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Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 3, 2017
Theater review: 'Older than Dirt'

'Older than Dirt' explores the lighter side of the aging process at FST.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • April 22, 2010
Young gardeners grow successful harvest

Students at Gulf Gate Elementary and Emma E. Booker Elementary are learning through the hands-on project of caring for their EarthBoxes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2016
Who’s in it for you?

Marco Rubio and Carlos Beruff share similar political philosophies about the role of government. The choice is one of character. Beruff, we believe, will put taxpayers first.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Members of the public are invited to meet local authors at five of Sarasota County's libraries.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • April 7, 2014
Sarasota libraries celebrate local authors for National Library Week

Members of the public are invited to meet local authors at five Sarasota County Libraries during National Library Week. The events take place from Friday, April 11 to Friday, April 18.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • March 12, 2015
3 Things: $2 million homes

If you’re able to spend $2 million on a home, Sarasota has some great options — and lots of them.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Ian Black is a leading voice calling for public improvements to the Rosemary District.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 3, 2016
Rosemary District property owners discuss public investment

With more than 1,000 residential units under construction in the Rosemary District, stakeholders are discussing how to fund the evolving needs of the neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mary and Jamie Uihlein credit MD Anderson for saving Jamie's life six years ago. The East County couple now want to raise funds for the center.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 16, 2011
Uihlein family swings for MD Anderson

The Polo Under the Palms fundraiser for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston featured the highest-rated Sarasota Polo Club match to date.

  • East County
  • News
VIP tickets are now on sale to view the 2011 Fourth of July fireworks show.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 6, 2011
Siesta Key fireworks to return

The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce has begun planning for annual July 4 fireworks show.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2009
IN BRIEF

Community New and Notes

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • March 1, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Victoria Krupa

Victoria Krupa, 17, is enjoying a stellar junior year as Cardinal Mooney's goalkeeper for the lacrosse team.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By George Rauch |
  • May 2, 2012
Market Watch: The givers and the takers

People can be divided into two groups: givers and takers. By nature, the takers are more interested in control and, hence, power, than the givers.Â

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Muffin Larson
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2013
LBK pups plan for belated party

Muffin Larson turned 4 Feb. 13, which would make her 28 in dog years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Interim Town Manager Dave Bullock has met approximately half of town employees so far. Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 2, 2011
Bullock reports for duty

Longboat Key's new interim manager reported Nov. 1 for his first day of official duty at Town Hall and settled into his new role.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Robert Smith brings 20 years of emergency management experience to his new role as the county's Public Safety Director.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 17, 2015
County hires new safety official

Robert Smith plans to utilize past emergency management experience as Manatee County's new Public Safety Director

  • East County
  • News
"I'm one of the luckiest people you'll ever meet," Chic Silber says of his long career in show business. "I've had a lot of strange and wonderful opportunities."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 1, 2012
Chic Silber: Broadway's stage sage

Far away from the lights of Broadway, Sarasota theater engineer Chic Silber builds special effects and intricate props for some of world's most famous stage productions.

  • Arts + Culture
"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." John F. Kennedy.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2011
Our View: Thanks to them, we are free

Thomas Jefferson famously said, 'The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.'

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 23, 2015
Top Story — March: Coastal Living features Sarasota as ‘Dream Town'

Less than one month after TripAdvisor named Siesta Key home to the No. 1 U.S. beach, Sarasota continues to gain national prominence with a nod from Coastal Living Magazine

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office conducts 23 vessel inspections from June 28, through June 30.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2013
July 2: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sheriff's Office targets boaters; Longboat Key puts stop to trolley service funding; The Ringling Museum of Art adds playspace to its grounds; State approves Manatee's financial recovery plan; IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Harry's Continental Kitchens

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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