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  • By Ashley Pawelczyk |
  • September 3, 2014
Let's Talk Looks: 2014 Emmy Awards red-carpet fashion

Let's Talk Looks: 2014 Emmy Awards red-carpet fashion

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
File of Life magnets are placed on refrigerators to provide firefighter/paramedics vital medical information in emergencies. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 7, 2014
LBK Fire Rescue programs promote health, safety

Longboat Key Fire Rescue will offer home inspections beginning this month along with its ongoing File of Life program.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • May 31, 2015
Film Review: 'Aloha'

Film Review: 'Aloha'

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 17, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
This home at 662 Mourning Dove Drive has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,452 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.25 million. Photo by Kelsey Grau
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 18, 2014
Bird Key home sells for $1.25 million

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
City Manager Bob Bartolotta agreed to resign Tuesday. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 19, 2012
Resignation aftermath

The Sarasota City Commission will meet Friday to discuss the possibility of hiring Terry Lewis as interim city manager.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dorfman
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 13, 2011
Commission Changes

Nine candidates will jockey for three City Commission district seats in the city's March election. At least two districts will be represented by a new commissioner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2014
Observer Town Hall forum takes place tomorrow night

Through January, editors from the Observer newspapers will host a series of town hall meetings to listen to readers and engage with the communities we cover.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
4011 Shell Road. Photo courtesy of Premier Sotheby's
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • May 29, 2013
3 things: Great Enough for Gatsby

Jay Gatsby would feel right at home in Sarasota. With our wealthy newcomers and lavish social life, it's the perfect place for a glamorous multimillionaire with a mysterious past.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Audit Committee Vice Chairman Lynn Lineman presented to the School Board the recommendation to contract with Navigant for auditing services.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 17, 2012
Navigant hired to conduct school board budget audit

The national firm will complete a forensic investigation of the Manatee County School Board's budget.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2009
Napier's dog needs a home

Shylah, this 9-month-old brown brindle spayed female, needs a loving home.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Candice McElyea |
  • February 23, 2012
Nine New Businesses to Open on Main Street LWR

Nine New Businesses to Open on Main Street LWR

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By June LeBell |
  • April 30, 2009
Music review: La Musica: Program IV

Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms are three of my favorite composers. But hearing all of them in the same program was like having three courses of the same dish.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 30, 2011
COMMENT: America's pastime returns

For months, newsstands and magazine racks have been offering insight into all 750 active players in Major League Baseball.

  • East County
  • Sports
New Stoneybrook homeowners association members Tom Bakalar and Dick Williams (and Williams’ wife, Barb) came together for coffee Dec. 17 in anticipation of the Jan. 2 turnover date and election.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 3, 2014
Stoneybrook resident-controlled board named

After more than a decade of developer control, nine Stoneybrook residents have assumed control of their community.

  • East County
  • News
The southern half of Longboat Key, pictured, has mostly planned-development neighborhoods and condominiums, while north-end construction is more eclectic.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 25, 2013
Vision for the Future

An upcoming Urban Land Institute study will help the town plan its short- and long-term goals.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 27, 2014
Sidelines

Sailors set track records at FSU Relays; ODA storms back from five runs down; Booker edges Palmetto; ODA swings past Lemon Bay; Youth football registration underway

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Octavio Martin performs in "The Rake's Progress."
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • February 9, 2011
Dance Review: 'Les Rendezvous,' 'The Rake's Progress' and 'The Grand Tour'

The Sarasota Ballet's most recent performance was 'A Right Royal Affair.'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2011
Our View: IDA surplus won't last

Every level of government is on forced austerity as the economic recovery stumbles under the frightening federal debt load and regulatory uncertainty.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 28, 2011
City ratifies Teamsters' Union three-year contract

A compromise on pensions allowed the city to come to terms on a new three-year contract agreement.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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