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  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2015
Our View: We recommend ...

In this year's election, District 2 and District 3 voters have an opportunity to begin changing the dialogue, direction and vision of the City Commission for the better.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Gary Bradshaw most recently worked as sod/turfgrass production manager for a division of SMR Farms, a subsidiary of Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 4, 2014
SMR names new SMR Farms president

Gary Bradshaw will lead SMR's agricultural operations, after almost 17 years with the company.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2013
Sarasota Ballet visits McNeal

Students at the Sarasota Ballet School brought the ballet May 9, to McNeal Elementary School.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Lakewood Ranch IDA will interview each of the five candidates June 10.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 25, 2011
FINAL FIVE

Members of Lakewood Ranch's Inter-District Authority have selected five candidates to interview on June 10.

  • East County
  • News
The Perl-Tones doing doo wop at Michael's On East.
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 3, 2015
MUSIC REVIEW: Perlman Music Program's Celebration Concert

When music is well done, it's always fresh, always new.

  • Arts + Culture
Kurt Wenner is a world-renowned artist, architect and innovator of 3D pavement art.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 4, 2011
WEEKEND BEST BET: Sarasota Chalk Festival

The Sarasota Chalk Festival, featuring 250 street painters from around the world, takes place through Nov. 7 along South Pineapple Avenue in Burns Square.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 29, 2009
Obituary: Benjamin Gilfix

Benjamin Gilfix, 71, of Longboat Key, died June 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • March 28, 2015
Film Review: '71'

The new film "71" is about blurred lines in 1971 Belfast.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2012
News Briefs

Fresh flag flies in Siesta Key Village

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Christian R. Robinson, 27, was shot and killed at 2 a.m. today at a home in Sarasota.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 7, 2012
Sarasota resident shot within city limits

A man with a concealed weapons permit shot and killed a Sarasota resident that police were told entered the home without being invited.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By The Insider |
  • April 15, 2012
Sarasasota Film Festival: What to see today! Filmmakers in Attendance!

Sarasasota Film Festival: What to see today! Filmmakers in Attendance!

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Popcorn Bob |
  • November 8, 2012
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's movie reviews by Popcorn Bob.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Donna Swan |
  • August 12, 2009
Deal Us In: Understand the double?

These doubles are somewhat hard to understand, but the bridge world is sometimes strange.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2011
Letters to the editor

I notice tranquil setting not excess signage; Officer Thomas went above and beyond call of duty; Gov. Scott should seek advice from failed businesses

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Downtown Economic Development Coordinator Norm Gollub monitors the retail mix in the heart of the city, but there's only much influence he can exert.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 4, 2016
SURVEY: City officials, businesses monitor downtown retail mix

The proper mix of stores in the downtown area is a popular topic of discussion, but how much control does the city have over the businesses that populate its commercial core?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sareen Tchekmedyian, Paul Branco and Elizabeth Sykes perform the pas de trois in George Balanchine's "Emeralds."
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • February 1, 2016
Sarasota Ballet shines with triple-bill production

They danced George Balanchine's "Emeralds," Dame Ninette de Valois' "The Rake's Progress" and Ricardo Graziano's "In a State of Weightlessness" the last weekend in January at the FSU Center for Performing Arts.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
The sign introducing guests to the Patricia Thompson Gallery now also introduces the exhibit, which runs through Oct. 21.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 24, 2016
The Art of Advertising: Ringling alum broadens the definition of art

Pedro Pérez exhibit explores the creative process of an advertiser.

  • Arts + Culture
Jeff Daly with Coleen and Pete Collandra will open the Longbeach Cafe in early April. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 18, 2014
New restaurant on the menu for Whitney Beach

Pete and Colleen Collandra and Jeff Daly hope to open the new restaurant that will serve breakfast and lunch by the first week in April.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
State Street businesses are excited to see customers return.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 6, 2015
State Street: Open for Business

After nearly a year of construction, the State Street parking garage is open. With closures in the rear-view mirror, nearby stores and restaurants hope to take advantage of the newly unrestricted street.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2010
Our View

Auspicious beginning

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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