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Money raised at the show benefits the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 24, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Woodcarving Show and Sale

The show includes hundreds of hand carved wood on display and for sale. All woodcarvings are made by the Gulf Coast Carvers Guild.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • August 12, 2009
Ranch senior takes top post for FCCLA

Jessica Hagood learned she earned one of 10 national officer positions during the organization's National Leadership Conference, held July 12-16 in Nashville, Tenn.

  • East County
  • News
Delphi Borich and Jenny Vallancourt perform in Asolo Rep’s production of "Gloria." Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 11, 2018
Asolo Rep explores the fall of print, civility and civilization in 'Gloria'

Asolo Repertory Theatre offers both some of the best theater we've seen in a long time and a completely unsatisfying ending.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
An auction for an 80% interest in 2.3 acres of Colony Beach & Tennis Resort property planned for May 9 was postponed.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 14, 2014
Clerical error postpones Colony auction

Unicorp National Development Inc. President Charles Whittall has a contract to buy the resort's bankrupt estate, and he's confident he will win the bid for 2.3 acres at auction.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
David and Patricia Dabbert (Courtesy Photo)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 3, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Dabbert Gallery 10th Anniversary Exhibition

Dabbert Gallery celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exhibition. The 10th Anniversary Exhibition opens Friday, Jan. 3 and runs through Saturday, Feb. 1. The opening reception takes place tonight from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

  • Arts + Culture
Nick Romagnola.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 24, 2019
East County Athlete of the Week: Nick Romagnola

The ODA baseball junior talks his fastball and his dream vacation spots.

  • East County
  • Sports
Brett Mitchell
  • By Edward Alley |
  • June 18, 2017
Music review: Music Festival Weekend Two

Students and faculty continue to impress in Sarasota Music Festival's second weekend.

  • Arts + Culture
Three years ago the family came home from a birthday party with a cookie-in-a-jar recipe for ginger snaps.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • September 24, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: The Rini family

This week, we go in the kitchen with the Rini family. The family shows us their favorite ginger snap and raspberry soda recipes.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 14, 2016
Ringling International Arts Festival kicks off with courtyard celebration

The performing-arts festival opened with an evening of Brazilian flair.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2014
New face

Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota welcomes John Irvin as its new religious educator director.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2020
East County weather page photo: June 11

Richard Bottorff captured this photo of a soft shelled turtle peaking out of a Rye Wilderness pond.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The six-unit property at 551 Broadway St. sold along with two adjacent properties for $1.5 million.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • February 21, 2018
Six-unit Longboat property under contract for $1.5 million

The property, built in the historic village in 1946, received an offer within the first few days on the market.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 4, 2019
Longboat Key Freedom Fest starts off the Fourth of July with a bang

The "world's shortest parade" brought folks together for freedom and fun

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Eric Kaplan, co-trustee of the Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 31, 2020
Flanzer Trust rolls out donation-matching program

Philanthropic organization hopes to encourage smaller donors to become active.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nina Hoss as the title character in "Barbara." Courtesy.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • February 27, 2013
Film Review: 'Barbara'

The new film, "Barbara," delves into life behind the Iron Curtain and the perverse paranoia that permeated a society.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2009
Cops Corner

12:42 p.m. -- 4000 block of GMD (Gulf of Mexico Drive). Property Damage. A man called to report that his car had been hit in a hardware store parking lot.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
"At the finals in New York, once you looked out, there were hundreds of people looking at you," Francisco Serrano says. "Once I finished and everyone started clapping, it sounded like millions of people were out there screaming." Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 10, 2013
Young professional

In April, just four months after getting his driver's license, Francisco Serrano received a scholarship to The Royal Ballet School in London. He learned to dance just three years ago.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 3, 2017
Mustangs tripped up in state semifinal

A key injury made things tough for Lakewood Ranch in its 54-49 loss to Sickles.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Longboat Police Department has launched its Toys for Tots campaign.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • December 2, 2016
Longboat Key police start collecting Toys for Tots

Toys can be dropped off through Dec. 21 at the Longboat Key Police Department, 5460 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kevin Cooper's work at Mote will involve the implementation of key organizational initiatives. Photo courtesy Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 12, 2018
Sarasota Chamber CEO leaves for Mote job

Kevin Cooper will join Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in a role focused on public relations and branding.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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