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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 25, 2009
Che Bella spa adopts families for holidays

The salon and spa in San Marco Plaza will be supporting a family through Manatee County Public Schools' Adopt-a-Family program.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo. Favorite banned books on display at the Fruitville Public Library.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • September 28, 2015
Read at your own risk

Banned Book Week runs through Oct. 3 at Sarasota County Libraries and participating bookstores.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota senior Nick Long will help lead the Sailors into the 31st annual Sarasota Baseball Classic March 21 through March 24.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 17, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Area teams set to take on top talent in Spring Break tournaments.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Kara Weisman is the female world-record holder for most sailfish caught in a single day. Read more about her in our candid Q&A.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 16, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Kara Weisman

Kara Weisman is the female world-record holder for most sailfish caught in a single day. Read more about her in our candid Q&A.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 4, 2010
Southeast Seminole qualifies for AAU nationals

Anthony Lanzi finished third in shot put at the AAU Club Championships in Orlando.

  • East County
  • Sports
Join Alex Mahadevan and Mallory Gnaegy as they report today's headlines.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • September 25, 2012
Sept. 25: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Guest Food Editor Megan Greenberg
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • February 16, 2011
Guest Food Editor: Megan Greenberg

Megan Greenberg, who offers personal chef services under the name "Megan Cooks for You," prepares flounder en papillote.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2011
Girls Inc. girls get crafty for sale

Five stores on Main Street helped support Girls Inc. by allowing the girls to sell their crafts, such as flips-flops, purses and bumblebee pins, from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 25.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Turtle Beach will feature new amenities such as additional parking, a gazebo and a kayak-launch ramp.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 15, 2011
Turtle Beach to see improvements

County Commissioners approved the design of nearly a dozen improvements to the Siesta Key public beach.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 24, 2009
New parking fines take effect next week

Higher fees will help balance the city parking department's budget.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • October 13, 2014
Movie Review: The Judge

Movie Review: The Judge

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 23, 2012
Florida Supreme Court to hear term-limits cases

The state's highest court will hear oral arguments April 10 in combined cases from Sarasota and Broward counties.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The 10-acre space, located on the northeast corner of Caruso Road and State Road 70, will eventually be home a PDQ restaurant. A typical PDQ restaurant is shown above. (Photo courtesy Michael Payne Photography)
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 11, 2014
Chicken chain to roost

As PDQ scouts for real estate to house new locations, the restaurant says land near schools provides an ideal match. A site near Braden River High School could be next.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2014
Cops Corner

June 3 Will walk for food 6:36 p.m. - 4000 block of GMD. Suspicious Person. A man asked a convenience store clerk if she could donate a sandwich to him and said he was walking the state for world peace. Police found the man walking toward Sarasota. He had two outstanding warrants, but neither was extraditable. Police drove him to Sarasota, at his request.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Aubrey Grimwood cruises through the 2014 parade.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 20, 2015
Tribute to Heroes parade marches down Main

This year’s event includes a post-parade street party.

  • East County
  • News
Wendy Surkis is looking forward to Sarasota Museum of Art's opening day, when the Sarasota community will be able to witness art in the making at the city's first modern- and contemporary-art museum.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 6, 2011
7 in 11: Wendy Surkis

Wendy Surkis is at the helm to combine modern and contemporary art in one Sarasota space.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Sarasota City Commission meets today at 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1565 First St., Sarasota.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 19, 2012
Commission reviews parking hours today

Sarasota city commissioners will discuss parking enforcement hours moving forward and hear from hotel developers at its regular meeting today at City Hall.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Harry Owen foresees traffic problems if city and state officials build a roundabout, as proposed. Closing the main entrance from 10th Street, pictured behind Owen, to the boat ramp will make it difficult for boaters towing larger trailers, he said.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • October 18, 2012
Boaters voice concerns about roundabout plan

If a roundabout is constructed, boaters towing their boats will have to cross traffic to enter the boat ramp.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2014
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
President Emeritus Dr. Kumar Mahadevan, outgoing board chairman Robert Carter, incoming board chairman Gene Beckstein, and Mote President/CEO Dr. Michael Crosby
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 17, 2013
Crosby begins Mote leadership role

Dr. Michael Crosby took the helm of Mote yesterday following the retirement of Dr. Kumar Mahadevan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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