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Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 30, 2013
Nordstrom Rack readies for opening

Officials leasing the Mall at University Town Center also say they will be announcing more tenants soon.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota Architectural Salvage, 1093 Central Ave., has a whole room of decorative doorknobs and drawer pulls perfect for this project.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2013
Crafty Genes: Wine-bottle toppers

Join DIY editors Mallory and Leslie Gnaegy as they make wine-bottle toppers.

  • Arts + Culture
Salute! Ristorante, in downtown Sarasota, offers authentic Italian cuisine along with a vast wine selection.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Salute! Ristorante

This week we went in the kitchen at Salute! Ristorante with co-owners Marco Guadagnini and chef Laszlo Bevardi, as Bevardi prepares their agnolotti pasta dish. Get the recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's 'In the Kitchen.'

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Marcel Marx (Andre Wilms) helps Little Bob, a young African fugitive refugee (Rondin Miguel), escape Le Havre, France, in "Le Havre."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • December 23, 2011
FILM REVIEW: Le Havre'

'Le Havre' is one of those rare films we can't help falling in love with because of its simplicity.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessi Smith |
  • July 6, 2012
Keeping up with the neighbors: Arts and Eats makes a home in Bradenton's Village of the Arts

Keeping up with the neighbors: Arts and Eats makes a home in Bradenton's Village of the Arts

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 23, 2015
Country Club Village home sells for $2,075,000

Barbara Schneiderman, trustee, of Farmington, Mich., sold the home at 7018 Portmarnock Place to Thomas LeFevre, trustee, of Lakewood Ranch, for $2,075,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 24, 2009
Key resident gives thanks for gift of life

Gulfshore of Longboat Key resident Charlotte Jensen received a kidney transplant six months ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2010
Cops Corner

Jan. 7 No. 1 fan 8:54 p.m. -- 6400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Public Drunkenness. Police found a man sleeping on a bench at the intersection of General Harris Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive. He told police he had fallen asleep while listening to a game on the radio and was given a ride to his parents' house on Lyons Lane.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • November 3, 2011
Environmental board idea splits Sarasota commission

The Sarasota County Commission voted last week to hold off on creating a new environmental policy board and give its Tree Advisory Council one more chance to fill vacancies.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Sol Schwartz. Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 9, 2013
Sol Schwartz illustrates the musical culture

Illustrator and musician Sol Schwartz creates a book of sketches from two decades of sketching La Musica Festival musicians.

  • Arts + Culture
City Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini’s scheduling of a meeting for Friday was called into question by the City Commission.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 5, 2012
Bartolotta thinks 'ulterior motives' at work

The Sarasota City commissioners will hold a special meeting Friday to review an investigation of three city computers, though they have not received any preliminary report.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"So far, I think he’s done a wonderful job," Mayor Jim Brown said.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 4, 2012
Delve into 12: Town Manager: Bullock

Longboat Key Town Manager David Bullock received a one-year contract for the position in October, but his role as town manager is likely to continue.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Rebecca Allan and Laura Kaminsky. Courtesy photo.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 4, 2012
Scene & Heard

Hermitage couple brings work to LBKCA; Boyhood band nerds star in FST show

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 6, 2014
Town recommends combined tax increase of $954,397

Town Manager Dave Bullock seeks millage rate increases to the operating budget and beach districts to offset declining revenues and brace for pricey beach projects in 2015.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Juan Florensa |
  • October 15, 2014
Healthy beaches offer more than scenery

The town's beach management efforts don't just protect views. Healthy beaches protect people, property and wildlife on barrier islands.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • May 14, 2015
Merchants await opening of State Street garage

As the city delays the opening of the State Street parking garage until the end of May, businesses are continuing to weather the impact of construction.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The big question is who will win the race to the veto seat during each meeting. Roger Drouin.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • April 1, 2013
Veto measure receives unanimous approval

In a unanimous vote Monday, city commissioners approved a new form of city governance that will be the first of its kind in Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2013
Letters to the Editor

It's a free country, isn't it?; U.S. schools are still in need of help; Chatter about default on debt is scare tactic

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
"Damn the torpedoes — I’m reading The Observer," says Barb Smith.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2012
Enthusiastic reader takes Observer on tour of Europe

Ordinarily, we are thrilled whenever we receive an It's Read Everywhere submission from one of our readers. We're always amazed where you take our little paper -- and your creativity in composing the photograph.

  • East County
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