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Mozaic’s Thyme and star anise smoked duck breast with sour cherry bread pudding and crystalized ginger orange glaze.
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • May 22, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week Kick-off Party

To kick-off Visit Sarasota County's 9th annual Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week, guests attended the event's kick-off party for a culinary tasting Thursday, May 22, at The Francis.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Steve Whidden |
  • November 8, 2009
Professional Golf Tips 101

Rosedale Director of Instruction and PGA Professional Steve Whidden offers tips for improving your game.

  • East County
  • Sports
Superintendent Brennan Asplen discusses the effects of COVID-19 on Sarasota County School operations during a workshop on Tuesday, Aug. 17. Image via Sarasota County Schools.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 17, 2021
Sarasota school board plans special meeting on mask mandate

After school officials discussed the strain COVID-19 has placed on operations, multiple board members expressed an interest in revisiting the district’s optional mask policy.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mark Huey is stepping down as president and CEO of Sarasota's Economic Development Corp. (File photo)
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 12, 2019
There should be one EDC for Sarasota and Manatee counties

The board of the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota has an opportunity to innovate. Consolidating with Manatee makes sense.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 1, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: What happens on Longboat . . .

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Rachel runs the bases on one of the practice fields.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • August 16, 2016
Girls Inc. swings for the fences with Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles minor league team hosts Girls Inc. of Sarasota County for a baseball clinic.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kristine Nickel |
  • February 7, 2017
Give it up for the optimist

Look to the future and not the past. It may be a lot rosier than you think.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The incumbent Betsy Benac will face Jack Richardson in the General Election.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2016
County Commission — District 7: Betsy Benac

The incumbent Benac will face Jack Richardson in the general election.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 26, 2015
OUR VIEW | Manatee tax dilemma

County Administrator Ed Hunzeker says the county’s reserves will be depleted by 2018 if it keeps balancing its budget with them. He hopes a task force will face the reality.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
"I feel like I haven’t blushed in 20 years," Steven Drukman says of his own innocence. "I don’t think there’s anything that would shock me."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 13, 2011
Innocent voice

Journalist-turned-playwright Steven Drukman shows off his morals in the world premiere of "The Innocents" at the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
Ashley Jai, Chris Caswell, Bob Turoff, Jason Ellis and Sarah Cassidy in The Players' "Urinetown"
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 21, 2014
THEATER REVIEW: 'Urinetown'

'Urinetown: The Musical' runs through April 27, at The Players Theatre.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2019
East County weather page photo: October 24

Bill Turnbull captured this Eagle rebuilding his nest on White Eagle Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Jamal Aoudi gets on top of his opponent.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 5, 2020
Prose and Kohn: Mustangs wrestler finds a perfect match

The senior said wrestling has helped him become an all-around better person.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • April 19, 2015
Film Review: 'True Story'

Jonah Hill and James Franco get deadly serious in the new film, "True Story."

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • January 31, 2018
Braves stadium to open later than planned

It was always a possibility: the stadium won't be open in time for the full 2019 spring training season.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Juan Florensa has worked as the public works director on Longboat Key for than 17 years.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • January 17, 2018
Longboat's outgoing public works director remembers 17-year tenure

Juan Florensa has had significant impact on Longboat Key in the nearly two decades that he lead the town's public works department.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sidney Turner. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • October 23, 2020
Rotary Club of Longboat Key provides Resilient Retreat care packages

Rotarian Sidney Turner, the Resilient Retreat founder, got a surprise from her fellow club members.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Guest Author |
  • February 18, 2021
Class Act: New Player in Town

The Players CEO William Skaggs shares the real-life drama of shepherding Sarasota’s longest-running theater company during COVID-19.

  • LWR Life
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 9, 2020
Sarasota Bay Watch clean up Sister Keys

The cleanup was mainly for invasive species on the small island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The pedal tours are already permitted on Siesta Key and have the support of some downtown businesses. Photo courtesy Sip-N-Cycle Cruises.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 20, 2019
City explores pedal pub regulations

The city will consider an ordinance permitting pedal tours to operate downtown, though some officials have questions.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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