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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 30, 2011
Prep Scoreboard

Read this week's prep sports scoreboard.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 9, 2011
Collegiate players take center court

Lakewood Athletic Center will host the 2011 Intercollegiate Dick Vitale Clay Court Classic Nov. 11-13.

  • East County
  • Sports
Brian Speight.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 11, 2017
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 05.11.17

Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 05.11.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2020
Sarasota County Charter Review Board District 2: Vic Rohe

Meet the candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Shannon Javaras competed in last year's First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 23, 2010
Running programs take off for half marathon

Signing up for a training program prior to running your first long-distance race can put you one step ahead of the game.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Donna Swan |
  • October 20, 2010
Deal Us In

Jacoby two notrump

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2013
Our View

A home for the homeless

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Sarasota County Emergency Management Chief Ed McCrane briefs media daily on what residents can expect. On Wednesday, Sheriff Tom Knight, Superintendent Todd Bowden and County Administrator Tom Harmer joined him.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • September 8, 2017
Sarasota County issues voluntary evacuation for Zone A, barrier islands

Brookside Middle is the only shelter that's open, but more should be opening later Friday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: January 21

Jennifer Stewart captured this mirrored sky over Siesta Key beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: January 21

John Belmonte captured this stunning sunset recently on Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Guest piper Ross Allen. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 8, 2021
Scottish service survives

Christ Church of Longboat Key held its annual Kirkin O' the Tartans service.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This is the sixth time the city has offered free trees to residents through its partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 4, 2019
City offers free trees for residents

The city of Sarasota will be giving away up to 100 trees as part of its Community Canopy program.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • May 17, 2018
St. Regis appeal struck by court

The 12th Judicial Court struck Blake Fleetwood's appeal of the town of Longboat Key's decision to approve the St. Regis project at the site of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
One neighbor had to create a makeshift curb to prevent landscaping from washing into the street during a rainstorm.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 14, 2011
West-of-trail neighborhood residents seek street repairs

Believing their street hasn't been resurfaced in 20 years, Floyd Street residents appealed to the city. appealed to the city petition.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tal Brody celebrates the historic victory.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 9, 2016
A Miracle on Hardwood: A new documentary relives the game that united a nation

Closing out the seventh annual Milman-Kover Jewish Film Festival, "On the Map" remembers the historic Maccabi Tel Aviv victory over Russia.

  • Arts + Culture
Proponents point to projects such as the Whole Foods complex along First Street as successes of the down-town CRA, but the county has been critical of how the city has spent the district’s tax dollars recently.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 20, 2015
Will the downtown Sarasota CRA survive?

City officials are intent on extending Sarasota's downtown community redevelopment area. The county's interest remains a question mark. What will the city do to sway its governmental counterpart?

  • Sarasota
  • News
"It's better late than never," said veteran opera performer Frank Maggese, left, with Kelsey Yantzer, of participating in the program. "I want to get it right — get the nuances down and add the acting to the singing. It is a total art form."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 27, 2012
OASIS launches program for young performers

Opera for Animals: Singing is Saving founders Randolph Locke and Carol Sparrow hosted the premiere of the OASIS Young Artist Program.

  • East County
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • July 21, 2021
Ian Patrick Sharp

Ian Patrick Sharp, 89, died peacefully in Sarasota, on July 16th, a few months after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
In addition to the schedule delays, the Lift Station 87 project has also morphed from an underground structure in Luke Wood Park to an above-ground building.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 4, 2015
Work on Lift Station 87 project could continue into 2020

Emails between engineers and city staff highlight more problems for a project plagued by setbacks.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • August 21, 2017
Temple Sinai celebrates a new year of religious school

Temple Sinai celebrated the end of summer and the kick off of temple religious school classes on Aug. 20.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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