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  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • July 27, 2011
Restaurant, intersection vandalized on north end of Siesta

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is investigating vandalism that occurred either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning on the north end of Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 4, 2010
Obituary: Paul Mortell

Paul Mortell, 78, sat on the board of directors at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Cutting Loose Salon celebrates fifth anniversary; Internet marketing company expands to Lakewood Ranch; Lee Wetherington Homes adds two new employees

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 3, 2012
Our View: Why they declared freedom

It's always a good reminder at this time of year to go back to the beginning.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Rusty Chinnis and the birthday girl, Virginia Sanders. Courtesy of Rusty Chinnis.
  • By Rusty Chinnis |
  • October 10, 2012
Sanders celebrates birthday with friends

Virginia Sanders has been a vocal advocate of the environment for more than three decades.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Juliette Binoche stars in "Certified Copy."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • March 30, 2011
FILM REVIEW: 'Certified Copy'

"Certified Copy" is a film that is driven by conversation, it follows a couple who seems to have just met against the breathtakingly beautiful backdrop of Tuscany, in Italy.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Keely Carney |
  • April 30, 2012
Want Your World Rocked? Read This...Then Go See Yanni

Want Your World Rocked? Read This...Then Go See Yanni

  • Arts + Culture
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  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • November 26, 2013
Thanksgiving Day: Super Bowl for Foodies?

Thanksgiving Day: Super Bowl for Foodies?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 17, 2009
The Royal Treatment, LLC

Small Business of the Year Rookie Small Business Finalist

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 6, 2012
Our View: Welcome Walmart

The idiom says"'two steps forward, one step back" - a description of how sometimes you make progress then lose a portion of it.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Longboat Key Town Commissioner Phill Younger at a Sept. 12 workshop proposed a change in the way Longboat Key is represented at the Town Commission.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 14, 2011
Younger hopes to put new candidates on the map

Commissioner Phill Younger suggested a new system of three geographic commission districts with four at-large commission seats.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By June LeBell |
  • December 5, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks II concert with Conductor Thomas Wilkins

In my many years of interviewing famous classical musicians, I've never met an instrumentalist who didn't want to be a singer.

  • Arts + Culture
Residents say they have witnessed many near accidents between bikers and motorists where The Legacy Trail intersects with Central Sarasota Parkway.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 21, 2011
Palmer Ranch eyes dangerous intersection

Neighborhood leaders want some action to be taken, but they do not want another stoplight on Central Sarasota Parkway.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Donna Swan |
  • June 10, 2009
Deal Us In: Take a chance

Deal Us In: Take a chance

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"We need to start bragging about our Lido Beach Pavilion and pool the way that Sarasota County brags about Siesta Key," said Mayor Suzanne Atwell said. "We don't use this asset like we should."
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 21, 2011
City declares Lido Pool an asset

The Sarasota City Commission believes the Lido Pool can be a marketing focal point for visitors to the area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"Growing up (in an Italian family) was exciting," says Adam DeClerico. "(I was) surrounded by family and loved ones and was entrenched in the food and social cultures that epitomize Italians."
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 21, 2011
Neighbors: Adam DeClerico

A 29-year-old East Sarasota resident founded the Italian American Club last September to celebrate Italian culture.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Dan Murray has been playing soccer since he was 4 years old.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 9, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Dan Murray

Lakewood Ranch senior goalkeeper Dan Murray blocked four consecutive penalty kicks, propelling the Mustangs to a 3-2 (2-1, PK) victory over Tampa Jesuit in a Class 4A-Region 3 quarterfinal match Feb. 3.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 12, 2009
White seagrass found on Longboat

White strands of seagrass, called manatee grass, washed ashore Wednesday, June 10, near Seaplace condominium.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This home at 7909 Midnight Pass Road has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,872 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.45 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 13, 2012
Home in Mira Mar sells for $1.45 million

A home in Mira Mar tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Marek and Grazyna Piekos, of Sarasota, sold their home at 7909 Midnight Pass Road to Stephen Witzer, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1.45 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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