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Anu Tali directs “Songs of Wars I Have Seen.” File photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 25, 2017
Anu Tali announces she will leave Sarasota Orchestra in 2019

Tali says she will step down as music director of the Sarasota Orchestra to focus on her international career.

  • Arts + Culture
Patricia Orzechowski submitted this sunset photo, taken in Nokomis.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Visit YourObserver.com to submit your local weather photos. Each weekly winner will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $25 gift card. One grand prize winner will receive a $5,000 flooring makeover.*

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2014
Business Reports

Founders Club model The Girona set to open in May; Beth Barnett joins Sotheby's team; Davis acquires CornerStone Title

  • East County
  • News
This is Cheryl Lee's first year as a Salvation Army bell ringer. Her post is the Publix at the intersection of State Road 64 and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • December 16, 2014
Salvation Army volunteer rings for bigger picture

A former child abuse investigator, Cheryl Lee is now having 'the time of her life' ringing her bell in retirement while helping kids.

  • East County
  • News
Pedro Pupa (Photo by Barbara Banks)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 5, 2014
Sarasota Ballet dancer killed in bike accident

Sarasota Ballet Corps de Ballet member Pedro Pupa was killed in a bike accident the afternoon of Wednesday, June 4, near FSU Center for the Performing Arts.

  • Arts + Culture
The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort has been closed since August 2010.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 11, 2014
Unicorp offer sparks war of words among Colony parties

Unicorp is offering owners four options to deed their units, but Association President Jay Yablon calls it "an attempted hostile takeover."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 9, 2010
Business Observer

Ronald Skipper elected as board member emeritus; Tennis pro Briana Harris joins the Longboat Key Club; Sahra's Treasures celebrates its grand opening

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kimberly Probus submitted this photo of a rainbow sunset, taken at a Siesta Key Beach Run.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Kimberly Probus submitted this photo of a rainbow sunset, taken at a Siesta Key Beach Run.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Dorothy Gucker submitted this photo of a rainbow seen through her lanai in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2014
Weather: East County

Dorothy Gucker submitted this photo of a rainbow seen through her lanai in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • August 3, 2017
Charter schools: Friend or foe?

To equate SSIS’s recent decline with its charter status would be unfair

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Braden River defenders Demetrius Lawson, JoJo Louis and Jimiah Albritton tackle Sarasota wide receiver Dakota Cotner in the first half.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 4, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Braden River vs. Sarasota

The Braden River High football team improved to 5-0 with a 49-12 victory over Sarasota in district action Oct.2. Braden River defender JoJo Louis was injured with a little more than four minutes to play in the game when he collided with a teammate while attempting to tackle a Sarasota ball carrier. Louis was transported by ambulance to Blake Medical Center. Louis was able to walk out of the hospital the following day after all of his tests came back negative.

  • East County
  • Sports
Photo courtesy of John Saputo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

The Anheuser-Busch World Environment Beach Clean Up 2013 Day held July 27, at Quick Point Nature Preserve on Longboat Key, yielded 34 bags of debris that volunteers collected in recyclable bags and disposed of in the proper receptacles at the park.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 500 Ketch Lane on Longboat Key in on the market for $2.89 million. Single-family homes in Sarasota county have a 4.1-month supply, indicating a sellers market.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • February 22, 2018
Sarasota and Manatee county home prices continue upward trend

The increases in prices and sales in January follows a strong 2017 for area real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • March 29, 2012
Siesta Key Village preps for annual Easter egg hunt

The Siesta Key Village Easter Egg Hunt has been an island tradition for more than two decades.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota senior Nick Long will help lead the Sailors into the 31st annual Sarasota Baseball Classic March 21 through March 24.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 17, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Area teams set to take on top talent in Spring Break tournaments.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch quarterback Justin Curtis. File photo.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 2, 2017
Football offseason passes in a snap

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2010
Scott explains what happened

Florida's daily newspapers and Rick Scott's gubernatorial opponents have rushed to paint him as an unethical profiteer. And everything they present you is through their filter. We're reprinting Scott's own explanation of the Medicare fines that his former company paid in 2000 and 2003.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Festival-goers are invited to interact with the artists at this free event. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • February 14, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts

This weekend, Main Street will become home to hundreds of artists from around the country. The event also showcases the best local and regional artists of the area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 4, 2009
Braden River sails into regional semifinal

The Pirates cruised to a 3-0 victory over Ruskin Lennard in the Class 4A-Region 3 quarterfinals.

  • East County
  • Sports
Bill Nelson
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 11, 2015
Another appeaser

In spite of the American people’s overwhelming opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson claims there is ‘no other available alternative.’ He’s voting for it.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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