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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 13, 2013
Pirates honored for sportsmanship

Braden River High was named the Class 7A overall winner of the Florida High School Athletic Association's Fred E. Rozelle Sportsmanship Award.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2009
Buchanan will host town hall Thursday

The meeting will be at 4 p.m., Aug. 20, in the auditorium at Braden River High School, 6545 S.R. 70 E. Buchanan will meet with constituents to discuss health care, jobs and the economy.

  • East County
  • News
Jillian Santiago, 13, says she loves competing in sprint races because of the strength required to perform well in them.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 22, 2013
Surging Tsunami: Jillian Santiago

Thirteen-year-old Jillian Santiago began swimming for the Sarasota Tsunami one-and-a-half years ago. Now, she's one of the top-ranked swimmers in the nation for her age group.

  • East County
  • Sports
Nicholas and Lawrence Metcalfe
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • September 22, 2011
Cafeteria Confidants: Take your Dad to School

Phillippi Shores Elementary students asked the important men in their lives to share lunch with them during "Take Your Dad to School" week. We asked the dads, grandfathers and kids to share some of their favorite school memories.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Euphemia Haye is a Sarasota-Manatee Originals restaurant on Longboat Key.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • June 5, 2013
June 5: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Woman charged in hit-and-run death; Man killed in accident in Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park; Patron Saint: Maggi Taylor; N THE KITCHEN WITH: Chef Raymond Arpke

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michael Crosby, Mote president and CEO, helped craft the organization's 2020 Vision and Strategic Plan in 2010. Now, he's working on making that vision a reality. Photo by David Conway
  • By David Conway |
  • August 21, 2014
Think Tank

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium is intent on expanding its research capability on its City Island campus - and hopes to build a new bayfront aquarium on the mainland.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2009
Conference hosts youth leaders

Ten high school students from Community Youth Development participated in the inaugural Lawton Chiles Leadership Corps. Aug. 7 through Aug. 9, at the University of Central Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lambert
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • May 15, 2014
Your Neighbor: Debra Lambert

Lambert, owner of Picasso's Moon, a yarn shop in downtown Sarasota, recently hosted the third annual Art Yarn Fiber Festival.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Laura Alston will be honored Tuesday, April 30, at the Gems of Philanthropy Luncheon.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 25, 2013
Giving Matters honors philanthropist

Booker High School senior Laura Alston is the winner of the 2013 Young Woman Philanthropy Award.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • May 7, 2019
County presses ahead with sample data for redistricting

Commissioners have taken the first step toward potentially redistricting, though they’d have to complete the process by the end of 2019 if they choose to do so.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Merchants hope streetscape improvements, less panhandling and the strengthening economy bode well for the downtown's future.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • May 31, 2013
May 31: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Downtown merchants welcome changes; License cameras will start snapping soon on Longboat Key; Creative Healing: Paula Kozak;Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 10, 2011
Our View

Agenda for the new commission

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Town staff will continue to meet with Hilton officials and project engineers throughout the summer to help speed up the project.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • May 29, 2013
May 29: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Hilton eyes October as project start date; Family Trade: Kibler Ranch; Manatee Schools' parents petition teacher cuts; New P.F. Chang's construction wrapping up

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Guy and Melanie Paschal with their dogs. Photo courtesy of the Longboat Key Historical Society  Calusas to Condominiums: A Pictorial History of Longboat Key
  • By Katie Johns |
  • June 21, 2017
Melanie Paschal led quiet, vivid life

Paschal, 95, died on June 13.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • April 17, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, April 18

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

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  • Things To Do
Sarasota Memorial CEO David Verinder with Dr. John Fogarty, dean of FSU College of Medicine and chair of the Council of Florida Medical School Deans. Photo courtesy of Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 15, 2015
Sarasota Memorial, FSU announce residency program

The program, if accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, is two years from launch.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann & Cassidy Alexander |
  • August 22, 2017
Key Notes: 'Siesta Key' Episode 4 Recap

Not even a luxe gala could make everyone happy this week, and it may be that every relationship is destined for failure.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
The young Crain children and their parents turn their attention to Nell (Violet McGraw) in "The Haunting of Hill House." Photo source: Netflix.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 26, 2018
Cringe Blog: Scares both old and new

"The Haunting of Hill House," with an ensemble cast that includes Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Timothy Hutton and Kate Siegel, and "Scream," directed by Wes Craven and starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and Skeet Ulrich, are this week's recommendation

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 17, 2013
Our View: Smoking on the beach

Ask any non-smoker if he or she would favor banning smoking on Sarasota's beaches, or anywhere for that matter, and, of course, he likely would say yes.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 7, 2019
Police department's newest officers have loads of experience

Tillman, Puccio took oath in early October.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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