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  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 1, 2013
44th Avenue Extension project grows

Despite opposition to the 44th Avenue extension, county officials now are planning to widen 44th Avenue and are also considering constructing a toll bridge over the river.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 23, 2013
Bullock questions request for Manatee trolley funding

The town manager ordered staff not to pay the county for fiscal 2011-12, nor to pay for 2012-13. He wants details.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Rouchers' airy living room was the location of many great Jazz Club parties. A triptych by Syd Solomon, at right, adds color to the space. The painting at center is by David Shapiro.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • August 27, 2014
Home of the Month: The Music and the Memories

A Siesta Key home masterfully embodies the Sarasota art world.

  • Arts + Culture
Brown purchased the building at 1718 Main Street (shown here) for $2 million and the building at 1734 Main Street for $800,000. Courtesy photos.
  • By Sean Roth and Roger Drouin |
  • November 13, 2012
Beach Club owner buys Main Street buildings

The purchase offered an attractive investment for a potential redevelopment site sometime in the future, said Chris Brown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 16, 2012
Obituary: William G. 'Bill' Bailey

William G. "Bill" Bailey, of Bradenton and formerly of Longboat Key, died Friday, May 11. He was 92.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 16, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Mandy Peebles

Mandy Peebles is a Braden River High School student graduating both college and high school this May. Read more about Peebles in our candid "Five Things."

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota Orchestra, under the direction of Anu Tali, is primed to enter their dynamic 2015-2016 season
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • April 13, 2015
Sarasota Orchestra announces 2015-2016 season

The season will include a world premiere of composer and Sarasota resident Jerry Bilik’s “Symphony in M-L,” a Mozart Festival, moving and powerful vocals by Broadway’s resident baritone Norm Lewis, and acclaimed Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi.

  • Arts + Culture
Eva Rey will start Aug. 1 as Town Hall's executive director.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 21, 2011
New Town Hall manager readies for work

Members of the Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority today officially hired Eva Rey as the district's new executive director of Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

  • East County
  • News
Nathan Skiles poses in front of a few of his pieces featured in the exhibit.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 21, 2011
Today is last day for Arts Center exhibit

The Ringling College of Art and Design Creatives exhibit closes today after two months at the Arts Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
USTA Florida Section Foundation Executive Director Linda Curtis, volunteer tennis instructor Maxine Spitzer and Girls Inc. Executive Director Robin Rose with some of the Girls Inc. Summer Camp attendees.
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • August 9, 2013
Girls Inc. girls 'raise a racquet'

Linda Curtis, from United States Tennis Association Foundation, stopped by Girls Inc. of Sarasota County Friday, Aug. 9, to see the girls in action at the new 'Girls Raise a Racquet' tennis program.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2012
COMMUNITY GOLF

Hunter Sagar used his 7-iron to record an ace May 27 on the 176-yard No. 7 of Royal Lakes.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 8, 2012
Cardinal Mooney cross-country runners earn regional berths

Cardinal Mooney High junior Grace CasaGrande set a new personal record, finishing third in 19:39.44 to lead the Lady Cougars to a sixth-place finish at the Class 1A-District 10 Cross-Country Meet Nov. 2, at Taylor Park in Largo.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 1, 2012
Sarasota County braces for looming shortfalls

General fund projections for Sarasota County show a budget shortfall hitting as early as 2015, then climbing.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Rachel S. O'Hara
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • January 16, 2013
Social Studies: Lee Peterson

Lee Peterson's story could only have happened in Sarasota, where she moved with her husband, the late J. Robert Peterson, around 1993 ...

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2014
Our view

Southside solution: meters

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 4, 2016
Kiwanis Club gives back to local students

34 scholarships were handed out at the annual scholarship breakfast.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
CHEETAHSTORY
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 21, 2014
Stripped revenue: Cheetah Lounge to sue county for $5.1 million

Stripped revenue: Cheetah Lounge to sue county for $5.1 million

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  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 21, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Jack Black

Longboat Key's Jack Black knows how to make a good barbecue. Read more about him in our candid "five things."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2009
Our View

Don't let it happen. Don't let Congress adopt a $3 trillion, government-controlled health-care system.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Commissioners know that any renovation of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is most likely years away.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 24, 2012
Colony extension delayed again

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort officials will receive an extension to rebuild the resort, although it comes with contingencies and hinges on who controls the resort moving forward.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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