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  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 18, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: Oct. 19, 2017

Dorothy Cole, Jodie Grossman, Jadwiga Zofia Mues, Bettye Chumley Boyer, Roland Carroll, Neva Kelley-Paesani and Pearl Kushner died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2010
Letters to the editor

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  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
"Bright Star" runs Nov. 6-Jan. 3 at Gompertz Theatre. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • September 3, 2019
Florida Studio Theatre pulls back the curtain on 2019-2020 winter season

FST will present four mainstage productions and three cabaret shows between September and May.

  • Arts + Culture
Jason Mickan
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 15, 2014
Familiar Face

Former JV boys basketball coach Jason Mickan was recently named Braden River's new varsity coach.

  • East County
  • Sports
Blair Bloomston, vice president of game on Nation, delivered one of four exercises that increase competition, mystery, humor and empowerment in the workplace. Doug Phillips watched.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 10, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Breakfast of Champions

Blair Bloomston of game on Nation helped members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance discover their imagination at the organization's Breakfast of Champions April 10. In a presentation to the business leaders at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club, Bloomston, using exercises that bring out humor, mystery, empowerment and competition, aimed to create authentic connections.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2012
News Briefs

News Briefs

  • Siesta Key
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 29, 2016
3 words to live by for 2017

Last year at this time, wisdom was our word — that Americans would have wisdom in the voting booth

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 11, 2017
Longboat Harbour hosts comedy night

Comics from Florida Studio Theater performed improv for more than 100 residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch'  s Rachel Hibbert and Lori Ziegler share corned beef and cabbage during the Irish Celtic Festival.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 11, 2017
Lakewood Ranch hosts pint-sized good time

Beer, corned beef, entertainment flow at Irish Celtic Festival.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota High wrestling coach Cezar Sharbono began    coaching his son, Chance, when Chance was 4 years old. On Nov. 16, the Sarasota High freshman wrestled his first regular season match as a member of the Sailors program.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 20, 2013
Family Affair

Fifteen-year-old Chance Sharbono is in his first year wrestling at Sarasota High, where his dad, Cezar, is the head coach.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • April 1, 2010
Fountain of youth

Sarasota resident Dora Riverol will celebrate her 100th birthday April 10.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2011
All Angels by the Sea is now on summer time

All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road, is now on its summer schedule.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sebastian Aguirre hopes to get his 100 butterfly time under 50 seconds.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 18, 2017
Mustangs boys swimmer a state title threat in the 100 butterfly

The Lakewood Ranch junior got international experience while representing Colombia.

  • East County
  • Sports
"In real life you're stuck in one personality; on stage you can be anybody, from an ancient wizard to a showgirl," says Amanda Heisey.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • September 10, 2014
Spotlight: The many stages of Amanda Heisey

As Shakespeare once said, "All the world is a stage." The multitalented Amanda Heisey would agree.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 12, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: MacAllisters Grill & Tavern

MacAllisters Grill & Tavern owners Malcolm and Karen Ronney share an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2014
Obituary: John Joseph Stevenson

John Joseph Stevenson, 78, died Nov. 18.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 25, 2011
Obituary: Steve Alan Gooding

Steve Alan Gooding, 62, of Sarasota died Nov. 21. He was born Feb. 10, 1949.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Youth Sailing Squadron sailors Nick Hernandez and Nico Schultz, both 14, will represent Team USA in the BMW Optimist Team Race Cup Oct. 27, in Berlin.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 25, 2012
NATIONAL CHAMPS: Nico Schultz and Nick Hernandez

Sarasota Youth Sailors Nico Schultz and Nick Hernandez won the 2012 USODA Team Race National Championship July 22 though July 24, in Sandusky, Ohio, with Team Florida Oceanic Racing, a travel squad based in Clearwater. The boys will represent Team USA in the BMW Optimist Team Race Cup Oct. 27 in Berlin.

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  • Neighbors
Michael Gutierrez on tuba will be one of the band members to debut the piece.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • December 13, 2018
Sarasota's Pine View gets a special song for its birthday

School's wind ensemble will perform a debut piece written just for them.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum in the Democratic nominee for Florida governor.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 5, 2018
On economics, Andrew Gillum doesn’t seem to have a clue

Stranger things happen in politics, but it’s difficult to see how Gillum can move his leftist agenda to the center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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