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Solomon Shenker is teaming up with Il Panificio owner Nick Malone on his new Gulf Gate restaurant.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 15, 2017
Sol's NYC Deli announces Gulf Gate opening

The popular downtown delicatessen will reopen next to Il Panificio in Gulf Gate next week, the restaurant’s third location in the past three years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
(John McGuire) Chef Rich Demarse shows off his new Mar Vista kitchen.
  • By John McGuire |
  • February 15, 2017
Mar Vista gets a brand new kitchen

The Longbeach Village restaurant also welcomes a new head chef.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

WCI Communities introduces two new neighborhoods; The Founders Golf and Social Club sees record membership; RE/MAX Platinum Realty opens in Lakewood Ranch; Manatee Glens Hospital unveils redesign

  • East County
  • News
The Skate Rising participants gather to send a video messages to the other events across the globe.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 19, 2018
Skate Rising event gives girls empowerment

The Skate Rising event cohosted by 180 Skate at Payne Skate Park on July 14 was designed to give girls empowerment.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
William Hall holds up his second fish
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 19, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Yacht Club Minnows

It's ten in the morning on a Sunday, and instead of sitting inside watching cartoons on T.V., the Sarasota Yacht Club Minnows hit the docks. The new club met for its first time on Sunday, Jan. 13, but will meet on a monthly basis because it seems most of the kids are hooked. Yacht Club employees Amanda Holm and Camille Bienvenue led the children's fishing group. They fished off of the dock, catching their fish using live shrimp as bait and releasing it shortly after.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The building formerly occupied by Mattison's Steakhouse at the Plaza is located at 545 Bay Isles Road.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 2, 2012
Commission to discuss site plan for Rooks property

W. Howard Rooks is seeking approval of a site plan that would allow him to maintain the existing building formerly occupied by Mattison's.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2011
News Briefs

Path cleared for free electric-car service; Commission endorses North Trail plan

  • Sarasota
  • News
John Russo holds Peg Guy's hand during their five minute speed date.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • June 16, 2016
Senior dating: Full speed ahead

Friendship Centers and Kobernick-Anchin-Benderson host series of speed dating events for residents 60 and up.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
CONTRIBUTED; The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a potential kidnapping case.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 25, 2014
Manatee County Sheriff's Office receives 'child taken' call

The Manatee Sheriff's Office is investigating a call it received June 24 into dispatch via the county switchboard (not 911). The caller claimed to have witnessed a child taken from a bicycle near 39th Street East and State Road 70, and then put into a tan cargo van.

  • East County
  • News
ODA sophomore running back Demardre Patterson rushed for two touchdowns.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 1, 2011
ODA falls to district rival Evangelical Christian School

Mistakes proved to be The Out-of-Door Academy's downfall, as the host Thunder committed six turnovers and 11 penalties on its way to a 35-15 loss to district rival Evangelical Christian School Sept. 30.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • April 14, 2016
Sarasota calendar 4.14.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of April 14.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 12, 2012
Party for a cause

The Village Cafe will be hosting a special happy hour and wine tasting from 3 to 5 p.m.

  • Arts + Culture
Nathan Skiles poses in front of a few of his pieces featured in the exhibit.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 21, 2011
Today is last day for Arts Center exhibit

The Ringling College of Art and Design Creatives exhibit closes today after two months at the Arts Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rob Satori (middle) with Thomas Stuart (left) and Chung Yoo (right). Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 24, 2014
Composer Rob Satori taps Sarasota Music Festival talent

Rob Satori, known around these parts as a wedding entertainer and Unity Church's music director, recently utilized the young orchestral talent in town for Sarasota Music Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Katie Johns & Cassidy Alexander |
  • July 12, 2017
Turtle season going swimmingly

So far, nesting numbers are breaking last year's record.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A six-hour Colony Beach & Tennis Resort hearing Friday in Tampa-based U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May’s courtroom ended with another postponement.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 28, 2015
Colony rec lease settlement delayed

Both a Colony Beach & Tennis Resort rec lease and its judgment won’t be awarded until Sept. 4 at the earliest.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
University Park Country Club will be hosting golf clinics throughout October.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 4, 2016
University Park Country Club to host weekly October golf clinics

Two former European and LPGA tour players will share their secrets

  • East County
  • Sports
Ethan Heinz and Evan Lemole sail into the squadron finishing off the race.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • May 28, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Sarasota Sailing Squadron Race Around Lido

Families got together at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron for the 21st Annual Race Around Lido Monday, May 27 to raise funds for Luffing Lassies, a women's sailing group, and to enjoy the Memorial Day Holiday. Approximately 80 people took their sailboats and calculated how much time it would take for them to get from the North beach to the sailing squadron. The team with the closest estimate won the race.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Military Academy freshman Eliot Bergbauer plays forward for the Tampa 2001 Hockey Club.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 12, 2016
Powerful play sparks forward

Sarasota Military Academy freshman has aspirations of playing in the NHL.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 28, 2015
Top Story — August: Learning Curve

Sarasota High junior defensive lineman Gerome Howard has only been playing football for two years.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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