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FDOT officials still anticipate the Diverging Diamond Interchange project to be completed by fall 2017.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 7, 2016
FDOT announces detours, delays for I-75 and University Parkway

Because of the construction on the Diverging Diamond Interchange, drivers must take Exit 210 rather than 213 if driving overnight.

  • East County
  • News
Commission candidates John Weber, Ken Schneier, Irwin Pastor, Ed Zunz and Randy Langley answered questions March 1 at a forum hosted by the Longboat Observer.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 7, 2018
We recommend …

With weighty issues ahead, Longboat voters have challenge in upcoming election.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Midfielder Maria Miller, 14, battles for position during the Braden River Soccer Club’s game versus the Ocala Lightning Elite Jan. 15.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 18, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: USSSA Southeast Regional Championship

More than 50 youth boys and girls soccer teams from across the country and Brazil competed in the USSSA Southeast Regional Championship Jan. 14-15 at the Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch. The top four finishers in each age division are qualified to attend the 2012 USSSA Soccer National Championships July 12 in Overland Park, Kan.

  • East County
  • Sports
The marquee for Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe looks out over Orange Avenue.  (Photos: Klint Lowry)
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • January 8, 2020
WBTT is the little theater that could — and did

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe opens its new stage, completing a 20-year odyssey

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • November 21, 2013
Barbetta questions restaurant's compliance

Noise complaints pertaining to Bob's Boathouse from a nearby neighborhood spurred an investigation into the legitimacy of the restaurant's liquor license.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Customers peruse the jewelry section at last year's Royal Rummage Sale.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 27, 2019
St. Mary Catholic gets ready to rummage

The annual sale will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday, March 1 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ly Tran and Fatima Moon are the partners behind Moon & Co. Eyewear, the first tenant to move into the new retail space at 1500 State St.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 12, 2018
Mixed-use projects land commercial tenants

Throughout downtown, a new wave of residential developments also feature retail and restaurant businesses.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Braden River junior Ali Yawn threw a no-hitter against Brandon Feb. 26.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 27, 2016
Yawn tosses no-hitter

Braden River pitcher Ali Yawn led the Pirates to a 17-0 victory against Brandon Feb. 26.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 13, 2019
Longboat ranked sixth for senior social scene

Amenities in the island town are widely varied, organization says.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Enjoy this weeks edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2019
Cops Corner: Sarasota 8.8.19

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2020
Sarasota Hospital Board At Large: Britt Riner

Meet the candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Casey Key Fish House
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • July 10, 2013
Destination: Osprey

Travel down U.S. 41 with a curious outlook and you are bound to find breathtaking views, interesting shops and history waiting to be discovered. Enjoy the ride and discover fascinating finds along the way.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Manny Ninos
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 3, 2020
Manny Ninos, Longboat Key's neighborhood barber since 1987

Ninos is more friend than barber to his longtime customers, who keep coming back to the chair for chatter and camaraderie.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bunny Skirboll, Edward Carraway, Loring Smith and Kathy Maybee
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • November 21, 2013
Compeer program celebrates its volunteers at appreciation tea

Board members and staff of Coastal Behavioral Healthcare held an appreciation tea Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Glasser Schoenbaum Center, for the volunteers in the Compeer program - a way to thank volunteers for their gift of friendship.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Photos by Amanda Sebastiano Wolves Head General Manager Rob Hallam throws a pizza made from his secret recipe.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • April 23, 2014
Doing Business: Wolves Head Pizza & Wings

The red-walled restaurant, nestled in the corner of Lane Plaza Too on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, offers 19 beers on tap and eventually will offer daily specials and host events.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2009
Sarasotans purchasing Quay site

Four Sarasota-area businessmen want to construct an event center and hotel and perhaps retail and residential units on the 15-acre site of the former Sarasota Quay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Bryan Jacobs. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • September 12, 2018
Lakewood Ranch garden group blooms support for veterans

A possible turning point

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 8, 2017
Artist Series Concerts Friends host Italian masquerade

The annual fundraiser was held on March 8 at Michael’s On East.

  • Black Tie
Elaine Charney was formerly an attorney and Department of Homeland Security employee before she took her first art class in 2006. Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • September 4, 2019
Art Center Sarasota comes up with creative solution to adapt to digital landscape

Art Center Sarasota's new website, Artsite, is helping expand the reach of its artists and the center itself.

  • Arts + Culture
The Grammy-nominated group Liverpool Legends. Courtesy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 26, 2012
Scene & Heard

The Beatles take Sarasota for a good cause; FST announces 2012 to 2013 winter season; Sarasota Opera Guild is back in action

  • Arts + Culture
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