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  • By Donna Swan |
  • August 5, 2009
Deal Us In: Crocodile Coup

In this hand, West and his partner were playing a one-club opening bid that was strong, therefore, West opened with a one-diamond bid.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 31, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Photos by Josh Siegel Paula Carmassi, left, and her family stayed with neighbor, mother and fellow nurse, Kim Gennocro, right, in the first few days after a Dec. 30 fire made the Carmassi home unlivable.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 15, 2014
Family recovers after losing home

The Carmassis will rent another home while theirs is repaired from fire damage.

  • East County
  • News
L&S Partners LLC owns the mortgage note on the 23,948-square -foot Morton’s Plaza at 1924 S. Osprey Ave. Photo by Loren Mayo.
  • By Sean Roth |
  • May 3, 2012
Libby's owner to acquire buildings

Stephen Seidensticker and his business partner, Lemuel Sharp, are buying four Hillview buildings out of foreclosure.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2012
Sidelines

Manatee Bearcats win state championship; BRSC to host tryouts; Extra Innings announces summer clinics; Bulldog Navy Wildcat team wins South Conference Championship

  • East County
  • Sports
"I'm in no hurry to retire," says Asolo Rep production manager Victor Meyrich, who this year celebrated his 43rd season with the company. "I have a great stake in this whole operation."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 30, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: A Major Production

Asolo Rep production manager Victor Meyrich is sitting pretty these days, thanks to statewide recognition for his work and a new million-dollar production center.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Punsalan |
  • April 4, 2013
Fukinsei Art Lab presents its first show, "Scratchin' the Ichi"

Fukinsei Art Lab presents its first show, "Scratchin' the Ichi"

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Gerald Pankow |
  • April 23, 2009
My View

Churches not immune With Donations falling, church leaders must examine every category of expenses and ministries.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Gullett Elementary School teachers Denise Touchberry and Charlotte Latham recently started an after-school STEM Club for students.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2011
News Briefs

Gullett launches science and engineering club; Manatee County cuts 54 positions; County allows buffer variance; Neal Communities joins tech adventure; and Pastries by Design moving to Main St.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 6, 2010
OBITUARY: Marjorie Racine Brown

Marjorie Racine Brown, 89, was known as the 'fisherwoman of Longboat Key.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • July 15, 2009
Sarasota restaurants create recipe for success

Michael's On East was named one of only 10 restaurants in Nation's Restaurant News 2009 Fine Dining Hall of Fame.

  • Arts + Culture
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Mary Ann Robinson
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • February 1, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Mirror, mirror on the wall ...; The parties' parties; 'Sexy Back' to 'Sexy Face'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend: Jonathan Katz

The rabbi of Temple Beth Israel has stepped into a community leadership role with new ideas.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 26, 2012
Osprey lift station delays continue

Tunneling problems with a Hudson Bayou lift station and its underground connections mean road closures and detours will continue into 2013.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Marcia Freedman displays one of her more recent watercolor paintings. She prefers painting watercolors to oil paintings.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • September 21, 2011
Neighbors: Marcia Freedman

Artist Ed Whitney once commented on a painting, done by Marcia Freedman, saying that the artist was "a person having a love affair with color."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • September 5, 2013
My View: Sadly, Americans are apathetic again

Doesn't anyone care anymore about our soldiers still fighting against a savage and determined enemy?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2011
Business Observer

Kiddie Academy earns company awards; Fast n Fresh opens on Main; Neal announces new mortgage venture; and RE/MAX agent selected to FGBC.

  • East County
  • News
The parking areas and pedestrian walkways, shaded in purple, are scheduled to be improved at Turtle Beach, thanks to a County Commission vote Jan. 10.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 19, 2012
Turtle Beach vote split

Despite commissioners' concerns, the Siesta Key Association says it has had adequate involvement in plans for Turtle Beach improvements.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Courtesy photo. Brittany Wenger is a college student who plays Quidditch by day and is an obsessive cancer diagnostician by night.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 8, 2014
World changer

Time magazine recently included Brittany Wenger, an Out-of-Door Academy graduate and Duke freshman, on its '30 People Under 30 Changing the World' list.

  • East County
  • News
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