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Smoking hot crawfish from Walt's Fish Market.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • January 23, 2016
Residents keep warm with Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival

Festival takes over Selby Five Points Park for weekend full of seafood and entertainment.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jamie Gregorich prepares for a large dinner on a recent night at Euphemia Haye.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 13, 2011
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Jamie Gregorich

You can see Jamie Gregorich on the season premier of "Hell's Kitchen" at 8 p.m. Monday, July 18, on FOX. But until then, learn more about the Euphemia Haye chef with our candid Q&A.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Sarasota Opera will perform "La boheme."
  • By June LeBell |
  • February 9, 2011
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: La boheme

Sarasota Opera's production of 'La boheme' stands the test of time and should be revisited often.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 10, 2010
Survivors recount Holocaust experience at Ranch

Fifteen Holocaust survivors from the Sarasota/ Manatee Jewish Federation spoke during the Ranch Remembers the Holocaust event on March 1-4.

  • East County
  • News
Actor Mike Kradlak called SMR Aggregates' shell-mining operation "a perfect setting for a desperate man in a desperate setting."
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 14, 2011
Lakewood Ranch is out of this world

A Lakewood Ranch shell-mining operation proved to be the perfect location for a space scene for Austin McKinley's newest short film.

  • East County
  • News
Tamara Stefanovich will bring her steady hand and esteemed piano talent to the Sarasota Orchestra.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • January 4, 2015
Sarasota Orchestra finds last-minute replacement for Masterworks III

Due to an untimely illness, Russian trumpeter Sergei Nakariakov will be replaced as a solo performer by world-renowned pianist Tamara Stefanovich.

  • Arts + Culture
The Longboat Key Public Works Department puts 2,974 flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to commemorate the 2,974 lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • September 11, 2015
Longboat remembers Sept. 11

The Longboat Key Public Works Department lined 2,974 flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to commemorate the 2,974 lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 13, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: In hot water

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2009
Business Observer 12.17.09

Fit2Run has been named one of The 50 Best Running Stores in America for the second year in a row.

  • East County
  • News
More than 500 students from Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte and Desoto counties competed at SkillsUSA Feb. 25.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 25, 2016
Manatee Technical College puts skills on display

The East County school hosted the annual SkillsUSA regional competition.

  • East County
  • News
Riverview junior Brion Whitley goes up for a shot in the first half of the Class 8A state championship versus Coral Springs Feb. 27.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 27, 2016
Rams fall in title game

The Riverview boys basketball team finished the season as the Class 8A state runner-up.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 11, 2010
Obituary: Charles Joseph Florio

Charles Joseph Florio, 89, moved to Longboat Key six years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
"It's fun; you can read a book and it will take you to another world. There are lots of great stories out there, and it's fun to learn about them." — Jonah Duschesne-Shaw
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 14, 2014
The Good News: Jonah Duchesne-Shaw

Volunteer Jonah Duchesne-Shaw, 12, keeps young readers turning the page through the Literacy Buddy program.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Renovations of LBK Liquors could be completed this week. (File photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 8, 2014
Plaza owner plans to open LBK Liquors in early May

Ryan Snyder is hopeful that LBK Liquors and the new Longbeach Cafe will increase traffic to Whitney Beach Plaza.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Two hatchlings were found at the excavation and were guided toward the water.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • June 22, 2015
Turtle Watch holds first public nest excavation of the season

Longboat Key Turtle Watch held a public excavation of the first hatched loggerhead turtle nest of the season on June 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 13, 2013
Sunshine group scrutinizes BID emails

Citizens for Sunshine seeks to scan the personal computers of BID directors as part of a public records request.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch residents Rob Tucker and Janie Scott hope to bring a little fun to their new martial arts studio.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 2, 2011
New martial arts studio lands on Ranch Main St.

America's Best Martial Arts opened Oct. 26 on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • May 10, 2013
Joe on the Go: The final push -- and does it really matter?

Joe on the Go: The final push -- and does it really matter?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Courtesy photo. Member Polly Curran with guest Carolyn Quick
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2013
Flower power

The Sarasota Chapter #115 of Ikebana International held its annual holiday luncheon demonstration Dec. 2.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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