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Sarasota Architectural Salvage, 1093 Central Ave., has a whole room of decorative doorknobs and drawer pulls perfect for this project.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2013
Crafty Genes: Wine-bottle toppers

Join DIY editors Mallory and Leslie Gnaegy as they make wine-bottle toppers.

  • Arts + Culture
Ellen Levine lobbied her condo board, management, the Town's Public Works and Wast Management to allow boxes to be recycled at Sea Gate
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • February 28, 2018
Longboat Sea Gate resident boxed in over recycling

Sea Gate does not allow its residents to recycle cardboard shipping boxes boxes, but Ellen Levine won't is determined to make it change.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2013
Our View: Two who do it right

One of the rote lessons of journalism school is the definition of 'news.' In simplest terms, it is the unusual or extraordinary. 'Dog bites man' is not news. 'Man bites dog' is.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • In Memoriam |
  • August 30, 2019
Bruce Allen Grassfield

Bruce Allen “Blue” Grassfield, of Longboat Key passed away on August 21, 2019 at a hospice facility in Bradenton Florida.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Vice president Janet Hartman, treasurer Pam Crowe and president Noreen Ackerman.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 5, 2019
Key Niners welcome members back with luncheon

The Longboat Key Club's women's nine hole golf association teed off the season.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 25, 2015
Neal seeks home run with Villa Amalfi project

Neal Communities wants to build paired villas, rather than commercial properties.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • April 16, 2015
Luck Be a Lady

Asolo Repertory Theatre prepares for the world premiere of the Frank Loesser musical tribute

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Sandy Gilbert |
  • October 7, 2009
My View

Time to act on pension plans

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • April 12, 2018
John Krasinski wears many hats in profoundly frightening 'A Quiet Place'

Impeccable casting and a tricky premise make for a terrifying mystery.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
President of Sarasota Public Art Fund Tom Savage and artist of "Complexus” John Henry
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 14, 2012
Scene & Heard

They did it; Noise Ordinance takes effect; It's a small world after all; Behind the seams

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2014
Obituary: John Tornillo Sr.

John Tornillo Sr., 84, of Longboat Key, died May 4.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The American Red Cross closed its Lakewood Ranch location in March 2017. A deed restriction on the property from Schroeder-Manatee Ranch limits the building’s use to the American Red Cross only.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 14, 2018
New EMS station planned in Lakewood Ranch

County hopes to buy Red Cross building in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Weston Spoon, Courtney Hessell and Lynne Byrd  with loggerhead sea turtle Chipi.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • April 2, 2020
Bon voyage, Chipi!

After 149 days in Mote's care, once-stranded loggerhead was released into the Gulf of Mexico on March 25.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 12, 2010
East County lifter wins national title

Joe Seth won the 77 kg weight class for ages 40-44 at the 2010 National Masters Olympic Weightlifting Championships April 9-11 in New York.

  • East County
  • Sports
Elisa Uzcategui's work, “The New Rosie the Riveter,” is displayed as part of the Embracing Our Difference exhibit. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 4, 2018
SMA Prep student reinvents historical icon for Embracing Our Differences painting

Elisa Uzcategui created an updated version of the iconic Rosie the Riveter figure to celebrate minorities through the 2018 Embracing Our Differences outdoor exhibit.

  • Arts + Culture
Gus Mollasis talks to students during his "At the Movies" class.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 26, 2019
Longboat Key Education Center now enrolling

Classes start October 15 on the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
"The poetry of the music is just gorgeous," says Rachel Assi of Gloria Musicae's Argentinean-influenced Christmas concert. "I think it'll be a beautiful piece and an interesting venture into something a little unknown."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 1, 2010
Fresh Pipes

Singer Rachel Assi is young, ambitious and happy to serenade you. Gloria Musicae's new chorus manager is ready to make an impression on Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
Dean and Bill Mixon and Rick Permuy, Janet Mixon's son, sport orange smiles.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • November 6, 2013
Lasting Legacy: Mixon's Fruit Farms

Mixon's Fruit Farms endured struggles - and a change in strategy - to make it to its 75th season.

  • East County
  • News
Manatee County Senior Services Manager Tracie Adams said getting older and needing help to maintain your home shouldn't mean you have to leave it.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • February 10, 2021
Additional funding will help more Manatee County seniors

Manatee County provides services to some seniors who aren't ready for assisted living

  • East County
  • News
  • By John Ewing |
  • June 18, 2013
Team REDS to race against bullying

Team REDS to race against bullying

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
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