• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Mother's Day Gift Guide
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App
  • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Elections
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Longboat
    • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Elections
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Mother's Day Gift Guide
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App

Results for:

Zenobia Restaurant co-owners Majdi Ismaile and Yasser Moussa are eager to share cuisine from their native countries with the East County area.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 17, 2018
Lakewood Ranch dining scene gets a fresh look

Zenobia offers flavors of the Mediterranean in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Business
Syd Solomon at 65. (Photo copyright Jill Krementz)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 5, 2014
The legacy of Syd Solomon

The late Syd Solomon's colorful history helped build Sarasota as an artist's colony. It still thrives as an art-centered community today.

  • Arts + Culture
Marilyn Coker started the move to restore the school 25 years ago.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 13, 2017
Myakka City Historic School House receives $100,000 grant

Selby Foundation helps the historic school rebuild.

  • East County
  • News
Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale chats with Commissioner Lynn Larson after her resignation Monday.
  • By John Morton |
  • May 20, 2014
Town attorney resigns

Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale resigned before commissioners performed an annual evaluation assessment.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2011
Toys for Tots taking donations

Michael Saunders and Co. teamed up with Marines to ensure all needy Southwest Florida children receive presents this year through Toys for Tots.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
jdubs
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 16, 2015
Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 16

Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 16

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Kitty Dyble Thompson works on a catoptic piece.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • November 5, 2011
VIDEO: Chalk Festival

Watch this video to get a feel for the 2011 Sarasota Chalk Festival.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Charlie Morse and Bill Robinson won the Puttin on the Ritz tournament last year.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 30, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Puttin on the Ritz

Dozens of members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance showed off their putting skills during the organization's annual Puttin on the Ritz event April 29. Members and their guests enjoyed a lunch and silent auction before hitting the course at The Ritz-Carlton Member's Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch. A trophy was awarded to the winning team and the winner of the putting contest received a new putter valued at $100.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Edith Barr Dunn was known for her signature Stetson hats. (File photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 4, 2015
Local icon Edith Barr Dunn dies at 94

Edith Barr Dunn was known on Longboat Key and Sarasota for her success in the restaurant business and support of charities throughout the community.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 13, 2016
More than tweaking needed

Longboat neighborhood associations appear poised to go to court over the town’s underground assessments. It’ll be worth the effort to review the methodology.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Lee Pace in "Pushing Daisies." Photo source: Amazon Prime Video.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 15, 2019
Binge Blog: Pie in the sky

"Pushing Daisies," created by Bryan Fuller and starring Lee Pace, Anna Friel and Kristen Chenoweth, and "Being John Malkovich," directed by Spike Jonze, written by Charlie Kaufman and starring John Cusack, are this week's picks.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
The commission also will consider a  parking ordinance that prohibits parking in the state right-of-way along Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 2, 2011
Commission considers Colony request tonight

The Longboat Key Town Commission will decide whether to allow the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort to re-open by Dec. 31, 2012.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood and Suzanne Elliott |
  • March 20, 2019
City keeps an eye on Longbeach Village parking

Commission has been offered solutions

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Motorcycles line Lemon Avenue during last year's Thunder by the Bay event in Sarasota. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 19, 2016
Motorcycle fundraiser thunders toward Lakewood Ranch

Thunder by the Bay will relocate its main festival to Premier Sports Campus in January.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2009
Cops Corner

A woman with no valid driver's license backed her tan pickup truck into oncoming traffic on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Capital Grille Executive Chef Kendell Emmanuel bags up cooked meat to be donated to the Salvation Army.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 23, 2016
Restaurants prepare feast for salvation

Salvation Army's menu often made possible by local restaurants

  • East County
  • News
  • By Melissa Williams |
  • June 24, 2010
Professional Golf Tips 101

East County PGA professionals offer tips for improving your game.

  • East County
  • Sports
Co-Chairwomen Hedria Lunken Saltzman and Kitty Heusner — Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 14, 2018
Florida Creativity Conference attracts individuals of varying disciplines

The Sarasota-based event this weekend is comprised of three days of unique workshops.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Flames engulfed the home in the 700 block of Lands End Drive this morning. (Longboat Key Fire Rescue)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 24, 2013
Web Year in Review: March 2013, Lands End home destroyed in fire

A fire destroyed a 1950s home in the 700 block of Lands End Drive that belonged to Joan Bergstrom, sister of real-estate magnate Michael Saunders.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • October 4, 2012
Chalk festival set to draw thousands

City commissioners approved a request to allow chalk art to stick around after the festival. But some Burns Square merchants worry that a 10-day street closure will hurt business.

  • Sarasota
  • News
« 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 »
The best of Your Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest in news, sports, schools, arts and things to do in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and East County.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-366-3468
  • FPN Verified

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Crossword
  • Contests

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Advertise
  • Rack Locations
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Business Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
Sign Up for Daily Headlines

A daily dose of news from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Sign Up for In Case You Missed It

A Saturday dose of the week's top stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County.


Anytime. Anywhere. Observer.

From in-depth local reporting to real-time breaking news, stay connected to the stories shaping our community with the Your Observer app.

Download Now for Free