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Deputy Alan Fifield with Wilma Nouri
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2014
Deputy visits women's club

Manatee County Sheriff's Office Deputy Alan Fifield lent his expertise on identity theft and cyber security to women in the Lakewood Ranch Women's Club April 10.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of the Mattson family
  • By Katie Johns |
  • January 4, 2017
Former New York Times president dies at 84

Walter Mattson died on Dec. 30, 2016.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota football roundup: 09.28.17
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 28, 2017
Sarasota football roundup: 09.28.17

Sarasota football roundup: 09.28.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 16, 2010
Nolan band teacher completes 43-year career

Maynard Erickson, who retired last week, spent his last 19 years teaching in the East County.

  • East County
  • Schools
David Bromstad cultivated his own sense of style and color through trial and error and the lessons he learned while at Ringling College.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • May 13, 2015
50 Shades of Bromstad

David Bromstad, HGTV star and color master, returned to his alma mater, Ringling College of Art and Design, to give the commencement address May 7. He reminisced on his time here and how a 24-hour Denny’s got him through college.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2009
Business Observer

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  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cynthia Heil will serve as the director of the institute starting Jan. 1, 2019.  Photo courtesy of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 13, 2018
Mote announces Red Tide Institute director

Cynthia Heil comes to Mote Marine Laboratory from Bigelow Laboratory in Maine, where she created a research program that focused on water quality, harmful algal blooms and ecosystem management.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2012
Our View: How to fight vagrants: privatize

Everywhere you go in downtown Sarasota, the subject of "the homeless" surfaces.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
All six lanes from 12th Street to Myrtle Street are now open to traffic.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 10, 2011
U.S. 301 stretch completely open to traffic

After nearly two years of construction, roadwork from Wood Street to Myrtle Street is complete.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 9, 2015
This week in history 4.9.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the Pelican Press archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2013
Lynches offers spirited end to St. Patrick's Day

Lynches Pub & Grub will kick off St. Patrick's Day celebrations Friday, March 15, on St. Armands Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dale Hooey, Cami Wyatt and Michelle Grantham
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • March 30, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: All Angels by the Sea Cabaret

On March 30, vocal artists Cami Wyatt and Michelle Gratham entertained the crowd with an evening of showtunes at the All Angels by the Sea Cabaret.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By John Ewing |
  • February 14, 2013
"Artisticus Pop" -- Meet Pauly Salvatori

"Artisticus Pop" -- Meet Pauly Salvatori

  • Arts + Culture
Packing ‘em in at the fourth annual Women & Medicine Luncheon.
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • January 20, 2016
Black Tie & Tales 01.21.16

Bradenton Opera Guild hosts Winter Gala, a flash mob hits 'Event Under the Tend,' Lea Mei says yes to the dress and more in this week's Black Tie & Tales...

  • Black Tie
East County’s Robert Finkelstein, Leah Morrison, Kelly Swisher and Nancy Houseman enjoy supporting the Children’s Guardian Fund.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2018
Seen around the Lakewood Ranch scene

Wine and hot summer nights

  • LWR Life
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • September 15, 2015
Youth soccer scores with season opener

Soccer season began for the Suncoast Sports Club Saturday, Sept. 13 at Glebe Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Leland Thompson performs a pow wow dance imitating the movements of the prairie chicken at the Sarasota Native American Indian Festival.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 25, 2014
VIDEO: Native American Festival draws crowds for crafts, dancing

The Sarasota Native American Indian Festival kicked off Friday, with performances aimed at educating and entertaining the public.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"It's been said before that if Shakespeare were alive today, he’d be rapping," says Matthew McLendon, pictured here in front of "king yo on the queen, yo!" by artist Iona Rozeal Brown.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 18, 2011
The 'bling' king

The Ringling Museum's associate curator of modern and contemporary art takes his love of hip-hop beyond 'bling.'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 20, 2015
Tennis Center’s net benefits trump revenue

Commissioners are willing to overlook a mostly revenue-neutral tennis center operation because of its popularity with residents and visitors.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The six-bedroom property is called Snook Inn for its Old Florida resort-like feel.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 23, 2013
Web Year in Review: February 2013, Siesta Key $10 million home sale largest in two years

A waterfront home on the northern tip of Siesta Key sold for $10 million, the second highest sale price for a residential property in Sarasota County in two years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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