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Avananda Csiszar stands in front of her favorite coffee house, The Local Bean.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • November 21, 2012
Living La Vida Yoga

Avananda Csiszar believes the best place to practice yoga is in a beautiful environment.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 11, 2009
College graduates: Where are they now?

Career-placement experts agree that the job hunt is up to the individual, however, many recent graduates are doing everything they can to land post-collegiate jobs and are still unemployed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Dora Walters |
  • December 15, 2010
Longboat Lookback

A look at what was happening on Longboat this week in years past.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • October 5, 2017
Florida and Sarasota are amazing

Florida does a much better job providing services to taxpayers.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Rodger Skidmore
  • By Rodger Skidmore |
  • July 18, 2013
MY VIEW: 'Depiction' is key before placement of statue

The raising of the flag on Iwo Jima means different things to different people - usually based on different sets of "facts" - so real knowledge of history is important.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
(Courtesy Assistant Fire Chief Bill Hoag) A woman drover her red Chevy Camaro into a fire station on Stickney Point Road yesterday.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 11, 2016
Car crashes into Sarasota County fire station

Following a three-vehicle collision last night, a woman crashed her car into the fire station on Stickney Point Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 11, 2015
Mustangs to hold basketball camp

Registration is now underway for Lakewood Ranch High’s annual Summer Basketball Camp.

  • East County
  • Sports
Choir members take their places in the risers to form the singing Christmas tree.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 5, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Singing Christmas Tree

Hundreds of people filled the First Sarasota Baptist Church Friday, Nov. 30 to kick off the holiday season with the 39th annual singing Christmas tree production. Church members, accompanied by an orchestra, performed on stage, and choir members formed a multistory Christmas tree and sang carols.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • May 26, 2018
Memorial Day Tribute to Fallen Troops honors local heroes

The ceremony was held May 26 at the Sarasota National Cemetery.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 13, 2015
Weekend's best bets: Friday, March 13

Weekend's best bets: Friday, March 13

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer staff |
  • August 6, 2018
Manatee County Commission District 6: Carol Whitmore

Meet the candidate.

  • East County
  • News
The Town Commission will review a roundabout concept at Gulf of Mexico Drive and Broadway today.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 23, 2015
Town dials up 911 discussion today at Town Hall

At its 1 p.m. regular workshop today at Town Hall, Assistant Town Manager Anne Ross will present two 911 dispatch options for commissioners.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • January 12, 2018
Designing Women Boutique rolls out program to increase education funding

GroundWorks is a way for DWB to partner with area nonprofits and provide ongoing funding to further education.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 21, 2014
Kors fashions his plans for two Gulf-front parcels

Representatives for a famous sportswear designer filed a site plan for a 6,138-square-foot home on two Gulf-front lots.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By June LeBell |
  • May 5, 2010
Music Review: Dick Hyman

From rags and stride to the blues, Hyman has a handle on style and technique.

  • Arts + Culture
Senior wide receiver Fred Porter made several plays on offense and special teams during ODA’s 28-12 district win Sept. 9.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 14, 2011
Running backs face new stakes, make adjustments

ODA sophomore Demardre Patterson and eighth-grader J.T. Fischer already are making names for themselves on the Thunder sidelines in their first season with the team.

  • East County
  • Sports
The parade started around 6 p.m.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 19, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Horseshoe Cove Golf Cart Parade

Residents of the Horseshoe Cove RV Resort showed off their Christmas spirit Dec. 18 during the park's annual golf cart parade.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
High winds can turn the usually tepid Gulf waters into a dangerous maelstrom. File photo.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 1, 2012
Off-duty sergeant saves two swimming teens

Sergeant Steve Leavitt, a deputy with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, rescued a 15-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl struggling in the Siesta surf.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Triton Bend
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 22, 2014
Projects add inventory to market

Three new projects will bring new condos and single-family home construction to the Key, marking the first new inventory for the island since the recession.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The boys’ and girls’ lines merged as the graduates headed out onto the football field.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 4, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota High School Graduation Ceremony

Sarasota High School sent its 2012 graduating class off with a ceremony on its football field Saturday, June 2. Friends and family filled the stands as students took the field to receive their diplomas.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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