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The 11 members of the union are wrestling with choosing one of three retirement options that Town Manager Dave Bullock has offered.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 22, 2013
Town declares impasse

The 11 members of the Longboat Key Police Department Union have until Thursday to select one of three retirement contract offers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2011
Meetings & Agendas

This week's meetings & agendas

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 9, 2015
Cost vs. benefit of no poles

If Longboat voters approve underground lines for neighborhoods, the town’s long-term debt will go up 580%. Stunning. But in context, it’ll be worth the investment.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 17, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jamie & Mike Stone at "Deja vu: Big American Bandstand" March 26.
  • By Molly Schechter and Stephanie Hannum |
  • April 6, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Here comes the bride ... times three; Entertainment extravaganza; Oldies but goodies; Tidbits; Black Tie Affair

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2013
Our View: Fruity idea for Fruitville

Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder often reminds us of that saying about kids: They say the darnedest things.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson visited the Sarasota Observer and Pelican Press office Monday to discuss how the city of Louisville and Jefferson County consolidated in 2000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 26, 2012
Merger Mayor: Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson

Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson said combining city and county governments spurred private job growth.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Luckily for the three wives in "The Smell of the Kill," they don't have to plan their husbands' death. All they have to do is not save them from it.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 1, 2016
Six Degrees of Murder

Three wives plus three bad husbands equal one big moral dilemma in the Players' "The Smell of the Kill."

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By April Doner |
  • July 23, 2012
Local songbirds take flight: Passerine kicks off summer tour

Local songbirds take flight: Passerine kicks off summer tour

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • December 19, 2012
Full service at the Half Shell Oyster House

Full service at the Half Shell Oyster House

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the East County Observer archives.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Tyler Beck, 7
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • December 22, 2011
VIDEO: ODA Students tell all about Santa

ODA students tell what they've learned about St. Nick.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Kate Honea and Ricardo Graziano as "Sugar" and "Prince” in the Sarasota Ballet's "John Ringling's Circus Nutcracker" Photo by Frank Atura.
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • December 19, 2012
Dance Review: 'John Ringling's Circus Nutcracker - The World's Greatest Ballet'

Not only did the Sarasota Ballet revive a holiday tradition with its world premiere of Matthew Hart's "John Ringling's Circus Nutcraker," but it has created a new Sarasota celebration surely to be enjoyed by ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and children of all ages for many years to come.

  • Arts + Culture
Douglas S. Staley, CEO of Child Protection Center, laughs as Graci McGillicuddy cheers him on during their ice cream party.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • November 18, 2016
Black Tie & Tales 11.24.16

From special birthday celebrations to the announcement of the Firefly Gala 2017 performer, a lot happened last week...

  • Black Tie
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • February 2, 2016
Film review: 'The Finest Hours'

A true story honoring the brave

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Area residents commonly walk their dogs and, children play in the Fruitville Park.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • April 11, 2013
Residents protest Benderson project

About 100 residents have signed a petition. Benderson Development Co. still needs a zoning change before it can start construction.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Josh Siegel Rebecca O'Brien, a Southeast High School senior, assists Logan Heath, a Haile Middle School sixth-grader, with his math homework as part of a before-and-after school program offered by the Manatee County YMCA.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 29, 2014
YMCA's program thrives with new focus: middle schoolers

Enrollment for the Manatee County YMCA's refocused and renamed Y DASH after-school program has jumped to 650 students per quarter.

  • East County
  • News
Tyler Mims, Mike Herron, and John Hartmann work on one roof while Ryan Chapdelain pursues another
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 9, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Save Our Seabirds Clean Up

It was all the birds could squawk about when 26 volunteers showed up for a long day of labor at Save Our Seabirds on Saturday, Jan. 7. 'It is surprising to see the amount of people come to give us a face lift we so badly needed,' Lee Fox, Executive Director, says. Some volunteers scraped paint, others painted; some cleaned, and others cleared brush, but everyone was hard at work.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 22, 2015
Theater Review: 'Road to Nirvana'

Let's make a deal with "Road to Nirvana," at Venice Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Aerial photographs better show prospective buyers the plaza' s location and proximity to other Lakewood Ranch amenities and residences,  said Helen Frudakis, listing agent for San Marco Plaza' s anchor space. Courtesy image.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 29, 2017
Lakewood Ranch plaza potential unfulfilled

A new broker says interest is high in San Marco's anchor unit, but there are still no offers.

  • East County
  • News
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