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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 5, 2010
Reading partnership promotes hands-on learning

Lakewood students worked with students at Freedom during the annual Winnie the Pooh and Shakespeare Too program.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Matt Orr |
  • July 26, 2012
Matt's List: Five ways to burn calories

Matt's List: Five ways to burn calories

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By George Rauch |
  • July 14, 2011
Market Watch: Debt causes direction of market to stay questionable

Right now, even though the market has sold off recently, we remain in what is technically called a bull market. Under current economic circumstances, it's amazing the market is not at half of its current value of 12,250 points.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Kevin Short, Corey Crider, and Stefano de Peppo in Sarasota Opera's 2013 production of Verdi's "A King For a Day." Courtesy Rod Millington.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 20, 2013
Spotlight: Sarasota Opera hosts Verdi exciting concert

No one in the world, in all of time, has ever played every note Giuseppe Verdi ever composed.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Maria Amodio |
  • May 12, 2010
Man on the Street: Oil Spill

The Observer asked business owners in downtown Sarasota whether they think tourism will be affected by the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • January 27, 2011
My View

Better DEAL than Jackson Labs

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 16, 2011
Walgreens sets sights on plaza

The drug-store chain has held quasi-judicial hearings with the town about the possibility of anchoring Whitney Beach Plaza.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Harriet Sokmensuer D.K. Morton spent 13 years traveling around the world, and says moving back to Sarasota in 1983 was the best decision he ever made. This year, Morton celebrates 30 years working at Morton’s Gourmet Market.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • November 21, 2013
Gourmet Guru

After 30 years of working at Morton's Gourmet Market, D.K. Morton can truly say there's no place like home.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • July 27, 2012
Romper Room – The Strong Mayor versus Strong City Manager Debate

Romper Room – The Strong Mayor versus Strong City Manager Debate

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 21, 2009
Key Club makes its case

If the town of Longboat Key rejects the Longboat Key Club and Resort’s proposed $400 million Islandside redevelopment and expansion, the club’s property will deteriorate, property values Key-wide will fall and jobs and businesses will continue to contract.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 28, 2010
Push for new center emerges

Key Club General Manager Michael Welly says the Longboat Key Club and Resort is willing to donate funds for a new town community center - on one condition.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Firefighter/paramedic Matt Taylor made a presentation at the Feb. 22 Firefighters Pension Board meeting. Photo by Robin Hartill.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 29, 2012
Firefighter alleges collusion in handling of pension plan

Board members agreed that problems exist with the pension plan, but they weren't convinced that a crime occurred.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 26, 2012
Dent, Thaxton attack each other's party loyalty and track record

The doe milling around the ninth green at Laurel Oak Country Club created a peaceful contrast to the heated debate inside the nearby clubhouse, as two candidates for Sarasota Supervisor of Elections quarreled three weeks before they will meet for the primary election.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The late Gay Lewis led the dental team at last year's event. This year's Day of Hope is dedicated to her memory. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 26, 2012
Outreach program offers hope

Fourth annual Day of Hope event prepares Sarasota's homeless and at-risk youth for the new school year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Brenda and Danny Chin and their daughter, student dancer Katie. Photo by Molly Schechter.
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter |
  • August 30, 2011
Scene & Heard

'Festival of Stars' stars the students; Art Center Sarasota hits a triple; Couture your closet with costumes; Ringling Museum circles the wagons

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota County Commission Chair Christine Robinson focuses on economic development as Priority No. 1.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 28, 2012
IN THE PUBLIC EYE: Christine Robinson

More than a year after former Gov. Charlie Crist appointed Christine Robinson to the Sarasota County Commission, she's busier than ever meeting with community groups and running commission meetings as the board's chair.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Cliff Roles, third from right, with some of the other finalists. Photo courtesy of Cliff Roles.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 25, 2012
Scene & Heard

An earnest, or Ernest, photographer; Death of a local art supporter; Harping on a particular subject; Players seeking players

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 14, 2009
Thunder edge past HEAT

ODA advanced to the regional finals for the first time in school history with an 8-7 victory over the Manatee HEAT in a Class 1A regional semifinal May 8.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By George Rauch |
  • July 6, 2011
My View: Debt causes direction of market to stay questionable

Right now, even though the market has sold off recently, we remain in what is technically called a bull market.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 1, 2014
Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch home sells for $850,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Alvaro Joves and Maria Maldonado, of Miami, sold their home at 7217 Greystone St. to Robert Hofmann, of Bradenton, for $850,000. Built in 2011, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,861 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $741,600 in 2011.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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