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File photo. The shoals of Big Pass are the location for this weekend's Party on the Pass.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • August 21, 2015
Residents prepare to Party on the Pass

More than 1,100 people are slated to attend Sunday's event, which is aimed at creating awareness about plans to dredge the inlet north of Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 14, 2018
Euphemia Haye walks a 5K for diabetes

About 25 participants gathered at Euphemia Haye April 14 to support JDRF.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By June LeBell |
  • July 1, 2009
Music Review: Sarasota Music Festival

The best and the worst thing about live music-making is that it's transitory, and, unless there's a recording of the evening, what happens disappears the moment it's made.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2012
New Briefs

East County salon to dance fundraiser

  • East County
  • News
Three of the four cast members practice the reading of "nine/eleven": Michael Phelan, Brooke Wagstaff and Players Theatre Artistic Director Jeffery Kin. "This is going to be a tough one," Kin says. Linda MacCluggage not pictured.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 5, 2012
Linda MacCluggage: 'nine/eleven'

Local actor, director and playwright Linda MacCluggage wrote her response to 9/11 in a documentary-style, one-act script 10 years ago. A recent trip to the 9/11 Memorial beckoned her to dust off the script she hadn't touched since then.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 13, 2016
The amendments …

Once again, Florida voters will find their ballot full of proposed constitutional amendments. Don’t let the wording fool you. Here is what they really mean.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Lauren Tominelli and Kristyn Shoop
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • October 4, 2019
Sarasota Chamber of Commerce celebrates its 99th meeting

The 99th annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon was held on Oct. 4.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The city is considering selling the land in front of the Northern Trust parking garage to be developed, which is recommended by the city's 2000 downtown master plan.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 29, 2016
­City Commission to decide future of Lemon Avenue parcel

A developer hopes to purchase city property near the State Street garage, but residents have fought against selling the land, which they believe should be part of Pineapple Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 26, 2010
Woman shells out her own 88th birthday present

It took three months, several pounds of glue and hundreds of seashells, but Sarasota resident Ailine Burke was determined to celebrate her 88th birthday in an extraordinary way - by turning an ordinary bathtub into an exquisite work of art.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Toys for Tots donation box in the lobby of the Longboat Key Police Department has been a busy place of late.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 28, 2017
Gifts roll in at Longboat Key Toys for Tots donation site

Unwrapped toys are welcome in lobby of police station.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Annemarie Graff of Bank OZK and LWRBA CEO Heather Kasten put some sweat equity into Nathan Benderson Park.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 10, 2018
Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance volunteers stack up against the best

Hay maze at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota among the nonprofits helped by the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance.

  • East County
  • News
Executive Director Bruce E. Rodgers, Honoree Ali MacGraw and Chairwoman Debbi Benedict
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • January 22, 2019
The Hermitage Artist Retreat brings in celebrated actor and social activist

The Muse Luncheon honored Ali MacGraw Jan. 22 at Michael's On East.

  • Black Tie
Jason Golden, who coaches the ODA middle school football team and the Venice girls tennis team, assumed his newest role — Area Director for Coaches of Excellence. Courtesy photo.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 29, 2012
Organization hopes to empower coaches

River Club resident Jason Golden was named area director for Coaches of Excellence Aug. 1, after working for the Gulf Coast Fellowship of Christian Athletes for the past six-and-a-half years.

  • East County
  • Sports
Logue
  • By Caleb Motsinger |
  • September 10, 2014
Retired educator experiments in science book for teens

Charlie Logue attempts to bridge the gap in American science proficiency in 'Science Experiments for Beginners.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
North Adams Lane is one of two possible locations for a parking garage. The current parcel borders the fire station on one side, stores and restaurants on the other and some residential homes.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • June 13, 2013
Study will sketch Circle garage plans

Commercial property owners and residents agree on a preliminary parking proposal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Construction of The Shore restaurant on Longboat Key has been delayed.
  • By John McGuire |
  • April 12, 2017
Design change delays Shore on Longboat Key construction

Co-owner says construction has ceased due to design and structural changes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2011
Cops Corner: East County

The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Sarasota County can expect bad weather from Hurricane Irma on Sunday.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • September 7, 2017
Sarasota County considers voluntary evacuations, shelter openings

Officials continue to monitor Hurricane Irma's path, and are preparing to make changes if the storm changes course.

  • Sarasota
  • News
GRANDMA
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • September 25, 2015
Movie Review: 'Grandma'

Movie Review: 'Grandma'

  • Arts + Culture
SWAT officers arrest the suspect of an armed sexual battery before 8:30 a.m. Monday.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2014
UPDATE: Two arrested after SWAT investigation

Sarasota Police arrest two men in connection with the sexual battery that led to road closures Monday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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