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Rebecca Allan and Laura Kaminsky. Courtesy photo.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 4, 2012
Scene & Heard

Hermitage couple brings work to LBKCA; Boyhood band nerds star in FST show

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 29, 2014
Colony ruling delayed again until February

Attorneys in the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort bankruptcy case continue to debate whether a settlement agreement is legal and if it can be approved next month.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2011
News Briefs

Siesta, Venice chambers hosting networking session; City providing budget details on its website; Community orientation program kicks off Sept. 1

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 17, 2011
Commission eyes high-tech savings

Apple iPads will replace hundreds of sheets of paper at each City Commission meeting, which will amount to $7,500 in savings annually.

  • Sarasota
  • News
SONY DSC
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • May 26, 2014
Savor Sarasota: A sure sign of summer

Savor Sarasota: A sure sign of summer

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Jason Gould with Glenn and Alma Johnson, who bring honey and special-needs education to Sarasota.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • February 3, 2015
What's the Buzz?

The Sarasota Honey Co. offers a career path for those with special needs.

  • Arts + Culture
ISIS execution in Iraq.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 3, 2015
Our View: Never again?

If not we, then who will stop them?

  • East County
  • Opinion
Robin McCormick (right) and her husband, Mike, hope to enact change by challenging stereotypes about Alzheimer's disease. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 3, 2015
Couple battles stereotypes about Alzheimer's

Robin and Mike McCormick are lobbying legislators to fund research for a cure to Alzheimer's disease.

  • East County
  • News
Longboat Harbour resident Bill Allen came close to throwing away a letter from Citizens that wanted him to transfer to a different insurance company that had a lower rating. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 3, 2015
Citizens working to shed customers

You've got mail. But before you place your stack of letters in the junk bin, be sure it doesn't contain a letter from Citizens.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The pristine sands of Siesta Key can make vacations to other waterfronts underwhelming.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 20, 2013
FRIDAY FIVE: Quirks that make you a Sarasotan

From sand-snobbery to artistic opinions, here are five things that make you a Sarasotan.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 10, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Kayla Gray

Braden River High junior Kayla Gray crossed the finish line in 13.21 to win the 100-meter dash at Manatee County Championships April 2, at Manatee High.

  • East County
  • Sports
Scott Kerns and Sarah Nealis star in "Venus in Fur." Photo by My Union House.
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • April 10, 2013
Theater Review: 'Venus in Fur'

The Asolo's Repertory Theatre's latest production is a delightfully provocative Rubik's Cube of a play-within-a-play, based on a manuscript-within-a-book, written in 1870 by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, after whom the term, "masochism," was coined.

  • Arts + Culture
Gael Garcia Bernal in 'No.' Courtesy
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • April 10, 2013
Film Review: 'No'

The psychology behind selling political ideology has become a powerful resource. In 1988, a young advertising executive and his team managed to achieve the impossible

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2009
Pat Neal contributes to MELL concession stand

The Lakewood Ranch-based developer stepped up to the plate with final $30,000 needed to begin work on the project.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Bob Delaney |
  • September 2, 2009
NBA referee recounts Iraq excursion

The Lakewood Ranch resident spent 10 days talking about post-traumatic stress disorder to soldiers in Iraq.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 18, 2010
Barbetta surrenders computer

The commissioner agreed to allow his personal computer to be scanned for any business e-mails not in the public record.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"Damn the torpedoes — I’m reading The Observer," says Barb Smith.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2012
Enthusiastic reader takes Observer on tour of Europe

Ordinarily, we are thrilled whenever we receive an It's Read Everywhere submission from one of our readers. We're always amazed where you take our little paper -- and your creativity in composing the photograph.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • April 3, 2013
Social Studies: Deborah Blue

Attorney Deborah Blue's love of vintage things spans from her personal style to her home, classic car and 1974 Luzier boat, Stormy. Her family's famous Christmas cards are almost as recognizable as she is.

  • Arts + Culture
New Pirate coach Curt Bradley turns 27 in June. Courtesy photo.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 16, 2012
Pirates name new head coach

Leesburg High defensive coordinator Curt Bradley was named Braden River High's new head football coach May 11.

  • East County
  • Sports
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