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Manatee County may have a new high school within the  next five years.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 23, 2015
Manatee County School Board plans on new high school

Manatee County School Board discusses new high school

  • East County
  • News
  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • April 26, 2013
GoTonight.com a win-win-win for music lovers, venues and local bands

GoTonight.com a win-win-win for music lovers, venues and local bands

  • Arts + Culture
Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By David Conway |
  • May 21, 2015
Craft brewers tap into booming industry

With Sarasota’s first production breweries passing their one-year anniversaries — and a third preparing to open soon — the future is bright for the local craft beer scene.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 29, 2016
Theater review: 'Living on Love'

Broad comedy and larger-than-life characters make for big laughs.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
After switching from wide receiver to defensive back last season, Braden River junior Tyrone Collins has  received nine scholarship offers.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 24, 2016
Tyrone Collins becoming hottest corner in town

Pirates' junior cornerback racks up nine major college football scholarship offers.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • July 25, 2019
Campers get crafty at Art Center

Art Center Sarasota offers 11 weeks of art summer camps that explore a different theme each week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ron Sivits and Brian Lichterman present preliminary plans to neighbors at a workshop.
  • By Jack Short |
  • January 28, 2016
Siesta owner seeks three-home subdivision

The owner of a small parcel on south Siesta Key hopes to trade extra density for increased project oversight.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
JP Legutko gets his first dish of the evening
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • September 21, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Main Street BBQ Cook Off

Lakewood Ranch restaurants competed for the title of best BBQ Saturday night on Main Street. Hundreds of BBQ lovers came out to test and judge the food for themselves. From BBQ tacos to kebabs, the competition was hot.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • April 12, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Ashlee Linn

Riverview senior Ashlee Linn, 19, is an all-star swimmer for the Rams' swim team and the Sarasota Sharks.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 9, 2009
CDD boards reexamine IDA

Lakewood Ranch Community Development District supervisors will reevaluate the role of the Inter-district Authority, the board that makes joint decisions for the community's four individual CDD districts.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • June 17, 2015
Preschoolers talk Father's Day plans

With only three days left until Father's Day, the Sarasota Observer interviews students at Forty Carrots Family Center and First Presbyterian Preschool to tell us what they were planning for their dads.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2013
Briefs 8.29.13

Sarasota Police identify body found in Big Pass; County Commission cuts its emergency reserves; City closures for Labor Day; Holiday weekend delays Main Street construction

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Weldon Frost |
  • November 24, 2009
Vignettes from a bell ringer

These are just some of the stories that I've heard in 20 years of ringing the bell for the Salvation Army at Christmas time in front of Publix.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
City Manager Tom Barwin said the city will hear feedback at a public forum before making a decision about the future of the Payne Park Auditorium.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 9, 2013
Public forum planned to discuss Payne Park's future

At a community workshop tonight, city staff and residents will talk about the future of Payne Park - including the Payne Park Auditorium, which the city is considering demolishing.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2011
Our view

Stop cross-county enticements

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Jeremy Denk. Courtesy photo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 23, 2013
Music Review: SCA's great performers: Tokyo String Quartet with Jeremy Denk

It was a historic moment last week when the Tokyo String Quartet and Jeremy Denk got together at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

  • Arts + Culture
This bike is one of 13 spray-painted bikes locked up at shopping centers along University Parkway.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • June 5, 2013
New company utilizes colorful marketing ploy

OrangeTheory Fitness, a new gym set to open off University Parkway in August, has a colorful marketing ploy to match its unique offerings.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Bill Kelley
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 6, 2019
D-Day: The high price of freedom

Will future generations ever really understand the value of freedom? They should know the enormity, horrors and human toll of The Longest Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 22, 2010
Sarasota Crew wins gold

The Sarasota Crew won 11 medals in their first regatta of the 2010-2011 season at the First Coast Head Race Oct. 16 in Jacksonville.

  • East County
  • Sports
Bryan Song plays with a chess pieces between matches.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 19, 2017
Sarasota chess enthusiasts move to organize

Mark Hamel wants to unite Sarasota’s chess community, but first he needs to find it a home.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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