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  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 16, 2013
Wallenda wants to highwire walk above U.S. 41

The performer needs approval from both the city and the state before the event.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Major League Football officials say Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch, with its 22 fields, nine of which are lighted, are enticing for a future headquarters site. File photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 27, 2015
New football league eyes Ranch for headquarters

Major League Football is scouting the Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch for its headquarters and training facilities.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jeremy Keefer and Sammy and Noah Tabachnick enjoyed Pop Craft popsicles.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 15, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Kid's Day at the Market

San Marco Plaza hosted a special time for children during its weekly Farmer's Market June 15. During the Kid's Day event, children enjoyed face painting, a bounce house, balloon animals and other activities.

  • East County
  • News
Employees also will see an increase in employee health-insurance premiums of about 29%, among other measures.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 22, 2012
Board approves teacher pay cuts

After months of failed negotiations with the teacher's union, the school district Feb. 15 imposed 1.75% salary cut for its 2012 budget.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • April 2, 2013
TWIS does SFF: Anthony Paull's film picks

TWIS does SFF: Anthony Paull's film picks

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 17, 2012
Mustangs win streak comes to an end

The Lakewood Ranch High boys golf team's streak of 117 consecutive victories came to an end Sept. 15 at the Olympia Titan Invitational at Hammock Beach's Ocean Course in Palm Coast.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 10, 2009
East County home damaged in fire

An early morning fire caused about $80,000 in damage to a home in the Gateway community.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2013
Black Tie UNTIED

The Sertoma Sarasota Celebration roasted Dr. Larry Thompson; and the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art held its first Wine Walk to the Ca d'Zan.

  • Arts + Culture
STOP remains steadfast in its belief that its core issues reflect the interest of city residents.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 27, 2017
Development community responds to STOP

A new group, which includes planning and real estate professionals, is challenging the resident activist group STOP’s claims about growth in the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboaters, your new crosswalks await you, courtesy of FDOT.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • March 30, 2016
Longboat Key Crosswalks 2.0

Longboaters, your new crosswalks await you, courtesy of FDOT.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • February 14, 2018
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Orchid Ball

Roger Capote's Orchid Ball vision comes to life Feb. 10 at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

  • Black Tie
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 9, 2013
Backstage Pass: Volunteers held together by The Ringling glue

During Ringling International Arts Festival (RIAF), there's a lot of foot-traffic and people to greet -- volunteer Roberta Schaumleffel likes it best when it's busy.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 17, 2020
Traffic, Village parking on Tuesday's agenda

Longboat Commissioners meet at 1 p.m. for regular workshop.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • May 29, 2019
'Booksmart' soars with excellent female actors, scriptwriters and director

Amazing actor chemistry, a clever script and hilarious concept make for a new classic fueled by girl power.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Samantha Benoit and Filippo Valmorbida dance Christopher Wheeldon’s "There Where She Loved." Photo by Frank Atura
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • November 19, 2018
The Sarasota Ballet makes audiences laugh, pulls at their heartstrings

'Masters of Dance' honored three of ballet choreograph's greatest: Sir Frederick Ashton, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Superintendent Todd Bowden said that if this year’s millage rate was what it was in 2002 — when Sarasota voters first approved a one-mill increase, bringing the rate to 9.287 — the district budget would rise by $155 million.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 23, 2019
Sarasota School Board approves tentative 2019-20 budget

The sum of the general fund budget increased by $19 million.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Riverview Kilties march in the Sarasota Veterans Day Parade. The band will travel to Chicago to participate in the city’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • November 15, 2017
Riverview band marches to a new beat

Riverview will be marching down the streets of Chicago this Thanksgiving with a new director in the lead.

  • Sarasota
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Outside seating on Lakewood Main Street does make the sidewalks harder to navigate.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 18, 2018
SMR's main task: Building Waterside

Side or Ranch: Jay Heater.

  • East County
  • News
"A Bread Factory" stars Tyne Daly, who will attend the festival. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • April 2, 2019
Sarasota Film Festival announces Tyne Daly will attend upcoming festival

Sarasota Film Festival announces Tyne Daly will attend upcoming festival and that it’s added two new films, "Olympic Dreams" and "Before You Know It," to its lineup.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2009
Republican Club meeting addresses inflation

The Lakewood Ranch Republican Club will hold its monthly meeting May 15 at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club, 7650 Legacy Blvd.

  • East County
  • News
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