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The Whispering Sands condominium complex is located on the north end of the Key, with an entryway on Ocean Boulevard. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 9, 2012
$74,000 water bill being contested

Whispering Sands homeowners say they should not have to pay Sarasota County almost $74,000 because of a malfunctioning water meter that they reported two years ago.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • July 7, 2010
Prop scavenger

Banyan's property mistress is a shopper, sewer, craftswoman and, occasionally, an actress.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 2, 2009
Engel & Volkers absorbs Wedebrock sales division

Longboat Key-based Wedebrock's 25 sales agents will become part of Engel & Völkers, a Germany-based firm.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • January 6, 2010
Film review: 'Up in the Air'

George Clooney's impeccable performance in the new film 'Up in the Air' has 'Oscar' written all over it and, boy, does he deserve it.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 25, 2009
Greenspace committee rejects mitigation plan

A majority of the committee tasked with revising the city's greenspace policy came out against the concept of requiring business owners to replace any greenspace it covers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo by Pam Eubanks This Waterlefe Golf and River Club home on River Bank Terrace has three bedrooms, four bathrooms and a pool. It sold for $1,175,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 2, 2014
Waterlefe Golf and River Club home tops sales

A home in Waterlefe Golf and River Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Dr. Kumar Mahadevan
  • By Dr. Kumar Mahadevan |
  • June 28, 2012
My View: Mote Marine Laboratory: Take a Closer Look - The Gulf of Mexico

As a young graduate student studying marine science in India, I first learned of Mote Marine Laboratory by reading scientific papers published by some of the lab's greatest scientists.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Front: Marie Noelle Cerene, Karen Wilkinson, Sally Schule, Susan Kody. Middle: Kavi Cook, Monica Johnson, April Norrie-Paine, Michelle Hanenian and Dagmar Gorman. Back: LeeAnn Zaffina and Darleen Lambert
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • November 2, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

The 11/11/11 phenomenon; Over the moon; And there's more; Lest we forget - it's also Veterans Day; Tidbits; It's a wrap

  • Arts + Culture
"Even now when I listen to my voice I don’t hear anything special," said Greenbrook resident Ron Babcock, who now narrates audio books for a living. "I think most folks are like that."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 1, 2012
Neighbors: Ron Babcock

Ron Babcock always has been commended for his unique voice. Now, at 66 years old, he's finally using it to make a living.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
OUR VIEW: The populist panders for votes

Cynics that we are, we can't help but look at Gov. Charlie Crist's tax-cutting proposals last week as another example of Florida's Head Populist scrambling to buy votes.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 27, 2010
Residents strong-arm program fundraiser

This Saturday, Robert Martini and Abe Uccello will paddle the 36-mile stretch from Longboat Key to Englewood Beach in Charlotte County to raise money for the Sarasota County Junior Lifeguard Program.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Four of Nancy's 28 employees: Nate Seel, Brittany Henson, Chelsea Meredith and Chris Pratt
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • January 25, 2012
EDIBLES: Nancy's Bar-B-Q: worth the wait

Can a Jewish girl from Cleveland find true happiness making North Carolina-style barbecue in Florida? For Nancy Krohngold, the answer is a resounding "yes," and her peculiar confluence of circumstances is making a lot of other people happy as well.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 1, 2011
Island Beat: Human visitors declining, but avian ones increasing

With the start of the Sarasota County school year last week, the crowds finally are thinning at Siesta Public Beach.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
The celebration will honor all of Lakewood Ranch's founding residents, including Sandi McCarthy, the first to close.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 13, 2010
SMR celebrates 15 years

The Lakewood Ranch developer will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the first home sale Oct. 15 at Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • News
"If you throw a party, your friends come and you know everybody's had a great time. Then you go, 'That was great!'" Georgia Court says about owning Bookstore1Sarasota. "You feel really good about having done that. Well, I get to do that every day."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 1, 2013
With Rhyme and Reason: Georgia Court

Georgia Court, owner of Bookstore1Sarasota, initiated a visit from U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin and poet Naomi Shihab Nye for a new weekend event called PoetryLife.

  • Arts + Culture
"Art is a visual language. It's a way to think, a way to see the world and understand the world, which is different from words," Kurt Wenner says. "That was my greatest motivation — art was a way for me to understand the world." Courtesy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 24, 2012
Chalk of the Town: Kurt Wenner

Kurt Wenner was the only 3-D chalk artist when he began in the early '80s. Although he helped initiate most of the world's first chalk festivals, he hasn't contributed major art to one since 1995 - that is, until this year's fifth annual Sarasota Chalk Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Jean Anne Frazier and Marsha Crawford.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 18, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Like mother, like daughter; Mirror image; A new way to bedazzle; New feature: 'Occasions'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 3, 2010
Our view: Forward Vision

Our view: Forward Vision

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2010
Our View

We recommend...

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Traffic will be rerouted near St. Armands Circle during a construction project this month.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 6, 2010
Construction projects hit the Key

Two Florida Department of Transportation construction projects on Gulf of Mexico Drive and St. Armands Circle began this week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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