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Sara Hand
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2011
Small Business Finalist: 10 or Fewer Employees: SP Hand and Associates

Small Business Finalist: 10 or Fewer Employees: SP Hand and Associates

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Summerfield's Tippy and John Holz are the co-chairs for the Center Stage Campaign for the Players Centre for the Performing Arts.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 12, 2019
Couple at center stage fundraising for Players' move to Lakewood Ranch

A Lakewood Ranch couple leads the fundraising campaign for the proposed theater complex at Waterside Place

  • East County
  • News
Mac Mitchell.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 3, 2018
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Mac Mitchell

The Sarasota High sophomore talks being coachable and the best advice he's received.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Boys & Girls Club of America President and CEO Jim Clark, center, helps cut the ribbon for the Tom and Debbie Shapiro Career Resource Center Thursday, Sept. 29.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • September 29, 2016
Career Resource Center opens its doors

The Tom & Debbie Shapiro Career Resource Center has opened its doors to families at the Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota County Lee Wetherington branch.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Judy Robertson has ben studying Art Battles around the world for the past year, figuring out the keys to victory.
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • March 11, 2020
Local finalists prepare for Art Battle Florida

Each taking a different approach to the competition

  • Arts + Culture
Traffic now flows northbound along U.S. 41 at Fruitville Road without a traffic signal as work on the roundabout continues.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 12, 2020
FDOT reports improvement following U.S. 41 traffic changes

As construction continues on a roundabout at Fruitville Road, Longboat Key leaders remain concerned about plans for a Gulfstream Avenue project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • December 11, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Dec. 12

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Dustin Horne's grandmother Christine Whaley, mother Tena McCallister and aunt Stacy Young are grateful Dolly Johnson and her husband, Gary, are creating a garden on their property. They said going there will be therapeutic.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 30, 2019
Hope grows in Myakka neighbors' backyard

Myakka City man, killed in an accident, is honored with a community garden.

  • East County
  • News
Steve Horowitz will play Detective Sgt. Fred Burchitt in "An Act of the Imagination."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 8, 2013
'An Act of the Imagination' opens at Island Players Thursday

Sarasotan Steve Horowitz who plays the Sergeant in the murder mystery play talks a little about his role and why you should come see it.

  • Arts + Culture
Jack Paul Rabito in "Give 'Em Hell, Harry." Courtesy photo
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 25, 2012
Scene & Heard

One-man Truman play shoots from the lip; Actor veers off Sesame Street, arrives in Sarasota; 10-Minute playwright keeps it short and sweet

  • Arts + Culture
Longboat Key will receive $1.5 million from the state for a $3.5 million Longboat Pass sand dredging project that will begin later this summer.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 25, 2015
Town beach project survives governor's cuts

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed off on a $1.5 million funding expenditureTuesday for an estimated $3.5 million Longboat Pass dredging project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"My whole life has been involved in art — teaching art, making art, being an artist," Eleanor Merritt says. "It's my life, and that's just the way it's been."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 7, 2014
Girl Power

In her work as an experimental contemporary artist, Eleanor Merritt focuses on the matriarch.

  • Arts + Culture
More than 500 people lined up before 7 a.m. in September 2016 for the grand opening of Earth Fare'   s new store in Seminole, Fla. Courtesy image.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 19, 2017
It's official: Earth Fare coming to Lakewood Ranch

Tavistock Development says the grocer will be an anchor of its new commercial project off State Road 70.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 15, 2009
Town Commission meets for regular workshop

The Longboat Key Town Commission met Thursday, Oct. 15, for a regular workshop.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sweet treats at KTTC.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • October 21, 2015
Black Tie & Tales 10.22.15

Key to the Cure opens up the season; SPARCC sets the stage high with scavenger hunt; other fun facts and "overheard's" from the social scene this week.

  • Black Tie
Dr. Diana Greene has been the superintendent of the Manatee County School District for nearly a year.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 11, 2016
Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene receives one-year review

The Manatee County School Board gave the superintendent 'Above Expectations' ratings.

  • East County
  • News
Anthony Mathuson, owner of Tony's Used Appliances, said he’s been setting up a few of his products outside his storefront for 12 years. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 25, 2014
Outdoor displays move to discussion forefront

From the proposal to allow outdoor displays in a special overlay district on Siesta Key to several special-exception petitions, the county is concerned with curb appeal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The St. Martha Catholic School boys basketball team won the Florida Gulf Coast League Championship Dec. 10.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 24, 2015
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 12.24.15

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 12.24.15

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
This drawing from the city shows the before-and-after concepts for redesigning Second and Fourth streets to better serve cyclists.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 14, 2017
Downtown bike plans roll forward

The city is refining a plan to create downtown streets targeted at cyclists — and still considering a vision for a narrower Fruitville Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Riders test out the "rhythm section" of the renovated BMX track at the Youth Athletic Complex.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 29, 2016
Top Sarasota sports moments of the year

The area had plenty of sports highlights during 2016.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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