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  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • May 21, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Harvey Milk Festival

The 1st annual Harvey Milk Festival, to benefit ALSO Out Youth of Sarasota, takes place Saturday, May 22, in the Rosemary District.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Susan Phillips
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 6, 2016
People to watch in 2016: Susan Phillips

Susan Phillips is assistant to the town manager, president and scholarship chairwoman of the Longboat Key Garden Club and scholarship chairwoman of the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cellist Julie Albers. Courtesy.
  • By June LeBell |
  • April 24, 2013
Music Review: 'La Musica'

I'm starting to feel as if I'm in a time warp. Having attended the first three programs of this season's La Musica concerts at the Opera House, I feel I should be wearing my hair in a pageboy, bobbysocks and saddle shoes on my feet and gloves on my hands.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtney Mirabella
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
SIDELINES

ODA, Cardinal Mooney crown county champions; Wave Runners make splash at FLAGS meet

  • East County
  • Sports
Total cost estimate for a new maintenance facility for Lakewood Ranch Town Hall's operations department is $2.1 million.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 12, 2012
Ranch supervisors plan for maintenance facility

Inter-District Authority Board members today saw initial cost estimates for a proposed maintenance facility.

  • East County
  • News
Turtle Inc. founder Lexi Mariash at World Oceans Day at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • June 17, 2015
Girl's start-up help funds sea turtle conservation

Twelve-year-old Lexi Mariash started a company Turtle Inc. to save her favorite animal and partnered with Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Tal Brody celebrates the historic victory.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 9, 2016
A Miracle on Hardwood: A new documentary relives the game that united a nation

Closing out the seventh annual Milman-Kover Jewish Film Festival, "On the Map" remembers the historic Maccabi Tel Aviv victory over Russia.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By TWIS Street |
  • April 1, 2013
Celebrate National Tartan Day with the Jacobites and First Brass

Celebrate National Tartan Day with the Jacobites and First Brass

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2012
Our View: Yes, get rid of 2050

It appears none of the five county commissioners has the moral conviction and courage to declare the county's 2050 plan - the county laws governing development - an abject economic failure, destructive to the economic welfare of the county's citizens and that it should be rescinded and burned at the stake.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Pure voucher system is best school reform; Tea Party members know what they believe; Buchanan investigation looks politically vindictive

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
At least four traffic studies involving Longboat Key have been performed since 2005.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • October 5, 2016
MPO study takes latest shot at unknotting Longboat traffic

At least four traffic studies involving Longboat have been performed since 2005.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 16, 2010
CDDs adopt tentative budgets

Lakewood Ranch community development district supervisors last week adopted tentative budgets that will go to public hearing in August. All four districts averaged increases of less than $30 per household annually.

  • East County
  • News
A Bass Pro Shops rendering shows plans for the outdoor retailer's 14th Florida store, which is slated to be part of the Fruitville Initiative.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 7, 2014
Bass Pro Shops confirmed for Fruitville Initiative

The outdoor retailer announced plans yesterday for an 80,000-square-foot store as part of a larger mixed-use development at the intersection of I-75 and Fruitville Road.

  • East County
  • News
Colony Beach & Tennis Resort developer Andy Adams, who owns a 20% interest in the Colony resorts, made an appearance at a special meeting Monday but was not asked to speak. Photo by Rachel O'Hara
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 26, 2012
Commission eyes new timeline

It's likely Colony Beach & Tennis Resort officials will receive an extension Oct. 1 to rebuild the resort, although it would come with contingencies and hinge on who controls the resort moving forward.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • October 15, 2014
Bacchus on the Beach toasts food, wine

The festival features plenty of wine and stone crab claws for a good cause.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2009
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  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • August 22, 2012
Bridge Bites: The Anti-Bath Coup

West leads the King, and Declarer craftily ducks. Now, if West continues, he gives Declarer a second trick in the suit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Developer Kevin Daves, center, looks over plans with Jack Nicklaus, left, and Tony Jacklin. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 8, 2013
Partnership rebirths concession

Builders soon will break ground on models in the second phase of The Concession.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • November 29, 2012
Downtown lift station overhaul is under way

An upgrade to Lift Station 16 will cost $1.6 million and take about 11 months to complete.

  • Sarasota
  • News
We stopped by the Anna Maria Oyster Bar's landside "halfway" location, at 6906 14th St.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Anna Maria Oyster Bar

This week we went in the kitchen with owner John Horne, and chef Tim Swafford, of Anna Maria Oyster Bar, for mussels Provencal. Get the full recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's In the Kitchen.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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