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Officials announced the project, which featured a Design & Economic Acceleration Lab, or DEAL, in January.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 28, 2011
Ranch DEAL stalls

State College of Florida Officials are not actively working on the Design & Economic Acceleration Lab the college announced, with partners, in January.

  • East County
  • News
Monk parakeets fly back home to their nest on Midnight Pass Road.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • April 4, 2018
Little green visitors make cheep homes on Siesta Key

Parakeets have been around for years, but their presence still charms residents and confounds utility companies.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Commissioner Lynn Larson and other commissioners have urged for changes to Gulf of Mexico Drive crosswalks.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 8, 2016
Man struck by car in crosswalk

A pedestrian was hit by a car in the Country Club Shores crosswalk Friday morning.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 15, 2013
Katz signs off on pamphlet

Temple Beth Israel Rabbi Jonathan Katz sometimes uses his day off to distribute copies of his pamphlet, 'The Signing: a Civic Horror Picturebook.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Removal of Avenue of Art sidewalk paintings has begun
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • August 25, 2025
Removal of Avenue of Art sidewalk paintings has begun

The city of Sarasota initiated the removal, due to an FDOT mandate requiring the removal of public installations of pavement paintings on sidewalks and roadways.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The photography of orchids at Selby Gardens has yielded new discoveries but also indelible art. (Photo by Spencer Fordin)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • October 26, 2022
Selby orchids exhibit celebrates vibrant photography

The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens treasury has more than 20,000 digital assets, and many of them are stunning photos of orchids.

  • Arts + Culture
The von Trapp children discover singing is among their favorite things, along with "doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles."
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 19, 2019
Darker tones make 'Sound of Music' a complex composition

Josh Rhodes reimagines the classic musical in a bold, inventive Asolo Rep production. It’s joyful and uplifting. But it’s not all sweetness and light.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Theresa and Gary Syvertsen with Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s CEO Robyn Faucy-Washington at the Syvertsen’s Lakewood Ranch home.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • August 15, 2019
Charity Snapshot: Rising to the Challenge

An 11-year-old organization, founded in Sarasota, provides free services to people with Parkinson’s disease in six counties, including Manatee.

  • LWR Life
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 17, 2016
Theater review: 'Bell, Book and Candle'

“Bell, Book and Candle” enchants audiences at The Players.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 16, 2022
St. Armands revved up for Lotus Cars on the Circle

Lotus and British car owners arrived in style for a car show July 16 in St. Armands Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 7, 2013
Firm halts Siesta transit plan

There's more than meets the eye to a Sarasota County plan to use visual effects to makeover buses into trolleys for barrier-island routes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Griffin Hudson learns how to fly a drone from instructor Michael Uleski. The Braden River class is the pilot program for DARTdrones, which is looking to expand next year.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • September 26, 2018
New class takes off at Braden River

Applied engineering class puts emphasis on drones.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 2, 2016
Pattigeorge’s sells for $2 million

The Columbia Restaurant Group bought the iconic Longboat Key restaurant for $1.96 million this week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
(File) A railroad track near Payne Park may one day be replaced by an extension of the Legacy Trail.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 15, 2016
Legacy Trail extension inches forward

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation has given $50,000 to support an extension of the Legacy Trail. How big an impact will the gift make?

  • Sarasota
  • News
An artist's conception of The Palm, a boutique condo project on South Palm Avenue in Sarasota, set to begin construction later this summer.
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • April 16, 2024
Boutique condos planned for Golden Gate Point, Palm Avenue

Two projects getting underway soon will offer “boutique” condos in choice downtown Sarasota locations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jack Paul Rabito in "Give 'Em Hell, Harry." Courtesy photo
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 25, 2012
Scene & Heard

One-man Truman play shoots from the lip; Actor veers off Sesame Street, arrives in Sarasota; 10-Minute playwright keeps it short and sweet

  • Arts + Culture
The 12-hole course at Calusa Country Club in Lakewood Ranch is pictured. Scheduled to open in November, it's the latest in an emerging trend of shorter courses.
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • September 23, 2025
Golf is forever flawed, but 12-hole courses mark positive movement

Calusa Country Club is a local advocate of the unconventional, emerging format.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 7, 2010
Toast to Tiny's

Tiny's of Longboat Key closed March 31. But customers couldn't say 'goodbye' without one final party.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Former acting Navy secretary goes behind the scenes of his book: ‘Vectors’
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 10, 2023
Former acting Navy secretary goes behind the scenes of his book: ‘Vectors’

Thomas Modly explains the birth of his book and how politics thwarts progress and innovation in the Navy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Allegiant is one of the top airlines at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2024
Allegiant adds new nonstop route at SRQ

The new service to Plattsburgh, New York, will begin in June.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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