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There are stop signs and speed bumps in the 1800 and 1900 blocks of Hyde Park Street, but residents say drivers still speed along the neighborhood street as they avoid the busier Hillview Street.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 24, 2017
City examines traffic calming standards

As residents near Southside Village ask the city to slow down traffic, staff is devising a new system for judging the merits of the request.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2016
Moran beats Atkins in Sarasota County Commission race

The Republican candidate held off his Democratic challenger to win the District 1 seat on the County Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo by Robin Hartill.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 15, 2013
Your Neighbor: David Gaw

At age 70, David Gaw is finally putting the bachelor of fine arts degree he earned nearly five decades ago to use.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Town attorney David Persson called his resignation Monday night a decision "two years in the making."
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 4, 2012
Town attorney submits resignation letter

Town attorney David Persson has agreed to stay on as the town's legal counsel until June 30, 2013.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Daniel Okulitch, as Abdul, and Anna Christy, as Kitty, embrace on stage during the Sante Fe Opera’s performance of Menotti's "The Last Savage." Photo by Ken Howard.
  • By June LeBell |
  • October 5, 2011
Summer Roundup: A Trip Around the United States in Music

We seemed to spend our summer holiday in the footsteps of dozens of Sarasota Orchestra musicians.

  • Arts + Culture
More than 55 tons of dead fish have already been removed from island canals and shoreline during the seven weeks of the latest red tide outbreak, which has ebbed but never completely released its grip on the island.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • November 7, 2016
Red tide continues to aggravate Longboat Key residents, workers

More than 55 tons of dead fish have already been removed from island canals and shoreline during the seven weeks of the latest outbreak, which has ebbed but never completely released its grip on the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2013
Willis teachers get 'silly'

Fourth-grade teachers at Willis Elementary School got "all tied up" March 8, as their students sprayed them head to toe with Silly String.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2014
Obituary: Frances Kinkle

Frances Kinkle, 79, of Longboat Key and formerly of Red Bank, N.J., died Dec. 19.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Co-founder of Woman’s Exchange Elizabeth Lindsay and Executive Director Karen Koblenz
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 8, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Woman's Exchange awards grants and scholarships

Amidst the shelves of coffee mugs, racks of purses and side table consignments on June 7 was the usual bustle of the nonprofit The Woman's Exchange, but it was even more packed with people. The annual awards ceremony celebrated a year of hard work raising funds via consignment that help support local art students, groups and organizations like it has been doing since 1962. It celebrated giving $330,000 in grants and scholarships with a party at its own facility catered by Cafe L'Eurpoe with entertainment from local artists.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 19, 2010
River Club home tops sales

Terry and Karen Craft of Castle Rock, Colo., sold their home at 10009 Cherry Hills Ave. Circle to John and Margit Schey, Bradenton, for $575,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 9, 2009
Swine flu nasal spray vaccine arrives

The nasal spray vaccine is now available for healthy people between 2 and 49 years of age.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 25, 2013
Local Film by Planned Parenthood featured in Sarasota Film Festival

Source Productions short film "BOOST" will premiere at Sarasota Film Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Gloria Musicae musicians Esther Dickmann and Alicia Howington
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 7, 2013
Gloria Musicae Presents "Music in Reel Time" with Dick Hyman and the Gloria Musicae Singers

Gloria Musicae Presents "Music in Reel Time" with Dick Hyman and the Gloria Musicae Singers

  • Black Tie
Wyatt C. McNeil, Kelly Elizabeth Smith, and David Kortemeier.  Photo by Cliff Roles.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 18, 2017
Theater review: 'Relatively Speaking'

 'Relatively Speaking' plays the pronoun game in Dog Days production.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2012
Letters to the Editor

The Key must remainsafe for everyone; Resident offers ideafor crosswalk lights

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2011
News Briefs

Sarasota begins red-light camera program Dec. 1; Osprey Avenue closure rescheduled for 2012; Palm Avenue garage art murals on display

  • Sarasota
  • News
Phil Mancini and Michael Klauber have been working together for 25 years. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • August 18, 2014
Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini to be honored

On November 19, Klauber and Mancini will receive the West Coast Florida Region of AJC (American Jewish Committee) Civic Achievement Award for years of supporting their community.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
David Conway A parking lot on North Adams Drive is one possible site for a parking structure on St. Armands, but residents are concerned about the design elements of any garage.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 12, 2014
Study names potential St. Armands garage sites

Although businesses on St. Armands Circle say they need additional parking badly, nearby residents worry about how the garage will affect the surrounding homes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 5, 2014
Giving Challenge gets ready for take off

Each year, The Giving Partner hosts a 24-hour fundraising drive. From noon Tuesday, May 6 to noon Wednesday, May 7, more than 400 local 501(c)(3) organizations are seeking funds.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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