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  • By Mark Bergin |
  • January 13, 2021
Longboat Key Historical Society cottage moves to Town Center site

The cottage was among the original structures of Whitney’s Beach Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2011
News Briefs

Commission OKs iPad purchase for its members; Purchasing audit comes back clean; Task force drafts its mission statement; Investment committee will review town reports; and meetings & agendas.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Senior quarterback Arthur Brantley IV gets coin toss instructions from coach Josh Smithers as he, junior Julian Lowenstein, senior Stephon Turner and junior Johnny Dawson wait to walk to midfield.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 30, 2017
Riverview football seniors will remember the team's bond

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 20, 2015
Do This: MASHterpieces

Do This: MASHterpieces

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 4, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Kadi Pallastrone

Pineview junior Kadi Pallastrone, who plays golf for the Riverview Rams, recently took first place at the Riverview Invitational.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • August 1, 2018
Local fashion designer redesigns herself

Sigrid Olsen starts over with a new brand and focus.

  • Black Tie
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 10, 2020
Love on Longboat Key: Finding the most romantic spots on the island

The island paradise offers no shortage of romantic opportunities, from traffic jams to bicycle mishaps-in-waiting.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota High School Jeff Hradek during his final commencement ceremony as Principal last month.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • July 18, 2016
Hradek to retire before end of summer

Sarasota High School Principal Jeff Hradek will retire before the start of the new school year.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Enjoy this weeks edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2017
Cops Corner: Sarasota 08.24.17

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
David H. Littleton and Christopher Joel Onken star in "Northside Hollow." Courtesy photo
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 31, 2018
Urbanite's 'Northside Hollow' forgoes clichés to create a strong character study

A trapped miner endures a dark night of the soul in “Northside Hollow” at Urbanite Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2012
Our View: The county offices ...

The political buzz today, of course, is all about the presidential debate. Rightfully so. The course of America, if not the world, is at stake.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Chris and Mark Lawson show their support for creating a taxing district to buy the land, called the future Braden River Preserve.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 23, 2018
Special taxing district idea progresses

Manatee County commissioners voted to advance special taxing districts for two communities.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2019
East County weather page photo: June 20

East County weather page photo: June 20

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2019
Sarasota weather page photo: June 20

Pepsi Freund captures this fisherman during a storm on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 20

Michael Cohen snaps a shot of a fiddler crab at Lido.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 7, 2013
City of Sarasota adds parking to Rosemary District

The Rosemary District will have 100 new parking spaces available just in time for the weekend.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2014
News Briefs

Alaina Ray named PZ&B director; Martin Luther King Jr. holiday closings

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Tom Harmer |
  • October 28, 2019
My View: Town debt doesn't rise to $100 million

Editorial's figures generally accurate but misleading.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 17, 2010
Home Depot employee constructs lesson

Mark Campbell giving East County kids a chance to learn as they build.

  • East County
  • News
"There's no new-kid-on-the-block feeling with Kristofer," says Venice Theatre Executive/Artistic Director Murray Chase, of Kristofer Geddie. "It feels like he's always been here."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 27, 2012
Man of Distinction: Kristofer Geddie

A year into his post as director of diversity at the Venice Theatre, actor Kristofer Geddie is finding his place in South Sarasota County and discovering he can make a difference through community theater.

  • Arts + Culture
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