The Winefest awarded $187,300. Over its 28 years, it has donated more than $8.5 million to charities that help children — and this is just one small organization in Sarasota’s huge philanthropy scene.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • October 29, 2012
Countdown to Election 2012

Countdown to Election 2012

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Mote researchers tagged Katharine in August 2013 on the M/V OCEARCH. (Robert Snow Photography)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 27, 2014
Top Stories - Longboat Key: July

Mote scientists tagged the 2,300-pound great white shark last August, near Cape Cod, Mass.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota Liquor Locker owner Broc Smith makes spicy ground beef-and-chorizo tacos and a Mexican tequila-chaser called sangrita.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 6, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Broc Smith

Friday has finally arrived, and at Broc Smith's house that can only mean one thing - taco night.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • April 18, 2016
St. Martha spices up Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival

Residents dance and feast at the 5th annual Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival at St. Martha Catholic School Saturday, April 16.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 22, 2010
Parking meters a near certainty

Because the city's parking department is on track to run out of money at the end of the next fiscal year, four commissioners want paid parking downtown soon.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Manatee Cal Ripken 10U baseball team beat Glen Allen (Virginia) 1-0 to win the 2015 Babe Ruth Southeast Regional Tournament.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 27, 2015
Manatee wins Southeast Regional crown

The Manatee Cal Ripken 10U baseball team went 5-1 to win the 2015 Babe Ruth Southeast Regional Tournament July 22 through July 25, in Glen Allen, Va.

  • East County
  • Sports
ETHEL musicians Corin Lee, Kip Jones, Dorothy Lawson and Ralph Farris
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 17, 2018
Ethel says come one, come all

The touring string quartet tells the story of circus heros through music.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 4, 2015
Cops Corner 3.5.15

East County Observer Cops Corner

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 27, 2016
Is Longboat Key boring?

A new list says Longboat is the fifth most boring place in Florida. Do you agree?

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County is putting together a new enterprise zone to go along with several others around the state.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 9, 2012
Energy Economic Zone program parameters set

The Sarasota County Commission once again has held off on making a formal decision on an Economic Energy Zone program.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • September 15, 2010
Film Review: 'Flipped'

Director Rob Reiner returns to his "Stand By Me" mode of looking at the world through the eyes of adolescents during the 1950s in this nostalgic romp.

  • Arts + Culture
"The Last Dessert" by Myakka City's Evelyn McCorristin Peters.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • June 21, 2017
She paints the pooch

Myakka City resident expresses her love of dogs on canvas.

  • East County
  • News
Jewels and Michelangelo Palmisano
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • April 17, 2016
St. Martha cooks up Cajun Crawfish Festival

The 5th annual Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival brings out crowds to St. Martha Catholic School Saturday, April 16.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 19, 2010
Investigation focuses on audit

As they ready their appeal, the groups suing the county over its baseball negotiations believe an internal audit did not go far enough.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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