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  • By Laurel Oak Country Club Staff |
  • October 4, 2019
The Country Club Lifestyle is being Revitalized at Laurel Oak

The Country Club Lifestyle is being Revitalized at Laurel Oak

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sponsored Content
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2009
Cops Corner

Police caught a Bradenton man with a stone crab and four blue crabs in a bucket.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Lucy Nicandri, executive director of Suncoast Charities for Children, is happy with the potential new site for Thunder by the Bay.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 21, 2016
City reaches agreement on new Thunder by the Bay site

After the motorcycle festival generated complaints from businesses and residents, city officials believe they’ve negotiated a more palatable layout for the event.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 21, 2009
Colony wants to remain independent

Longboat Key resident Manfred Welfonder's plan for an international hotel chain to purchase The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is not being met with open arms from resort officials.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Anne Bryant and Georgia take a walk at Arlington Park, one of several city-owned, county-operated parks that may lose funding as Sarasota County considers how to reduce its budget.
  • By Cassidy Alexander and David Conway |
  • January 18, 2018
County may cut city parks funding

Facing a budget crunch, the county is preparing to withdraw support for city parks and negotiate a new deal with its municipalities.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 3, 2019
Sarasota Opera Gala kicks off the 2019 Winter Opera Festival

Opera Gala: 'A Jeweled Affair — An Evening of Glamour and Glitz' was held Feb. 2 at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

  • Black Tie
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 31, 2016
HuB Lofts may offer downtown more variety

A 97-unit apartment complex slated for downtown Sarasota could bring more families to a quieter part of the city’s core.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tamara Stefanovich
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 10, 2015
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Orchestra's Masterworks III

Every now and then we attend a concert that, like a perfect storm, all comes together to make perfectly glorious music.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 11, 2014
Circle solicitation worries continue

The St. Armands Circle BID wants clarification from the city attorney and possibly the Sarasota City Commission over solicitation issues on the Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Stairs on John Saputo's dock are disappearing as sand collecting near his property washes over them.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 18, 2014
Lighthouse Point sees sand surplus

Some residents argue the town should cancel a $4 million south end erosion project and take the extra sand sitting behind their homes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Barbara and Ryan Ackerman
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 13, 2016
Ackerman Group ranks No. 1

Coldwell Banker’s Ackerman Group sold $77.7 million worth of real estate in 2014, more than any local agent.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Harvard University president Lawrence Bacow (second from left) and his wife, Adele Bacow (far left), receive a tour of Booker High School on Wednesday afternoon.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • March 2, 2020
Harvard president visits Booker High, speaks to students

Harvard University president Lawrence Bacow was impressed with Booker High School's students and resources.

  • Sarasota
  • News
John Staley (left), Frank Mastelli, Dolores Diener, Karen Hahn and Tom Diener
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • February 7, 2018
Longboat takes a swing at relieving pickleball congestion

One of the two public tennis courts could don pickleball lines within a month — and the tennis center is open to adding pickleball courts, too

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Skylar Ead |
  • January 10, 2013
Contemporary performance art series returns to Ringling Museum

Contemporary performance art series returns to Ringling Museum

  • Arts + Culture
Dr. Allison Silver at one of the shop's refrigerated workstations.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • July 20, 2011
Putting the joy back in cooking

Today, I am making spinach-and-cheese cannelloni for dinner. Here's how. I walk into a brightly lit, absolutely spotless kitchen.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Van Jazmin |
  • May 14, 2013
Local filmmakers blend fact and fiction in tragic fairytale

Local filmmakers blend fact and fiction in tragic fairytale

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 3, 2015
We asked for unique; we got it: Mondrian

Trust me you'll get used to it - our new design.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Town Commission also will discuss what to do with the growing number of Longbeach Village peacocks today.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 28, 2011
Commission debates beach funding today

The Longboat Key Town Commission will discuss whether it should try to attain federal funding for future beach projects.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ricardo Graziano and Christine Peixoto. Photos by Frank Atura
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • May 2, 2012
Dance Review: 'Theatre of Dreams' by the Sarasota Ballet

Wow. What a season. The 2011-2012 season for the Sarasota Ballet seems to be its best yet. And it's quite fitting for Director Iain Webb's fifth anniversary at the helm.

  • Arts + Culture
Florence Katz and Ruth Orne
  • By Dora Walters |
  • December 1, 2010
Katz looks back on 95 years

The "95 Years in 60 Minutes" presentation celebrated the life of Sarasota Bay Club resident Florence Katz Nov. 18.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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