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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2015
City pension reform can’t wait

You have seen many times in these pages that the city of Sarasota has more than $150 million in unfunded liabilities in the city-employee pension systems.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2017
Letters to the editor

Some thanks, a missing element, and 'taking'

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2012
Our View: Our wish list for 2013

So much for the Mayan calendar. We're all still here. And ready to move on to another year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Prostitution investigations result in five arrests; Man arrested after GMD crash
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • January 31, 2013
Jan. 31: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Prostitution investigations result in five arrests; Man arrested after GMD crash; Manatee authorities have named suspects in a burglary case; Camp shows complexity of homeless issue.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Shaun Merriman is CEO of Gateway Bank.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 9, 2011
Young Business of the Year finalist: Gateway Bank

Gateway Bank was named a finalist for Young Business of the Year at the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce's 2011 Frank G. Berlin Senior Small Business of the Year Awards.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Riders test out the "rhythm section" of the renovated BMX track at the Youth Athletic Complex.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 29, 2016
Top Sarasota sports moments of the year

The area had plenty of sports highlights during 2016.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Joseph Caulkins is Key Chorale's artistic director.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 17, 2018
Key Chorale fiddles with tradition in 'American Roots: Digging Deeper'

Key Chorale is showcasing an unusual bluegrass-choral fusion in its first concert of the season.

  • Arts + Culture
Will Diesel was selected for the National Youth Leadership Forum: Medicine.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 16, 2017
Lakewood Ranch teen earns National Leadership Forum spot

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
Many Main Street merchants said they are still recovering from the construction of the Five Points roundabout and the installation of parking meters and hope the city will delay the Main Street streetscape project. Photo by Kurt Schultheis.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 1, 2012
TOP STORY, NOV.: Merchants denounce Main Street project

Downtown business owners believe now is not the time for a Main Street streetscape project that will tear up the street and sidewalks.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • November 30, 2017
Going forward, Pinecraft community looks into the past

A set of proposed zoning changes to the Pinecraft neighborhood are meant to enhance its way of life and accommodate historical practices.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • July 12, 2012
My View: City sadly fiddles with registry

Talk about fiddling while Rome burns. The city of Sarasota is facing a series of crises threatening to escalate further.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Niki Kottmann & Cassidy Alexander |
  • October 3, 2017
Key Notes: 'Siesta Key' Episode 10 Recap

Alex pretty much asks for someone's hand in marriage (not even kidding) and there are a bunch of cliffhangers that we're really upset about.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Mary Bensel and Renée Fleming at the Van Wezel Foundation “After Party” in the Founders’ Room. Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • February 3, 2016
Black Tie & Tales 02.04.16

Renee Fleming wants to come back to Sarasota, Jean Weidner Goldstein is honored at Friends of the Ballet Luncheon, tidbits and more...

  • Black Tie
  • By The Insider |
  • April 6, 2013
7 MUST SEE MOVIES: 4/7 Sarasota Film Festival

7 MUST SEE MOVIES: 4/7 Sarasota Film Festival

  • Arts + Culture
  • By June LeBell |
  • February 1, 2016
Music review: 'Aida'

Verdi’s 'Aida' Sails into Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 25, 2014
Top Stories - Longboat Key: May

With an auction sale of 2.3 acres of Colony property scheduled for Friday, two different development teams have made offers for Dr. Murray 'Murf' Klauber's bankrupt estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Manatee County Commission has agreed to hold off discontinuing its portion of the funding of the Longboat Key trolley route until the end of the year.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 7, 2010
New trolley meeting scheduled

Three bodies of government will meet next month to figure out a way to preserve Longboat Key's trolley route.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Doodle Bugs Children's Learning Academy Director of Customer Relations Caroline Berrios, Co-Owner Anna Zavatti, Center Director Marissa Lee, Co-Owner Clarine Repicci and Co-Owner Anthony Insinna at new location in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • December 13, 2017
Doodle Bugs Children's Learning Academy opens in Lakewood Ranch.

The school focuses on play-based learning.

  • East County
  • Business
Watercrest residents Kathleen Grant and Stan Schuer think community development district assessments for condos should be reevaluated because condos do not use many services provided by Town Hall, among other reasons.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 10, 2018
Lakewood Ranch condo assessments challenged

Some Lakewood Ranch CDD 2 residents say they are paying too much for community's expenses.

  • East County
  • News
said Longboat Pass Bridge, which was built in 1957, will have a study performed in 2020 to look at replacement options for the aging structure.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 5, 2015
Town, FDOT spar over bridge construction costs

The town of Longboat Key denies that its contractor, TB Landmark Construction Inc., damaged the foundation of the Longboat Pass Bridge during an October 2014 project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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