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Pat Zunz has been talked about as the most likely candidate to be nominated for the District 5 seat.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 30, 2011
Zunz considered top candidate for vacant commission seat

Two former Longboat Key mayors, Ron Johnson and Jeremy Whatmough, express interest in the District 5 seat.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2009
Restaurant Review: Venezia serves slice of tradition

As I glanced over the menu at Venezia, on St. Armands Circle, something caught my eye. 

  • Arts + Culture
  • By David Conway |
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Review: October 2013, Garage delays frustrate developer

Pineapple Square developer John Simon believes delays at the State Street garage are not only a legal issue but could cause long-term damage downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By [email protected] |
  • April 25, 2012
Observe This: Today’s Top Stories

Observe This: Today’s Top Stories

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2013
Our View: Disservice to taxpayers

Most everything legislators do is well intentioned.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Anu Tali. Courtesy.
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 16, 2013
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks III: Anu Tali, conductor

Anu Tali, the Estonian conductor who took over the Sarasota Orchestra for its third Masterworks program of the season, also seems to have taken over the hearts and musical minds of this city.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 21, 2010
Commissioners debate police budget

The City Commission questions why the Sarasota Police Department's budget is more than twice that of the police departments in Bradenton and North Port.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 3, 2010
Moore's zoning request approved

Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant co-owner Alan Moore said he plans to continue operating his restaurant, even though commissioners approved his zoning-request change Monday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Gary Moore |
  • November 17, 2010
My View: The federal debt isn't as bad as you think

When compared to Americans' total assets, the federal debt really isn't as bad as all of the economic pundits say - it's approaching 100% of GDP.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • September 13, 2012
City seeks proposals for State Street garage

To have the State Street parking garage built in time to meet a four-year deadline, the city must start its two-phase process of selecting a design-build firm no later than October.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Dana Saltz and Kate Vega |
  • April 7, 2010
Film festival moves into classrooms

This week, two students from The Out of Door Academy and Booker Middle School review "Alma."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 16, 2012
Season of Sharing total reaches $1.6 million

With community contributors giving more than $1.1 million to the 2011-2012 Season of Sharing, the initiative has won a gift of $500,000 from The Patterson Foundation, for a total of $1.6 million, as of Feb. 9, the Community Foundation of Sarasota County announced.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2010
Cops Corner

Sept. 21 Shutter speed 9:54 p.m. - 1600 block of South Tamiami Trail. Petit Theft. A restaurant owner had placed his laptop on a counter at the back of his restaurant. It sat just below an open window. The restaurant was closed, and the owner and his sister were the only ones in the building, but the computer was stolen. The owner believes someone may have reached through the window and grabbed it.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • October 1, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's Black Tie & Tales column by Molly Schechter.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 12, 2010
Budget: $800,000 shortfall

The commission wants the town manager to rethink how his departments are run and ask town department heads to find more money to offset an $800,000 shortfall in 2010-11.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 6, 2012
Beach project price tag reviewed

The cost estimates for the Siesta Key beach improvements have more than tripled over the past four years. Stakeholders want to get the project to a feasible price.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Jim Scott, owner of Complete Hearing Solutions, said the system at Town Hall delivers clear and consise sound.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 18, 2012
Town Hall adds new system for hearing-impaired residents

Country Club of Lakewood Ranch resident Richard Williams lost his hearing suddenly in the late 1990s.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Raul Molina redesigns the Dodses' dining room table décor each year.
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • December 24, 2013
Holly jolly Christmas décor

It's that time of year when homes are filled with red and green and wintry things for the holidays. Whether it's decor designed by a professional, or decorating for the holidays in a new home, Sarasota residents have turned their homes into beautiful holiday showplaces.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 27, 2011
Commission holds off on funding CRA projects

Before making any new downtown grants, the City Commission agreed Monday to await a report before year's end on proposals for Main Street improvements.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Anay Patel has been studying for the state geography bee every night since he learned he would be competing.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 30, 2011
Nolan student navigates way to Florida Geo Bee

Eighth-grader Anay Patel will compete in the 2011 Florida Geographic Bee at Jacksonville University.

  • East County
  • News
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