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Scott Kuiper and Brett Mack. Photo by Cliff Roles.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 2, 2016
Theater review: 'The Tragedy of Hamlet'

Asolo Conservatory students get to the heart of “Hamlet” in a touring production for young people.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
A Sarasota real estate broker has pleaded guilty to federal charges he collected nearly $300,000 in disability payments while not reporting he was continuing to work, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa announced Monday.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2013
Colony Lender appeals ruling

Colony Lender LLC is appealing a bankruptcy judge's decision that canceled its foreclosure sale earlier this month.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Joyce Sandy and Michelle Patterson, both Heritage Harbour residents, were elected to the HH CDD Board of Supervisors in November.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 9, 2013
Newly elected board seeks unity

Passions flared during the first meeting of 2013, as the board discussed dumpsites and a lake and wetland maintenance project.

  • East County
  • News
The concrete structure visible on the Urban Flats site is a parking garage that will eventually be covered by apartments.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 1, 2016
Rosemary projects a work in progress

Sites with blank walls in the booming neighborhood will give way to more engaging architecture — eventually.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 8, 2013
Weekend Best Bet: Polo for Pup's

This Saturday's polo match will benefit Honor Animal Rescue.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • July 2, 2013
Feeling stagesick? Nine tips to survive showlessness

Feeling stagesick? Nine tips to survive showlessness

  • Arts + Culture
The Holiday Inn sign was torn down after it closed.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 4, 2013
Key people reflect on Holiday Inn's closing

The Longboat Key Holiday Inn closed in September 2003 to make way for the luxury 29-unit Positano condominium. Ten years later, how has that closing impacted the Key?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
John Kintz’s first day as police chief was in 1997. File photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 7, 2011
9/11 Looking Back: John Kintz

Former Longboat Key Police Chief John Kintz was prepared for business as usual as he planned for President George W. Bush's stay on Longboat Key. But Bush's overnight stay on Sept. 10, 2001, turned out to be anything but routine.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Stacy Alexander and Erin Barker
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • November 7, 2013
35th annual Old-Fashioned Clambake

35th annual Old-Fashioned Clambake

  • Black Tie
(courtesy watermark online)
  • By Ashley Munroe |
  • May 16, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Harvey Milk Festival

Celebrate Sarasota's fifth annual Harvey Milk Festival this weekend.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ed Zunz is running for the District 5 commission seat his wife, Pat, seeks to step down from in March.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 14, 2015
Zunz considers successor: Zunz

District 5 Commissioner Pat Zunz is ready to step down from her seat — and her husband, Ed Zunz, is stepping up to run.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Behind the leadership of 12 seniors, the Lakewood Ranch High baseball team captured its first district title in nine years and advanced to the Class 6A state semifinals May 17.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2012
Sports Teams of 2012

Enjoy our picks for the top sports teams of 2012.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By George Rauch |
  • December 2, 2009
Market watch: Common sense says 'no' to a new bull market

On Nov. 16, the Dow Jones industrial average set a new 'post recovery' high, and the Dow transportation average confirmed that high with a new high of its own on the same day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 8, 2014
Free birds: Passerine's Americana tradition

Free birds: Passerine's Americana tradition

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 1, 2014
Country Club Shores sells for $760,000

A home in Country Club Shores tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Geza and Ilona Benko, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 531 Chipping Lane to Victor and Anamaria Mitchell, of Castle Rock, Colo., for $760,000. Built in 1967, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,341 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 1995.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 17, 2014
WATCH: Gypsy Allure's life in the limelight

WATCH: Gypsy Allure's life in the limelight

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 15, 2010
Longboat water rates drop for second year

The Town Commission will approve a decrease in the town's water-and-wastewater rates for a second consecutive year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Hymn for Her turn up the heat with new album — watch a clip in today's headlines!
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2013
April 5: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Manatee Schools to create new positions, eliminate assistant superintendents; Vandalism reported at Colony; Hymn for Her turn up the heat with new album; Weekend Best Bets

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Fan Zhang
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 18, 2016
Eastward Expansion: The Ringling’s new Center for Asian Art

The center marks a new chapter in the museum’s mission for a global vision — and a fulfillment of John Ringling’s original vision.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By April Doner |
  • August 27, 2012
Amazing Neighbors: Don the Unstoppable

Amazing Neighbors: Don the Unstoppable

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
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