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Leonore Morris, co-owner of Reasons Shoes, has seen a younger customer base since she and her husband moved the store to Main Street. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 17, 2013
Downtown attracts high-end retail

Renovate it and they will come. A pair of new stores signals a shift to a new kind of retail.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Fr. Frank Kirlangatis walks through the sanctuary as part of a procession around the church.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 16, 2013
St. Barbara celebrates church consecration

Members of St. Barbara's Greek Orthodox Church celebrated the consecration of the church's sanctuary with festivities Dec. 13 through Dec. 15.

  • East County
  • News
  • By TWIS Street |
  • May 16, 2013
Memorial Day concert breaks out the brass, pipes and drums

Memorial Day concert breaks out the brass, pipes and drums

  • Arts + Culture
The home at 500 Keith Pointe Drive recently sold for for $2.6 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 25, 2017
Keith Pointe Drive home sells for $2.6 million

Residential real estate transactions for Oct. 9-13.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2009
Fellowship hall receives a face lift

Renovations to the Vamo United Methodist Church fellowship hall began a couple of weeks ago and are almost complete.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo. "The Last Mile" by David Baldacci
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 3, 2016
Longboat Key Library stocks up on best-sellers

The library will continue to order popular books throughout the summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jacqueline Morton at Bradenton Opera Guild's Winter Gala Jan. 13, at Bird Key Yacht Club.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • December 24, 2013
Best of Black Tie 2013

Best of Black Tie 2013

  • Black Tie
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 25, 2014
Sidelines

Cougars pitcher signs with Crusaders; Cardinal Mooney to induct athletes; Lantz scores win for Sarasota Christian; Ward's double-double propels ODA to win; Thunder and Falcons draw even; Orioles to host Birdland Golf Classic; Sarasota Sculler will head to Alabama

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of Michael Saunders & Co.  This home at 613 Tyler Drive has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,693 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,625,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 5, 2014
John Ringling Estates home sells for $1,625,000

A home in John Ringling Estates tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Philip Maiese submitted this sunset photo, taken near Bay Isles on Longboat Key.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2013
Weather: Longboat Key

Philip Maiese submitted this sunset photo, taken near Bay Isles on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • September 24, 2009
Matre d'opera

Sarasota Opera's food and beverage manager, Jim Reid, can satiate a palate long enough for audience members to sit through a three-act Puccini.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 15, 2012
Town software sparks interest from other municipalities

Other communities are taking note of programs, developed by the town's IT Department and its firefighters, that make emergency response and record-keeping nearly paperless.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mimi Ribot submitted this sunset photo, taken on Bradenton Beach.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2013
Weather: Longboat Key

Mimi Ribot submitted this sunset photo, taken on Bradenton Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mark Meador
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2013
Meador receives sweet celebration

For Casa del Mar Beach Resort General Manager Mark Meador, another birthday was like a breath of fresh air.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • May 24, 2012
My View: Neither racism nor guns is the problem

The media are determined to make a traditional liberal, anti-gun narrative out of the Trayvon Martin shooting and will cobble together any items necessary to keep the flames fanned.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 19, 2012
Commission approves P.F. Chang's proposals

Thanks to a City Commission vote Jan. 17, a P.F. Chang's China Bistro is coming to downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • September 12, 2013
Filmmaking duo has high hopes for Sarasota

Filmmaking duo has high hopes for Sarasota

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 13, 2011
Detectives: Bird Key kidnapping false

A woman called police and told them she was kidnapped and being held on Bird Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch Town Hall maintenance facility will serve a variety of functions after its open house Jan. 9.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 9, 2014
Lakewood Ranch maintenance facility opens to the public

The more than $2 million Lakewood Ranch maintenance facility officially opens its doors Jan. 9.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Gas station would fuel the north end of Longboat Key; Kudos to parade volunteers; Parade was touching tribute; Bandshell would enhance park; Republicans need strategy

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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