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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2022
This Week in A+E: June 16-22

Music and theater festivals are on tap in the Sarasota area this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2022
Fourth of July 2022 events in Sarasota, Longboat Key and Lakewood Ranch

From races to the classic fireworks, check out these events to help you celebrate Independence Day right.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • September 20, 2022
The best things to do around Sarasota for Sept. 22-28

Key Chorale heralds the changing of the seasons, highlighting a week full of theater, live music and dance.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Construction is still ongoing at the future home of the State Street parking garage.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 13, 2015
City seeks approval for additional State Street garage spending

On Monday, the City Commission will consider nearly $800,000 in additional spending on the construction of the State Street garage — including $180,000 to facilitate a private development's use of a stairwell.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lucy Lavely as Babe and Kelly Campbell as Meg in "Crimes of the Heart." Photo courtesy of Don Walker.
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • August 15, 2012
Theater Review: 'Crimes of the Heart'

Set in the Deep South, but inspired by Anton Chekhov's "The Three Sisters," "Crimes of the Heart," is an utterly charming play about three sisters who reunite at a crucial intersection of their lives.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 27, 2016
Cops Corner 1.28.2016

Crime reports from around the area.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jack Short |
  • January 28, 2016
WHAT'S HAPPENING: Otters swim, and 7-11 sinks

WEEK OF JAN. 28

  • Sarasota
  • News
'Deli Man'
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • March 8, 2015
Film Review: 'Deli Man'

Who would have thought that watching a film about the history of delicatessens for nearly 90 minutes could be delightfully exhilarating?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By John Ewing |
  • April 4, 2013
How to make strawberry lemonade concentrate

How to make strawberry lemonade concentrate

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Manatee County commissioners unanimously approve the purchase of 9000 Town Center Parkway May 6.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • May 7, 2025
Manatee County purchases administration building in Lakewood Ranch

The downtown administration building will remain in place, but several departments are relocating.

  • East County
  • News
Chris and Georgia Meredith with their sons John, 9, and Matthew, 4, Saturday, May 26. Meredith is in the air force.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • May 26, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Big Cat Habitat Salute to the Troops

Servicemen, women and their families were able to visit Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary for free during Memorial Day weekend.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Annie Twitty shows off the perfect little sanddollar she found along the shore while searching for shells at the beach.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • September 20, 2011
Photo of the Day: Seashell by the seashore

She sells seashells by the seashore. Not really, but Annie Twitty, from Chicago, Ill., did find a small sanddollar on the shore while at the beach. Twitty is visiting Siesta Key with her family.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Joan Sinder, the first customer to walk through the doors of the new Publix, put bread in her cart before stocking up on orange juice.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 19, 2012
New Publix registers with shoppers

Customers lined up early Thursday morning as they waited for the supermarket's automatic doors to open and see what was in store.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Holiday Inn sign was torn down after it closed.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 4, 2013
Key people reflect on Holiday Inn's closing

The Longboat Key Holiday Inn closed in September 2003 to make way for the luxury 29-unit Positano condominium. Ten years later, how has that closing impacted the Key?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 6, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: They played their cards wrong

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Take Care Home Health |
  • May 8, 2023
Take Care: Here for Your Family, and Their Own

"It takes a village" is so true in many aspects of life and family.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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Summerfield resident Charlie Morse, and his son, Connor, are teaming up for the barbecue competition.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 7, 2012
Barbecue cook-off needs more chefs

Main Street is seeking amateur cooks to compete in its High on the Hog event.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • May 2, 2012
Bridge Bites: The power of deduction

This is not the most swashbuckling auction ever to appear in Bridge Bites, but the deal does provide a test for Declarer's powers of deduction. Cover up the E-W hands if you would like to test your own powers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Katherine Alexandra was named music director at the Longboat Island Chapel earlier this year.
  • By Dora Walters |
  • May 9, 2012
Katherine Alexandra takes on role as music director

Russian-born Katherine Alexandra is a talented vocalist; she has won numerous honors as a concert pianist.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 27, 2011
Compeer program builds friendship, lends support

The Compeer Breakfast will take place Thursday, Jan. 27 at the Senior Friendship Center Cafe.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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