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Photo by Jen Blanco
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 2, 2013
HER 'BIG BREAK': Lindsey Bergeon

Sarasota resident and 2004 Riverview High graduate Lindsey Bergeon was one of 12 golfers selected to be on 'Big Break Mexico,' which premieres May 13, on the Golf Channel.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • October 16, 2013
Hot Flash: NOLA Fashion Week

Read this week's hot flash column featuring designer Camilyn Leavitt's first fashion week.

  • Arts + Culture
The Sarasota Youth Opera singers perform in a fully staged production of Judith Weir’s "The Black Spider." Courtesy photo.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 24, 2011
Scene & Heard

Future opera stars wanted; Key Chorale casting seasoned singers; Golden Apple submits nonprofit application; Players Theatre names festival winner

  • Arts + Culture
The Sarasota Youth Opera singers perform in a fully staged production of Judith Weir’s "The Black Spider." Courtesy photo.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 24, 2011
Scene & Heard

Future opera stars wanted; Key Chorale casting seasoned singers; Golden Apple submits nonprofit application; Players Theatre names festival winner

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By TWIS Street |
  • February 28, 2013
TWISFest is tomorrow!

TWISFest is tomorrow!

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
"The Sunshine Boys" runs through June 30, at The Players Theatre.
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • June 17, 2013
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Sunshine Boys'

The best thing about Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys" is the opportunity it creates to display the talents of actors of a certain age.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 18, 2009
Siesta Beach to host Great American Smokeout

County health groups and the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau will host a stop-smoking event at the beach pavilion.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Frances Tiafoe and Lakewood Ranch senior Ashley Bongart warmed up together twice during the Sarasota Open.  Courtesy photo
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 22, 2015
Meeting their match

Lakewood Ranch senior Ashley Bongart shares the court with rising star Frances Tiafoe at the Open.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • September 5, 2013
Sarasota Military Academy seeks charter approval for middle school

The School District is reviewing a charter application for Sarasota Military Academy Prep, a military-based middle school that would prepare students for military high school.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Letts
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 16, 2014
Business Briefs

Lawson named as Australian Tourist Board representative; Key Club hires new director of event management; Dr. Pamela Letts announces retirement date next month; Tervis Tumbler store will open on St. Armands Circle

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town Manager Dave Bullock said peacock trapping will begin soon in Longbeach Village and the plan to cull the peacocks to 12 male birds will be “figured out as we go.”
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 2, 2015
Peacock plan takes flight

Will 2016 be the year of the peacock removal? That’s what Dave Bullock promises Village residents.

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  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 28, 2011
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Unit PH 02 at Water Club has three bedrooms, four baths, one half-bath and 3,435 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.8 million. File photo.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 27, 2013
Water Club condominium sells for $2.8 million

A condominium in The Water Club at Longboat Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 18, 2012
SFF Film Review: 'Alps'

Alps is a snowy, bleak and icy film.

  • Arts + Culture
Join Loren Mayo for the Observer Daily Headlines. Image shown will not play video.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • May 14, 2012
May 14: 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
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 2, 2014
Underground utilities jolt Town Hall debate

The change of current for last month's ordinance caused a surge of discussion at Monday's commission meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota City Commission is willing to work with G.WIZ Science Museum on a lease extension because the bayfront parcel can’t be sold to a private party.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 17, 2012
G.WIZ staying put on the bayfront

The city cannot sell either its vacant bayfront parcel or the G.WIZ Science Museum property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Despite the outcry from some members of the community seeking the alcohol ban, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office and county commissioners aren’t making any major changes to the ways in which they’ve been addressing the issue.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 5, 2012
No action taken on beach alcohol issue

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office officials said they will work to enforce existing ordinances.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Big Brother of the Year Paul Davidson with his Little Antrone Thomas and Big Sister of the Year Linda Cullen and her Little Brittany Probus
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • September 25, 2013
Big Brother & Big Sister of the year selected

Paul Davidson and Linda Cullen selected as Big Brother & Big Sister of the Year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2013
Obituary: Dr. John 'Jack' O'Brien

Dr. John "Jack" O'Brien, 79, of Longboat Key and North Kingstown, R.I., died May 25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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