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  • By Edmund Adams |
  • September 19, 2012
My View: Yes, they built businesses; I've seen it firsthand

I was paying the owner of a Lake Cumberland, Ky., boat store for fixing the fuel gauge on our boat.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Corey Crider as Belfiore, Stefano de Peppo as the Baron, and Jennifer Feinstein as the Marchesa in Verdi's "A King for a Day." Photo courtesy of Rod Millington and Sarasota Opera.
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 6, 2013
Music Review: 'Un giorno di regno' ('A King for a Day')

What a difference a year makes. In 1840, Giuseppe Verdi's wife and, two children died and then, 'Un giorno di regno' ('A King for a Day') came along and everyone hated it.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 24, 2009
Country Creek home tops week's transactions

The Observer rounds up the residential real estate transactions in the East County.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Cynthia Sayer (Courtesy photo)
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 17, 2014
Weekend best bet: Cynthia Sayer's Hot Jazz Trio

Cynthia Sayer's Hot Jazz Trio performs 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 and 2 p.m. Sunday, January 19 at The Glenridge Performing Arts Center, 733 Scotland Way.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2014
Freedom ringers

As Freedom Elementary celebrated Veterans Day with its annual 'Let Freedom Ring' courtyard ceremony Nov. 12, there was a special treat in the crowd: original Parent-Teacher Organization member Sharri Cagle and two of her three children, Lindsey and Logan.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Leonardo Leal-Guerrero says he's thankful for the opportunities he has had and the people he's met while attending Stanford University.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 26, 2012
Home for the Holidays

As a homeless student, Leonardo Leal-Guerrero graduated with top honors from Braden River High School in 2011. Now, he's a sophomore at Stanford University.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 15, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Bonsack appointed to International Spa Association Board of Directors; CYD of Sarasota County honoring Michael Saunders

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 11, 2009
Variance settlement reached

The Town Commission, in a 4-3 vote, begrudgingly granted Peter Swain a variance rather than spend money to defend its zoning board's decision.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • October 18, 2013
Café Gabbiano: Wine and food, Italian style

Café Gabbiano: Wine and food, Italian style

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Kimberly Braun |
  • October 24, 2013
Down to the Cells

Down to the Cells

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  • Things To Do
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 29, 2013
Turn back time with Dean Johanesen at Ocean Blues

Turn back time with Dean Johanesen at Ocean Blues

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight has issued a warning to the public regarding 25i-NBOMe, a synthetic drug that recently led to a teen's overdose.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 1, 2015
Top Stories - Siesta Key: December

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office this weekend arrested several teens on a variety of drug charges including possession of 25i-NBOMe, a relatively new drug similar to LSD.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Gabrielle Woodruff developed her love of volleyball from her mom, Kim Kelly, who spent six years coaching the Cardinal Mooney volleyball team.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 15, 2012
Love of the Game

Gabrielle Woodruff grew up on the volleyball court watching her mom coach the Cardinal Mooney High volleyball team. The St. Stephen's middle hitter played her final game for the Lady Falcons Oct. 31.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Gopher tortoises regularly get hit by cars or suffer other injuries like this one being cared for by Bayshore Animal Hospital. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 26, 2017
Agency beefs up reward for gopher tortoise deaths by $5,000.

Florida law prohibits purposefully injuring or killing gopher tortoises.

  • East County
  • News
Amanda Sebastiano Supervisors Lee Bettes and Michelle Patterson hope to discuss ways to make Heritage Harbour South CDD meetings more efficient in the future.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 22, 2014
CDD meetings miss mark

After adopting new procedures that include a time limit for meetings, supervisors of the Heritage Harbour South CDD struggle with efficiency.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota deputies, Venice police and Florida Highway Patrol were all involved in stopping Wayo. Photo by Norman Schimmel.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • February 13, 2012
Crime spree ends in standoff and arrest.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested a man Saturday responsible for number of crimes that began in Manatee County and ended in South Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Nina Insinna of Nine O’ Clocks, Liz Ford of Salon 2000, Pam Canal a Medical Skincare Esthetician, and Irina Lavose a co-owner of Design 2000 pose together.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 20, 2011
The Chamber has Business After Hours at the Hemsley Sandcastle

The Chamber has Business After Hours at the Hemsley Sandcastle

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2013
Obituary: Edna Marguerite Burke

Edna Burke, 91, formerly of Longboat Key and Boston, died Jan. 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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