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Project Manager Robert Garland speaks with residents following Wednesday's community meeting about the Lift Station 87 project.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 19, 2013
Lift Station 87 update highlights design details

At a meeting Wednesday, the new team tasked with completing the Lift Station 87 project said they've developed plans that will avoid the problems the prior engineers faced.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 10, 2013
Deadline worries commissioners

A quarterly report the Longboat Key Town Commission received June 28 does not give commissioners hope for a Colony settlement in the near future.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2013
Community Golf

Vito Melfi used his 8-iron to record an ace June 19, on the 142-yard No. 7 of King's Dunes.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2015
OUR VIEW | We recommend …

Not much separates the four candidates running for City Commission. None of them would make a bad choice. They are all pragmatic and smart. But we give an edge to two.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 16, 2014
Cameras catch burglar in action

When a man allegedly broke into a Longboat Key residence last week, he probably had no idea the homeowner was watching him - and relaying information to police in real time.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Spc. 4 Patrick Lay II graduated from Braden River High School in 2008 as part of the school’s first graduation class. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 17, 2011
Spc. 4 Patrick Lay II: Everyone's Hero

Against a sky painted in shades of blue, pink and orange, vehicles parked along a sidewalk lined with miniature American flags along 44th Drive East in the Wallingford subdivision.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By David Conway |
  • April 10, 2014
City Commission considers budget cap amendment

Sarasota city commissioners debated a potential charter amendment that could place a 3% limit on increases in the city's general fund budget.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Sara Moone |
  • November 20, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving from TWIS!

Happy Thanksgiving from TWIS!

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • December 15, 2011
Commission approves stricter metals ordinance

A 30-day holding period and restriction of cash payments to $100 are part of a new county ordinance for secondhand metals dealers.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By TWIS Street |
  • May 16, 2013
Memorial Day concert breaks out the brass, pipes and drums

Memorial Day concert breaks out the brass, pipes and drums

  • Arts + Culture
The Impact Elite sixth-grade basketball team won six straight games to win the Boys USSSA State Championship June 11-12.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 15, 2011
Impact Elite wins state championship

The Impact Elite sixth-grade basketball team maintained a perfect 19-0 record heading into the state tournament June 11-12 in Ft. Lauderdale.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Manatee School District will wait for an opinion from the attorney general's office to clarify the legality of having private, armed guards on campuses.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 17, 2014
Guards in elementary schools won't carry guns

The Manatee County School District seeks a legal opinion before it will arm elementary security guards.

  • East County
  • News
 Jeffrey Plunkett and Larissa Klinger. Photo by Brian Braun.
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • August 2, 2013
REVIEW: 'South Beach Babylon'

Contemporary, award-winning playwright Michael McKeever's play, 'South Beach Babylon,' is about the age-old conflict between art and commerce.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 29, 2012
Siesta Village crosswalk lighting price tag rises

The number of Siesta Village crosswalks to receive lighted bollards will most likely be reduced in half because of construction costs.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Eve Caballero, Alana Opie and Nancy Denton. Courtesy photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2013
Theater Review: '9 to 5'

With book by Patricia Resnick and music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, The Players Theatre production of "9 to 5" is a farcically entertaining retrospective on office politics gone wild, circa 1979.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Popcorn Bob |
  • February 20, 2013
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's movie reviews by Popcorn Bob.

  • Arts + Culture
Mixon Fruit Farms owners Janet and Dean Mixon will be in Washington, D.C. this week lobbying for tighter regulations on agricultural imports.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 22, 2015
Farmers lobby for regulations

Following an incident at Port Manatee, Mixon Fruit Farm owners Dean and Janet Mixon this week will lobby for stronger protections for farms against pests.

  • East County
  • News
Ken Yunker landed his first opera lighting gig in graduate school when he was asked to design the lights for "Hansel and Gretel" within a hectic two-day window.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 26, 2011
Guiding light

Sarasota Opera's resident lighting designer explains why he prefers to create limelight - not bask in it.

  • Arts + Culture
Seventeen-year-old Travis Taaffe will row in the Men’s Varsity 8+ boat at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships, following in the footsteps of his older brother, Alex, who rowed in the same event four years ago. Courtesy photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 1, 2013
Nations Elite

Senior Travis Taaffe will travel to Trakai, Lithuania, for the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships Aug. 7.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2010
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