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Downtown parking meters are scheduled to go online Monday, May 23.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 17, 2011
Turner lobbies against parking meters

Sarasota's vice mayor believed it was not too late to stop parking-meter implementation, but most of his fellow commissioners disagreed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 22, 2015
Theater Review: 'Road to Nirvana'

Let's make a deal with "Road to Nirvana," at Venice Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • March 20, 2010
Black and White Dinner Dance and Auction

Wear your favorite black & white or vintage attire. Dance to 40's & 50's singers and standards by the award winning Manatee Players. While having a glamorously good time, you'll be supporting a great organization and helping victims of domestic violence.

  • Black Tie
The 135 runners took off running Saturday, May 14 for the Divas & Dudes 5K at Payne Park.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • May 14, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Divas & Dudes 5K

The Sarasota Opera held the Divas & Dudes 5K Saturday, May 14 at Payne Park. The 5K had 135 runners participate and raised around $3,000. The monies raised will benefit the Sarasota Youth Opera with things like tuition scholarships, transportation costs, music and uniforms.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Author Michelle Phillips. File photo.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 28, 2011
Scene & Heard

'Beauty Blueprint' soars on Amazon; FST prepares for a $5.6 million makeover; Teen actress vies for spot on TV's 'Glee'; Finally, Sarasota Opera finds its 'Nemo'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2015
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2009
S.R. 64 Mobil station nears completion

The Mobil gas station and convenience store at 10508 S.R. 64 E., in Portal Crossing, is expected to be complete by February 2010.

  • East County
  • News
Steve Mullen, Angus Rogers and James Brearley are behind the North End Hotel & Beach Club.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 3, 2016
Floridays names Longboat Key hotel project

Building a hotel on the Key’s north end is rife with obstacles. But Floridays Project Manager James Brearley sees an opportunity worth the effort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
State Sen. Greg Steube
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 4, 2017
Veto Sen. Steube’s bill

Sarasota Sen. Greg Steube isn’t afraid to go against what is popular for what he thinks is right. But on two measures — public records and home rule — he should recalibrate his positions.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
There were 150 chairs placed throughout Town Hall Monday night to accomodate the crowd.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 5, 2016
Second referendum flickers forward

The Longboat Key Town Commission moved forward with a referendum to bury power lines in neighborhoods and side streets Monday night with a 5-2 vote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In 2009, Olivier Bellanger won his first state championship as a rookie inthe cadet class, which harbored drivers ages 9 to 12. Courtesy photo
  • By Jason Clary |
  • February 10, 2015
State of the kart

Father and son Olivier and Patrick Bellanger went from watching races on TV to becoming a force on the track.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 24, 2013
Workshop to focus on Colony issues

A 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, workshop allows commissioners to vet all of the issues facing the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 24, 2017
Cops Corner: Neighbor suspected to have smashed window, handicapped parking sign

A round up of this week's most interesting police reports from Manatee County.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 28, 2013
Pirates swim team faced with uncertainty

The team learned just days before the season began Aug. 19 that the county was planning to close the John H. Marble Pool, where the team practices. The pool will remain open through the season at a cost to the Pirates.

  • East County
  • Sports
Modifications to improve the interchange of I-75 and State Road 70 include a bypass lane for westbound State Road 70 to southbound I-75.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 17, 2014
Interchange improvements underway

FDOT spokesman Robin Stublen said the I-75/S.R. 70 interchange project helps set the stage for what FDOT calls the ultimate I-75 alignment -- two express lanes, three general use lanes and an auxiliary lane in each direction.

  • East County
  • News
Pat Marshall and Sandy Rossin joined the University Park Women's Club a decade ago and have sung together for the last eight years.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 6, 2011
University Park Women's Club turns 10

Since the formation of the club a decade ago, nearly 700 women at University Park have grown their friendships through the organization.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 8, 2010
Colony's flag doesn't fly with residents

Town Hall received complaints before the lowered flag was reported stolen last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lido Key residents have said a renourishment plan is badly needed to replenish eroded portions of the shoreline.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 30, 2015
Updated Big Pass dredge study shows no effects on Siesta Key

In a new report, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reiterates its position that a planned Lido shoreline renourishment project would not negatively impact Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Barbara Romig, Dawn Clayton and Nancy Kopnisky. Courtesy photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2013
Generous golfers give back

Booker Elementary kindergarten students received school uniforms thanks to the University Park Country Club Ladies Golf Association and the 9-Hole LGA.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
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