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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 15, 2012
Concert to honor Rogers, Wagner

The Josh Rogers and Brett Wagner Benefit Concert will be held at Hunsader's Rockin' Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Composer Gregory Smith plays a song he is writing for students at Gene Witt Elementary. The piece features melodies written by select students at the school
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 12, 2011
Gene Witt students assist in orchestral composition

Composer Greg Smith is incorporating melodies written by students at Gene Witt Elementary and other schools into an orchestral composition that will be premiered in May.

  • East County
  • News
Violinist Tim Fain performed at the Ringling International Arts Festival.
  • By June LeBell |
  • October 20, 2010
Music Review: Ringling International Arts Festival Part I

Tim Fain has performed in Sarasota before, but his appearances at the Ringling International Arts Festival last week proved he's worthy of every honor and should be going on to a career of major importance in the future.

  • Arts + Culture
Edward Elgar wrote a myriad of chamber works, symphonies, concertos, songs, choral works and marches. Courtesy photo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • October 19, 2011
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra's Journeys to Genius: 'Solving Elgar's Enigma'

The English composer Edward Elgar, who straddled the 19th and 20th centuries, wrote symphonies, myriad chamber works, concertos, songs, choral works and many marches, of which his 'Pomp and Circumstance' pieces brought him international acclaim.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Richard D. Crawford receives award; LLSA Chamber announces nominees; Martinez to serve elegant French dinner; Happy anniversary, Nancy Oberlin

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival is now in its 19th year.
  • By Michael Eng |
  • October 19, 2010
Pumpkin fest ushers in fall

East County families have two more weekends to enjoy the Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival.

  • East County
  • News
The Cottage is one of three properties owned by Chris Brown in the Village that he contends were assessed excessive amounts for parking. His 2011 assessment for The Cottage rose to $6,382.95, from $3,351.41 in 2010, a 100% increase. Rachel Brown Hackney.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • November 3, 2011
County: Brown didn't follow rules

The county contends Village property owner Chris Brown didn't take the proper recourse in appealing his 2011 parking assessments.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Christopher O’Riley recently hosted NPR's "From the Top," recorded at the Sarasota Opera House. Courtesy.
  • By June LeBell |
  • December 26, 2012
Music Review: NPR's 'From the Top'

We recently attended NPR's strange but fascinating "From the Top," when it was recorded live at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • September 8, 2010
GALLERY AROUND THE CORNER: Paradise Gallery

Paradise Gallery and Gudrun Newman Studio is a combination of a working artist's studio and a gallery.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: Edgewater Contractors Inc.

Rookie Business - Winner

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town Manager Dave Bullock discusses a new pension plan with the Longboat Key Police Department Union last week.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 13, 2013
Longboat Key intends to freeze police pension

Town staff met with the Longboat Key Police Department Union to propose a three-year contract that caps town responsibilities and shifts officers into a state-offered pension plan.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2012
Our View: Illegal voters: Yes, purge them

On principle, you really can't argue with Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 6, 2011
Main Street: Where the tiled sidewalk ends?

A $10,000 ceramic tile sidewalk project is in jeopardy of being removed if sidewalks are torn up for a new project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jim Toomey, chairman of the audit committee, presented the recommendation for law firm Trenam Kemker to School Board members.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 26, 2012
School Board advances searches

Retired superintendent David Gayler and law firm Trenam Kemker will soon start their superintendent search.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 27, 2011
Revitalization Task Force members announced

Former Longboat Key Mayor George Spoll selected a group of Longboat Key residents to hold discussions about the Key's revitalization.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 8, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's Black Tie & Tales by Molly Schechter.

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  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 19, 2010
Giant rat looms over commission hearing

A group suing the county over its spring-training negotiations speaks before a public workshop that the county attorney advised as a "legal strategy." The group's leader said: "We smell a rat."

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 10, 2010
Linger Lodge hires new manager

David LaRusso, a veteran of the restaurant industry, already has added new options to the menu to the legendary East County eatery.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota Tsunami swim team coaches Ira and Cindy Klein
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 14, 2010
Tsunami Swim Team makes landfall in town

The Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team, which started in May without a single swimmer, has grown to 70 participants in just five months.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Holly Wright’s Forever Frogs is the latest venture for the Payton Wright Foundation.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 5, 2011
Payton's memory inspires business

Lakewood Ranch resident Holly Wright, co-founder of the Payton Wright Foundation, is launching a new business, Forever Frogs.

  • East County
  • News
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