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Joseph McKenna, president and CEO of the Sarasota Orchestra, presents the organization's proposal for a new venue at Payne Park during a City Commission workshop Tuesday,  Feb. 26.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 26, 2019
Orchestra shares vision for Payne Park venue

The Sarasota Orchestra has approached the city with a proposal to construct a new music hall on the downtown park property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Support your local distributors
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • April 26, 2023
Support your local distributors

A reader agrees that despite Bud Light's marketing we should toast our local beverage distributors.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 11, 2009
Art committee to vote on sailor statue

The passionate battle over where to permanently place 'Unconditional Surrender' moves one step closer to a finale.

  • Sarasota
  • News
John Thomas, 19, and Eli Robertson, 25, are accused of five armed robberies facilitated through the Craigslist website.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 6, 2011
Agencies nab Craigslist suspects

Police say John Thomas, 19, and Eli Robertson, 25, lured victims with the promise of buying or selling an iPhone.

  • Sarasota
  • News
University Park Recreation District Board members Nancy Kopinsky, Chairman Bob Wood, Steve Ludmerer,  Lisabeth Bertsch and co-chairman Michael Smith  were pleased to move forward. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 11, 2019
University Park Recreation District strikes land deal

Land purchase now goes to community referendum.

  • East County
  • News
Michael Drake, president of the Longboat Key Historical Society, says the society has had the funds to begin renovating its historical cottages. But it needs $450,000 to buy the land.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 12, 2018
The gift of a lifetime for LBK

An open letter to Santa.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Part of PressReader's appeal is the breadth of its offerings -- more than 7,000 titles.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 19, 2025
New library app a boon for Manatee residents

More than 7,000 newspaper and magazine titles can be accessed for free with PressReader.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • July 19, 2022
Rabbi Noam Marans continues AJC Lunch and Learn series

The lunch discussion series was held July 19 at Michael's On East.

  • Black Tie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2009
Car burglars hit University Park, University Place

Suspect(s) stole GPS units and other items from five vehicles sometime between Sept. 3-4.

  • East County
  • News
Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department Medical Director Dr. Steve Newman held a training class Monday, May 2.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 5, 2011
Firefighters hold EKG training

The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department's medical director discussed the latest in EKG training last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
April Soroko
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 9, 2011
April Soroko on the set of "Race" (VIDEO)

Set designer April Soroko discusses her latest project at Florida Studio Theatre - creating the law office for the set of David Mamet's "Race."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2011
Scoreboard

Check out the latest local bridge scores.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 18, 2013
Longboat swans go into nesting mode

Longboat Key's latest cygnets are due to hatch in mid-April, according to David Novak.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The twin murals, of a surgical masked man and a woman, were undertaken on April 28. An official unveiling took place May 15.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 18, 2020
Downtown Sarasota murals tell heroic story

Health care workers honored with pair of paintings downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch's Alan Hansen says he saw firsthand the effect that breast cancer had on a manager at his Texas Roadhouse.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • October 3, 2018
Pink passion at the Mall at UTC

Local businessmen dress to the hilt to raise awareness about breast cancer research.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The National Weather Service expects tropical depression 3 to make landfall in north Florida Monday.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 5, 2016
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Colin forms in the gulf

Sarasota and Manatee counties remain under a tropical storm warning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2014
Superintendent hosts movie nights

APRIL FOOLS' - Manatee County School District's superintendent has made transparency a primary focus of his tenure.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"We are seeing buyers enthusiastically return to the market," the company’s President Pat Neal said.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 13, 2010
Business Observer 10.14.10

Third-quarter data by Neal Communities shows the company has posted well more than 100 home sales in just the last two months, with 100 contracts signed in August and another 24 signed in September.

  • East County
  • News
Michael "Mac" Ordetx said he decided to write a book on working with children with autism about two years ago, after being encouraged to do so by individuals who attended his conference presentations on the topic.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 11, 2012
Student pens autism book

Mac Ordetx has authored his first book, 'Understanding Autism: A Sensitivity Training Guide for Kids Like Me.'

  • East County
  • News
Gale and Murphy
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 9, 2011
Scene & Heard

Rosemary boutique comes out of 'The Closet'; Arts Council forms a new 'Alliance'

  • Arts + Culture
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