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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2010
San Marco shop i tesori turns 3

San Marco Plaza's i tesori Gifts and Home Furnishings from Italy will celebrate its third anniversary with a variety of activities June 21.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The county commission voted 4-1 to move forward with the approval process, despite residents'         complaints.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • June 7, 2017
Land-use change proposed for Fruitville Road parcel could bring more development

Residents are opposing the designation of more major employment center land near their homes, but the county commission is coming forward with the process.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Santa waves to the crowd from his sleigh during last year's Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 6, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade

Sarasota's downtown holiday parade returns with lighted floats and Santa Claus.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2010
Tiny bulldog gets a big break

Chuck, a French bulldog, recently took a tumble off the bed and broke his right leg.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers dig into a turtle nest on July 10.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • July 10, 2018
Longboat Key Turtle Watch hosts first public nest excavation

Following the excavation, three hatchlings crawled to the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ricardo Rhodes danced the role of Apollo in George Balanchine's "Apollo." Courtesy Photo
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • March 1, 2015
Dance Review: Sarasota Ballet tributes Rudolf Nureyev

The Sarasota Ballet performed George Balanchine's "Apollo," Sir Frederick Ashton's "Jazz Calendar" and Rudolf Nureyev's "Raymonda Act III."

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Southgate Village Shops, on Siesta Drive, is home to nine retail spaces. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • November 1, 2012
Southgate renovation is nearly complete

After 100 days of construction work, Southgate Village Shop's renovation is nearly complete.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Blanca Di Cecco and her daughter, Fanny Younger, sport the smocks they wear while volunteering at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 31, 2012
Volunteer work runs in family

Fanny Younger is following in her mother, Blanca Di Cecco's, footsteps as a volunteer at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This is the sixth time the city has offered free trees to residents through its partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 4, 2019
City offers free trees for residents

The city of Sarasota will be giving away up to 100 trees as part of its Community Canopy program.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • May 19, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Locke'

Tom Hardy is such a gifted actor he can carry a film entirely on his own, literally.

  • Arts + Culture
Manatee County 12th Judicial Circuit Judge Lon Arend hears from attorneys in the Lake Lincoln dispute Feb. 9.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 14, 2018
NEWS BRIEFS: Lake Lincoln hearing continues

Manatee County administrator contract extended

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch-based John Neal Homes, run by John Neal, builds homes in the Sarasota-Manatee market. The firm had about $30 million in 2012 sales volume. Photo by Mark Wemple.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 16, 2013
His Father's Son: John Neal

The luxury homebuilding market could be on the verge of a full-blown rebound in 2013. John Neal, of John Neal Homes, has a prime spot to capitalize on the surge.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Bell helicopter landed on the Key's Gulfside beach near the 4000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 25, 2012
Helicopter makes emergency beach landing

All three passengers aboard a Bell helicopter were uninjured after an emergency beach landing.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 13, 2009
Art committee rejects sailor statue

Public Art Committee members turned down an anonymous veteran's offer to buy 'Unconditional Surrender' and then donate it to the city, on the condition that it stay on the bayfront.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo. Carolyn Johnson was named the 2015 Boundary Crosser award by SCOPE.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • June 23, 2015
SCOPE announces 2015 Boundary Crosser award recipient

Carolyn Johnson will be honored with the 2015 Boundary Crosser award in September.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Helm-Nanney house as it stands today, remaining nearly exactly as it was in 1908. Photos by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • December 26, 2012
Home & Garden: Historic Homestead

The well-preserved Helm-Nanney house, located in Oneco, is a reminder of simpler times, stellar craftsmanship.

  • Arts + Culture
Jack Peffley inside Taffy's in 2011
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • June 17, 2015
Jack Peffley: A tall tale

The 6-foot-8 face of St. Armands Circle rounds out a colorful career with a new life in retirement.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Amani Carter poses for a picture with Santa.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • December 15, 2018
Santa arrives just in time for breakfast at Newtown Estates Park

Kids enjoy crafts, treats and a visit with the Jolly Old Elf.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By April Doner |
  • September 17, 2012
A hushed room: open mic at Pastry Art

A hushed room: open mic at Pastry Art

  • Arts + Culture
Richard Gere in “Time Out of Mind”. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • March 25, 2015
Scene & Heard

Catch up on this week's arts and entertainment news with Scene & Heard.

  • Arts + Culture
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