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  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • April 4, 2012
Bridge Bites: Don't overruff!

This week you are South, defending 3â™ . You must make three good plays in order to beat this contract. Are you up to the challenge?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • September 17, 2012
Arrested Development: SPD and City Commission get tough on vagrancy

Arrested Development: SPD and City Commission get tough on vagrancy

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2015
Father charged with negligence in shooting case

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has charged 35-year-old Reynold Franzen with culpable negligence after his 3-year-old son shot his 1-year-old son earlier this month.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota-based artist James Griffin's "Fugue," oil on canvas. This work will be on display through Nov. 29, at Dabbert Gallery (Courtesy Dabbert Gallery).
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 3, 2013
Hot Ticket Roundup: First weekend of October

Here's a rundown of some great art and entertainment events taking place in Sarasota from Thursday, Oct. 4 through Sunday, Oct. 6. There's a little something for everyone.

  • Arts + Culture
Joseph Holt. Photo by Loren Mayo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 28, 2012
Kitchen Classics: Joseph Holt

Joseph Holt, artistic director for Gloria Musicae shares his Wild Mushroom Risotto recipe.

  • Arts + Culture
Four major retail businesses are moving into the Palmer Ranch area: Costco, Lowe’s, Kohl’s and Mercedes-Benz of Sarasota. The owners of the Pelican Plaza shopping center are hoping to attract a fifth, by redeveloping the center.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 23, 2011
TOP STORY, FEB.: Ranch Rejuvenation

With four new major retail stores soon to open in the Palmer Ranch area and the search on for a fifth, the south Sarasota community is seeing a surge in business revitalization.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The completion date of the 287,000-square-foot parking garage is slated for December.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 18, 2010
Retail Therapy

The city will not lease the storefronts at the Palm Avenue parking garage and instead will seek one buyer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Urfer Family Park
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 7, 2011
Playgrounds may become tobacco-free

Tobacco use is already prohibited at many places around the county - beaches, baseball fields, Sarasota Memorial Hospital and county facilities, such as libraries and the Administration Center on Ringling Boulevard.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 14, 2010
Home variance questioned

A Gulfside Road home that was built in 1969 needs a variance for an addition, even though the home isn't moving locations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • October 31, 2013
City struggles with Sunshine Law

City Manager Tom Barwin has been criticized for Sarasota's recent history of potential Sunshine Law violations, but he promises a new mindset from the city in the future.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The new Emergency Services Director, Rich Collins, came to Sarasota from Osceola County. His first official day was Monday.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • August 7, 2014
New director introduced at Emergency Services awards

The Sarasota County Emergency Services department held its quarterly awards for outstanding employees and promoted officers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lisa Bohn follows Tim Tuohey’s lead on the floor at a dance at Fogartyville Community Media & Art Center.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • March 25, 2015
Reel People: Contra brings folks together

Contra is a group folk dance that requires partners to move through a sequence of lines and circles.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Santas Dennis, Jeffry and Doug say they don’t play Santa; they have become Santa. Photos by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 22, 2014
Santa secrets

Being Santa fills the soul with joy, life and laughter. It's a job these Santas take seriously all year long.

  • East County
  • News
"People just sit there waiting for those outfits to come out," says Lisa Berger about Iconcept attendees. "They don't know what those artists are going to come up with every year."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 19, 2014
Lisa Berger 'Makes It Work'

Art Center Sarasota Executive Director Lisa Berger encourages dressing in rags. Anything nontraditional or recycled goes in Art Center Sarasota's Iconcept fashion show.

  • Arts + Culture
This year's event will feature performances by a variety of groups.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2010
BEST BET: Holidays Around the Ranch

Lakewood Ranch will transform Main Street into a Winter Wonderland tonight for its annual Holidays Around the Ranch, which begins with Santa's arrival at 6 p.m.

  • East County
  • News
Jere and Joanne Sheehan aboard the Oasis of the Seas earlier this year.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2010
Make your vote count at YourObserver.com

Voting for our online "It's Read Everywhere" contest runs from Nov. 1 through Nov. 8.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Photo by Jessica Salmond One bioswale, located in front of Purmort & Martin Insurance Agency, uncovered owner Jamie Purmort’s irrigation system and ruined the landscaping in front of his business.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • July 31, 2014
County digs up complaints with ditches

The county dug nine ditches to retain stormwater as part of the Hudson Bayou Improvement project, but it had to refill two of them after they caused problems and failed to drain properly.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A head-on collision near Pattigeorges restaurant Sunday night resulted in the death of one man and sent another man to the hospital with a concussion.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 24, 2015
Top Story — April: Car crash fatality on GMD

A head-on collision near Pattigeorges restaurant Sunday night resulted in the death of one man and sent another man to the hospital with a concussion.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kafi Benz, new board president, presents Lourdes Ramirez with CONA's 2014 Citizen of the Year award. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 14, 2015
CONA forms committee to examine county issues

The top three issues the association will investigate this year are new sidewalks, roadway improvements and wildlife animal control.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 21, 2010
Mustangs, Pirates advance to regionals

The Lakewood Ranch boys tennis team won the Class 3A-District 10 tournament April 14. The Pirate boys and Lady Mustangs both were runners-up.

  • East County
  • Sports
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