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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 14, 2010
Home variance questioned

A Gulfside Road home that was built in 1969 needs a variance for an addition, even though the home isn't moving locations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 10, 2016
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $1,895,000

The home has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,057 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • March 18, 2010
Cardinal Mooney celebrates '50 Years of Excellence'

A capacity crowd of 400 students, teachers and alumni filled two gymnasia-turned-ballrooms for Cardinal Mooney High School's 50th anniversary celebration.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 3, 2009
Architecture map pulls out all stops

A new driving tour of renowned Sarasota architecture will have drivers rubbernecking from North Trail to Siesta Key.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 12, 2012
Braden River High attains 'model' status

Braden River High School has become the second high school in Florida to attain model status for all its learning academies.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 4, 2013
PIC's voice is changing to comply with a state bill

The Public Interest Committee could reorganize next month following changes to statewide campaign-finance laws and a ruling from the Florida Elections Commission.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2009
Pirate singers to present holiday concert

The Braden River High School Choral Department will present its annual Holiday Silent Auction and Choral Concert at 6 p.m., Dec. 15, at the school, 6545 S.R. 70 E.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • June 12, 2015
Fashion Insider: T-shirts that talk

Shirts that say things are cool and are fun to wear when you’re hanging at home, out for a casual day with your friends and can even be worn with dressier intentions.

  • Black Tie
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 10, 2009
It's all coming up roses - 180 of them

After Ross Toussaint, owner of Exotica Florist, heard that D.M. Williams, general manager at Casa del Mar, had to be taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for stitches May 12, he brought Williams 180 roses - one for every stitch.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
'Downton Abbey' comes to town
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 8, 2014
Tidbites

'Downton Abbey' comes to town; Sarasota wins coveted awards; The Blue Rooster crows; and A special New Year's treat for our readers.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 31, 2009
Mobile cafe reaches new heights

Java Dawg's double-decker-bus-turned-mobile-cafe made its debut at Saturday's Downtown Farmer's Market.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 27, 2012
Comment: Who is the legitimate 6A champ?

The news began circulating for the first time seven months ago.

  • East County
  • Sports
"One thing about arts that drives me crazy is that we always take ourselves too seriously," Rebecca Hopkins says. "We're not walking on water — we are storytelling. We need art, that's what makes us human."
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 8, 2011
Improv master

Florida Studio Theatre's managing director zips off to work to take care of the daily grind, but at the end of the day, it's all about making plays.

  • Arts + Culture
A water main break has interrupted service for about 700 residential units in the area of Seaside Drive off Midnight Pass Road on Siesta Key.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • March 22, 2012
Water main break interrupts service for 700 residents

Sarasota County Utilities have issued a boil water advisory for some Siesta Key residents.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
BUSTED: This week in police reports — 8.06.15
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 7, 2015
BUSTED: This week in police reports — 8.06.15

BUSTED: This week in police reports — 8.06.15

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Candice McElyea |
  • May 16, 2012
Black Bird Home Gallery Mines the Globe for Beautiful Furnishings

Black Bird Home Gallery Mines the Globe for Beautiful Furnishings

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Shannon Hunihan
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • August 29, 2013
Senior snapshots

Seniors from Sarasota County high schools reflect on who they were in middle school and discuss what they look forward to most during their final year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Five Sarasota Ballet dancers moved up from the corps de ballet to corypheé. Photos by Mallory Gnaegy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 28, 2013
Spotlight: Climbing the Ranks

Five Sarasota Ballet dancers moved up from the corps de ballet to coryphee. Get to know them before you see them on stage.

  • Arts + Culture
Gia Cohen and Rebekah Meyers
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2012
Interfaith effort feeds hungry families

East County teenagers at Temple Emanu-El are among the participants in an innovative interfaith effort to aid hungry children.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Unit 1906 of the Vue on Gulfstream Avenue recently sold for $2,903,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 19, 2018
The Vue's Unit 1906 sells for $2,903,000

Residential real estate transactions for April 2-6.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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