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Jules Rose with his wife, Sheila
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • June 17, 2015
Jules Rose shined as luminary for the arts

Rose, a lifelong admirer and supporter of the arts, died June 10. He was 79.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kevin and Missy Cooper
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • February 10, 2011
Love Story

In honor of Valentine's Day, we asked two Sarasota couples - newlyweds Kevin and Missy Cooper and longtime loves and high-school sweethearts Billy and Mary Franklin - to share their love stories.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
This peacock perched atop a home Tuesday, Feb. 26, near 40th Street and Sarasota Avenue, in the Indian Beach neighborhood.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 23, 2013
Year in Review: February 2013, Peafowl family takes residence in Indian Beach

Residents say the fowl are interesting to watch and aren't causing too many problems - for now.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Phil Mancini and Michael Klauber
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • January 5, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Lady in red; Copa for a Copa Girl; and Black Tie Affair.

  • Arts + Culture
Deqwunn McCobb, AJ Kwiatkowski, Deshaun Fenwick and Taylor Upshaw complete a series of tire presses during a summer conditioning workout.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 6, 2016
Not too tired to practice

Summer workouts could determine fate of Braden River, Lakewood Ranch football teams.

  • East County
  • Sports
Veronica Bergamini
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 30, 2010
Sweet home Sarasota

Veronica Bergamini could only choose the country where she wanted to study when she signed up to participate in the World Heritage International Student Exchange, and she found out in June that she would be spending the following year in Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
"It’s so creative," Grace Greene says about stained-glass artistry. "You end up with something that you never dreamed about."
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 17, 2011
Grace Greene: The stained glass artist (VIDEO)

It was while touring cathedrals 50 years ago in Europe, that Grace Greene discovered her appreciation for stained glass.

  • Arts + Culture
A mailer sent out to nearby residents earlier this month with a juxtaposed rendering of a massive shopping center looming over a parking lot didn’t sit well with the Sarasota City Commission Monday night.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 23, 2012
Commission chooses Benderson project

The Sarasota City Commission picked a $1.4 million offer for prime commercial space on Fruitville Road. The offer is half what a competing developer offered to pay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Birthday boy Cliff Roles with hostesses Margaret Wise (left) and Mollie Nelson. Courtesy of Cliff Roles
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • February 24, 2016
Black Tie & Tales 02.25.16

Cliff Roles celebrates his birthday, Ali Miller goes to NYFW, Sarasota is still in awe of Orchid Ball and more...

  • Black Tie
  • By Matt Orr |
  • February 5, 2013
Why I'm voting for Pete

Why I'm voting for Pete

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2014
Our view: We were 'phished'

Until it happens to you, your tendency is to live in denial and complacency.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
This home at 5232 Shadow Lawn Drive in Siesta Isles has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,899 square feet of living area. It sold for $815,000. Photo by Alex Mahadevan.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 2, 2012
Three-bedroom home in Siesta Isles tops transactions

A home in Siesta Isles tops all transactions in this week's real estate. W. David and M. Denise Sanders, of Bristol, Ind., sold their home at 5232 Shadow Lawn Drive to Zoom Thru Zoom to You Inc. for $815,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Although the City Commission remains committed to a housing-first model for now, it also wants to work in tandem with the county on addressing homelessness issues.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 17, 2015
Philosophical differences still divide city, county on homelessness

The City Commission is willing to meet with county leaders to discuss homelessness issues, but it declined to commit to any of three action plans outlined by the County Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • February 2, 2017
County leaders and the elusive quest for job growth

Using tax incentives to lure new business to Sarasota County is under scrutiny.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • September 28, 2016
Residents question neighborhood assessment switch

Four Longboat Key commissioners vote to reduce underground utilities assessments by $5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Hunter Rollins has raised more than $3,000 in his quest to save the Sarasota Youth Sailing Program.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 26, 2012
Siesta community rallies around sailing program

Eleven-year-old Hunter Rollins is determined to raise money to keep the Sarasota Youth Sailing Program afloat.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2013
Our View: Right ideas, faulty methods

Last week in this space, we presented the context for how and why the referendum question on the indigent-care, one-half-cent sales surtax came into being.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Fore you: Community Golf Scores
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2013
Community Golf 9.11.13

Check out this week's community golf scores from Lakewood Ranch, Palm-Aire, River Club, Rosedale, Tara, University Park and Waterlefe.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Dora Walters |
  • November 18, 2009
Temple Beth Israel Women dish on their 'secret' recipes

Temple Beth Israel Women dish on their 'secret' recipes

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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