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  • By David Conway |
  • April 3, 2014
Townhouses planned for downtown Sarasota

The Q, a 40-townhouse project on Ringling Boulevard set to open this summer, seeks to take advantage of a housing market dominated by condominiums.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dora Walters with her cat, Lottie, and dog, Jake. Courtesy photos
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 13, 2015
A reporter rewinds

Retired Longboat Observer Senior Editor Dora Walters looks back on her childhood, early careers and adventures in her new book.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • January 9, 2014
DID grapples with present, future budget considerations

Between Five Points Park lighting and potential expansion, the Downtown Improvement District is dealing with fiscal concerns.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Money raised at the show benefits the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 24, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Woodcarving Show and Sale

The show includes hundreds of hand carved wood on display and for sale. All woodcarvings are made by the Gulf Coast Carvers Guild.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Steve Seto dances with his wife, Rose. File photo.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 22, 2013
Your Neighbor: Steve Seto

Steve Seto, a man who makes his living by selling barbecue propane tanks made of composite material across North America, could always sell himself as a dancer.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Film crews capped off their visit by interviewing patrons at their tables. Photos courtesy of Sarasota Sally.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 8, 2012
Travel Channel spotlights East County's Linger Lodge

Film crews from the Travel Channel filmed a segment at the local eatery Linger Lodge Restaurant and Bar.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Manatee County employee Sia Mollanazar answers questions about the configuration of future Upper Manatee River Road.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 1, 2015
County officials seek bridge of understanding on Fort Hamer

Manatee County officials seek to answer questions about a new bridge across the Manatee River during a public meeting.

  • East County
  • News
Luxury estates will include 10,000-square-foot (and larger) homes with pools, plane accomodations and other features, as depicted here.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 1, 2015
Clear the air

april fools

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 27, 2016
How to end the jihad

Don’t forget: The 9/11 terrorists trained in Venice. Today, the jihadists are worse than ever. Editor Craig Biddle argues that not wiping them out “is a moral attrocity.”

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 10, 2010
The prop shopper

Marlene Whitney keeps the Asolo Repertory Theatre's props authentic and under budget.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2010
OUR VIEW: Horse by committee

OUR VIEW: Horse by committee

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2010
Town manager St. Denis requests sand input

The town of Longboat Key is urging its residents to tell commissioners what kind of sand they want for the town's island-wide beach project, which will begin in November 2011.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh urged the commission to think of ways to reduce traffic issues in the future in an area of State Road 70 that still has two lanes of traffic.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 5, 2014
Del Webb community approved

A community of 1,300 homes will be built six miles east of Interstate 75 along State Road 70.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 23, 2009
Teachers hustle toward goal

Willis Elementary's Christine Bradford and Susie Johnson educated their students about setting goals by completing one of their own.

  • East County
  • News
The Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch will hold its first Bubble Ball Soccer Tournament Nov. 21. (courtesy photo)
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 18, 2015
Sports Spotlight: 11.19.15

That's the ticket ...

  • East County
  • Sports
Tom Maroney and Ryan Montague, Sarasota County staff members, led vendors interested in the Village maintenance contract on a one-hour tour this morning.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 21, 2012
Potential contract bidders tour Village

Tom Maroney and Ryan Montague, Sarasota County staff members, led vendors interested in the Village maintenance contract on a one-hour tour this morning.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Nancie Woods brings an extensive background in professional dance and teaching to lead the Margaret Barbieri Conservatory
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • June 30, 2015
Nancie Woods named principal for the Sarasota Ballet's Margaret Barbieri Conservatory

Woods, former artistic director of the BalletNova Center for Dance in Arlington, VA, will be the first full-time principal of the pre-professional dance program.

  • Arts + Culture
Photo by Loren Mayo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2012
The world upside down

This ceiling-to-floor representation of a tree is part of "Everything is Touching by Underground Wires," a new art installation by Rick Herzog, assistant professor of sculpture at New College of Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
One of the owners of Sub Zero Ice Cream and Yogurt, Brad Lord, stands by a tank of 1,000 liters of liquid nitrogen.
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 28, 2012
TiDBITES

Freeze! It's time for unique ice cream; Pop-up restaurant has staying power

  • Arts + Culture
Bruce St. Denis
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 14, 2011
St. Denis under fire

Longboat Key commissioners are meeting with the town manager to discuss his performance. Preliminary reviews by commissioners don't give him top marks.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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