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  • By June LeBell |
  • April 7, 2010
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks

The final Masterworks concert of Sarasota Orchestra's season was titled "Seeing Music in Myth."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • June 9, 2010
Personal-training studio opens on Longboat Key

Your Fitness Instructor offers one-on-one personal-training sessions designed for the individual client's specific needs, health history and goals.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota Pumpkin Festival took place Oct. 24 through Oct. 26 this year and featured carnival rides, hay rides and pony rides.
  • By David Conway |
  • November 25, 2014
Park place

Payne Park poses unique challenges for the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2015
MY VIEW | Bobby Jones: Sell it

The national trend is for municipally owned golf courses to be sold. Selling Bobby Jones to a developer could help solve the city’s debt and affordable housing issues.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Sophorn Touch and her business partner, Julie Kramer, recently opened Jules Touch Salon in San Marco Plaza.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 7, 2012
DYNAMIC DREAMER: Sophorn Touch

Thirty-six-year-old Sophorn Touch, co-owner of Jules Touch Salon, came to the United States 17 years ago on March 11.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2013
Our View: For the soul of the Colony

Inch by inch, the stalemate at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is stepping toward a resolution.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 23, 2009
Creative EXPOSURE

Ringling College's annual juried student art exhibition is personal and provocative.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 26, 2011
Hogle's notes reveal ongoing issues

Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle's notes surrounding an investigation of P&Z Director Monica Simpson detail increasing conflict with employees.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • March 17, 2010
Apple Jelly aims to stop the jiggles

Apply Jelly Studios offers fun new ways to spice up your workout.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • October 23, 2013
Landowners want Waterline Road project overturned

The landowners have appealed to Manatee County for a mediation session and filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn commissioners' decision to deny a residential project in a rural community.

  • East County
  • News
Kurt Dever shows off his championship belt buckle next to his horse, Dallas, who is officially registered as Here’s Mud in Your Eye. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • November 21, 2012
One of Sarasota's finest earns world barrel-racing title

After only three years of competing, Sarasota police officer Kurt Dever recently took first in his division at the National Barrel Horse Association World Finals - an achievement many lifelong riders never see.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2011
Our View: Wave the No. 1 ranking

The Siesta Key Village Association and Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce want banners to be flying from both approaches to the island, loudly proclaiming that drivers are entering the home of the best beach in the nation. Rightly so. Everyone should be proud that we have such a jewel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By John Ewing |
  • February 9, 2012
Harness the Power of Feng Shui to Find Love

Harness the Power of Feng Shui to Find Love

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
After a 90-day period during which the SPD focused on sound enforcement, Chief Bernadette DiPino suggested the end of the special sound detail, leaving noise regulations in the hands of regular patrol officers.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 12, 2013
Residents, businesses sound off on downtown

After the City Commission threatened harsh punishments for downtown noise violations, the owner of one nightclub is calling for a more measured discussion.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By [email protected] |
  • March 1, 2012
Looking to make the Quintessential St. Patrick's Day Meal?

Looking to make the Quintessential St. Patrick's Day Meal?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 8, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Butterfly Effect

Butterfly Effect owner Shayna Teicher offers natural, ingredient-conscious products for women.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 8, 2012
County, School Board set tentative budgets, millage

The Manatee County School Board and Manatee County Board of County Commissioners have set maximum millage rates and approved tentative budgets for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

  • East County
  • News
The land for Villages of Lakewood Ranch South is located between two major employment centers. Photo by Josh Siegel
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 14, 2014
Commission holds Villages' fate

A May 21 vote by Sarasota commissioners may spark the construction of the 5,500-acre Villages of Lakewood Ranch South project.

  • 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
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 24, 2010
Ranch casts line for area anglers

The LWR Community Activities Youth Fishing Tournament will take place Feb. 27.

  • East County
  • News
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