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  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Golden Apple Dinner Theatre

Cultural Organization of the Year -- Finalist

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • May 19, 2010
Film Review: 'Robin Hood'

'Robin Hood' is a heart-pounding adventure film sure to arouse applause.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 6, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: World of Beer

Christian Birkley opened the East County's first World of Beer location last October.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2010
Our View

Sell the mooring field

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 9, 2010
IPOC offers 11th-hour compromise

Islandside Property Owners Coalition President Bob White offered a compromise to the Town Commission Wednesday that calls for a scaled-back hotel and the elimination of the golf course condominium towers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 28, 2010
Colony contractors disagree

One inspector says the buildings are in 'sound shape'; the other says he saw mold and fungi.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota County Commission Chair Christine Robinson focuses on economic development as Priority No. 1.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 28, 2012
IN THE PUBLIC EYE: Christine Robinson

More than a year after former Gov. Charlie Crist appointed Christine Robinson to the Sarasota County Commission, she's busier than ever meeting with community groups and running commission meetings as the board's chair.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Paula Atwell |
  • July 31, 2012
Theater Review: 'The Piano Teacher'

Contemporary Playwright Julio Cho is also an actress and TV writer, who has won many awards for her theatrical work.

  • Arts + Culture
This home at 512 Cutter Lane in Country Club Shores has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,592 square feet of living area. It sold for $550,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 8, 2012
Manchester Bay home sells for $1 million

Thomas and Gwendolyn Watson, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3505 Fair Oaks Court to Norman and Hannah Weinberg, of Longboat Key, for $1,025,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2012
News Briefs

Gold Coast Eagle aids sick dolphin; Tree, plaque remember Ina Gross; SCF maintains tuition with budget

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Tropical Storm Debby further damaged the asphalt on the private road near Beach Access 3 on Siesta Key.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 12, 2012
Siesta Key road sinks further

The private street skirting Beach Access 3 on Siesta Key gained more craters from recent flooding. But there's little anyone can do to slow it from slumping into the surf.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 18, 2012
Budget talks prolong conflict

A homeowners association said if the CDD changes its taxing method, it would drop a 2011 lawsuit, and some residents want a maintenance contract on the auction block.

  • East County
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 6, 2012
Ringling Plaza Walmart still under review

The city of Sarasota continues to tweak a proposed Walmart supercenter for the site of the Ringling Plaza. The Planning Board could review the project in October.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2012
News Briefs

Beach Road repair could cost $1 million; Deputy busts driver with handy technology; Public Beach thefts on the rise

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 21, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Aimee Cogan named among top women financial advisers; Phillippi farmhouse project wins historic preservation grant; Oliver named program director of Phoenix Academy; SouthTech recognized for performance

  • Sarasota
  • News
Aidan Dowdy plays lacrosse for The Out-of-Door Academy.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 27, 2012
Lacrosse Camp: Fun with Fundamentals

Seventy East County youth participated in the LB3 Lacrosse Camp June 18 to 21, at the Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 6, 2012
BP settlement far from free money for Sarasota County

County commissioners asked staff to devise a strategy to maximize potential funds from a settlement with the oil company, which could be as much as $20 million.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Sophorn Touch and her business partner, Julie Kramer, recently opened Jules Touch Salon in San Marco Plaza.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 7, 2012
DYNAMIC DREAMER: Sophorn Touch

Thirty-six-year-old Sophorn Touch, co-owner of Jules Touch Salon, came to the United States 17 years ago on March 11.

  • East County
  • News
Eva Rey is the executive director for Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.
  • By Eva Rey |
  • March 7, 2012
My View: Sunshine Week celebrates transparency

If you ever thought Sunshine laws exist to dictate the fantastic weather we experience in Florida, you are not alone.

  • East County
  • Opinion
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