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  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 16, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Commissioners need to fix what's broken

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • June 12, 2012
People of Walmart: Sarasota Edition

People of Walmart: Sarasota Edition

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • February 22, 2012
Theater Review: 'Shake, Rattle and Roll'

"Shake, Rattle and Roll" at Florida Studio Theatre has been extended. After selling-out its 12-week run at the Cabaret, the production will run at the Gompertz through April 7.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Sean Roth |
  • February 2, 2012
SNN6 could be facing a sell-off of its assets

A lender to SNN has received a final judgment to sell off the TV channel's assets, but an SNN owner calls it a partnership squabble that will be resolved.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The World Trade Center artifact was erected in front of the Sarasota Police Department Monday, then covered with a red, white and blue tarp. It will be unveiled during a Sept. 11 ceremony. Photo courtesy of Norman Schimmel.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 1, 2011
World Trade Center beam to be dedicated Sept. 11

The morning of Sept. 11, the city of Sarasota welcomes the public to a dedication of a World Trade Center beam that has been erected in front of the police department.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Brandon Luckett started playing football when he was 11 years old.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 25, 2011
Student earns camp's high honor

The Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch seventh-grader Brandon Luckett was named the MVP of Football University's football camp in both March and April.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Downtown pedestrian mall would be perfect attraction; Pedestrian bridge could be its own destination; Expand Goodwill where it is now

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Don and Carley Engelberger are finally together on the field.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 16, 2011
School board sides with soccer player

A possible recruiting violation nearly cost Braden River High School freshman Carley Engelberger a chance to play for the Lady Pirates this fall.

  • East County
  • Sports
A triangular piece of property on Ringling Boulevard, a block west of U.S. 301, might become a lunch-truck park.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 1, 2011
Fresh concept proposed for parcel

A vacant parcel of land on Ringling Boulevard is being considered for an open-air, lunch-truck park to attract pedestrians and workers to a new downtown lunch spot.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Unit 102 condominium at Tiffany Plaza, 4325 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,456 square feet of living area. It sold for $520,000. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 14, 2011
Bayou Sound home sells for $675,000

K&R Ventures LLLP sold the home at 3460 Bayou Sound to Kathleen Pendleton, Longboat Key, for $675,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Panet-Raymond
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 14, 2011
Golf pro recreates River Club restaurant

Golf professional Jacques Panet-Raymond recently opened Caddyshak Sports Bar & Grille in The River Club restaurant space and plans to open a dance club there, as well, starting in January.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 8, 2011
Commissioners dislike Facebook concept

The Sarasota County Commission addressed social networking policies at a board retreat last week.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
A tentative Dec. 15 date has been set for Vertex Development's application to be heard by a county hearing officer.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 6, 2010
Cell tower application heads to county hearing

After deeming the application incomplete, planners have agreed to move a cell tower application in Palm-Aire forward.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2011
News Briefs

DID plans to makeover historic district; Patterson Foundation assists tornado victims; Mote Marine receives $1 million pledge; and meetings & agendas.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Virginia 'Ginya' Carnahan, director of marketing and development
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 29, 2011
Winner: 11 or More Employees: Dattoli Cancer Center

Virginia "Ginya" Carnahan looks forward to the day when the Dattoli Cancer Center's services won't be necessary. In fact, she said, with advancing technologies, a prostate-cancer vaccine could someday put the facility out of business.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Debra Jacobs became president and CEO of The Patterson Foundation in 2009. The foundation has identified nine initiatives that it will explore in the next three to five years.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 6, 2011
7 in 11: Debra Jacobs

As CEO of The Patterson Foundation, Debra Jacobs will lead the $200 million foundation through nine strategic initiatives.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 12, 2011
News briefs

Community news and notes

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 8, 2010
Manatee commissioners approve East County plaza

The Magnolia Plaza project should open in early 2012.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 8, 2010
News Briefs 12.09.10

Members of the Lakewood Ranch High School's Student Government Association again organized a school-wide drive to benefit Manatee County children in need.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 6, 2011
Main Street: Where the tiled sidewalk ends?

A $10,000 ceramic tile sidewalk project is in jeopardy of being removed if sidewalks are torn up for a new project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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