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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 18, 2012
DSA expands First Friday to every Friday

A popular First Friday event sponsored by the Downtown Sarasota Alliance will now be held every Friday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The annual event is free and open to the public.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 31, 2017
Premier Sports Campus set for Labor Day Soccer Tournament

The annual event is free and open to the public.

  • East County
  • Sports
The set takes up 3,000 square feet at the center of The Mall at University Town Center.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 11, 2016
Kids: Are you Santa's hero?

Interactive Santa experience opens at mall.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • December 1, 2014
MCAT to launch north Manatee route Monday

A new MCAT route will connect north Manatee County residents with Palmetto shopping centers, starting Monday, Dec. 8.

  • East County
  • News
The mall's playground will have a water theme.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 25, 2014
Mall at UTC announces amenities

Mall officials have released details of the mall's future children's playground, among other amenities.

  • East County
  • News
Photo by Norman Schimmel
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: John F. McCarthy

The county's interim executive director of community services is overseeing some of the county's biggest projects starting this year, including the Siesta Public Beach improvements.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 26, 2021
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church takes yoga to meditation garden

The burgeoning yogis unrolled their mats in the shade of the bougainvillea.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 14, 2010
OBITUARY: George Raymond Devine

George Raymond Devine was a practicing dentist and oral surgeon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 23, 2010
Business Observer

Bill Isaac named to Fifth Third Bancorp board; LaPensee celebrates graduation of two employees.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • June 29, 2012
June 29: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota City Commission will vote on a three-year teamsters contract agreement Tuesday at City Hall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 22, 2011
City's teamsters ratify contract agreement

The city's Public Works Department employees have ratified an agreement for a new three-year contract that would expire in September 2013.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 16, 2011
Sports Briefs

EMB win Don Clarke Bowl Series; Southeast girls claim district title

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • January 29, 2018
Growing pup: Guide dogs and handlers graduate from training

Class no. 262 celebrated the end of their training at the Southeastern Guide Dogs campus.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Evan Mendoza while at NC State University. Photo courtesy NC State Athletics Communications.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 3, 2017
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 08.03.17

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 08.03.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • July 27, 2017
Lakewood Ranch's Cheers for Charity raises the bar

3 Keys hosts an event which features Giving Circle bartenders.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 20, 2015
Do This: MASHterpieces

Do This: MASHterpieces

  • Arts + Culture
Mary Testa in "My Brilliant Divorce." Photo by Barbara Banks.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • June 27, 2013
Scene and Heard: Tidbits from the Asolo opening

Welcome and welcome back and time flies when you're having fun ...

  • Arts + Culture
Mary Bensel, the executive director of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, displays her award alongside John LaCivita, chief executive officer of Willis A. Smith Construction; Virginia Haley, the retired president and CEO of Visit Sarasota County and Erin Duggan, Visit Sarasota County's president and CEO.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2025
Seven honored for contributions to Sarasota's tourism industry

Visit Sarasota County's Haley Hall of Fame adds inductees from field of 40 nominees.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2009
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Sarasota County Library hosted an open house for its new pop-up library.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • October 10, 2023
Pop-up library to bring books and services to Longboat Key

Sarasota County's mobile library visits area communities to make library resources more accessible.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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