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Zwiwwel closed its doors Wednesday without warning.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 12, 2012
Zwiwwel closes its doors

A fine-dining restaurant featuring traditional German cuisine was open for about a month.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"Bello is like a naughty kid with a license to be what he is," Nock says of his clownish alter ego. "He's not childish, but he's child-like, and he loves making people laugh."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 25, 2012
Bello Nock: A Jolly Good Bello

Bello Nock is not afraid of heights or breaking stereotypes. The Circus Sarasota headliner shares the secrets to his success. Here's a hint: It takes hairspray and nerve.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 29, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Mariah Robertson

Lakewood Ranch High senior outside hitter Mariah Robertson recorded 23 kills, five aces and 14 assists to help power the Lady Mustangs to victories over Southeast and St. Petersburg Lakewood in the Lakewood Ranch Preseason Tournament Aug. 21 and 22. Here is an inside look at this week's Athlete of the Week.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 15, 2012
BID extension moving forward

A push for a 10-year extension of the Circle taxing district sets the stage for landscape maintenance and a parking garage project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2012
News Briefs

Toddler doing well after rattlesnake bite; Planning board recommends changes

  • East County
  • News
Denise Kowal is a New Urbanist, downtown stakeholder of one of Sarasota’s most visible historic buildings and graduate of the SmartCode.
  • By Denise Kowal |
  • May 31, 2012
My View: We shall not abandon the plan

In adopting the Downtown Sarasota Master Plan in January 2001, the city of Sarasota embraced the responsibility for civic parking, after hosting over the course of several years an inclusive, informative and transparent process that gained consensus among our entire community for the plan.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The Selby School Director Carolyn Johnson and program coordinator Carolyn Marchbank are eager to welcome students to the school, which features classrooms, a computer lab and a new physical-education area.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 14, 2013
Community Haven opens school

Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities will open The Selby School to students Aug. 19.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 20, 2009
Geckos run Florida Keys 100

Five Willis Elementary teachers, along with distance runner Matt Holley, competed in the 100-mile ultramarathon from Key Largo to Key West.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2015
MY VIEW | Tennis Center deserves town investment

There have been a lot of recent comments and opinions about the Public Tennis Center lately.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The Charter Review Board's unanimous decision to remain an elected body was met by applause from audience members.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 29, 2016
Charter Review Board votes to remain an elected body

After a large turnout at a special meeting of the Sarasota County Charter Review Board last night, the board voted to remain an elected body.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Fulton Smith, a resident of Palmer Ranch, said he enjoys the variety of fish he can catch off of the pier, such as the sheepshead fish he caught Tuesday. Photo by Jessica Salmond.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 5, 2014
Osprey Pier open for business

The new fishing pier is accessible to the public after being closed since 2012.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • July 18, 2013
School grade calculations to change

The Florida Board of Education voted 4-3 to change the formula used to calculate school grades.

  • East County
  • News
The Mall at University Town Center named Kimberly Dominguez, fourth from left, its marketing and sponsorship director.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 6, 2014
The Mall at University Town Center selects a marketing director

Lakewood Ranch resident and marketing executive Kimberly Dominguez named marketing and sponsorship director for The Mall at University Town Center.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 8, 2015
This week in Sarasota: Monday, Sept. 7

This week in Sarasota: Monday, Sept. 7

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • August 1, 2012
Bridge Bites: The crocodile coup

Bridge has a number of exotic "coups," and for the next few weeks we'll look at some of them, starting with the aptly named Crocodile Coup.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • September 1, 2010
Sandie Cohen on quilting (VIDEO)

East County quilter Sandie Cohen explains the significance of her favorite blue and yellow blanket.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 8, 2010
News Briefs 12.09.10

Members of the Lakewood Ranch High School's Student Government Association again organized a school-wide drive to benefit Manatee County children in need.

  • East County
  • News
Proximity to Ringling College is becoming a major asset for the North Trail.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 29, 2017
Developers plan pair of North Trail projects

A Starbucks and an apartment complex are coming to North Tamiami Trail, a sign that Sarasota colleges are luring development to the area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 25, 2018
Leave ‘without cause’ in

Sarasota County Superintendent of Education Todd Bowden may not be the right fit.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 18, 2009
McNeal mom spruces up school walls

Muralist Mercedes Movilla is working on a mural inside the front entrance of the school.

  • East County
  • News
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