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Florida Studio Theatre's Keating Theatre. Courtesy.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • September 30, 2015
Live theater: Critic's season picks

See what we're buzzing about in the rapidly approaching 2015-2016 theater season .

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Attendees discuss the future of the bayfront at Tuesday's The Bay open house at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 19, 2018
Residents share feedback on bayfront plans

Public input on three concepts for redeveloping the bayfront will help create a singular vision for a vast swath of waterfront land.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch High boys and girls varsity and JV cross country teams swept the Manatee County Championships Oct. 29.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 31, 2011
Mustangs sweep county meet

The Lakewood Ranch High boys and girls varsity and JV cross country teams were all victorious at the Manatee County Championships Oct. 29 at the Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Michael Eng |
  • June 16, 2010
OBSERVED: In honor of Dad and his drawer

Growing up, I must have come to my dad with hundreds of broken toys, shoelaces and scraped knees. And every time, he knew just how to fix them. That's just what dads do.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2014
News Briefs

Sarasota County bags Sunday booze ban; Wawa slated for North Sarasota; Longboat resident charged in road rage stabbing

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 3, 2016
Colony board approves redevelopment plan

Unicorp is hoping to convince the Four Seasons hotel chain to operate its planned five-star hotel at the Colony.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 28, 2009
Our View

Two humble leaders

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
File photo. Natalie Gavrielov during the Sarasota Sailing Squadron's 69th annual Labor Day Regatta.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • September 1, 2016
Sarasota Calendar 9.1.16

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Sept. 1.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • June 3, 2010
My View: Painless cutbacks - to the public

If government cuts employees and spending in a recession, does anyone notice?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The Longboat Key Town Commission is determined to decrease bridge openings.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 16, 2015
Bridge openings don’t clog traffic, study shows

Commissioners gave Town Manager Dave Bullock direction to invite Coast Guard and FDOT officials to a future meeting to discuss bridge openings.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Lake Club's Melissa Howard said she wants to bring her business experience to Tallahassee to benefit the Sarasota-Manatee area.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 18, 2018
Lakewood Ranch woman says it's time to run for the Florida House

Lake Club's Melissa Howard enters the race for the Florida District 73 seat.

  • East County
  • News
Meet this week's athlete: Matthew Hansen
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 26, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Matthew Hansen

Nine-year-old Matthew Hansen won a first-place trophy for forms and a bronze medal for sparring at the Taekwondo Grand Prix IV Oct. 15 at Lakewood Ranch High School.

  • East County
  • Sports
Jane Read teaches part-time five days a week at the River Club Golf Course.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 30, 2011
River Club golf pro earns LPGA honor

Teaching professional Jane Read was one of four members inducted into the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Hall of Fame Nov. 14.

  • East County
  • Sports
County Commissioner Nora Patterson.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • March 19, 2014
County tightens noise rules

The Sarasota County Commission voted Wednesday for more restrictive countywide noise restrictions.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By David Conway |
  • July 31, 2014
Initial city millage rate stays flat

Despite a $3.6 million general fund deficit, the Sarasota City Commission voted to keep the property tax rate level, opting to explore other avenues for balancing the budget.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A new Goodwill Superstore construction project moved ahead Tuesday when the dirt was turned on the North Trail project and a groundbreaking ceremony was held despite a pending legal challenge.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 12, 2012
North Trail Goodwill Superstore breaks ground

Sarasota city attorney Robert Fournier said that Goodwill is moving forward at its own risk because a challenge neighborhood residents filed against the store in Sarasota Circuit Court is still pending.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • August 22, 2012
Bridge Bites: The Anti-Bath Coup

West leads the King, and Declarer craftily ducks. Now, if West continues, he gives Declarer a second trick in the suit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
'Le Chef'
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • July 14, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Le Chef'

'Le Chef' is the latest foodie film guaranteed to tickle your taste buds as well as your funny bone.

  • Arts + Culture
Photo courtesy Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 27, 2019
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens displays Paul Gauguin's tropical treasures

The artist's perspective of French Polynesia comes to life through his art and Selby's plant displays in 'Gauguin: Voyage to Paradise.'

  • Arts + Culture
Fifteen-year-old Navene Shehadeh always wanted to be a cheerleader.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 23, 2015
A special kind of cheer

Riverview High senior creates cheerleading program for special needs children.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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