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"Anything we're allocating money to, we need to look at," says Julie Aranibar
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 5, 2011
SEVEN in 11: Julie Aranibar

Lakewood Ranch resident Julie Aranibar has more than a decade of volunteer work with Manatee County Public Schools. Now, she'll use that experience to affect policy as a member of the Manatee County School Board.

  • East County
  • News
Join Emily Walsh for the Observer Daily Headlines. Image shown will not play video.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • April 25, 2012
April 25: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Neal Communities’ “The Harmony” in Central Park is part of a coastal series. It features 2,453 square feet of living area with four bedrooms and a bonus room option.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 20, 2013
Builders show off models

The Home Builder Association's annual Parade of Homes starts this weekend.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
David Hume Kennerly. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 20, 2013
Scene & Heard

Staff Photographer meets famed photographer; LeBell talks opera, go figure; Local film makes festival debut; Flight 347 bonds over blizzard and FST Improv

  • Arts + Culture
Lucy Lavely and Tori Grace Hines in FSU/Asolo Conservatory's production of "Stop Kiss." Photo by Frank Atura.
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • February 27, 2013
Theater Review: 'Stop Kiss'

FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training is having a great year, and its current production may be its crowning glory.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Michael Eng |
  • April 11, 2012
East County to host two Relay for Life fundraisers

Hundreds of residents will pull all-nighters to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • May 31, 2012
Neighbors: Bev Marsh

Bev Marsh has lived on Siesta Key for 31 years and has been tearing up the ballroom dance floors for 20 years.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 5, 2009
ACLU requests 2,600 police e-mails

The civil-liberties group is asking for all e-mails pertaining to the June 26 videotaped beating of a handcuffed suspect.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mums add fall color to your garden.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • October 10, 2012
Home & Garden: Fruitful Fall

Now that fall has arrived, it's a good time to prep gardens and begin planting, pruning and fertilizing old and new plants.

  • Arts + Culture
CANDance Champions
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • October 28, 2015
Black Tie & Tales 10.29.15

Meet our gem, fête a social editor, iPhone shopping and much more ...

  • Black Tie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2012
Letters to the Editor

I'll vote for Obama; A vision for wealth; Don't know Marxism; They hear what they want

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 13, 2010
Tropical depression impacts turtle nests

About 200 nests in Sarasota County have been affected.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Proponents of the parking changes say they will allow customers to dine and shop without worrying about getting a parking ticket.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • November 29, 2012
Turner pushes for eased restrictions

The controversial subject of parking enforcement downtown could be coming full circle.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The county budget had been on a steady decline from the 2009 fiscal year until 2012.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 8, 2012
Preliminary budget forecasted to increase 3%

The Sarasota County preliminary budget for the 2013 fiscal year is set at $893.6 million, with economic development spending more than double the previous year.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
SPD Deputy Chief Pat Robinson brings 15 years of experience with the department — and an even more extensive knowledge of the community — to his new position.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 9, 2015
Conversation with Pat Robinson

The Sarasota Police Department's new deputy chief talks about his local roots, the evolution of the department and his relationship with the chief.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Loipa Araújo works with the The Carreño Dance Festival Summer Intensive students. “The most important thing for us is to feel that when they finish (this) stage, they are better dancers,” says Araújo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 15, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Loipa Araújo

Loipa Araújo joined the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955, and became a principal dancer 10 years later. Currently, the Havana-born 71-year-old has been guest teaching ballets around the world.

  • Arts + Culture
Desmond Lindsay is one of the key players on the Thunder's young baseball team. File photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 4, 2012
Thunder bounce back after back-to-back losses

However, with only two losses, The Out-of-Door Academy baseball team still controls its own destiny.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Thomas Sowell |
  • September 23, 2009
Fable for our time

Don't fall for health-care bone

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics' Derrian Gobourne has been a Level 10 gymnast for the past three seasons.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 8, 2015
Rising to the Top

Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics’ Derrian Gobourne is one of the top Level 10 gymnasts in the nation.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 31, 2010
Sarasota Ballet prepares for Wheeldon dance

Margaret Barbieri will stage choreographer Christopher Wheldon's work this month at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
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