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  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • August 29, 2012
Bridge Bites: The Merrimac Coup

Historians of the Spanish-American War will have no difficulty figuring out how this week's coup got its exotic name. For the rest of us, there is Google.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ellie Bonnett
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 19, 2011
Sports Briefs

Bruins trip up Pirates at homecoming; Bulldogs Junior Midgets win division title; Ortiz takes the Pre-State Invitational

  • East County
  • Sports
Six proposals were opened Wednesday, Dec. 7, from companies interested in landing the multimillion-dollar job of placing all remaining overhead Longboat Key utilities underground. File
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • December 11, 2016
Six firms submit proposals to take Longboat utilities underground

The cost of this project will determine the final amount the town will assess Longboat Key residents for it.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 7, 2013
Bat droppings lead to new roof

Sarasota County will spend $600,000 to re-roof a municipal building years after a bat infestation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 28, 2015
Our view: How codes hurt the poor

Sarasota entrepreneur Harvey Vengroff has spent much of the past two decades here buying and refurbishing old apartments and hotels in the city to fill a big vacuum - affordable housing for low-income individuals and families.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2010
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
Matthew McConaughey stars in "Dallas Buyers Club."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • November 24, 2013
FILM REVIEW: 'Dallas Buyers Club'

The new film, 'Dallas Buyers Club,' not only showcases two phenomenal performances, it also exposes the government playing dirty politics with pharmaceutical companies.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2009
Our View

Health care = USPS, schools

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
File photo. Community Foundation of Sarasota President and CEO Roxie Jerde announces the total for the 2015 Giving Challenge.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • September 15, 2016
Community prepares for the Giving Challenge

Will donors top last year's record $7 million in contributions during the 24-hour event?

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2012
News Briefs

Board members vie for P&Z vice chair seat; Progress report; IPOC declaratory relief action postponed; LBK Cabinetry opens in the Centre Shops

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • March 5, 2014
Engineers define Lake Manatee Dam repairs

County officials expect necessary repairs to start by April and to cost more than $3 million.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2011
Thanksgiving food drive feeds the hungry

The Mayors' Feed the Hungry Thanksgiving Food Drive offers communities a chance to help those who are experiencing the deepest impact of a struggling economy.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Brendan Rempert
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 26, 2017
Side of Ranch

Fulbright scholar takes big heart to India.

  • East County
  • News
"When I get an idea in my head, I just keep researching it until I find what I need," Nancy Markle says.  For this still life, she wrangled some fruit at the grocery store. Heidi Kurpiela
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 14, 2012
Creative Reboot: Nancy Markle

Think a computer whiz can't be artistic? Think again. Former IBM programmer Nancy Markle is creating art the old master way: by studying, researching and making the subject personal.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 12, 2010
Residents target homeless feedings

People living and working around Selby Five Points Park explore an Orlando law that severely restricts homeless feedings in its parks.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tanya Waxler created this kitchen table using 3,100 coins.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 17, 2015
River Club resident wisely uses pennies in decoration

DIY craft project turns a kitchen table into a coin covered creation.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Florida Department of Transportation closes one lane of the Siesta Key north bridge at night. A man was hit by a car during construction this morning.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 1, 2012
Construction worker struck on Siesta north bridge

A hit-and-run driver struck a 60-year-old pedestrian early this morning. Police are on the hunt for a suspected burgundy four-door Lexus.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock proposes using $389,675 of general fund balance in fiscal year 2015-16.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 10, 2015
Commission approves $16 million budget on first reading

A fiscal year 2015-16 budget will be balanced by using $389,675 of general fund dollars to pay for rising expenses. The millage rate will be lower than last year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 5, 2012
Film Review: 'Killing Them Softy'

Finally, Brad Pitt goes noir and nails the defining role of his career.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2010
Happy Birthday, Mr. Chairman

David Beliles, chairman of The Observer Group Inc., celebrated his 80th birthday with family and friends May 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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