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  • By Sarah Felder |
  • May 3, 2013
Eating super local at the King Family Table to Farm dinner

Eating super local at the King Family Table to Farm dinner

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
People follow Kelly Atkins in a guided dance to “Break the Chains”.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • February 15, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: One Billion Rising Valentines Dance

People all over the world participated in a variety of events as part of V-Day's One Billion Rising, a single-day, Valentine's Day, of dedicated global action consisting primarily of dance strikes against violence against women.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 18, 2013
Checking out Chianti

Checking out Chianti

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
"The Glass Menagerie" runs through Oct 12, in a Two Chairs Theatre Company production at the Players Theatre.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 4, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'The Glass Menagerie'

Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie' offers a weird, refracted glimpse of loss and tough decisions.

  • Arts + Culture
"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
Luz Ruiz-Tagle leads a dance to a remix of Usher's "Yeah!"
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 30, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Siesta Beach Zumba

Zumba Sarasota Bradenton organized a free Zumba class on the morning of April 29 at Siesta Beach. Organizers collected voluntary donations for All Faiths Food Bank and Honor Animal Rescue.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 8, 2010
Casa del Mar's assistant manager steps up to 25 years

Mark Meador began working at the resort in 1985, after Hurricane Elena struck.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Gregg Kaplan runs Longboat-Key-based LBK Contractors & Design, a homebuilding and remodeling firm. Kaplan was previously CEO of Cinnabon, the chain of cinnamon roll bakeries. Photo by Mark Wemple.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 5, 2011
Gregg Kaplan shares life lessons

Gregg Kaplan's executive lessons revolve around a key theme: Don't be afraid to take chances.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Orr |
  • June 28, 2012
Matt's List: five Sarasota summer menus you need to know

Matt's List: five Sarasota summer menus you need to know

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations and the Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations hosted Monday’s City Commission candidate forum. Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • April 16, 2015
Tensions rise in commission campaign

With less than a month to go before the May 12 City Commission runoff election, the races are getting heated.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lakewood Ranch quarterback Justin Curtis threw three touchown passes. (courtesy Dan Miller)
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 4, 2015
East County Football Friday: Week 10

Lakewood Ranch ends six-game losing streak with win against North Port.

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  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 6, 2014
Riverview dusts other teams

The Booker, Cardinal Mooney, Riverview and Sarasota boys and girls track teams all hit the track for the annual Sarasota Riverview Ram Invitational Feb. 28 at the Ram Bowl.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A ribbon-cutting was held Nov. 4.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 15, 2011
Woodbrook opening yields home sales

A dozen homebuyers signed contracts for homes in Neal Communities' Woodbrook during the community's grand opening.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 14, 2014
Day in the Life: Cami Leavitt

Day in the Life: Cami Leavitt

  • Arts + Entertainment
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City Commissioners approved a budget and millage rate Tuesday that will take effect Oct. 1., the beginning of the new fiscal year.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 24, 2013
City Commission adopts budget, millage rate

The $191 million FY2014 budget will be accompanied by an 8.5% millage rate increase, as City Commissioners approved both at a public hearing Tuesday night.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Stan Singer submitted this sunset photo, taken during a cool, windy evening at Beachplace.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Stan Singer submitted this sunset photo, taken during a cool, windy evening at Beachplace.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Steve Molinaro, of SJM Enterprises, works to put up and plug in colorful holiday lights on all the lamp posts, Saturday, Nov. 19, in Siesta Key Village.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • November 21, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Lighting up the town

Siesta Key will soon be all lit for the holiday season, but someone's got to get those lights in place first.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Darryl Strawberry will speak at The Source church on Dec. 4.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 23, 2016
Former Major League slugger to speak in Bradenton

East County's The Source church hosts Darryl Strawberry

  • East County
  • News
22 bags of cocaine were found in the vehicle, according to the Sheriff's Office, totaling almost 35 grams.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • July 6, 2017
Cocaine-trafficking arrest results from seat-belt traffic stop

About 35 grams of cocaine was recovered from the vehicle, and almost $1,000 in cash.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Chairs Alex and Gale Rydel and Diana and David Napoliello
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • March 21, 2013
Cause 4 Fashion

Cause 4 Fashion

  • Black Tie
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