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  • By Molly Schechter |
  • January 24, 2013
My View: Celebrating 40 years of Friendship

Brother William Geenen turned the "Me Decade" into the 'We Decade' for Sarasota area seniors.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Brett McDowall says his favorite horse's name is Patches.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • July 11, 2018
Summer jobs that work for East County

High school students explore passions with unique summer jobs.

  • East County
  • News
Harold Ronson at Iwo Jima
  • By Harold Ronson | Contributor |
  • April 2, 2018
Longboat man returns to Iwo Jima

Long-awaited trip worth taking.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Jorge Fernandez at Harbour Square, the future headquarters of Havana Ferry Partners
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • August 5, 2015
Longboat resident helping to re-establish U.S.-Cuban relations

Jorge Fernandez has spent decades working to restore the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Cuba.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sandhill Cranes and other birds took on a larger than life form during the festival's parade.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • November 13, 2024
Sarasota hosts first delegation of floral carpet artists

The Sarasota Int'l Chalk Festival brought a global group of organizations together for its "Floralia Infiorata" exhibit.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Hotel guest evicted for taking too many paper plates
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 31, 2023
Hotel guest evicted for taking too many paper plates

All you can eat breakfast does not mean all you can take plates. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Ed Kolodzieski, owner of Ultra-Marine on Longboat Key, hopes to start adding Duffy electric boats to his chartering service.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • August 29, 2023
Longboat Key boat retailer highlights benefits of electric vessels

Ed Kolodzieski has a long history in the boating world, but lately he's been sharing the love for "luxurious floating living rooms."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ken Shelin |
  • September 26, 2022
My View: New performance hall critical for city

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall does not work for the future.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 2, 2010
Pattern perfect

Asolo costume draper Casey Costello explains what it was like to make 31 dresses for three women in one 1930s-era musical.

  • Arts + Culture
"I know how each and every one of our sets goes together piece-by-piece," Jeff Ellis says. "It's a big Tetris game. Fit the shapes in the holes."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • September 29, 2010
Set Commander

Jeff Ellis gives us a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the first main stage opera set to be built completely at the Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Culture
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
Whitney Plaza LLC plans for a complete renovation of the interior and exterior of the existing buildings, and a building permit for portions of a new roof is currently under review.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 28, 2012
Whitney Beach renovation to begin

A $2 million renovation investment for Whitney Beach Plaza will start next week, according to members of a new corporation in control of the dilapidated plaza.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mark Chait, director of leasing for Benderson Development Co. says there are new and evolving entertainment concepts that could be a good fit for the University Town Center East District project.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 20, 2019
More choices coming to Mall at UTC in Sarasota

More choices coming to Mall at UTC in Sarasota

  • East County
  • News
Manatee County Interim Public Works Director Chad Butzow said the public-private partnership comes from looking at the area holistically, rather than by each individual project.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 13, 2019
Public-private partnership drives traffic flow in Lakewood Ranch

Six-party partnership enhances $1.8 million improvement project at Lorraine Road and State Road 70.

  • East County
  • News
Tom Johnson is the new marketing and leasing manager for Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty. An 8-acre park, the island in the background,  will connect to the future Waterside Place destination.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 9, 2017
Waterside at Lakewood Ranch may be restaurants' meal ticket

Sales exec hired to spark new community hub's leasing.

  • East County
  • News
Bill Santamaria, Nicole Leffler and Jill Whittemore are three of the Gulf Gate Village business owners who want to foster a collaborative spirit among merchants within the district.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 19, 2016
Gulf Gate merchants plot new association

There have been many failed efforts to form a merchant association in Gulf Gate Village, but businesses aren’t letting the past haunt the latest push to unite.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lakewood Ranch Main Street celebrated its 10-year anniversary this year.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • January 6, 2016
Getting ready for growth: Main Street choosy about new tenants

With only one retail unit unfilled, Lakewood Main Street stocked and ready to serve an expanding population.

  • East County
  • News
Commissioners hope medical marijuana dispensaries do not get turned into recreational dispensaries.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • January 27, 2021
County aims for home rule on marijuana

Commissioners remain opposed to personal-use laws, even if legalized by the state legislature.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 8, 2010
Park changes coming

To bring more shoppers and diners downtown, the Downtown Improvement District has planned significant improvements at Five Points Park, which it hopes can be fast-tracked.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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