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Sand sculpture by Bred Stocker and Fred Mallet
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • November 17, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Crystal Classic

This weekend, the Crystal Classic returns to Siesta Beach. Visitors from around the world come to witness the local and international sculptors at work. The three-day event takes place until Monday.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2013
Sanders, sea lions form fast friendship

Virginia Sanders, right, and her daughter, Beth Brewer, made three new friends during a recent trip to Mote Marine Aquarium: sea lions Stella, Kitty and Rose.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dawn Mishler, event planner,  Maribeth Phillips, Food Bank CEO, and Cindy Sloan, Vice President of the Food Bank
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 3, 2016
Girls glam up for Baby Love Fashion Show

The Food Bank of Manatee County benefitted from the Lilly Pulitzer fundraiser.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
An Urban Land Institute report recommends crosswalks and pedestrian islands along busy areas of Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 20, 2014
ULI committee reviews GMD today

An Orlando-based road consultant will attend an Urban Land Institute Implementation Advisory Committee today to discuss Gulf of Mexico Drive upgrades.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key resident Sharon Burde takes private clay classes on Longboat Key and serves her gazpacho in the beautiful bowls she makes.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 18, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Sharon Burde

Longboat Key resident Sharon Burde has been making gazpacho for a long time. She doesn't follow a recipe, but cooks by taste.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 25, 2009
ODA students learn gift of giving

Students made 50 Thanksgiving meal baskets for families in need at Gocio Elementary School in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Schools
tuna
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • February 7, 2015
The Corner Grill: More than just a sports bar

The Corner Grill: More than just a sports bar

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Suzy Jane Hunt, Rick Miller and Marcel Jeannin in “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” an immersive adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic 1870 novel. Courtesy of Robert Altman .
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 7, 2017
Finding Captain Nemo

Inventive adaptation of Jules Verne classic dives deep into the waters of imagination at the Asolo Rep.

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo Hakan Sokmensuer and a local hold hands on National Day Sept. 9, 2009. Sokmensuer says it took three shots before the man cracked a smile.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • January 30, 2014
Sarasota man goes inside the 'Hermit Kingdom'

Sarasota resident Hakan Sokmensuer was part of a small group of tourists who accompanied Dennis Rodman and his team of NBA legends to Pyongyang, North Korea, earlier this month.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 8, 2009
Pipeline legal fees climb

If the $245,000 budget transfer is approved, the town will have spent $545,000 to dispute the placement of a natural-gas pipeline that affects sand sources.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • February 16, 2017
Lakewood Ranch gals' generosity comes full circle

Seventh annual 'Be my GALentine' event includes a grant to Stillpoint House of Prayer.

  • East County
  • News
Jill Brunson of Chic on the Cheap and Nancy Taussig of Barefoot Weddings
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • July 9, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Party on the Patio

Longboat Key Chamber members mingled Tuesday, July 9, at the chamber office to network and get to know their business community. Approximately 50 people attended where they enjoyed horderves and jazz and classical guitar played by Marc Manino.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sirisha Kandepi slides with her son, Rishi Talluru.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 29, 2016
East County school gets snowed in

The Tabernacle Christian School held a snow day for students.

  • East County
  • Schools
Freedom Elementary Principal Jim Mennes and Assistant Principal Laura Campbell spent St. Patrick's Day on the roof.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 17, 2016
Freedom Elementary administrators raise the roof

Principal Jim Mennes and Assistant Principal Laura Campbell spent an entire school day on the roof of the school.

  • East County
  • News
The potential dredging of Big Pass has become a source of controversy surrounding a proposed Lido Beach renourishment project.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 17, 2014
Lido residents keep cool in renourishment debate

Lido Key residents are focused on taking an even-keel approach to supporting a proposed beach renourishment project that's drawing heat from Siesta Key organizations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • August 15, 2012
EDIBLES: Family recipes and family memories

Growing up in the Hazan household must have been, well, delicious. Giuliano's parents are Marcella and Victor Hazan, who reside on Longboat Key.

  • Arts + Culture
Gwen MacKenzie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2013
News Briefs

SMH's MacKenzie honored in top hospital leaders list; Commissioners approve phase two of Gulf Gate Library; Quay property settlement reached in foreclosure lawsuit

  • Sarasota
  • News
Just months ago, there was no sand behind the Longbeach condominiums seawall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 15, 2011
Beach project almost complete

Longboat Key Town Manager Bruce St. Denis is hopeful he can re-open the popular North Shore Road beach access in time for the Fourth of July weekend.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota Opera's Co-Producers Dinner took place on the set of this upcoming season’s production of "The Golden Cockerel." Photo by Cliff Roles.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • December 16, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

Singing for their supper; A votre sante; Magical musicale; and Tidbits.

  • Arts + Culture
Marina Sommers is currently enrolled in the NYC Institute for Integrative Nutrition, she is about to become AADP Certified Health Coach.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • August 27, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Marina Sommers

Siesta Key resident Marina Sommers shares a chilled avocado gazpacho recipe with this week's in the kitchen.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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