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  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • April 30, 2012
Reviews of SFF films 'Dancing on a Volcano' and 'Trash Dance'

Reviews of SFF films 'Dancing on a Volcano' and 'Trash Dance'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • May 27, 2009
Merchant repairs silenced bells at San Marco Plaza

After more than a year of silence, bells are chiming through San Marco Plaza each hour. The ringing started on Easter Sunday.

  • East County
  • News
Palmer Ranch Parkway has a 40-mph speed limit.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 2, 2015
Sarasota County approves speed reduction, denies stop sign in Palmer Ranch

Residents wanted more speed-reducing mechanisms on one of Palmer Ranch's more residential roadways.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 11, 2010
Lovebirds take a second shot at amour

Henry Denker's comedy, 'The Second Time Around,' tells the story of four adult children who go comically crazy when their widowed parents meet, fall in love and decide to 'shack up' -instead of getting married.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 7, 2011
St. Denis returns 401(k) contribution

The former town manager agreed to return a 401(k) match of $10,365.79 after commissioners questioned the payment.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"We teach the kids that we've been blessed, so we try to give back," says Margaret Callihan, pictured with her husband, Matt, son Phil, and their two dogs, Lou and Nala.
  • By Loren Mayo and Maria Amodio |
  • December 8, 2010
Season of Sharing helps community

Season of Sharing is a 10-year, community-wide fundraising partnership created by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County and the Herald-Tribune Media Group that provides emergency, last-resort funding to families in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2012
Our View: Federal, state offices ...

When noted economist Arthur Laffer spoke in Sarasota last winter, he cut to the quick while summarizing the Nov. 6 election. Every election, Laffer said, is a referendum on the incumbent's performance.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 30, 2009
10 to contend: Alex Miller

This corporate CEO continues to maintain compassion for animals and her employees.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Critics of the feral hog hunt wait anxiously for the Sarasota County Commission vote on the Southwest Florida Water District proposal.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 12, 2012
County Commission: The hunt is on for feral hogs

Thirty hunters will descend into Deer Creek Prairie Preserve two times over the next year to root out invasive feral hogs.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2012
Letter to the Editor: Stop trying to reinvent downtown Sarasota

Letter to the Editor: Stop trying to reinvent downtown Sarasota

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 1, 2015
Can St. Armands keep up with the Kardashians?

As Kim Kardashian and her entourage DASH to their St. Armands store opening, officials worry the addition will add to the headaches they already get from traffic and watching the family’s reality show.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 1, 2014
Sidelines

Blazers win district crown; ODA's season ends in playoffs; Former Sarasota Crew rower powers Nova Southeastern

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ten-year-old Ellie Wietecha served as “Principal for the Day” Nov. 8, at Gullett Elementary School. Her brother, Joey, was dubbed assistant principal.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 14, 2012
Gullett Elementary youth takes school's helm

Gullett's Ellie Wietecha, 10, served as principal Nov. 8.

  • East County
  • News
Family members Spyder Broussard and Tommy Klauber team up each year to add spice to the East County’s summer offerings.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 11, 2012
Shrimp boil adds spice to summer

The Polo Grill and Bar will host its fifth annual Spyder Broussard Low Country East County Fish Fry & Shrimp Boil this weekend.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2011
Letters to the Editor

State would get great return from rowing center funding; Jellyfish aren't '¨the problem here

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Donna Swan |
  • July 27, 2011
Deal Us In: Special skills can aid in bridge win

Bunny Roland, of Traverse City, Mich., proves that she has the special skills to win at this duplicate bridge game.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
New York-based Composer Daron Hagen and Connecticut-based Librettist J.D. McClatchy join together on a commissioned piece by the Sarasota Youth Opera.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 2, 2012
Sarasota Youth Opera to premiere "Little Nemo in Slumberland"

Around 100 students age 8 to 17 will perform in the cast of the first-ever performance of "Little Nemo in Slumberland," commissioned specifically for them. The music is by Daron Aric Hagen and the Libretto by J.D. McClatchy. The two sat down to discuss the creation process.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 29, 2016
3 words to live by for 2017

Last year at this time, wisdom was our word — that Americans would have wisdom in the voting booth

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 26, 2010
'Professional' punk rockers pour one out for benefit

Sarasota Young Professionals members Elise Lipoff and Frank Maggio can check black lipstick, mullets and tongue studs off their bucket list, after flaunting rock star-glam looks at the Celebrity Guest Bartender Showdown Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Shamrock Pub.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Blue Rooster co-owner Bill Cornelius worries about how businesses in the Rosemary District are being affected by problems associated with an influx of homeless individuals in the area.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2014
Top Stories - Sarasota: September

Fed up with problems caused by a growing shift in the homeless population, Rosemary District businesses ask the city for help in their neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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