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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2012
Crafty Genes: Patina Painting Technique

Join do-it-yourself editors Mallory and Leslie Gnaegy as they try out a Patina Painting technique.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 19, 2014
Sidelines

Cougars advance to regional finals; Sailors, Rams close out seasons at state meet; ODA blanks Bradenton Christian in opener

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Event organizers Deb Hossenlop, Tracy Graziano, Christine Shaklik, Karen Jordan and Valerie Demino wanted to change up the annual event.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 16, 2018
Willis Casino Night raises funds for school

About 200 people turn out for fundraising event.

  • East County
  • News
White Buffalo Saloon owner Mike Evanoff bought a 1.7 acre parcel on McIntosh Road, which could be the future home of a gun range, for $166,000 in November.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 18, 2015
White Buffalo owner mulls plans for nearby property

An upscale gun range or indoor surf park could have a future near the intersection of McIntosh Road and Ashton Road, according to owner Mike Evanoff, who is also expanding options downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By [email protected] |
  • March 30, 2012
Observe This: Today's Top Stories (for all you April fools)

Observe This: Today's Top Stories (for all you April fools)

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • July 14, 2010
Funny girls

How comedy is keeping the hilarious women of FST's Vintage Whine improv troupe young at heart.

  • Arts + Culture
Read this week's Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2011
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Read this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • February 22, 2018
Demonstrators rally for gun control

More than 200 people lined Bayfront Drive to demand action for more significant gun control in the wake of the Parkland shootings.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 22, 2016
The 'Relativity' theory: Exploring Einstein's hidden life

Florida Studio Theatre's new play explores the parts of mathmetician's life that don't quite add up.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 15, 2011
Deputies thwart vehicle burglaries

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office apprehended four teenagers in the early morning hours of June 15.

  • East County
  • News
Jeffery Kin and Michelle Bianchi of The Players Centre update a meeting of  the theater'  s "ambassadors'   about the progress being made toward moving to Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 26, 2017
Players theater will need focus on fundraising

New theater at Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch may be constructed in stages, as funding becomes available.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 10, 2016
Firehouse looking at costly repairs

Recommendations to either renovate or tear down and rebuild the south fire station come with price tags between $2.3 million to $3.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2009
Manatee seeks new planning commissioner

Manatee County government will accept applications through June 26 for a recently vacated seat on Manatee County Planning Commission.

  • East County
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team celebrates a point in game 1 of its victory over Winter Haven.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 14, 2012
LWR Volleyball team makes historic volley

The Lakewood Ranch's volleyball team captured its first regional title in the Class 6A-Region 3 finals Nov. 10. Next stop: state semifinals.

  • East County
  • Sports
Summer Lemieux was found with 126.9 grams of marijuana, 3 grams of cocaine, weight scales and other drug paraphernalia, according to the SPD
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • July 9, 2017
Sarasota resident charged with four drug-related felonies

The 26-year-old was found in possession of nearly 127 grams of marijuana

  • Sarasota
  • News
Parking Manager Mark Lyons is trying to avoid the missteps of earlier efforts to implement paid parking — including meters that generated complaints before being removed in 2012.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 27, 2014
DID continues paid parking debate

Following a presentation from the city's parking manager, Downtown Improvement District members softened their opposition to the reintroduction of paid parking.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The properties Floridays Develop Co. seeks to turn into a hotel encompasses approximately 1.5 acres of land between Whitney Beach Plaza and the vacant bank building on Gulf of Mexico Drive at 6960 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 23, 2015
Floridays eyes Longboat Key hotel

Sarasota-based Floridays Development Co. seeks to build a hotel on the north end of the island if it can get referendum approval to change the zoning of six parcels.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • December 22, 2011
County government offices to be closed for holidays

Most Sarasota County government offices and services, including libraries, the History Center and recreation centers, will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, through Monday, Dec. 26, for the Christmas holiday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Fish killed by red tide washed up on Blind Pass Beach, which is part of Manasota Key, the southernmost, Sarasota County-owned beach. File photo.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 14, 2011
County staff cleaning up fish kill

Sarasota County maintenance employees were working Friday morning to clean up Blind Pass Beach, where fish killed by red tide had washed up.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • September 22, 2016
A sensible path for Bobby Jones Golf Club

Private management is the right course for the city’s Bobby Jones Golf Club.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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