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  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • June 26, 2017
Four county schools have new principals this year

Students at Brookside Middle, Heron Creek Middle, Emma E. Booker Elementary and Oak Park School can expect to see new faces on the first day of school.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2014
Neighborhood news

Have a neighborhood cookout? A family event? News that affects your neighborhood? Send news and photos from your neighborhood to Senior Editor Pam Eubanks at [email protected].

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Whitney Beach Plaza got a new roof earlier this year and is going through a $2 million renovation to attract tenants.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 21, 2013
Whitney Beach Plaza attracts first new tenant

Engel & Völkers Florida will open a second Longboat Key office in Whitney Beach Plaza this summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Model homes under construction in Tidewater Preserve are located within the new Riverside community, which replaces inventory in the Lagoon neighborhood.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 23, 2014
WCI eyes expansion from east

WCI Communities will use its Tidewater Preserve community as a home base as it looks to acquire land throughout the state.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 27, 2014
Longboat tests new electronic pollbooks

Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent's office used Longboat Key's March 25 municipal election as a testing ground for new electronic equipment that will be deployed in full force later this year for the county's primary.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 9, 2013
Town freezes two pension plans

Twenty-nine firefighters entered a new pension plan, and general employees have new defined-contribution plans effective Oct. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Nancy Barrie with Tommy and Jaymie Klauber and Chef Stephane Pierre
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • October 16, 2013
Newly renovated Polo Grill and Bar prepares to open its doors

Two months ago, Lakewood Ranch's Polo Grill and Bar began renovation. Now, it is preparing for its official opening night Nov. 1.

  • East County
  • News
George Kruse
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 22, 2023
Manatee commissioner says impact fee delay will harm residents

Commissioner George Kruse said the vote to scrap the just-completed impact fees study could cause the county to lose more than $100 million in funds that would have been mostly put into infrastructure.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota Ballet School names new principal
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • August 5, 2025
Sarasota Ballet School names new principal

Alberto Blanco succeeds Jennifer Welch Cudnik, who has moved to Kansas City Ballet School.

  • Arts + Culture
All games in the 2027 Sarasota College Softball Classic will be played on the championship field (lower left) at the new 17th Street Park Regional Sports Complex.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 18, 2025
New north Sarasota park draws major collegiate softball tournament

Six Division 1 softball programs will participate in the inaugural Sarasota College Softball Classic in early 2027.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 14, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: An unwelcome call

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Baritone Lee Poulis, as Zurga, and tenor Heath Huberg, as Nadir, in Sarasota Opera's 2013 production of "The Pearl Fishers." Photo by Rod Millington.
  • By June LeBell |
  • February 20, 2013
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'The Pearl Fishers'

"The Pearl Fishers," written by Bizet when he was almost 25, is the 19th century's answer to what would become silent movies: not much plot, lots of histrionics and a definite demand on audiences to suspend their disbelief.

  • Arts + Culture
Nathan Benderson Park (File photo)
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • January 16, 2020
Bending the numbers for Benderson Park

How trustworthy are indirect economic benefits?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 23, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Helping out with medical calls

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • December 7, 2016
‘Black Nativity’ unites

Director Nate Jacobs shares why Langston Hughes’ African-American Nativity story belongs to everyone.

  • Arts + Culture
The city has no formal plans to revise its special event policy, but staff is undertaking a thorough review of this year’s Thunder by the Bay.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 28, 2016
Reports contrast on Thunder by the Bay's economic impact

A survey of merchants indicated Thunder by the Bay hampered business downtown, but the organizer wants the city to consider broader impacts when evaluating the event’s future.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 22, 2016
Theater review: 'Cosi'

The Players' new production finds clarity in the crazy.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 30, 2009
City mulls furlough, layoffs

To make up for a shortfall of nearly $9 million, the city considers cutting more jobs and asking employees to go unpaid for two weeks.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2009
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Sarasota Observer, 1517 State Street, Sarasota, 34236. The Sarasota Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • April 8, 2010
Sarasota's chili cookoff competition heats up

The Sarasota Chili Cookoff will be held from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 10, at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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