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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 4, 2010
American Ideals founder to create Ranch Arts Council

Robert Moffa said the council would bring much-needed art and culture to the East County community.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • August 4, 2010
GALLERY AROUND THE CORNER: Frary Gallery

"The art here is experimental, ironic and passionate without necessarily being too edgy," gallery owner Lori Frary says.

  • Arts + Culture
Band members Justin Whitmer, Jesse Spiegel and Mikal Mancini have recorded three demo tracks.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 18, 2010
Young band thinks outside of the box (WITH VIDEO)

A trio of Pine View high-school students is representing the state in the School Jam USA contest. Online voting ends Nov. 30.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 6, 2009
ODA Thunder dominates district

The Out-of-Door Academy completed a perfect district season with a 35-24 victory over Saint Stephen's and captured their third-consecutive Headmaster's Cup.

  • East County
  • Sports
Robert Peterson died March 15. He was 88.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 22, 2012
Robert Peterson changed shape of local organizations

Sarasota philanthropist, visionary and renaissance man J. Robert Peterson died March 15, due to complications from vascular surgery. He was 88.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 24, 2010
Planning commission stalls Villages project

The Sarasota County advisory board now plans to vote on the Schroeder-Manatee Ranch development April 8.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 20, 2013
How Will We Grow? 'Good Ideas'

What started as quest to better control costs and manage growth in Manatee County has, in many ways, become an audit of the county's planning systems.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 14, 2009
Creator's Choice: James Griffin painter and illustrator

Creator's Choice: James Griffin painter and illustrator

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 30, 2009
Payton's parents plan golf outing

Lakewood Ranch residents Patrick and Holly Wright will host a golf outing May 22 at the Legacy Golf Club in memory of their daughter.

  • East County
  • News
Commissioner Robert Siekmann suggested the entire commission review the town's three pension plans at least twice a month.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 9, 2011
Commission focuses on pension problem

The commission spent more than three hours Monday discussing the town's increasing unfunded liability in its three pension plans.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Cast of Sarasota Opera's "La Cenerentola," which runs through Nov. 10.
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 3, 2010
Music Review: Sarasota Opera 'La Cenerentola'

The Sarasota Opera is performing 'La Cenerentola' through Nov. 10.

  • Arts + Culture
"I like to challenge my audiences," Francis Schwartz says. "It's the fossilized, artistic fraidy cats who have a problem with what I do."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 29, 2010
The curious case of Francis Schwartz

The experimental composer opens up about his unusual material and how he strikes a balance between the dark and the light sides of life.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 14, 2010
Opposition continues battle over Tara project

The 12 Oaks Advisory Committee contacted Walgreens executives to discourage them from building a new location on the site.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 14, 2010
Wayfinding sign causes confusion

The Town Commission agreed to discuss the controversial Bay Isles Road wayfinding sign at its September regular workshop.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Judy Stanford |
  • July 14, 2010
Energetic Traveler: Magic moments

Through photographs and in memories, Bird Key residents Bill and Judy Stanford recently captured the beauty of their dream safari in Botswana and Zambia.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2011
Cops Corner 01.27.11

The complainant reported she found several items of paraphernalia used for smoking marijuana in the residence. She suspected the items belonged to her brother, so she looked through his wallet while he was sleeping and found some green substance that appeared to be one gram of marijuana.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 8, 2009
Roundabout work to begin in May

A consensus of downtown residents and business owners told the city they prefer that the Five Points roundabout project begin before summer, so it's completed by tourist season.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." John F. Kennedy.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2011
Our View: Thanks to them, we are free

Thomas Jefferson famously said, 'The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.'

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
 "I've always been that person who loves to keep in touch," Jules Price says. "My maid of honor was my best friend in kindergarten. If that doesn't say it, I don't know what does."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 13, 2010
East County singer's star rises in new career

Jules Price always imagined she'd be famous for singing. A greeting-card company changed all that.

  • Arts + Culture
This August 2001 aerial of the north end of Longboat Key was taken eight years after the town's previous island-wide beach project was performed in 1993.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 12, 2011
Beach project in limbo

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis wants direction on how the town should move forward with renourishing its beaches.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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