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Ernie Ritz, DID chairman, would like to enhance mid-Main Street with bulbouts and landscaping, which he believes would make it more attractive for businesses and their customers.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 14, 2011
Taxing district may expand

The Downtown Improvement District, which funded improvements to Selby Five Points Park, wants to extend its reach on Main Street to enhance parts of that commercial center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 8, 2009
Community Golf Scores 06.27.09 to 07.07.09

East County golfers post amazing numbers on area courses.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2011
Our View: The cusp of revitalization

At long last, Publix Super Markets Inc. has unveiled its plans to redevelop and revitalize the Avenue of the Flowers shopping center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • May 7, 2009
Braden River Middle students donate picnic tables

Members of the school's Technology Students Association have entered the project into the state TSA competition.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • May 7, 2009
East County team aims for world finals

A team of East County students who attend Southeast High School have qualified for the world finals competition of Odyssey of the Mind. Just weeks from the competition, they need financial backing to make their trip possible.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • May 7, 2009
Donna Hayes unveils Jiggs' Landing plans

Jiggs' relative Sandy Metcalf attended Hayes' May 1 advisory meeting to hear plans for improving the site.

  • East County
  • News
Because of the popularity of Joy Baker's blog, the current residents at Villa Am Meer say trespassing has become a problem. Courtesy photos.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 27, 2013
The Villa on the Sea

The old Gulf-side home intrigued Joy Baker for more than a decade. Finally, in 2010, she set out to learn about the home and its history.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Abandoned boxcars have been left on the railroad track that goes through Shade Avenue.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 7, 2011
BOXCAR BATTLE

Fearing they're an invitation for trouble, residents are trying to get a railroad company to move about two-dozen railcars that have been parked in between two Sarasota communities.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Abandoned boxcars have been left on the railroad track that goes through Shade Avenue.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 7, 2011
BOXCAR BATTLE

Fearing they're an invitation for trouble, residents are trying to get a railroad company to move about two-dozen railcars that have been parked in between two Sarasota communities.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The northbound lane in the 2800 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive is being rerouted while a wastewater pipe is repaired.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 6, 2011
Leaky pipes create GMD congestion

Leaking wastewater pipes under Gulf of Mexico Drive are creating construction zones along the island's most traveled road.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2009
Cops Corner

7:34 a.m. -- 2000 block of Harbour Links Drive. Suspicious Circumstance. A man reported someone trespassing at his neighbor's residence.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 28, 2009
Families welcome German exchange students

Eighteen students have spent the last three weeks experiencing the area's educational system and cultural offerings.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 15, 2010
City aides downtown businesses

Downtown business owners applaud the city for the steps it's taking to protect them during several simultaneous construction projects, scheduled now through December.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 18, 2010
Usage policy changes for boat ramp

Lakewood Ranch's Country Club/Edgewater Village Association has added a requirement that all lake users must have $1 million in liability insurance.

  • East County
  • News
Nine-year-old Connor O’Neill played goalie for the Manasota Monsters.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 22, 2011
Monster Mash

The Manasota Monsters, a youth travel lacrosse team for ages U9 and U11, formed last month, while the Manasota Lacrosse Club started its sixth summer season.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 12, 2010
BACK TO SCHOOL 2010: The Freshman: Madison Gates

The only qualm Madison Gates has about her first day at Riverview High School, even though she hasn't attended class on a school campus since the sixth grade, is whether her father will show up wearing a T-shirt that reads, "I'm Madison Gates' Dad."

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 12, 2010
BACK TO SCHOOL 2010: Miss Contradictory: Jillian Polk

Jillian Polk can usually be found in one of two places: kicking up grass as she sprints down the soccer field or serenading with a microphone.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
"The Crucible" runs through March 19, at Sarasota Opera House.
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 9, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: 'The Crucible'

'The Crucible' runs through March 19, at Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
Octavio Martin and Sara Sardelli perform in Sarasota Ballet's "The Lesson."
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • March 9, 2011
DANCE REVIEW: 'Out of Denmark'

Pairing Flemming Flindt's 20th-century, dark, dramatic ballet, "The Lesson," which centers on a plot of murder, with the delightful choreography created in the 1880s by August Bournonville wasn't exactly out of this world, but it definitely was "Out of Denmark."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • July 28, 2010
GALLERY AROUND THE CORNER: Selby Gallery

Selby Gallery is unlike a commercial gallery - it acts as a teaching gallery on the campus of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Arts + Culture
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