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New white parking spaces were painted last week on the south side of Broadway, where parking is permitted. Photo by Kristen Herhold
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 24, 2014
Villagers seek to curb new spaces

Some residents seek an alternate route to parking enforcement.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
ALPS
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • April 11, 2012
Film: Sarasota Film Festival selects dazzling picks

With more than 200 films being shown at this year's festival, there are many excellent flicks.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 4, 2011
Town, firefighters to revise firefighter pension contract

The town of Longboat Key won't enforce one point of contention firefighters have with their labor contract that expires in September.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"The Dixie Swim Club" runs through June 22, at The Players Theatre.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 13, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Dixie Swim Club'

'The Dixie Swim Club' is making a big splash this month at The Players.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 30, 2009
A Hero's Welcome

Lakewood Ranch resident Ken Quinn was working aboard the Maersk Alabama when Somali pirates seized the U.S. cargo ship April 8.

  • East County
  • News
Residents in about 100 homes were to have been notified by the end of the day Friday, Jan. 20. Those residents are on Goodwater Street, Blue Water Avenue, Bowline Drive, Prairie Lane and Markridge Road.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 20, 2012
Gulf Gate Estates residents advised about water project

A Sarasota County map shows the streets in Gulf Gate Estates where a boil-water advisory will go into effect Jan. 24

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2013
Welcome to paradise, ULI

Welcome to paradise, ULI

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2009
Ticket sales remain steady for St. Jude luncheon

The 28th annual St. Jude Gourmet Luncheon takes place from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Temple Beth Israel's parking lot, 567 Bay Isles Road.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • February 27, 2014
Social media boosts Sarasota tourism

Visit Sarasota County seeks to leverage the power of social media and online reputation management to promote the area's tourism industry at lower costs than traditional advertising campaigns.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • March 21, 2013
Out and about on Election Night (Part 2): The after-parties

Out and about on Election Night (Part 2): The after-parties

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2011
Sports Briefs

Two new host tenants sign on at Premier campus; Kids golf for free at Stoneybrook course; Shiels joins OCU volleyball; U11 Monsters finish as invitational runner-up; Wave Runners compete in first open-water swim

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 10, 2010
Bus-shelter maker defaults on contract

The city is severing ties with a company that had agreed to make 50 bus shelters for Sarasota but only made 19 in the past 10 years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 6, 2010
Term limit revision stands

Mayor Lee Rothenberg told those opposing his decision to run for another two-year term that he has done nothing wrong.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 15, 2009
Two Braden River High seniors earn athletic scholarships

The Braden River High School Athletic Boosters recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to seniors Chris Garcia and Kayla Kerns.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 14, 2009
Ed Smith uncertainty to cost millions

Because the city is unsure what will happen to the stadium, it has had to turn away an estimated $6 million in youth-, high school- and college-baseball tournaments.

  • Sarasota
  • News
mussels
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • November 21, 2014
Mozzarella Fella: Sarasota’s superb sandwich shop now serving dinner

Mozzarella Fella: Sarasota’s superb sandwich shop now serving dinner

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • May 9, 2013
Fishermen angle for the big catch

The water must be still; the motor of the boat at just a hum. The angler must cast directly into the school of fish to catch one of the silver kings of the sea.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By April Doner |
  • June 25, 2012
HoodRoving in G-Park: Chocolate, Radio, Tango, Change

HoodRoving in G-Park: Chocolate, Radio, Tango, Change

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 17, 2013
Prom-A-Palooza: Cardinal Mooney prom-goers go Vegas

Students take a gamble that expensive outfits will do justice to the 'Old School Vegas'-themed prom at Polo Grill.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Hilton Leech Studio and Residence/Amagansett Art School
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 3, 2011
Historic Preservation

The Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation 21st annual Historic Homes Tour will feature four homes in McClellan Park, which opened to the public March 7, 1916.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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