• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Mother's Day Gift Guide
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App
  • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Red Tide Map
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Longboat
    • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Red Tide Map
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Mother's Day Gift Guide
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App

Results for:

Jacob Brodman credits his self-taught tailor skills for his survival at Auschwitz. He upholstered this loveseat in his Sarasota home. Photo by Amanda Morales
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • April 16, 2015
A Survivor’s Story

Jacob Brodman, Holocaust survivor, hasn’t forgotten 70 years later.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • May 14, 2015
Q+A with Elizabeth Van Riper

As chairwoman of the city’s Public Art Committee, Elizabeth Van Riper helps advise the City Commission on how to use developers’ funds to add fine artwork to the public realm.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 6, 2015
Referendum to go postal in May

Voters will decide in a special election whether to give the stamp of approval to tourism on the Islandside property, most likely via mail.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2015
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Observer Digital Editor Alex Mahadevan helps load four cygnets into a truck following their capture. Photos by Colin Reid
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 13, 2015
The song of the swan keeper

Web Editor Alex Mahadevan enters new territory as he assists swan keeper David Novak in his capture of four cygnets.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Larry Grossman
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 10, 2015
Your candidate: Larry Grossman

A retired city planner, Larry Grossman thinks he's the perfect candidate to help reshape the town's codes. and transform underutilized Key sites.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
East County resident Mary Forristall, president of Forristall Enterprises, says her love of working with people and building relationships will serve her well as the new chairwoman of the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 17, 2015
Q+A with Mary Forristall

When the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange recognized members during its 63rd annual installation dinner and awards banquet Feb. 5, it also welcomed East County resident Mary Forristall, of Forristall Enterprises, as the organization's first chairwoman.

  • East County
  • News
Kathlyn Clayton, Miranda Lansdale and Jane Grogg make up a three-person team that tackles neighborhood outreach, education and grant processes.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 25, 2015
County office wants to dial into residents

Office of Neighborhood Services wants to update its database of community contacts to keep neighbors informed about projects and changes affecting them.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ninth-grade student Mackenzie Grace is fascinated with psychological patterns and memories. She has crafted projects linking music, scents and other factors to memory throughout the four years she has attended the Sarasota Regional Science Fair.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 26, 2015
Teen sniffs out scents, memories link

Mackenzie Grace researches connections between three scents and teenagers' memories in science project

  • East County
  • News
The Orange Blossom Community Garden is one of five community gardens in the north part of Sarasota County.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 6, 2015
UF/IFAS Extension regroups agriculture stakeholders for comprehensive plan discussions

Stakeholders from all aspects of agriculture can contribute to the conversation about Sarasota County’s policies.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 13, 2014
Planning Commission OKs Osprey development

Although neighbors successfully petitioned for a lower density for the Palms at Casey Key project, worries remain.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • November 18, 2014
No Strings Attached

The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast conducts a collection showcasing the violin's innate beauty.

  • Arts + Culture
mgid-uma-image-mtv (6)
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 21, 2015
Getting real with 'Real World' star Violetta Milerman

Getting real with 'Real World' star Violetta Milerman

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 21, 2015
City questions county about future plans

The county and city struggle over the former police station site on Ringling.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jimmy Kuebler said his friends convinced him to give soccer a try in his senior year at the Out-of-Door Academy.
  • By Jason Clary |
  • January 27, 2015
Switching positions

Jimmy Kuebler started playing soccer again as preparation for the baseball season and rediscovered his love for the sport.

  • East County
  • Sports
This home at 5965 Gulf of Mexico Drive has six bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 10,087 square feet of living area. It sold for $5.3 million. Courtesy photo
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 3, 2015
Gulfside home sells for $5.3 million

Bill and Mary Lou Johnson, of Longboat Key, sold the home at 5965 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Joseph Sena, of Belleair Beach, for $5.3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Zara Barrie |
  • December 2, 2014
Factory Girl: #BrotherlyAdvice

Factory Girl: #BrotherlyAdvice

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
At the opening night post-performance reception: Michael Zuckerberg, board member Judy Cahn, Jan Fidelman and Managing Director Mary Ann Servian. Photo by Cliff Roles.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • December 9, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

Everything is beautiful at the ballet; Baby on board; Tidbits; and Black Tie Affair.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • July 23, 2013
Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: A Troubadour’s Cabaret

Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: A Troubadour’s Cabaret

  • Arts + Culture
Tyler Stevenson, Alexis Graham and Saraiah Walkes run for the Manatee Mustangs Track Club, which ODA strength-and-conditioning coach Rod Miller coaches.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 24, 2013
NATIONAL SPEEDSTERS: Manatee Mustangs Track Club

Six members of the Manatee Mustangs Track Club qualified for the AAU Track and Field Junior Olympic Games July 29 through Aug. 3, in Michigan.

  • East County
  • Sports
« 2219 2220 2221 2222 2223 2224 2225 2226 2227 2228 »
The best of Your Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest in news, sports, schools, arts and things to do in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and East County.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-366-3468
  • FPN Verified

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Crossword
  • Contests

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Advertise
  • Rack Locations
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Business Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
Sign Up for Daily Headlines

A daily dose of news from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Sign Up for In Case You Missed It

A Saturday dose of the week's top stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County.


Anytime. Anywhere. Observer.

From in-depth local reporting to real-time breaking news, stay connected to the stories shaping our community with the Your Observer app.

Download Now for Free