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Jackie Peters Cully is a textile designer and silk painter.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 27, 2011
Towles Court gets new gallery on the block

When Kathleen Power Johnson noticed the for-sale sign on what was formerly the Katherine Butler Gallery, in Towles Court, she felt a sudden urge to purchase the quaint building and offer Sarasota artists a supportive venue for their work by turning it into a non-traditional co-op. At the time, she was retired.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtney Mirabella
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
SIDELINES

ODA, Cardinal Mooney crown county champions; Wave Runners make splash at FLAGS meet

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 12, 2010
BACK TO SCHOOL 2010: The Smooth Operator: Bob Barnes

If you've called a Sarasota or Manatee County public schools in the past 10 years, chances are you've been greeted by a smooth baritone voice while you're on hold.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Cellist Julie Albers. Courtesy.
  • By June LeBell |
  • April 24, 2013
Music Review: 'La Musica'

I'm starting to feel as if I'm in a time warp. Having attended the first three programs of this season's La Musica concerts at the Opera House, I feel I should be wearing my hair in a pageboy, bobbysocks and saddle shoes on my feet and gloves on my hands.

  • Arts + Culture
At least four traffic studies involving Longboat Key have been performed since 2005.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • October 5, 2016
MPO study takes latest shot at unknotting Longboat traffic

At least four traffic studies involving Longboat have been performed since 2005.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By TWIS Street |
  • April 1, 2013
Celebrate National Tartan Day with the Jacobites and First Brass

Celebrate National Tartan Day with the Jacobites and First Brass

  • Arts + Culture
Total cost estimate for a new maintenance facility for Lakewood Ranch Town Hall's operations department is $2.1 million.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 12, 2012
Ranch supervisors plan for maintenance facility

Inter-District Authority Board members today saw initial cost estimates for a proposed maintenance facility.

  • East County
  • News
Judge Rick De Furia’s 11-year career as 12th Judicial Circuit judge was marked by respect and empathy for litigants.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 10, 2013
De Furia shows respect on and off the bench

The Hon. Rick De Furia reflects on a long and varied career as he prepares for retirement, effective Aug. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2012
Our View: Yes, get rid of 2050

It appears none of the five county commissioners has the moral conviction and courage to declare the county's 2050 plan - the county laws governing development - an abject economic failure, destructive to the economic welfare of the county's citizens and that it should be rescinded and burned at the stake.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Pure voucher system is best school reform; Tea Party members know what they believe; Buchanan investigation looks politically vindictive

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • October 15, 2014
Bacchus on the Beach toasts food, wine

The festival features plenty of wine and stone crab claws for a good cause.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A Bass Pro Shops rendering shows plans for the outdoor retailer's 14th Florida store, which is slated to be part of the Fruitville Initiative.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 7, 2014
Bass Pro Shops confirmed for Fruitville Initiative

The outdoor retailer announced plans yesterday for an 80,000-square-foot store as part of a larger mixed-use development at the intersection of I-75 and Fruitville Road.

  • East County
  • News
Colony Beach & Tennis Resort developer Andy Adams, who owns a 20% interest in the Colony resorts, made an appearance at a special meeting Monday but was not asked to speak. Photo by Rachel O'Hara
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 26, 2012
Commission eyes new timeline

It's likely Colony Beach & Tennis Resort officials will receive an extension Oct. 1 to rebuild the resort, although it would come with contingencies and hinge on who controls the resort moving forward.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 16, 2010
CDDs adopt tentative budgets

Lakewood Ranch community development district supervisors last week adopted tentative budgets that will go to public hearing in August. All four districts averaged increases of less than $30 per household annually.

  • East County
  • News
Developer Kevin Daves, center, looks over plans with Jack Nicklaus, left, and Tony Jacklin. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 8, 2013
Partnership rebirths concession

Builders soon will break ground on models in the second phase of The Concession.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • November 29, 2012
Downtown lift station overhaul is under way

An upgrade to Lift Station 16 will cost $1.6 million and take about 11 months to complete.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Studio owner Cinde Carroll demonstrating the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM ®, one of the many modalities that she teaches in her studio. It employs spiraling, circular movements with corresponding breath to strengthen and make supple the spine.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • October 31, 2015
Former Longboat trainer opens Sarasota studio

The former Colony fitness director brings four decades' experience to her new Cinde Carroll Studio.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • August 22, 2012
Bridge Bites: The Anti-Bath Coup

West leads the King, and Declarer craftily ducks. Now, if West continues, he gives Declarer a second trick in the suit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2009
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  • East County
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 20, 2013
TWIS Asks: Mike and Justin Pachota of Fin's at Sharky's

TWIS Asks: Mike and Justin Pachota of Fin's at Sharky's

  • Arts + Entertainment
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