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Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta wants further government consolidation after staff vacates the sixth floor of the Administration Center. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 4, 2012
Sarasota County wants to shed land

Commissioner Joe Barbetta has made consolidating government services a goal since he was elected. Now he wants the free space created in private hands.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"Fun and art take place all the time on our campus," Kathleen List says. "It's a completely different environment here (than other university libraries) — people are so inspired to do things."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 14, 2014
Archiving a Career

Kathleen List never wanted to be a librarian. But in her 17 years heading up Ringling College's library, she found the perfect outlet for her art education.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 10, 2011
FULL STORY: City mulls suspending impact fees for parks

Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder is making his case for why he believes the majority of the impact fees Sarasota County levied on city taxpayers should be axed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2010
Letters to the editor

Amendments 5 and 6 are sensible and logical; Town tax hike to almost 26% is an abomination

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Matt Diaz is a 2007 graduate of Lakewood Ranch High School.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 29, 2012
Ranch alum tackles capital

As the University of South Florida's student body president, Lakewood Ranch High School graduate Matt Diaz is serving as the voice for college students statewide.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota Tsunami swim team coaches Ira and Cindy Klein
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 14, 2010
Tsunami Swim Team makes landfall in town

The Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team, which started in May without a single swimmer, has grown to 70 participants in just five months.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 20, 2011
Zoning board ponders criteria for variances

After an influx of variance requests, the Zoning Board of Adjustment is worried about whether it's using the proper guidelines for granting variances.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bob Hendel
  • By Bob Hendel |
  • April 20, 2011
No pot of gold

The impact of incorporation on Lakewood Ranch residents is complex and difficult to forecast.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 12, 2010
Musician, golf pro add star power to Payton event

Musician David Nail and golfer Victoria Tanco will be among those supporting The Payton Wright Foundation May 14.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Dating Duo |
  • February 28, 2012
The Dating Duo Does Blu Que Island Grill

The Dating Duo Does Blu Que Island Grill

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Railroad tracks were used to transport equipment and goods to fishermen along Sarasota Bay. Photos courtesy of the Sarasota History Center.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 9, 2012
Siesta Key: From dried fish to snowbirds

Siesta Key, which consistently tops rankings in Sarasota County tourist tax dollars, could have been a much different place if not for Tampa Bay Hurricane of 1921.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2013
Our View: 'The Andy Adams Colony'?

What follows is not an April Fools' joke. To the contrary, it's a serious moment of truth for the future of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Julie Aranibar, an East County resident, represents District 3 on the Manatee County School Board.
  • By Julie Aranibar |
  • August 8, 2012
My View: Bring our best to our schools

Back-to-School signs and displays are in all of the stores, and the last days of summer are here.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Built in 1894, the Smith house blends the old with the new: vernacular farmhouse architecture with a stylish modern overlay.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • February 12, 2014
Home of the Month: The House on the Hill

Frank and Anne Folsom Smith have created an iconic Sarasota lifestyle in one of the oldest homes in town.

  • Arts + Culture
Larry Barrett of Simply Gourmet Caterers
  • By June LeBell |
  • October 30, 2013
Tidbites

Cooking for Kids; Learning to cook as an adult; Eat Here Out There; and Quick Bites.

  • Arts + Culture
Leonore Morris, co-owner of Reasons Shoes, has seen a younger customer base since she and her husband moved the store to Main Street. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 17, 2013
Downtown attracts high-end retail

Renovate it and they will come. A pair of new stores signals a shift to a new kind of retail.

  • Sarasota
  • News
See the yarn-bombing located at 5100 Sun Circle Drive.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 27, 2013
Scene & Heard

It's the crafty ones you have to watch; Artist Nat Krate lived a life fulfilled; Keep arts thriving via your chump change; Art imitates nature

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2013
News Briefs

Manatee County calls for caution during traffic signal project; Two killed in East County crash; Manatee County commissioners want Hunzeker to delay retirement

  • East County
  • News
John Gudritz is the co-owner of an investment management firm. He and his wife have been coming to the Key since the 1970s and have been seasonal residents since 2008.
  • By John Gudritz |
  • February 23, 2012
My View: Beach alcohol debate an uphill battle for public-safety side

Rachel Brown Hackney's Feb. 16 column on the controversy of the legal consumption of alcohol on Siesta Key Beach called on all of us who live here to let our opinions on this subject be heard by the Sarasota County Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Orlando-based Unicorp National Development Inc. President Charles Whittall submitted an offer for an undisclosed sum to purchase the estate, which includes a $23 million judgment ruling against Colony unit owners.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 7, 2014
Colony developers show their hands

With an auction sale of 2.3 acres of Colony property scheduled for Friday, two different development teams have made offers for Dr. Murray 'Murf' Klauber's bankrupt estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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