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"Portrait of a Lady on Fire."
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 18, 2020
Binge Blog: Don't regret, remember

Binge Blog's top 10 films of the year — sort of.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 22, 2013
Deputies investigate law enforcement impersonators

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office urges caution after a Sarasota couple reported being pulled over by armed men pretending to be deputies.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2012
Letters to the Editor

I support commissioners; To the commission; Learn how to park; Let us vote

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The town of Longboat Key is exploring the possibility of transition the Longboat Library from a non-profit organization to a Sarasota County-operated service.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 11, 2020
Longboat Library lease extended until June 2024

The town is exploring the possibility of transitioning to a free library service operated by Sarasota County.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Terri and Jeff Driver are active members of the LBKTW, Rotary and the Green Team. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 13, 2022
The do-gooding duo driving change on Longboat Key

The Drivers work, play and volunteer around their new home.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The author would like you to know that no people were given food poisoning from his cooking. (Photo: Jim Hendry)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • June 15, 2022
Writing is easy, but cooking is hard

How does a journalist with very few cooking skills get by when he's dropped into a Publix cooking class? He burns the bread.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Patrick Smith sells gerbera daisies.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • February 26, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : The 38th Annual Plant and Flower Show

The 38th Annual Plant and Flower Show took place at Selby Garden Saturday and Sunday Feb, 23 and 24 to show off beautiful plants and give the community an opportunity to purchase some. About 3,000 people attended the show with about 40 vendors and 100 volunteers. 'Its an opportunity for members and guests to buy plants and have them all in one spot,' said volunteer coordinator Phyllis Kirtley.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 18, 2021
Volunteering in the Age of  COVID-19

The pandemic forced dozens of nonprofits to bench hundreds of senior volunteers. Some organizations in Sarasota and Manatee counties are still struggling to fill the void one year later.

  • LWR Life
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 18, 2021
Volunteering in the Age of  COVID-19

The pandemic forced dozens of nonprofits to bench hundreds of senior volunteers. Some organizations in Sarasota and Manatee counties are still struggling to fill the void one year later.

  • LWR Life
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • August 13, 2022
Comic fans assemble at SarasotaCon

Comic convention makes its debut in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Christian Sampson's experiments with color and light have resulted in his largest work to date, "Vita in Motu." (Photo: Spencer Fordin)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • May 18, 2022
Ringling alum's creations require a glass of a different color

Christian Sampson grew up in Bradenton, and his work with dichroic glass has landed him at the Sarasota Art Museum.

  • Arts + Culture
Mayor Ken Schneier applies one of his sticky dots to a town initiative he favors.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 20, 2022
Longboat leaders lay out hopes for county library teamwork

The library and community center could coincide with tax base effects of the new resort and residences opening in 2025.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bradenton-based ET MacKenzie completed repair work after the town of Longboat Key's June's sewage break. Photo courtesy of the town of Longboat Key.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • February 11, 2021
Longboat Key leaders set to decide on how to handle sewage break penalties

A private meeting is set for Feb. 22. The FDEP seeks $188,382 in civil penalties and costs from the town of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A bar serves as the backdrop for Tim Finnegan's tale in "The Smuggler." (Courtesy photo: Dylan Jon Wade Cox)
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 28, 2022
The road to hell is paved with eloquent rationalizations in 'The Smuggler' at Urbanite

Ronán Noone’s one-man play takes audiences on an entertaining ride on one immigrant's hell-bound train of snatch-and-grab.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
The master plan of the Bay Park Conservancy's transformation of the 53-acre site on Sarasota Bay. (Courtesy rendering)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 12, 2022
Nonprofit reaches halfway point of $24M campaign for The Bay Park

With 18 months to go on its capital campaign, The Bay Park Conservancy has raised a second $5 million toward its $24 million goal, triggering another $1 million Patterson Foundation grant.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 20, 2015
'The U.S. Constitution did not take this long to write'

Commissioners expressed frustration at the slow pace of a Comp Plan and code rewrite.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lou Newman shared this picture of two adult black skimmers and a chick on Lido Key post-Tropical Storm Colin.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 16, 2016
Lido black skimmer colony weathers Tropical Storm Colin

Although the bird habitat on Lido Beach took some damage during nesting season, a majority of the chicks survived — and the skimmers have begun mating again.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The State Attorney General's Office said it will charge Manatee County Commissioner George Kruse with one count of driving under the influence for an accident April 20 on GreyHawk Boulevard. (File photo)
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 22, 2022
Florida State Attorney's Office files DUI charge against Manatee commissioner

George Kruse will be charged with one count of driving under the influence.

  • East County
  • News
Kelly Strickland, shown front left with a portion of the city's finance department in 2017, was the subject of a city investigation after Lorrie Simmons, back and second from left, filed a complaint. Photo via city of Sarasota.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 6, 2020
City finance director subject of discrimination complaint

An internal investigation determined a city employee made racially insensitive remarks to her staff but disputed allegations of discriminatory hiring practices.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2013
Our View: The new normal: vigilance

It can happen here. It did happen here. Terrorists were here.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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