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From age 6 to 17, Christine Agrillet spent her summers in Spain living next door to Salvador Dali.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 14, 2018
Dali's old neighbor brings her personal collection of his work to Sarasota

A collection of rarely seen Salvador Dali works is coming to Sarasota’s Chasen Galleries, which will show a different side of the surrealist.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota High School students travel to and from class amidst ongoing renovations. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 21, 2015
School board discusses future expansion

Sarasota County School District's director of long-range planning advised the board that multiple schools are at capacity.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2014
Our view

'Woo-hoo.' Really?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A Gorilla Kleen employee works to clean the Unconditional Surrender statue on Sarasota's bayfront.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 2, 2016
Pressure washers clean up Unconditional Surrender

The Sarasota bayfront's iconic "kissing sailor" statue got hosed down Tuesday morning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Out-of-Door Academy Senior Class President Sierra Dickerson is adding another dance to the school's lineup and hopes to improve student-faculty dialogue with Town Hall-style meetings.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 6, 2016
People to watch

ODA Class of 2016 President Sierra Dickerson hopes to start up Town Hall-style meetings with school faculty members.

  • East County
  • News
Casagrande
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 7, 2013
High 5

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2019
East County weather page photo: October 31

Pamela Williams caught this great blue heron catching a fish in the Hazeltine neighborhood of Lakewood Ranch’s Country Club East.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Joseph "Joe" Bondi, pictured at his part-time home in May 2012. File photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 16, 2013
Bondi learned the love of the Key early

Part-time resident Joseph 'Joe' Bondi was a pioneer in middle-school education and father of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Markers both orange and green line the safe passage out of Buttonwood Harbor into Sarasota Bay.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 11, 2019
Volunteers keep Longboat Key boating channel open

Buttonwood Harbor organization has kept boaters from running aground since the 1960s.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 9, 2009
Grapplers ready to hit the mats

The Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High wrestling teams will square off Dec. 16.

  • East County
  • Sports
The exterior of the Grand Clubhouse will keep its Tuscan look and feel, but the interior renovations will make it more modern.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 11, 2017
Lake Club builds menu for success in Lakewood Ranch

Improvements at The Lake Club's Grande Clubhouse include a new kitchen.

  • East County
  • News
Principals Octavio Martin, second from left, and Logan Learned, fourth, lead the Cow-Hands as they kick up their boots in Agnes DeMille's "Rodeo."
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • December 14, 2011
Dance Review: 'Les Patineurs,' 'The American' and 'Rodeo'

Ice skaters, ballerinas and cowboys, oh my!

  • Arts + Culture
The Grammy-nominated group Liverpool Legends. Courtesy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 26, 2012
Scene & Heard

The Beatles take Sarasota for a good cause; FST announces 2012 to 2013 winter season; Sarasota Opera Guild is back in action

  • Arts + Culture
John Wild, Asima Palmer and Andrew Vac
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 11, 2017
Kiwanis books meeting schedule

The next Kiwanis Club meeting is at noon on Oct. 19 at The Lazy Lobster.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 24, 2013
Town declares impasse with police union

The members of the Longboat Key Police Department Union have until Thursday to select one of three retirement contract offers from the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By John Ewing |
  • May 10, 2012
Mother's Day Heartstrings

Mother's Day Heartstrings

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Devin Valadez, a student at Freedom Elementary School, reads a book about Abraham Lincoln with his mother, Kerry, at the Braden River Branch Library. Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 20, 2015
Library aims to improve student reading skills

A new program at the Braden River Library pairs children and parents to make reading addictive.

  • East County
  • News
Abgott
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • October 15, 2014
Longboat luminaries

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design honors six 'Longboat Key luminaries' this season in its sixth annual Ageless Creativity series. These artists show how the creative process transcends time.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • December 3, 2016
Lawn Party dishes out the best of Longboat

The 6th annual Kiwanis Club Gourmet Lawn Party benefited the club's scholarship fund and charitable efforts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Join Emily Walsh for the Daily Headlines.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • December 11, 2012
Dec. 11: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota names downtown economic steward; Proposed entertainment district discussed; Whitney Beach Plaza renovations begin and more!

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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