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  • By Chef Judi Gallagher |
  • February 18, 2013
TWIS = This Week Is Savory

TWIS = This Week Is Savory

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Allied troops on Omaha Beach
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 4, 2014
Our View: 'Never again'?

This is the 70th anniversary of D-Day ... June 6, 1944. We all have seen the photographs and footage from the beaches of Normandy. We have seen the rows upon rows of our nearly 9,400 military dead at the Normandy American Cemetery - most of them killed in Operation Overlord, the code name for the Allies' invasion of France. But so few of us in subsequent generations can even imagine what author Rick Atkinson vividly re-creates in his epic book, 'The Guns at Last Light.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Sarasota Farmers Market Manager Phil Pagano was partially inspired by “The Farmery,” a permanent market concept developed by a Durham, N.C. group. The model provides space for a grocery, a café and an area to grow crops. Courtesy
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2015
WHAT'S HAPPENING | Week of June 4, 2015

Sarasota County pulled into Benderson lawsuit

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • April 11, 2019
Ian Bremmer talks geopolitics in Sarasota

Bremmer rounded out the 2019 RCLA Town Hall Lecture Series at the Van Wezel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • October 17, 2013
CONA sets priorities

As Sarasota County sees an uptick in development and construction in the wake of the Great Recession, area neighborhoods are bracing for a fight.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"I like to hope for the best and expect the worst. If you work hard at something hard enough, eventually you'll be rewarded," Christian Stoinev says. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 20, 2014
Christian Stoinev finds balance in Sarasota

Christian Stoinev is performing in The Ringling and The Circus Arts Conservatory's Summer Circus Spectacular. And recently, his talent was recognized nationally when he competed on NBC's "America's Got Talent."

  • Arts + Culture
Joel Morganroth and Richard Perlman
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 16, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Perlman offers limo tour of keys to potential buyers; D'Agostino joins Coldwell's Longboat Key office; Valarie Wadsworth joins MS&Co. St. Armands office

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mote Scientific has owned this property since 1982.
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • November 10, 2018
Development plans once again up to Longboat voters

Mote Foundation land makes its second appearance on the ballot. In 2017, it came closer than any other to winning a density increase.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 5.7.2015

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Violin soloist Philippe Quint. Courtesy.
  • By June LeBell |
  • February 6, 2013
Music Review: Masterworks IV - Daniel Hege, conductor

This past weekend, the Sarasota Orchestra's parade of guest conductors continued with Daniel Hege, current music director of the Wichita Symphony and former music director of the now-defunct Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.

  • Arts + Culture
Bill Waddill will begin his work with the Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization on Jan. 3.
  • By David Conway |
  • November 21, 2017
Bayfront planning group picks managing director

Bill Waddill, currently a senior vice president at Kimley-Horn, will help facilitate the production of a master plan for redeveloping the bayfront.

  • Sarasota
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More than 40 people attended a Longboat Key Vision Plan special meeting to express their opinions on the revised plan.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 11, 2010
Vision Plan debated

Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson and the Town Commission discussed the Vision Plan Nov. 11 at Town Hall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
With on floor housing the future Sarasota Museum of Art (SMOA), another floor of the renovated Historic Sarasota High School will house the Lifelong Learning Academy and its growing 2,000 student body.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • December 9, 2015
Lifelong Learning Academy joins Ringling College

In need of more space and resources for its expanding student body, the adult education organization will be housed in the Historic Sarasota High School.

  • Arts + Culture
Retiring Boys and Girls Clubs of Manatee County President Carl Weeks is responsible for bringing T-ball to Manatee County in 1973.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 28, 2013
Longtime club president retires

East County resident Carl Weeks ends his tenure as president of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Manatee County Aug. 31.

  • East County
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Courtesy photo
  • By Edward Alley |
  • September 24, 2018
Sarasota Orchestra opens new season with two stellar chamber performances

Together, 'Out of the Opera Pit' and 'Colorful Combinations' made for an impressive kickoff to the 2018-2019 season.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Alice Blueglass has helped maintain a pizza garden for the past four years — part of the Longboat Key Garden Club's project with Just for Girls.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 14, 2011
Neighbors: Alice Blueglass

This lifetime teacher loves to help students of all ages.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 27, 2010
Residents concerned with changes

Several Lakewood Ranch residents voiced concerns about the community's new security providers during Community Development District meetings last week.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 11, 2009
College graduates: Where are they now?

Career-placement experts agree that the job hunt is up to the individual, however, many recent graduates are doing everything they can to land post-collegiate jobs and are still unemployed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Vivian Quinones-Solano hopes to collect blood and platelet donations that might eventually help those going through cancer treatments, like her.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 5, 2021
SunCoast Blood Bank executive from Lakewood Ranch beats the odds

Cancer survivor challenges others to give blood in Mother's Day Challenge.

  • East County
  • News
The proposed $22 million project would pump close to 1 million cubic yards of sand on the beach. Photo by Roger Drouin.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • April 4, 2013
City plans Lido renourishment

City officials will spend the next few months convincing federal officials to approve $13.64 million in funding for the project. Public meetings will also be held.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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