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  • By Dora Walters |
  • January 5, 2011
MAN ON THE STREET: Holiday Indulgence

With the holidays behind us, we hit the streets to ask Longboaters if they felt they overindulged this season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Christie Childers and Jessica Nickell |
  • May 20, 2009
PIRATES: Twins share sibling secrets

This Q&A gives you an inside look to some of the unanswered questions, answered by Braden River's own twins.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2011
OUR VIEW: Fixing a broken system

Florida's economic development system has long been a bust, plagued by excessive bureaucracy, ponderously slow and inefficient with multiple state departments involved.

  • East County
  • Opinion
A Sarasota County diagram shows where the new, two-story Gulf Gate Library will be constructed on the site of the current facility, on Curtiss Avenue. Photo Courtesy of Sarasota County.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 12, 2012
Meetings kick off planning, funding of new library

Sarasota County library staff and Friends of Gulf Gate Library have begun planning to create a well-appointed, new facility.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The city's only science center has been closed since September with no current date for reopening. File photo.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • March 28, 2013
GWIZ remains closed, seeks more funding for upgrades and expansion

The science center began a fundraising campaign in September to raise money for repairs due to damage from Tropical Storm Debby and to begin a renovation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 15, 2010
Girls Inc. wins nonprofit of the year

Girls Inc. of Sarasota County was selected as nonprofit organization of the year at the annual WEDU awards.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 13, 2010
Brilliant birds

In November, wildlife photographer Dr. Lou Newman traveled to Ecuador to photograph some of the country's more than 130 hummingbird species. Photos by Dr. Lou Newman

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • August 12, 2009
Profiles of Summer: Paint by Nostalgia

Sarasota artist Joseph Patrick Arnegger lets his Long Island childhood mix his palette.

  • Arts + Culture
Hotel Monaco, Alexandria, Va.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 27, 2013
Downtown hotel will bring out local flavor

Kimpton Hotels, a boutique-hotel and restaurant company, shares its signature process for localizing its establishments.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • April 16, 2015
Homeless plan focuses on housing

City Manager Tom Barwin has unveiled a strategy for addressing homelessness — but does he have the backing of key players?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 19, 2010
City makes police panel recommendation

Commissioners could adopt the measures suggested by the Police Advisory Panel to improve the Sarasota Police Department.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2012
News Briefs

Honor Rescue launches program; Collision yields injuries; Water District approves proposed millage rate; LECOM welcomes largest class

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 7, 2010
Siekmann reflects upon his vote

Commissioner Robert Siekmann explained his reasoning for being the only commissioner to vote no last week at Temple Beth Israel.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • July 16, 2012
Notes from a Virgin Vegan: part two

Notes from a Virgin Vegan: part two

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
7706 Westmoreland Drive. Photos courtesy of Premier Sotheby's.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • August 21, 2013
Three Things: Timeless Treasures

Older homes can be a challenge. They often need extra effort to bring them into the present while still preserving their unique charm - not so with these three vintage beauties.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
This Solymar Drive home, which has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,959 square feet of living area, sold for $890,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 15, 2011
A home in Siesta Revised sells for $2.1 million

A home in Revised Siesta tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2009
Mothers: How do we love thee?

In honor of all our East County moms, we visited several East County elementary and preschools to ask our kids one very important questions: 'What do you love most about your mom?'

  • East County
  • News
  • By Maria Amodio |
  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: La Playa Condominiums

10 or Fewer Employees - Finalist

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"The hat that suits me best is that of a producer," Ben Turoff says. "It comes from growing up in the theater. I can appreciate what everyone brings to a situation because I'm able to pull from all my experiences."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 20, 2010
'Home on the Stage'

Ben Turoff explains why he prefers the 'folksier' Glenridge Performing Arts Center to the familiar lights of Sarasota's downtown-theater scene.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2016
Landings condo sells for more than $1 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between January 25 and January 29.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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