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(Right to left) Sergeant Duane Oakes, Officer Elena Giannini, Chief Tim Enos and Sergeant Todd Perna. Photo courtesy of Sarasota County Schools.
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • February 7, 2019
Sarasota schools' police force hires first academy recruit

The newest school resource officer of The Sarasota County Schools Police Department was recognized at the Feb. 5 School Board meeting.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 2, 2017
Circle level members enjoy a special preview of new Ringling exhibit

Guests enjoyed a cocktail reception and dinner in the Ulla R. and Arthur F. Searing Wing.

  • Black Tie
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 11, 2012
Comment: Baseball heat up out East

America's favorite pastime is in full swing, and the bats are definitely alive and well for this year's East County All-Star teams.

  • East County
  • Sports
It costs about $5,000 for Tara CDD to resurface a tennis court. The CDD plans to convert one of its two tennis courts to pickeball. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 3, 2015
Tara CDD prepares for pickleball play

The district plans to convert one tennis court for pickleball because of the sport's popularity in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 18, 2018
SPARCC celebrates season accomplishments

On April 18, auxiliary members and ambassadors gathered for a spring luncheon at The Harbourside Ballroom.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Brock Gratton, Duncan Crowley, Jack Leaf, Rob Melberth, Co-Chairwomen Donna Koffman and Tammy Karp, Michael Johnson, John Wohlwend, Derek Eisemann and Blake Gratton
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • March 29, 2018
Pets parade at Paws on the Catwalk

The Humane Society of Sarasota County hosted its annual luncheon and fashion show March 29 at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

  • Black Tie
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Read this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The city hopes to complete the St. Armands parking garage by December 2018.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 3, 2017
City approves St. Armands garage project

The $15.5 million project will also bring the implementation of a paid parking system in St. Armands Circle.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • September 9, 2015
Asolo Rep's New Stages Tour 2015 Meet and Greet

Sponsors, actors, and theater lovers gathered to celebrate the beginning of Asolo Repertory Theatre's 2015 New Stages Tour production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2016
Whole Foods construction starts on University

Work on University Station, which will also include a Wawa, has started at the intersection of Honore Avenue and University Parkway.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2009
Cops Corner

A woman with no valid driver's license backed her tan pickup truck into oncoming traffic on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 11, 2015
Community Fund celebrates new donors

The Lakewood Ranch Community Fund added the names of four new funds to its marker on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • East County
  • News
CDD 1 supervisors hope friends of the boys who died will place flowers and other memorabilia at an alternative site.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 18, 2015
Lakewood Ranch CDD 1 has new plan for memorial site

Supervisors hope a bench can serve as a new, safer memorial location.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2012
Letters to the Editor

'Bone to pick' on crossword puzzle answer; Letter from father remains cherished memory; Fix the pension issue, put unnecessary spending on hold

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
More than 100 Palm Coast residents opposed to HB 425 filled the Hammock Community Center on a Saturday night for a Town Hall meeting.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 30, 2017
THE STATE VS. HOME RULE

The question of who has authority to regulate short-term vacation rentals is intensifying all over Florida. Our own senator is championing property rights. But one size does not fit all.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Jupiter Inlet Colony is one of several communities on Florida's east coast that have recently buried underground utilities. Courtesy photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 15, 2014
Commission decision could give voters power

Commissioners will discuss an ordinance that would ask voters in March whether to bury utilities.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Some Sarasotans who raise chickens say their eggs are more nutritious than eggs bought in stores.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 30, 2010
Planners deny zoning change for chickens

Planning Board members vote against a zoning change that would allow chickens to be kept in backyards within the city limits.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Andrea McArdle
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 1, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: The Artist Series Concerts

Just before the Christmas holiday, the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota had a particularly busy weekend; it produced three different programs in two days at the Historic Asolo Theater.

  • Arts + Culture
Last summer, the town spent $4.5 million to place 133,000 cubic yards of sand along the severely eroded north-end beach.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 11, 2012
Debby is a wash for Beer Can Island

The north end's beach received a boon when Debby brought a bigger Beer Can Island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Circus Arts Conservatory sent 31 Sailor Circus members, five professional coaches and nearly 100 other helpers — catchers, volunteers, etc. — to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • July 26, 2017
CAC staff reflects on the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Leaders of the Circus Arts Conservatory gave us a recap of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival — and how it’s cementing the future of the circus arts.

  • Arts + Culture
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