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USTA Florida Section Foundation Executive Director Linda Curtis, volunteer tennis instructor Maxine Spitzer and Girls Inc. Executive Director Robin Rose with some of the Girls Inc. Summer Camp attendees.
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • August 9, 2013
Girls Inc. girls 'raise a racquet'

Linda Curtis, from United States Tennis Association Foundation, stopped by Girls Inc. of Sarasota County Friday, Aug. 9, to see the girls in action at the new 'Girls Raise a Racquet' tennis program.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Deacon David Bumstead calls Sarasota "a very generous and compassionate community.”
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • August 9, 2013
Church of the Redeemer welcomes new deacon

Deacon David Bumstead says the Sarasota community welcomed him and his wife, Beka, with open arms.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Judge K. Rodney May announced he will schedule a date in January to make his final ruling on both a Colony proposed settlement and a Chapter 11 reorganization plan in his Tampa courtroom.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 4, 2013
Colony: Judge questions Klauber's $3 million payment

Colony Lender LLC can't hold a foreclosure sale of its assets in Sarasota on Friday as a bankruptcy judge continues to review a settlement.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dave Garelick plays tennis once a week at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center and says he feels "uplifted" by his lessons.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 9, 2011
Tennis nets benefits for player with Parkinson's

In the past, Dave Garelick was used to playing tennis every day. Today, the sport isn't just for recreation - it helps to ease his Parkinson's symptoms.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
SoMa Creekside, in downtown Bradenton, offers an eclectic menu of savory dishes.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: SoMa Creekside

This week we went in the kitchen at SoMa Creekside while owner and chef Dave Shiplett prepares his signature spicy peanut calamari. Get the recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's 'In the Kitchen.'

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • August 19, 2009
Former SMR VP starts home inspection business

Ron Masseo hopes to tap into the foreclosure and resale markets with his business, Masseo Home Inspections.

  • East County
  • News
Chef Louis Robinson creates one-night pop-up culinary events with his company, Spice. Photo by Wyatt Kostygan
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 6, 2016
Culinary Creative

Foregoing the traditional restaurant model, Chef Louis Robinson has the freedom to experiment with his gourmet pop-up dining events.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Pat Ringley, a cabinet maker and artist, works on a miniature race car made of paper at a desk in his East County home. Ringley has hundreds of his cars on display throughout his house. Photos by Amanda Sebastiano and Pam Eubanks
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 24, 2014
Playing with paper

Pat Ringley uses his lifetime love of IndyCar racing to create vehicles of his own - miniature paper race cars.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Ida Cuthbertson writes down her ideas for public transportation at the Feb. 11 meeting. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 18, 2015
County launches Comp Plan update process

Residents are wary of the county's methods for public input during the comprehensive plan overhaul.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 11, 2016
Town plans emergency beach project

Longboat Key aims to place as much as 40,000 cubic yards of sand at the south end of the island this summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bill and Lois Cohodas
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • February 13, 2013
Longboat Key love stories

To commemorate Valentine's Day, we traveled the Key in search of residents' stories of love and luck.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota County borrowed about $18.7 million to pay for renovations to Ed Smith Stadium, which guaranteed a marketing partnership with the Baltimore Orioles.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 28, 2012
Sarasota receives promotion

The marketing partnership between Visit Sarasota County and the Baltimore Orioles includes free advertising during the postseason.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch senior Dylan Cameron finished third in the 132-pound weight class at the Class 3A-Region 2 tournament Feb. 26 and Feb. 27. (courtesy photo)
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 2, 2016
Mustangs preach mental toughness

Lakewood wrestler’s willingness to prepare to win leads to third straight state tournament berth.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2014
Letters to the Editor

ULI report assessment lays a costly egg; Lord's Warehouse fashion show chairs give kudos; Suggestions to improve Bradenton Beach traffic; Winding Oaks board supported maintenance

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
In October, Colony Lender LLC filed lawsuits against unit owners seeking more than $5 million in damages for unpaid rent plus interest on a disputed recreational services lease that includes former Colony tennis courts.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 22, 2015
Trustee proposes $625,000 Colony rec lease settlement

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association is attempting to bury a Colony recreational facilities lease by acquiring all rights to the lease.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Scott Dolan has owned Big Water Fish Market for nearly two years. In response to customer demand, he recently added a full lunch menu.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 5, 2013
Big Water Fish Market casts new services

The fish market, opened in 2011, recently added a full lunch menu.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2011
Cops Corner

7:05 a.m. - the intersection of Pope Road and Center Ice Parkway. Grand theft. Unknown person(s) stole storm sewer grates from the roadway on Pope Road and Center Ice Parkway. The person(s) fled in an unknown direction in an unknown vehicle.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Audrey Price and Jade Hayden with their 200-cap jellyfish design
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 24, 2013
Haile students collect caps for project

A sixth grade Earth Day project saw 260 students at Haile Middle School collect 30,000 plastic caps and assemble them into art projects.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 19, 2013
Beach project stance shifts

The town of Longboat Key will re-bid its beach project next year in the hopes of attaining a cheaper price. That project could include three groins.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dr. Rich Swier Sr. photographed himself with Sarasota's sister city in Israel, Kiryat Yam, behind him.
  • By Rich Swier Sr. |
  • May 10, 2012
My View: Israel - land of dichotomies

People say first impressions are lasting. I returned recently from a trip to Israel, my first, with three everlasting impressions.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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