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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 1, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: April Fools' Day

East County residents recount the best/worst April Fools' Day practical jokes they've either played on someone else or had played on them.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 1, 2010
News Briefs

APRIL FOOLS - Sarasota just hired a consultant-hiring consultant to instruct city staff on more effective ways to hire consultants.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 1, 2010
Firefighters demand pension analysis

The firefighter pension board chairman said he has lost faith in the pension's actuary and asks why the firefighters' pension has more than $10 million in unfunded liabilities.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 16, 2009
Fees increased, positions eliminated for budget

To balance the 2010 budget, the city plans to institute 'controversial' fees and cut 30 vacant positions. The budget is projected to have a $9 million shortfall in revenue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dominic Cossa and Elayne Kalberman
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • February 16, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Let me call you sweetheart; Tidbits; The elemental Element Au; Black Tie Affair

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 17, 2010
'Hansel and Gretel' adds innocence to opera season

Lance Inouye is directing about two-dozen children for Sarasota Opera's most talked about classic fairytale production.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • News
Katie Klauber Moulton and her father, Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber, with President George W. Bush on Sept. 10, 2001, at the Colony. Courtesy photo.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 7, 2011
9/11 Looking Back: Katie Klauber Moulton

Katie Klauber Moulton, longtime president and general manager of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, hosted President George W. Bush on his overnight visit Sept. 10, 2001.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 25, 2010
Osprey road expansion questioned

County commissioners back one group's request to explore keeping Tamiami Trail as four lanes instead of the six lanes that FDOT plans.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Town Manager Bruce St. Denis plays guitar with Blues Pig to a James Taylor classic, "Steamroller."
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 20, 2010
Fish Tales

The Longboat Key Historical Society held its sixth fish fry at Mar Vista. But the island's fish fry tradition goes back much further.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 29, 2009
New mailboxes deliver confusion on the Key

About 40 Longboat Key residents discovered Friday they had an additional mailbox next to their existing one.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • January 13, 2010
Daughter arrives on time

Aria Rae Eng came into the world exactly on schedule, waiting patiently for our Jan. 8 scheduled C-section.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Lakewood Ranch's Kaitlyn Wolfe battles a George Steinbrenner defender for the ball during a regional semifinal match Feb. 1.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 9, 2011
Lakewood falls in regional semifinals

The Lakewood Ranch girls soccer season came to an end with a 2-1 loss to George Steinbrenner in a Class 4A-Region 3 semifinal match Feb. 1.

  • East County
  • Sports
John Simon, with Isaac Group Holdings, says he is ready to build on his Pineapple Square development as soon as the market turns around.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 6, 2011
7 in 11: John Simon

The man behind the Pineapple Square development sees nothing but potential in Sarasota's future.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 23, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Cotton Patch Quilt Shop

Cotton Patch Quilt Shop relocated to its new East County location June 1.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • February 3, 2010
Dance review: 'Paquita,' 'Othello' and 'Boutique'

The Sarasota Ballet presented a triple bill this past weekend featuring Galina Samsova's 'Paquita,' Peter Darrell's 'Othello' and Matthew Bourne's 'Boutique.'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 1, 2011
Waldorf hotel to return to Sarasota

APRIL FOOLS -- The tony hotel chain makes its comeback into the Sarasota market, by choosing the area for its brand-new express property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2011
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Give Kids the World Kids Club member Ruth Parker, 6, who suffers from autism, heart disease and a brain tumor, was the 2008 honor child.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 30, 2011
Tara residents ready to tee off for charity tourney

Tara Golf & Country Club will host its 16th Annual Tara Members Charity Golf Tournament for Give Kids the World Village April 16.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 21, 2010
Cops Corner 07.22.10

The victim had employed the suspect for the past 16 months as a vet tech for the clinic. During that time, the suspect was responsible for maintaining and ordering the medication for the animals. The suspect's performance became poor, and he seemed to be under the influence of drugs while at work.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
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