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Dreyfus
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • March 2, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Robert Dreyfus

Robert Dreyfus can be found at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center any day of the week and is known for always being up for a game of tennis.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 1, 2014
Report flunks firefighter pension plan

All three plans received low grades, but there's good news: The study used measures from 2012, before the plans froze.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 18, 2010
Paid parking on hold again

City commissioners decided not to decide whether to impose paid parking downtown. The issue will be brought up again in about two months.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A.J. Jacobs just released his third book in a series. Photo courtesy of Michael Cogliantri.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • July 3, 2012
Aerobic Grandma: A good read that's good for your health

Books about health and fitness are not generally "fun reads." "Drop Dead Healthy - One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection" is the delightful exception.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 1, 2014
Our View: 'Our republic is gone'

Most of the time, we try to devote this space to pertinent local and state issues. But now and again, national and international events are just too compelling to stay silent. This is one of those times.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 2, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Too Darn Hot'

Cole Porter's songs have not aged at all - as 'Too Darn Hot' proves.

  • Arts + Culture
Sebastian Aguirre
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 29, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Sebastian Aguirre

Nine-year-old Sebastian Aguirre finished first in the 10-and-under boys division of the 800-meter Open Water Swim Challenge June 12, at Fort Myers Beach. The Imagine Charter School at North Manatee fifth-grader also helped lead the boys team to a third-place finish. Here is an inside look at this week's Athlete of the Week.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Punsalan |
  • June 14, 2013
The Ringling's "American Moderns" exhibit surveys expressive diversity

The Ringling's "American Moderns" exhibit surveys expressive diversity

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Dora Walters |
  • November 24, 2009
Player of the Week - Michael Pollock

We caught up with Michael Pollock after a tennis match at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2012
Our View: Signs of life

Let's feel good for a change, or at least better. Economic growth - vis-a-vis the contractions of 2009 and 2010 - is definitely under way.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 23, 2009
Little league squads enjoy major league treatment

Manatee Navy withheld Manatee Orange's seventh-inning rally to preserve a 10-9 victory April 18 at McKechnie Field.

  • East County
  • Sports
Though barely 30 feet wide, the Morris-Thomas townhouse makes a dramatic impression overlooking the greenery of Gillespie Park. Photos by Mallory Gnaegy
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • June 12, 2013
Home of the Month: Gillespie turns a corner

An upscale renovation in Sarasota's most diverse neighborhood points to a new future.

  • Arts + Culture
Karen LaPensee co-founded Holmes Beach-based LaPensee Plumbing & Pools with her husband, Michael, in 1985. Karen LaPensee now runs the firm, which had $3 million in 2012 revenues, with her son, Greg LaPensee, pictured here.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 2, 2013
Plug the Holes

A plumbing business treated the recession like an opportunity to enter new markets, not fall back. The gutsy moves have started to come together.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 6, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: World of Beer

Christian Birkley opened the East County's first World of Beer location last October.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2011
Our View

First job for Scott: Derail the train

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 19, 2009
City to test roundabouts

After Commissioner Terry Turner said he's seen research that suggests two roundabouts work better in tandem than one, the City Commission called for two test roundabouts on U.S. 41. - at 10th Street and 14th Street.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Event Co-Chairs Paul and Carina Bowman
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 11, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

First week on the job; So in love

  • Arts + Culture
Spoll
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 23, 2011
Town seeks Economic Development Committee

Mayor George Spoll proposed last week that the town form an Economic Development Committee that would attract entrepreneurs to help revitalize aging facilities.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 26, 2014
Preserving the art of pickling

Lisa Fulk has a jarring profession -- she's a master canner. And, she'll show you the safe way to do it.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 23, 2010
City puts out help-wanted sign for advisory boards

A large number of open positions on the city's advisory boards has forced the city to make a public appeal for volunteers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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