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  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 20, 2009
Elderly victim to fight back

A man steals a woman's purse and throws her belongings out his car window during a high-speed chase. Said the 87-year-old victim: 'I want to hit him over the head with my cane.'

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 3, 2011
Fire destroys unit at Westchester

Mark Benjamin was working Thursday night, when a fellow Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteer, who was on the beach for a turtle-nest opening, called him to say that Westchester condominium, where Benjamin lives, was on fire.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Vanessa Moody |
  • June 2, 2010
Ranch thespian earns scholarship, admission into Cincinnati Conservatory

Lakewood Ranch High School senior Dane LaFemina began acting at age 5.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 4, 2012
Delve into 12: Pension plans

The Longboat Key Town Commission will soon resume discussions of its three pension plans, which have a combined unfunded liability of more than $26 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • May 15, 2012
Diversity Chorus Offers "Gershwin to GALA"

Diversity Chorus Offers "Gershwin to GALA"

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  • By George Rauch |
  • November 4, 2009
The stock market remains overvalued

Those of us who love bear-market rallies should be careful about looking through rose-colored glasses at this rally. It is far more likely to be a bull rally in a bear market, than it is the beginning of a new bull market.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tennis pro James Blake at the Sarasota Open. Photo by Rachel O'Hara.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 28, 2011
Our View: Wish list for 2012 ...

Trifecta: Osama got zapped. Gaddafi got gored. Kim Jong got 'il,' really ill.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Wish: That Floridians appreciate what Gov. Rick Scott is doing for all Floridians' future. Courtesy photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 28, 2011
Our View: Wish list for 2012 ...

We might look back at 2011 and see it was the year where the tide turned back in favor of freedom, free enterprise and the bedrock American values that made the country great.

  • East County
  • Opinion
"Be curious. Follow your instincts. Make mistakes. Learn from them. Try to laugh at yourself now and then," Nat Krate says.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 12, 2012
A life fulfilled: Nat Krate

Nat Krate, a Sarasota artist known for his realist paintings of florals and nudes, bares it all.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2011
News Briefs

Ranch IDA selects director finalists; Planners consider Cooper Creek proposal; Ranch ambassadors wins tourism awards; Seniors improve on FCAT retakes; and Braden River VFW awards students, teacher.

  • East County
  • News
Jim Ley, former County Administrator.
  • By Stan Zimmerman |
  • December 26, 2011
TOP STORY, MAY: Ley tenders resignation to board

Sarasota County's procurement scandal appeared ready to claim its seventh victim May 24, as County Administrator Jim Ley tendered his resignation at the start of the County Commission meeting.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 6, 2013
Player of the Year: Erika Tymrak

University of Florida midfielder Erika Tymrak was named the 2012 SEC Offensive Player of the Year. The Lakewood Ranch resident will begin playing professional soccer for Kansas City in the new NWSL League.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Eduardo Anaya |
  • January 21, 2013
PREEN & CHIC: Sarasota got the blues!

PREEN & CHIC: Sarasota got the blues!

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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 2, 2010
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Justin Klawans

The Observer spotlights Manatee East pitcher Justin Klawans.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jean Weidner
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 28, 2011
Scene & Heard: Best quotes of 2011

If great minds think alike, creative minds think delightfully different. I'm a sucker for quotes, especially when they end up scribbled in my reporter's pad. In the spirit of looking back, here's a look at some of the best lines plucked from Diversions stories in the past year.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • May 8, 2012
Mother's Day Picks from JLQonSRQ and The Dining Diva

Mother's Day Picks from JLQonSRQ and The Dining Diva

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  • Eat + Drink
Police Chief Mikel Hollaway thanked his parents and mentors during his acceptance speech Sept. 3.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 30, 2010
Chief Lessons

For Police Chief Mikel Hollaway, people and events from his childhood influenced how he relates to his family, his officers and the community.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ron Carter, Pat Merryman, honoree Mary Ann Robinson, Paul Ferguson and Jim Neal
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 2, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

The color purple; Sights and sounds from Firefly Gala; Mayor for a night; and Tidbits.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 11, 2011
Manatee County denies Tarmac proposal

Manatee commissioners on May 5 denied the rezone of a four-acre parcel on 33rd Street East. Cement manufacturer Tarmac America had hoped to build a concrete batch plant there.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 17, 2013
SIDELINES

Lady Rams soccer advances to district semis; Riverview basketball tops Braden River; Sarasota Christian takes win over Bayshore; Cougar basketball charges past Tornadoes

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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