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Terry Turner, who earlier in the night voiced support for a "strong city manager" charter amendment, which commissioners unanimously agreed to add to the November ballot, said he only had "a process and procedural problem" with Caragiulo's proposal.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 19, 2012
Caragiulo's proposal snubbed

Commissioner Terry Turner says his motion to table a strong-mayor proposal was strictly 'process and procedural.'

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dora Walters turns her lens on a Halloween party in 2006. Courtesy photos.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 23, 2013
Dora the Explorer

Longboat Observer Senior Editor Dora Walters retired after a career that spans more than six decades as an inquisitive journalist.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 30, 2009
Profiles of Summer: The List-Maker

After two years of planning out daily, weekly and monthly to-do lists for Ringling Museum's International Arts Festival, Dwight Currie is finally crossing off every item. is finally becoming a reality.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Maggie Pahos |
  • July 15, 2009
Man on the street: Larger than life

We polled passerby near the "Unconditional Surrender" statue on Sarasota's bayfront and asked one question: Should the statue stay on the bayfront or be moved to a less public space?

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 31, 2013
Sarasota Christian School broadens students' horizons

Students in kindergarten through 12th grade partnered with international schools to promote global learning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 25, 2015
Q+A with Jay Romine

Jay Romine, director of Manatee Technical College's law enforcement program, is the new chairman of Florida's Criminal Justice Training Center Directors Association.

  • East County
  • News
The living quilt is currently 12-feet-long and 8-feet wide with more squares and signatures to be added.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • May 12, 2016
Common thread: Artist stitches quilt for animal awareness

Artist Joan DaVanzo's living quilt is in need of a home.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Construction on a roundabout at Pineapple Avenue and Ringling Boulevard is expected to last until June at the latest. Photo by Norman Shimmel.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 26, 2012
Burns Square businesses eye construction effects

Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown announced that the city Jan. 29 will close Ringling Boulevard from Orange Avenue to U.S. 41.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Chef Jet Tila with Dr. Joann Barrett and Stephanie Sassetti’s eighth-grade science class following a cooking lesson.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • September 27, 2017
Jet Tila cooks up excitement

Celebrity chef sparks interest in science and cooking at the Out-of-Door Academy in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 20, 2011
Who are the Clearwater Chargers?

The anchor tenants of Lakewood Ranch's new Premier Sports Campus come to the East County with a rich tradition of cultivating soccer stars.

  • East County
  • Sports
File photo Two permeable adjustable groins, like the two groins placed behind The Islander Club, will be placed on the north end of the Key after the town receives state and federal permits.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 22, 2014
Groin-plan delay worries residents

North-end condo owners fear an agreement to hold off on building a groin on Beer Can Island leaves them and their properties at risk.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jennifer Aaron |
  • December 2, 2009
LETTER: Careless drivers endanger children

I hope this letter makes some people stop and consider that their lives and the lives of others can change so dramatically because they decided not to slow down for one-quarter of a mile.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Kerrie Lehnert and Robert Dinan
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 29, 2011
Winner: 10 or Fewer Employees: Kitchens by Kerrie

Kerrie Lehnert makes a mean "homeless stew" - a concoction she developed from her grandmother's recipe and began serving to the homeless on the streets of San Francisco years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michelle Donato learns to walk at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 2, 2014
Key college student takes steps toward recovery

Michelle Donato proved doctors wrong who told her she might never walk again. Her next goal: to dance again.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 7, 2015
Our View: Both sides should settle

It almost doesn't even qualify as news; it was so expected.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Heritage Harbour South Community Development District Supervisor Lee Bettes opens up a budget workshop on the district's storm water management system.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 1, 2011
Heritage Harbour CDD tackles budget

Supervisors on June 2 will decide what programs to cut from their proposed storm water management program.

  • East County
  • News
  • By John Ewing |
  • March 15, 2013
Let it Float: A studio visit with Matt Coombs

Let it Float: A studio visit with Matt Coombs

  • Arts + Culture
Bob's Boathouse is currently closed to the public. Even though the future of the business is a question mark, residents fear the re-emergence of sound issues from live music at the restaurant.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 26, 2015
What about Bob's?

Nearly a year after the county tightened its sound regulations, residents near Bob’s Boathouse say noise problems persist.

  • Sarasota
  • News
McAllister planted a rooftop garden at the Flow Factory, his structure he hopes to use to promote healthy living.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 11, 2013
Q&A with Steve McAllister, community activist

Steve McAllister is a local artist, musician and activist, who always has his hands in one project or another.

  • Arts + Culture
Dr. Suzy Steelman makes Italian mozaics by using tiny pieces of glass. She said her surgery skills serve her well in her hobby.
  • By Dora Walters |
  • May 25, 2011
Surgeon undertakes heartfelt work

Dr. Suzy Steelman, retired general surgeon and Bird Key resident, volunteered to spend a week in March, in the Dominican Republic, working with Hearts Afire, a Christian medical volunteer organization.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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