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Third-grader Sophia Santiago helps second-grade teacher Heather Dachille demonstrate how to play the ‘ili’ili, or lava rocks.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • February 21, 2013
Teacher Spotlight: Heather Dachille

Every Wednesday afternoon, Southside Elementary second-grade teacher and Hawaii native Heather Dachille teaches students how to play Hawaiian instruments, count in Hawaiian and dance the hula.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2013
Our View: Entrepreneurial spirit's alive

Here in Sarasota, Siesta Key specifically, we have proof yet again that, despite all efforts by our governments to squelch free enterprise, Americans still possess an unrelenting entrepreneurial spirit.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
For 21 years, Dr. Stephen Leatherman, coastal expert and director of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research, has ranked America’s finest beaches in his annual Top 10 Beach List.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 25, 2012
Year in review: April 2012, 'Nathan Benderson: 'The aftereffect of No. 1'

For more than two decades, Dr. Stephen Leatherman has ranked America's top beaches. After the initial tourism boost, how do these top destination spots fare?

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Meet this week's athlete, Hallie Schiffman
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 25, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Hallie Schiffman

If Hallie Schiffman could sail seven days a week, she would. The 11-year-old's father, Mark, works at Sarasota Sailing Squadron as the maintenance technician, and she has grown up around boats.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Natasha Rothwell
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 2, 2014
Sarasota Improv Festival: UCB Report

Marty Fugate recently spoke with Upright Citizens Brigade operative Natasha Rothwell at an undisclosed location.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • April 29, 2010
St. Martha's students cook up creative inventions

Andrea Hempill, a teacher at St. Martha's, has led her class through a solar-oven project exhibition in honor of Earth Day. Her top-three teams will compete Saturday, May 1, at the Energy Whiz Olympics, in Cocoa Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Devon Hess attends Braden River High and Manatee Technical College.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • March 2, 2016
MTC offers offers options for high school students

Students wanting to work more intensively with metal and wood working machines dual enroll at MTC.

  • East County
  • News
Only 16 of the 89 suggestions will have a fiscal impact on the district.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 5, 2012
Sarasota Schools report released

An efficiency report released on the Sarasota County School District calls for some cost-saving measures district-wide.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 18, 2010
Underwater robots sent to search for oil

On Monday, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists launched an underwater robot offshore of southwest Florida to patrol the Gulf of Mexico for oil.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 14, 2014
Sarasota Ballet secures its future for ten more years

Sarasota Ballet signs director Iain Webb, Assistant Director Margaret Barbieri and Managing Director Mary Anne Servian for 10-year contract.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • October 4, 2013
Beach drainage project tops SKA agenda

A county official updated the Siesta Key Association on a stalled project to treat stormwater runoff at Siesta Beach.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2009
East County man arrested for sex with minors

Derrick Faircloth, of the 7100 block of 84th Street Court East, was charged with sexual battery, two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation, two counts of introduction of obscene material to a minor and three counts of delivering a controlled substance to a minor.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jessi Smith |
  • March 9, 2012
Experience Center Ring Saturday with High Wire Daredevil Nik Wallenda

Experience Center Ring Saturday with High Wire Daredevil Nik Wallenda

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2015
News Briefs

County holds I-75 overpass workshop next week; County wins suit on dam repairs last week; Economist sees growth in Manatee County

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 5, 2015
Staged: Asolo Repertory Theatre — The Scene Shop

This foundation on which the Asolo’s artistry stands is constructed at the Robert and Beverly Koski Production Center. The 45,000-square-foot space lies on an unassuming stretch of Tallevast Road, hidden behind the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airpor

  • Arts + Culture
Phill Phelan proposes to Kailee Burgess after a flash mob dance routine to Brad Paisley’s "Wrapped Around." Photos by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 12, 2014
Boyfriend orchestrates unique spin on proposal

A flash mob turns into a marriage proposal that surprised the audience and newly engaged Kailee Burgess.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Amanda Landesberg |
  • September 3, 2012
The Closet and Art Center Sarasota collaborate for a night of music and art

The Closet and Art Center Sarasota collaborate for a night of music and art

  • Arts + Culture
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