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  • By Jack Short |
  • January 21, 2016
County explores sales tax to help homeless

Though it's no longer working on the shelter concept, Sarasota County is still exploring how to pay for services for the homeless.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Sarasota County School Board met Tuesday for its first monthly work session and board meeting of the 2013-2014 school year.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • August 20, 2013
School Board: Renovations way under budget

The Sarasota County School Board kicked off the new school year with some good news - all facility renovation projects are on time and under budget.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Photos by Barbara Banks Photography
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • July 31, 2013
Just Married: Suzanne Martino and Michael Dufour

Suzanne Martino and Michael Dufour were married May 11 on the beach, at the Longboat Key Club.

  • Arts + Culture
Jackie Crews, Mary Neauhauser and Chris Parlett measure scoops of rice, dehydrated vegetables and soy flour.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • March 12, 2016
St. Boniface helps stop hunger

Members of the congregation at St. Boniface help pack more than 10,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
The Drug Enforcement Agency sponsored the seventh annual drug take-back day Saturday, Oct. 28.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 29, 2013
Drug turn-in event trounces previous effort

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office collected more than 120 pounds of unused or expired pharmaceutical drugs during the national turn-in event Saturday, Oct. 26.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kristen Pace |
  • February 16, 2012
Join TWIS for Belles at the Shell

Join TWIS for Belles at the Shell

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Bailey
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 10, 2016
Manatee County School Board candidates sound off

District 1 candidates share their thoughts, concerns about the School District's future.

  • East County
  • News
Richard Arvid Hassel
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2012
Obituary: Richard Arvid Hassel

Richard Arvid Hassel, 76, of Longboat Key, died Oct. 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota High's Shawn Bane Jr.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2012
JUST THE STATS

2 - The number of shutouts the Booker High football team has posted this season after blanking Avon Park 41-0 in Class 4A-District 6 action Oct. 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2016
Cops Corner: Sarasota 08.04.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
Our View: Watchdog for human rights

David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, is describing how he has spent the past 15 years circling the globe; sitting face to face, looking eye to eye with the world's most powerful heads of state; delivering the message incessantly and emphatically: Iran cannot have WMDs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Kate Berg and Mari Vial-Golden perform "Echoes." Photo by Dylan Jon Wade Cox
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 26, 2017
Theater review: 'Echoes'

Women’s struggles reverberate across the centuries in “Echoes” at Urbanite Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Once renovations are complete next summer, the operations cost for the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex are expected to increase from $400,000 to $1.2 million per year.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 28, 2010
City, county spar over parks

With both governments keeping a watchful eye on their bottom lines, neither wants to fully fund the improved Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, which is expected to cost three times as much to operate the facility each year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Opponents of the Deer Prairie Creek Preserve hog hunt brought signs to a July 10 Sarasota County Commission meeting.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 20, 2012
Hunters kill 39 hogs in pilot hunt

The Southwest Florida Water Management District permitted hunt was aimed at removing the destructive invasive species.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 7, 2010
Creekwood BP owner battles Deepwater spill stigma

East County resident Kevin Headlee is an independent owner who purchases his gas through a distributor.

  • East County
  • News
tuna
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • February 7, 2015
The Corner Grill: More than just a sports bar

The Corner Grill: More than just a sports bar

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
This five-bedroom home at 825 Longboat Club Rd. is listed at $17.5 million.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 13, 2010
Price of Paradise

The high end of Longboat Key real estate remains pricey, with the most expensive property priced at $17.5 million. But the low end of the market offers affordable options.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
New York-based Composer Daron Hagen and Connecticut-based Librettist J.D. McClatchy join together on a commissioned piece by the Sarasota Youth Opera.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 2, 2012
Sarasota Youth Opera to premiere "Little Nemo in Slumberland"

Around 100 students age 8 to 17 will perform in the cast of the first-ever performance of "Little Nemo in Slumberland," commissioned specifically for them. The music is by Daron Aric Hagen and the Libretto by J.D. McClatchy. The two sat down to discuss the creation process.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 10, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from our archives.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 13, 2009
Galvano to address Republican Club

Florida Rep. Bill Galvano will be the keynote speaker at the Lakewood Ranch Republican Club meeting today.

  • East County
  • News
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