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  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2009
Our View

The birth of Christ in context.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Susan Chapman is the newest Sarasota city commissioner.
  • By Roger Drouin and Nick Friedman |
  • May 16, 2013
To the finish

Richard Dorfman's strategy was to make his case face to face with voters. Susan Chapman banked on her deep-rooted neighborhood loyalists.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 17, 2010
Pirates Prevail

The Braden River High baseball team scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat rival Lakewood Ranch 5-3 March 13.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2010
Our View

Is renourishment the way to go?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 1, 2014
Our View: 'Our republic is gone'

Most of the time, we try to devote this space to pertinent local and state issues. But now and again, national and international events are just too compelling to stay silent. This is one of those times.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2010
Our View

White sand is economic

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 12, 2014
TWIS Asks: Colin Thomson

TWIS Asks: Colin Thomson

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 30, 2009
Braden River Pirates honor Coach Garrity

Prior to the start of Braden River's district opener versus Bayshore Sept. 25, the school's Athletic Booster Club dedicated a memorial tribute in memory of the Pirates' beloved coach.

  • East County
  • Sports
Vickie LaChance keeps her husband, Earl, happy by making him and his softball teammates sandwiches.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • February 12, 2014
Second chance for love

Earl LaChance took a chance on love when courting his wife, Vickie. Today they thrive in a relationship based on communication, sacrifice and, of course, sandwiches.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2009
'Letters to Lee'

The following is the last installment in a three-part series of excerpts from the book, 'Letters to Lee,' a compilation of letters written by Lt. Gen. James V. Edmundson to his wife, Lee, during World War II.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2011
Our View: Smackdown. Vindication.

Reading and interpreting the rulings of federal judges in complex civil suits is often a scramblegram of Latin legalese, so much so that you ... well ... you need a law professor to translate what the judge is saying.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2012
Occasions: Anna Fondren Griffin & Daniel Taliaferro Watts

Danny and Fondren first met at Florida State University, where they both attended college. They began their relationship as friends and remained that way for several years.

  • Arts + Culture
The acre of land currently houses parking for the Sarasota County Courthouse and clerk’s office.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • March 14, 2013
Developer pitches Main Street hotel

County officials are slated to meet with a development firm interested in developing the Main Street property currently used as a parking lot.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2012
Our View: Destined to mediocrity?

Congratulations to the citizens of Pensacola. They had the courage to recognize and admit their city was going nowhere, and that it needed a leader, a champion, to raise it up.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kent Chetlain |
  • September 30, 2009
Water Club condo sells for $2.2 million

The leading real-estate transaction for the recording week of Sept. 14 through Sept. 18 was the $2.2 million that Karen and Steven Shapiro, from Chappaqua, N.Y., paid for Unit 808 at the 11-story, 86-unit Water Club Tower II.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Police Chief Peter Abbott submitted his resignation Tuesday, May 18.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 27, 2010
TOP STORY, MAY: Why He's Out

Departed Police Chief Peter Abbott and City Manager Bob Bartolotta say little about their relationship. Evidence paints a divergent picture.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Engineers determined the current retention pond servicing Beach Road on Siesta Key was too small to handle its stormwater runoff needs.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 19, 2012
Runoff project needs extension

The Beach Road drainage improvement is still held up in permitting, but Sarasota County will need to get an extension to keep the $975,000 grant from SWFWMD.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Courtesy photo.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • August 15, 2012
EDIBLES: Family recipes and family memories

Growing up in the Hazan household must have been, well, delicious. Giuliano's parents are Marcella and Victor Hazan, who reside on Longboat Key.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 24, 2011
Phoebe Yi introduces her culture to BRHS

Teacher Phoebe Yi, of China, is eager to teach students at Braden River High School her language and culture this year.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2014
Our View

How to divvy the tourist tax

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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