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Rachel Weronik and Abby Misiura spent about one month making their duct-tape flowers before launching sales this month.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 16, 2012
Duct-tape flowers bloom for Honor Animal Rescue

Two Gene Witt Elementary School students have raised more than $200 selling flowers made of duct tape.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Holly Ferguson detonated the 2011 Siesta Key Fourth of July fireworks show — legally, of course. (Photo: Remarkable Photography)
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 8, 2012
Education key in illegal firework activity

Don Damron, senior fire reviewer for Sarasota County, at the June 7, meeting of the Siesta Key Association said ignorance is the cause of most illegal firework activity on Fourth of July.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By The Insider |
  • April 12, 2012
Sarasota Film Festival: VETERANS OF COLOR on Saturday and Five More Recommendations!

Sarasota Film Festival: VETERANS OF COLOR on Saturday and Five More Recommendations!

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 28, 2017
Manatee County moves closer to Premier Sports Campus purchase

Commissioners support buying the facility and will vote on the deal in December.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Zara Barrie |
  • September 30, 2014
Factory Girl: Broke and fabulous

Factory Girl: Broke and fabulous

  • Sarasota
  • News
David Brenner is the Vice Mayor of Longboat Key
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 29, 2012
Election Q&A: David Brenner

Vice Mayor David Brenner believes Longboat Key is a residential community that needs a mix of tourism.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"Ed's Shed" of Safety Harbor, Florida, will appear June 7 and 9 at the second annual Squeaky Wheel Fringe festival.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • May 26, 2024
Squeaky Wheel puts Sarasota on the fringe festival map

The festival's second year features new and returning performers plus hassle-free ticketing.

  • Arts + Culture
Lexi, formerly named Jasmine, is named after Gene Witt Elementary fifth-grader and Honor Animal Rescue volunteer Lexi Brown, who was murdered.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 8, 2014
Paws for celebration

Honor Animal Rescue adopted out 1,000 animals in 2013, thanks to the DePew family's December adoption of Lexi, a 2-year-old collie mix.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 17, 2016
Theater review: 'The Drowsy Chaperone'

Comedy unfolds in the theater of the mind.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Sarasota County’s beaches and parks will be cleaned up as part of Keep Sarasota County Beautiful’s 2011 International Coastal Cleanup effort.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 24, 2011
Sarasota cleanup effort underway

Keep Sarasota County Beautiful is ramping up its 2011 International Coastal Cleanup effort, which will be held Sept. 24.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • March 16, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas is a Siesta Key resident who spent his career with Feld Entertainment, which produces Disney on Ice shows. Read more about him in our Candid Q&A.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Mr. Robert Weeks loved wintering on Longboat Key, where he was active in the Spanish Main Yacht Club community and an avid golfer.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2013
Obituary: Robert J. Weeks

Robert J. Weeks, 78, of Longboat Key and Sea Girt, N.J., died Sunday, Dec. 23.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tony and Chris Aveni, of Surf Side Free Ride, take passengers around Siesta Key for free with their 1973 Volkswagen Things.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 6, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Beach-inspired boutique opens on Ocean Boulevard; Art'n Party makes art accessible on the Key

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2015
Wolves Head launches eating contest

How many hot dogs can you eat?

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Tim Rogers.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 16, 2017
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 03.16.17

Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 03.16.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jack Short |
  • September 29, 2015
Blue Pagoda building up for grabs

As U.S. Masters Swimming moves out, the blue pagoda-style structure will be open to interested parties.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Justin Matthews, of Matthews Wildlife Rescue, rescued a Bald Eagle that was hit by a car May 4. Unfortunately, the bird died shortly after.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 5, 2015
East County Bald Eagle dies after it's struck by car

After being hit by a vehicle Monday, May 4, a Bald Eagle died while Justin Matthews, of Matthews Wildlife Rescue, on the way to Bayshore Animal Hospital.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 31, 2014
VIDEO: SCAT wins "best of the best" for music video

Sarasota County Area Transit was awarded first place for its marketing music video at the Florida Public Transportation Association annual conference.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • November 6, 2014
Patterson Foundation honors veterans with weekend summit

Journalist Soledad O'Brien and author Wes Moore are two notables who will attend.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Winds from Tropical Storm Andrea shake palm trees in city of Sarasota’s Bayfront Park.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 6, 2013
Sarasota County under tropical storm warning

Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Andrea to make landfall near Florida's Big Bend this afternoon.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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