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Bruce St. Denis
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 14, 2011
St. Denis under fire

Longboat Key commissioners are meeting with the town manager to discuss his performance. Preliminary reviews by commissioners don't give him top marks.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Riverview High offensive coordinator Brody Wiseman, the former head coach at Sarasota High, expects big things out of DJ Johnson in 2023.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 1, 2022
Sarasota High, football Coach Brody Wiseman part ways

This past season, Wiseman led the Sailors to their first playoff win in 18 years.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Maya Schultz and Maeva Ginsberg-Klemmt let some some screams after winning the A Final of the Women's U17 2x (7:36.96) at the 2022 USRowing Youth National Championships.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 11, 2023
Look forward to these events, storylines from Sarasota sports in 2023

A rundown of what our columnist is looking forward to covering over the next 12 months.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
626 S. Owl Drive recently sold for $11.25 million, setting a new record for Bird Key.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 14, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for May 29 to June 2 in Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Bird Key

A Bird Key home on Owl Drive tops the week's sales at $11.25 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Troy Roberts and Scott Ruberg show off the new batch of limited-edition “Scooter of the Beach” rum.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • May 2, 2023
Siesta Key Rum dives into more success with its recent release

Siesta Key Rum recently released the second batch of a limited-edition label in recognition of the celebrated Siesta Key lifeguard "Scooter of the Beach."

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Booker senior Sariah Bradley.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 11, 2023
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Sariah Bradley

The Tornadoes girls basketball player led the team to a 58-12 win over Lake Placid Tuesday.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Bello, Eugene and John Nock are bringing their Batmobile to Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 25, 2018
No Joker, but Batmobile comes to Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Family Eye Care hosts a back-to-school event in Lakewood Ranch that includes having the Batmobile on display.

  • East County
  • News
Joseph Caulkins and Arcadian Broad are feted in a prior edition of Key Chorale and the Sarasota Ballet Studio Company's partnership .(Courtesy photo)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • November 15, 2022
Key Chorale sings to irregular rhythms for 'Mystics and Kings'

Key Chorale and the Sarasota Ballet Studio Company chose some inventive selections for their imaginative pairing of talents this year.

  • Arts + Culture
Craig Siegel, the owner of a Siesta Key rental property plagued with Sarasota County code violations, allegedly threw a bucket of urine on a code enforcement officer this morning.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 24, 2014
Top Stories - Siesta Key: April

Sarasota County deputies arrested Craig Siegel before 8 a.m. for the alleged attack on a Sarasota County code enforcement officer.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 8, 2022
Two steps forward, one step back

None of the combatants in the trenches of Florida’s property insurance crisis is celebrating the results of the special legislative session.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Gabriel McDerment has been working on his musical, "Acceptance Pending," since his freshman year at New York University where he is now a junior.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 15, 2023
Braden River High alum to produce musical for Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Gabriel McDerment will debut his musical, "Acceptance Pending," in the international performing arts festival.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
(Renderings courtesy of Hoyt Architects)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 26, 2022
Hotel, restaurant project planned for Main Street near One Main Plaza

A new tower with 35 condos, 120 hotel rooms and a restaurant is nearing approval on Main Street and Goodrich Avenue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • June 27, 2023
Peppi Elona

Peppi Elona, a vibrant, colorful, unconventionally imaginative and kind woman passed away peacefully at her home on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2022
East County weather page photo: November 10

Tim Lyons took a photo of James Patton Park in Lakewood Ranch at sunrise.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2022
Sarasota weather page photo: November 10

Diane Suner captured this photo of a lightning whelk shell along Lido Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: November 10

Sergio Albuquerque captured this photo of a sand crab running along Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lake Club Giving Circle founder Barbara Najmy and member Julie Swan show off some of the sneakers the giving circle collected for The Twig nonprofit. (Photo by Jay Heater)
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 28, 2022
The Lake Club's circle of giving increases

"If you stay the course and continue to surround yourself with like-minded women, then great things come of it," founder Barbara Najmy says.

  • East County
  • Opinion
A child in the migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, in May of 2023.
  • By James Peter |
  • May 29, 2023
Local photographer documents migrant crisis at the border

Allan Mestel captured thousands of images of migrants and their living conditions coinciding with the expiration of Title 42.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Florida Studio Theatre's "Babel" explores a dystopian future.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 30, 2023
FST's 'Babel' reveals the pitfalls of building a better baby

Everyone wants a perfect baby. Genetic perfection is the only choice left in the dystopian future of "Babel" at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
SIA President Tony Romanus at one of the work sites.
  • By Jack Short |
  • November 30, 2015
Siesta Isles Association will appeal county’s stop-work order

The landscaping entrance-improvements would have required removal and relocation of some protected trees from the right of way, which the county says is off-limits in this case.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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