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If the deal goes through, it would be the fourth major downtown property investment in the last two years for Jesse Biter.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • February 15, 2013
Entrepreneur plans obtainable rental units on an acre downtown

Jesse Biter plans to develop what he calls obtainable housing apartments on the site, with 180 units ranging from 500 to 1,000 square feet.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 27, 2016
SARTQ's new exhibition explores the big impact of smaller works

The arts collective teams up with [blank] slate gallery to prove bigger isn’t always better.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Pure voucher system is best school reform; Tea Party members know what they believe; Buchanan investigation looks politically vindictive

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club, which has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,335 square feet of living area, sold for $600,000. Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 3, 2011
Gulf and Bay Club condo tops sales at $600,000

A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. George Dyer Jr. and Selma Dyer, trustees, Sarasota, sold the Unit 409 condominium at 5790 Midnight Pass Road to David Gubler and Ellie Foster, of Ontario, Canada, for $600,000.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Harriet Sokmensuer. Pam Donehew has worked on bringing the IB program to SMA for nearly two years.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 9, 2014
Teacher spotlight: Pam Donehew

Pam Donehew has worked on bringing the IB program to SMA for nearly two years.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2010
Cops Corner 09.02.10

A man locked his keys in his car while it was still running. An officer was able to unlock the door by pushing a piece of wire underneath the window.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • February 21, 2013
Is it a bar? Is it a live music venue? Is it a restaurant?

Is it a bar? Is it a live music venue? Is it a restaurant?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 24, 2010
SMR nixes Main Street memorial

President Rex Jensen has offered another Lakewood Ranch location for the memorial honoring veterans and first responders to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

  • East County
  • News
Carlos Prieto
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • February 17, 2015
Scene and Heard

Fantastique Voyage; Art of Giving; and Flora Focus.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 8, 2010
Major candidates to make Sarasota stops

Candidates for U.S. senate and house, governor and other important races will be pushing for votes in Sarasota this month.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 24, 2010
Filmmakers complete 'Payton's Song'

A documentary on the East County's beloved Payton Wright, a 5-year-old who died of brain cancer, may be featured in this year's Sarasota Film Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2014
News Briefs

Sarasota Police reveal details of drug operation; FDOT shifts Siesta Key lanes for Stickney Point Bridge work; Siesta seawall project moves ahead with work

  • Sarasota
  • News
jdubs
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 16, 2015
Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 16

Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 16

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Soprano Hope Koehler. Courtesy photo.
  • By June LeBell |
  • May 2, 2012
Music Review: The Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota: Hope Koehler, soprano

Every once in a while, we hear a singer (violinist, pianist, you name it) who is so good, so magnetic, so talented, we wonder why the performer hasn't had a major career and become a household name. Take Hope Koehler.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • March 3, 2010
Mattison's conjures up classic cooking

On a recent afternoon at Mattison's Forty-One, Chef Paul Mattison hosted 'Affordable Gourmet,' a lunchtime cooking class with a focus on affordable, but also substantial, ingredients and meals.

  • Arts + Culture
"I'm primarily a children's librarian," said author Judith Leipold, a former media specialist at Braden River Elementary School. "This (project) was a total stretch for me."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 8, 2013
Larger than life: Rodeo legend Hub Hubbell

Former Braden River Elementary School media specialist Judith Leipold has written two books - one biography and one tall tale - based on the life of local East County rodeo legend Hub Hubbell, who died in 2012.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 19, 2015
Cops Corner: East County 8.20.2015

Find out what incidents occurred in your neighborhood.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Read this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Courtesy of BCDF Pictures.
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • October 5, 2012
Film Review: 'Liberal Arts'

The new film, "Liberal Arts," cleverly suggests we're never too young, or too old, to learn a thing or two about ourselves.

  • Arts + Culture
Noisy events, such as Thunder by the Bay, are being questioned. Area residents complain about noise and some merchants say the event doesn’t bring them any business.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 26, 2012
Downtown events being scrutinized

The city of Sarasota is deciding whether it should tighten permit standards for downtown events that could force some events off Main Street. The city will meet May 4.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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