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

Comic convention makes its debut in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The home at 1321 Point Crisp Road has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,572 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 8, 2022
Siesta Key property tops sales at $7.2 million

A Siesta Key home on Point Crisp Road tops the week's sales at $7.2 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • August 28, 2020
Sarasota schools in need of musical instruments

Music teachers have started a grassroots effort to collect enough instruments for all their students, because of sharing limitations brought on by COVID..

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Alyssa Bradford signed with Young Harris College on Nov. 13.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 20, 2019
Prose and Kohn: Mustang's signing story one of self-belief

The senior didn't play lacrosse two years ago. Now, she's a college-level player.

  • East County
  • Sports
Parking is allowed on one side of Broadway Street. Additional restrictions are under consideration on other streets.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 6, 2019
Package of parking changes pleases residents

Village neighbors like what town proposes but hopes idea of residents-only permit remains under consideration.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • March 17, 2022
Local figures gather for 50th anniversary prayer breakfast

The annual Sarasota Prayer Breakfast marked 50 years on March 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2022
The best things to do around Sarasota for June 30 to July 6

It's a Fourth of July celebration week packed with theater, comedy, concerts and art in Sarasota, Longboat Key and Lakewood Ranch.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Marian Kessler
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 26, 2012
Season of Sharing: Marian Kessler

Kessler, a Plymouth Harbor resident, has been donating to Season of Sharing since shortly after the campaign's inception.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The DID installed three flower baskets as part of a trial program one year ago. Now, board members are anxious to move forward with the Downtown in Bloom project.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 25, 2016
DID plants seed for downtown flower program

The Downtown Improvement District has set its targets on one major project this year: adding flower baskets to light poles in the heart of the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Knoxville cast members Paul Alexander Nolan, Jack Casey and Jason Danieley in the rehearsal room. (Courtesy photo: Ian Johnston)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • March 26, 2022
'Knoxville' team preps for world premiere after pandemic pause

They could've moved onto other projects and other endeavors. But the creative team behind "Knoxville" believed in their work and used the pandemic to strengthen it ahead of its world premiere.

  • Arts + Culture
Sydney McCullough entertains the crowd aboard Achilles.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 24, 2022
Myakka horse show raises money for historic schoolhouse

Entertainers and riders from Herrmann's Royal Lipizzan Stallions perform and share regional history in a fundraiser for renovations of the Myakka City Historic School House.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2014
Shoe box sensation

It's not too early to trade in your box of shoes - or rather the box for your shoes - for the area's elderly.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Town Hall was filled to capacity Tuesday morning at the Planning and Zoning Board meeting.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 15, 2022
Longboat Key Planning Board sets aside restaurant proposal

Board votes to prepare on order of denial for proposed Lo' Key Tiki Bar and Grill.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dave "Watchdog" Miner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2020
Manatee County School Board District 3: Dave Miner

Meet the candidate.

  • East County
  • News
The ghost pirate, played by Derek Dutcher, emerges from the cemetery to
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 16, 2019
Legend of Sleepy Hollow expands at the Sarasota Polo Club in Lakewood Ranch

Legend of Sleepy Hollow expands at the Sarasota Polo Club in Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Clara Reynardus de Villanueva and her husband Roberto Villanueva spent the holiday with Elizabeth Moore at her ranch in Myakka.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • January 5, 2021
Sarasotans find new ways to celebrate the new year

Locals traded downtown block parties for personal celebrations this New Year's.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 8, 2021
Longboat Key's island neighbor gets some TLC

Suncoast Waterkeepers and Sarasota Bay Watch organized a cleanup on Sister Keys.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 20, 2009
Town sets sight on signs

Town residents and planning board members are urging the state to take out some of the signs in the Gulf of Mexico Drive right of way.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Terry Wilson, a Waterlefe resident, paints stripes on her sheepshead fish. "I was shocked when I found out we were painting with a real fish," Wilson says. "It sounds like fun."
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 26, 2020
Painting on a grand scale in East County

Waterlefe residents learn how to paint with a fish

  • East County
  • News
Betsy Benac
  • By Guest Author |
  • June 1, 2022
Betsy Benac says Manatee County administrator, commission throw ethics out window

Former commissioner says mismanagement driving away talented Manatee County employees.

  • East County
  • Opinion
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