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Dirk Meyer. Courtesy photo.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 7, 2011
Scene & Heard

Show your talent; Sarasota Chorus of the Keys seeks vocal men; Animation students win Independents' Film Festival; Dirk Meyer named associate conductor

  • Arts + Culture
Construction crews are making significant progress on the new Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine's School of Dental Medicine.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 8, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Steel frame

Construction crews are making significant progress on the new Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine's School of Dental Medicine.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 11, 2014
Distant relatives of Mable Ringling visit The Ringling

This week, four great nieces and nephews of Mable Ringling are in town from New Mexico to visit The Ringling and Sarasota. Mable Burton Ringling was one of five daughters and never had any children. One of her sisters was Dulcy Burton Schueler.

  • Arts + Culture
SONY DSC
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • April 9, 2015
Uptown Grub: The emergence of the high-end happy hour

Uptown Grub: The emergence of the high-end happy hour

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
The East County Observer will host the Lakewood Ranch Incorporation Debate May 9.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2011
Observer to host Ranch incorporation debate

The first debate between the representatives from the Incorporation Study Committee and the Friends of Lakewood Ranch will be from 7-9 p.m., May 9, at The Polo Grill and Bar's Fête Ballroom.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 10, 2016
Sarasota Police arrest teens suspected of burglaries

Eighteen-year-old Matthew Gunn and three juvenile accomplices allegedly burglarized more than 40 cars in three parking garages this week.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 18, 2010
VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Flamingo frenzy

Jungle Gardens' Zoo Camp lets kids feed flamingos, play with parrots and learn about lemurs. Scroll down for video.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 8, 2016
UPDATE: Ona man killed in State Road 70 crash

Quenten Tyler Cox of Ona, Fla., died yesterday after a multi-vehicle crash near Myakka City.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota Police officers respond to the scene of a drowning that occurred near Centennial Park Tuesday.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 13, 2015
Sarasota Police investigate drowning at Centennial Park

The Sarasota Police Department has withheld the name of a man who allegedly drowned while swimming in Sarasota Bay near 10th Street Tuesday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 17, 2010
Colony sets up en-deering display

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort holds Valentine's Day deer. No, that's not a typo. The reindeer outside the resort, which were formerly the resort's Christmas decorations, looked lovable with colorful hearts harnessed around their necks for the recent holiday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2014
Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: To send in your Letters to the Editor, email them to Jessica Luck at [email protected]. Letters pertaining to local issues receive priority. Letters may be edited for grammar and space.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Gavin Meshad will serve as the new St. Armands Business Improvement District director.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 14, 2011
Gavin Meshad appointed to St. Armands BID

Meshad is vice chairman of Gateway Bank and vice president of JWM Management Inc.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 6, 2010
Sea turtle nests spotted in Sarasota County

Mote Marine Sea Turtle Patrol found the first two sea turtle nests in Sarasota County this week.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2010
Business Observer 07.29.10

Community Bank of Manatee last week announced Kathryn Pemble as its president and chief operating officer.Â

  • East County
  • News
  • By Walter Williams |
  • December 10, 2009
MY VIEW: Who knows best: You or Pelosi?

There is only one reason for the forcible transference of decision-making authority over important areas of our private lives to elite decision-makers in Congress and government bureaucracies. Doing so confers control, power, wealth and revenue to society's elite.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Longboat behind China in cell-phone reception; Proposed Key cell tower is anything but stealth; Commissioners owe an apology to Hogle

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Alice Dean with PAL and Vacation Rentals Manager Gordon McMillan. Courtesy photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2011
25 years of work honored

Resort Operator Alice Dean started out in housekeeping at the Longboat Key Club and Resort 25 years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 28, 2010
Klaubers welcome new addition

Murf and Sue Bassett Klauber are proud to announce the birth of their 15th grandchild.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota High School renovation is one of the major capital projects undertaken by the School Board of Sarasota County to take advantage of low interest rates and construction costs. File photo.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 30, 2012
Portable county classrooms to disappear in three years

Data shows Sarasota County students are moving away from public education and into charter schools, which will ease school capacity issues but pinch the budget.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • September 4, 2013
DID considers limiting restaurant space downtown

One DID board member is hoping the district might restrict limiting the space restaurants can occupy in an effort to encourage a better mix of retail developments.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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