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Jannie Jones and Meredith Jones. Photo by Matthew Holler.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 15, 2016
Theater review: 'Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves'

FST's fast-paced —occasionally raunchy — musical revue lives up to its title.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Standing water left over from September’s storms has delayed progress on the Beach Road Drainage Improvements project.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • October 24, 2013
Beach project is a drain on funding

Plans to dewater the Beach Road Drainage Improvements construction site have hit another snag. Problems threaten to once again delay the project and muddy tourists' impressions of a top area attraction.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 4, 2015
Ben Carson draws hundreds to downtown Sarasota book signing

More than 600 people filled Main Street today waiting for their chance to see Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo by Jack Cooper, graphic by Observer Media Group
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 9, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Jan. 10

A look at our favorite arts and entertainment events taking place this week in Sarasota, Longboat Key and Venice.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
The Sarasota Ballet performs David Bintley’s “‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café.” Photo by Frank Atura
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • March 5, 2018
Dreams come true with Sarasota Ballet's 'Dreams of Nature'

Sarasota Ballet gifts dance fans with two unique ballets in latest production.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Closure of a turn lane on eastbound Gulfstream Boulevard had a detrimental effect on traffic during the winter.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • July 20, 2020
Town leaders drive home point about Sarasota traffic plan

Sarasota city commissioners will have to consider another version of the Sarasota In Motion Transportation Master Plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jordan Brown and Laura Rook star in "Shakespeare in Love."
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 17, 2018
No Holds Bard: Asolo fills the blank verses of Shakespeare

“Shakespeare in Love” imagines the Bard’s love life at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 23, 2016
Theater review: 'Guys and Dolls'

Asolo Rep bets its season opener on a Broadway classic.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Shannon Braswell stands, soaked in blood, in a bathtub just before opening.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 25, 2012
VIDEO: BEHIND THE SCREAMS

After running the Sailor Circus haunted house, John Rusnak has a new ghastly venture.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 21, 2010
Pension, budget woes mount

A status of the town's three pension plans and the certainty of another shortfall in next year's budget were presented to the Town Commission Thursday, April 15.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota County staff originally proposed the Beach Road Drainage Improvements in 2005.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 22, 2014
Barge skirts Siesta for drainage project

Sarasota County's Beach Road Drainage Improvements project is 91% complete. The latest work came from a barge installing a diffuser on a stormwater discharge pipe.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By H. Terrell Griffin |
  • July 6, 2016
Chapter 7: Trouble in Paradise

Detective Jake Bass is on the scene to get the scoop on the latest rumblings in town.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 19, 2016
Theater review: '42nd Street'

'42nd Street' kicks up its heels at Manatee Players

  • Arts + Entertainment
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John Schneier and his friend, Pat Shaffer, assist with the cygnet round up. Both were in town with friends for Shaffer's bachelor celebration. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 11, 2014
Cygnets grow swimmingly in Bay Isles community

Longboat Key's swan family shows no signs of shrinking after the latest generation of swans gets medical treatment and a clean bill of health from a Lakeland veterinarian in late May.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The city hopes to address persistent flooding issues on Palm Avenue while improving the streetscape and maintaining existing palm trees.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 7, 2018
City prepares for Palm Avenue improvements

The city is eager to begin construction on a downtown street that has been prone to flooding.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The candidates seek to join the seven-member Longboat Key Town Commission.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 16, 2012
Clair, Daly submit names for commission seat

Randy Clair and Jack Daly are the latest residents to ask for consideration for the open at-large Town Commission seat.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kris Parins, local artist and member of the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, won first prize at the FSWS's latest juried exhibition.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • December 9, 2014
Beautiful Minds

Local watercolor society creates an artistic splash in latest exhibition.

  • Arts + Culture
Despite several new construction projects, housing prices are still rising in Sarasota as demand continues outpacing supply.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • August 24, 2017
Low supply and high demand continue to drive housing prices upward

Single family home prices in Sarasota and Manatee counties rose more than 7% in the past year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Although the board endorsed the civil citation proposal, some commissioners had questions about how the new cannabis regulations might be enforced.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 19, 2019
City moves ahead with cannabis decriminalization option

The Sarasota City Commission unanimously endorsed a proposal to allow for the issuance of civil citations in lieu of criminal action for possession of small amounts of cannabis.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2009
Philanthropist donates $2 million

Lawrence E. Ruf, a retired accountant who died last October, gave $2.1 million to the Manatee Community Foundation.

  • East County
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