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Weekend's best bets: Friday, Nov. 21
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • November 21, 2014
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Nov. 21

Weekend's best bets: Friday, Nov. 21

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2018
Longboat Letters to the Editor

Letters from readers for the week of Sept. 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing with their daughter, Diver.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 25, 2013
Video Year in Review: April 2013, Hymn for Her turn up the heat with new album

After two years of touring and living out of their Airstream trailer, roots-rock duo Hymn for Her has found a home in Sarasota - but they're not getting too comfortable.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton metro area ranks seventh in the nation for the number of homes authorized for construction per 1,000 existing homes, (Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 30, 2022
Sarasota metro ranks seventh in the nation for new home construction

Demographics of new residents in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton area are shifting as the area ranks seventh in the nation among mid-size MSAs in approving new home construction.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A home in Oaks II  at 663 N. Macewen Drive recently sold for $1.8 million. Built in 2007, it has five bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 5,382 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 3, 2019
A home in Oaks II sells for $1.8 million

Residential real estate transactions for Dec. 10-14.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • August 5, 2019
Name a turtle with Mote

Turtle name

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Veteran advocate Patti Katter and veterans Vladik Zalevskiy and Aaron Barnes hope Zalevskiy can take veterans deep sea fishing. They say it helps with healing from returning from combat and other issues veterans face.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 25, 2019
Lakewood Ranch woman seeks calm waters for military veterans

Lakewood Ranch woman seeks calm waters for military veterans in Sarasota, Manatee counties

  • East County
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • March 3, 2021
SPARCC mixes shopping and fashion for 2021 SPARCCle on the Runway

Guests picked out clothes at Michael's on East and enjoyed a streamed fashion show.

  • Black Tie
Shane Rawley inside his restaurant, Shaner'    s Pizzeria.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 2, 2017
Shaner's is a tally in the win column for its owner and namesake

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Kayne Peters shows off his splits. Photos by Harriet Sokmensuer
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • August 7, 2014
Camp Spotlight: Red Tiger Taekwondo Summer Camp

Red Tiger Martial Arts continued its weekly taekwondo and martial arts summer camp last week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Danny Torrealba and Satchell Norman celebrate after the Sailors' win against Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 22, 2021
Prose and Kohn: Leading and learning

Sailors baseball coach Clyde Metcalf led his team to victory Tuesday the way only he can.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2020
East County weather page photo: October 29

Richard Bottorff captured this lizard watching out for hawks in Rye Wilderness.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 17, 2016
Aunt Rudele tells all

Nate Jacobs' unstoppable comedic character has a life of her own.

  • Arts + Culture
Volleyball junior Mary Page has given Cardinal Mooney a boost from the back line.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 17, 2019
Prose and Kohn: These Sarasota athletes deserve your eyeballs

You will want to remember these fall sports stars' names.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
This Bay Isle home sold for $2 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 9, 2017
Bay Island home sells for $2 million

Residential real estate transactions for Feb. 20-24

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • July 21, 2019
Samantha's Friends throws Big Easy bash

Samantha's Friends brought some Big Easy flair to its Mardi Gras Madness fundraiser July 21.

  • Black Tie
  • By John Ewing |
  • December 17, 2012
Voices Carry: Digital exchange and the gift of community

Voices Carry: Digital exchange and the gift of community

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 16, 2013
Commission candidates debate topics

The Longboat Key Republican Club held a debate among commission candidates Friday at the Sarasota Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
City Manager Tom Barwin speaks at a press conference to discuss new COVID-19 regulations and the city's plans to give out 50,000 masks to the public. Residents can get masks at City Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, July 2.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 2, 2020
City mask requirements officially take effect

Sarasota officials hope an increased emphasis on face coverings — mandatory in the city, strongly encouraged in the county — will slow the spread of the coronavirus.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Center Point in Lakewood Ranch includes a medical office building, a 30,000-square-foot specialty grocer, a four-story hotel, four to five restaurants and 250,000 square feet of retail space.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 21, 2020
Point Made

A 50-acre, $50 million project is primed to turn what was only office and industrial space into a retail and restaurant destination.

  • LWR Life
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