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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 10, 2013
Manatee TSA chapters earn national honors

Manatee County technology students showed off their skills and again secured national honors as they competed June 28 through July 2, at the National Technology Student Association Conference, in Orlando.

  • East County
  • Schools
"Spice" is a mixture of herbs and spices applied with a synthetic chemical compound similar to the active ingredient in marijuana.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 12, 2014
County tightens designer drug restrictions

Sarasota County commissioners approved an ordinance Wednesday, aimed at smashing the marketplace for "spice" and other designer drugs available in local stores.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 4, 2012
Comment: Mustangs runners continue to dominate

Every so often, a team comes along that continues to impress us with their talent, toughness and tenacity.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lennie Macarthur, Sasha von Dassow, Nancy Streetman, Barb Ahern and Janis Payne
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 8, 2011
Musicians pull some strings to form new orchestra

The Glenridge String Orchestra's 20 members meet weekly to practice for their spring concert.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 12, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Crosby, Chiles, Cripe attend NOAA fish fry; Arpke 'Tasting Tuscany' in September; Maison Blanche to close for summer

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Todd Thomas. Courtesy photo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • April 2, 2015
Music Review: Revisiting 'Tosca'

Music Review: Revisiting 'Tosca'

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
The cast of "Quein Ayuda a Burbujita"
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • March 28, 2013
Sarasota resident starts Spanish theater troupe

Actors in brightly colored costumes prepare for a dress rehearsal of Crearte Latino's second performance "Quien Ayuda a Burbujita," which, in English, translates to "Who Will Help the Little Bubble?"

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 9, 2010
Sand accumulation concerns residents

North-end residents want the sand spit that has accumulated under Longboat Pass Bridge removed.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"I love the ugliness of Butoh," says Keren Shani-Lifrak says. "There are a lot of things we consider as ugly in mainstream society that I think are beautiful."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 13, 2010
Dance Rebel

Choreographer Keren Shani-Lifrak creeps outside the realm of traditional dance. The Ringling International Arts Fest 'sprouts' a strange new performance.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2010
Cops Corner

Jan. 7 No. 1 fan 8:54 p.m. -- 6400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Public Drunkenness. Police found a man sleeping on a bench at the intersection of General Harris Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive. He told police he had fallen asleep while listening to a game on the radio and was given a ride to his parents' house on Lyons Lane.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
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  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • October 3, 2013
Montessori Method: NewGate International Montessori Academy

Thirty years ago, a teacher and her husband had a vision for a small countryside school. Since then, NewGate International Montessori Academy has grown into an internationally recognized lab school.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
One of the patients of the Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital at Mote Marine Laboratory swims around in its aquarium, which visitors can view while seeing the turtles, manatees and dolphins at Mote.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • November 9, 2011
PHOTO ESSAY: Nesting Mode

During this year's sea-turtle season, which runs from May to October, Longboat Observer photographer Rachel S. O'Hara teamed up with Mote Marine scientists and volunteers, as well as Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers, to get an upclose look of what turtle season is like on the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Loipa Araújo works with the The Carreño Dance Festival Summer Intensive students. “The most important thing for us is to feel that when they finish (this) stage, they are better dancers,” says Araújo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 15, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Loipa Araújo

Loipa Araújo joined the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955, and became a principal dancer 10 years later. Currently, the Havana-born 71-year-old has been guest teaching ballets around the world.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • By Nicole Unger |
  • July 24, 2014
Day Trippin' — Point of Rocks, Siesta Key

Day Trippin' — Point of Rocks, Siesta Key

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Friedman
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 29, 2011
Obituary: Morton Friedman

Morton Friedman, of Longboat Key and Copake Lake, N.Y., died Nov. 24. He was 90.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 10, 2012
FDOT distributes flyers about bridge repair

Representatives of the Florida Department of Transportation canvassed Siesta Key May 1 as part of a campaign to inform residents and businesses about the North Bridge renovation.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
"Growing up in the circus and traveling across America was very exciting, very interesting and informative," Gena Shvartsman Cristiani says. "It was also very normal to just get up and leave all the time."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 2, 2013
In the Center Ring

Gena Shvartsman Cristiani grew up in a juggling family as a prodigy juggling performer who continually traveled the nation. Just recently, she started calling Sarasota home.

  • Arts + Culture
Photo by David Conway Planned upgrades to Causeway Park include additional shading and a children's play area.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 17, 2014
Park improvements to preserve a legacy

Ernest Werlin has donated $125,000 to improve and maintain Causeway Park, which he hopes to have renamed to honor his wife, Eloise Werlin.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Amanda Landesberg |
  • February 13, 2012
A Love Letter to Hive Creations

A Love Letter to Hive Creations

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
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