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Jay with Gabriella Hart and Andrea Begley listen to some Blues at the Downtown Sarasota Blues Festival.
  • By Dariela Delgado
  • March 5, 2023
Downtown Sarasota gets in the groove for the blues
Rab'Bee' Shefrin with Savannah Hart and Jacob Shefrin
  • By Dariela Delgado
  • March 5, 2023
Temple Emanu-El gets into character for Purim
Cari Aslan thanks board members for their generosity of time and talents to help the community work together.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • March 5, 2023
Celebrating service at Spanish Main Yacht Club
Vic Cipolla and Jessica Obiezinski took home the prize.
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 5, 2023
Sarasota celebrities square off at SCD Sunset Showdown
Mary Jane Tolpa, Mary Kupiec and Nancy Ross
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • March 5, 2023
Record-breaking year for Royal Rummage Sale
President Delesa Morris and Bix Mannion
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 4, 2023
Tidewell Foundation addresses veterans care at signature luncheon
Yo-Yo Ma performed with the orchestra.
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 4, 2023
Sarasota Orchestra brings Yo Yo Ma to Sarasota
Lakewood Ranch's Beth Wood, her father John James from Ohio, and her husband Brian Wood, pick out a good spot on the street before the band begins.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • March 4, 2023
Friends of the Lakewood Ranch Library benefits from Music on Main
Manatee Technical College culinary student Shamya Andrews shows Tieler Gittleman, the chair of the Lakewood Ranch Young Leaders Alliance, the finer points of using a knife.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • March 4, 2023
Lakewood Ranch Young Leaders Alliance cooks up new event
1247 Westway Drive sold March 1 for $7.48 million.
  • By Observer Staff
  • March 3, 2023
Waterfront Lido Shores home sells for $7.5 million
Andrea Lane and Sarah Glendening
  • By Harry Sayer
  • March 1, 2023
Glasser/Schoenbaum celebrates local mentors
Pastor Norman Pritchard preaches to over 400 people on Sunday.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • February 28, 2023
Over 400 attend Kirkin' o' the Tartans at Christ Church
Dr. Dwight Fitch, chairwoman Marjan Zaun and Jill Fitch
  • By Harry Sayer
  • February 28, 2023
Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation brings Hollywood to the Hyatt
Instead of cutting a ribbon, community members hold the hose and drop it.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • February 27, 2023
Banyan Bay Club goes native with planting project
Junior League of Sarasota Committee Chairs Caroleen Brej and Kari-Jo Koshes end the 46th Annual Tour of Homes with a celebratory happy hour at CinéBistro on Feb. 25.
  • By Dariela Delgado
  • February 27, 2023
Junior League of Sarasota celebrates Tour of Homes
Ariel Rischer sells her handmade bracelets at the Young Entrepreneur Market at The Bazaar on Apricot & Lime.
  • By Dariela Delgado
  • February 26, 2023
Young CEOs set up shop at The Bazaar
Artists from all over the country display their work at the Town Center Green.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • February 26, 2023
Longboat Key art festival draws a crowd
Eleven-year-old Liam Pacheco (No. 12 on his shirt) roasts a marshmallow during the Community Campout.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • February 26, 2023
Lakewood Ranch's Community Campout fires up interest
Mooney senior Olivia Davis goes one-on-one with Miami Country Day's Kristina Godfrey.
  • By Ryan Kohn
  • February 25, 2023
Cardinal Mooney girls basketball falls in state championship game
Jeffrey Nunes is commissioned as a pastor by Rev. Brock Patterson on Tuesday.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • February 24, 2023
Longboat Island Chapel commissions a new reverend
Jocelyn Alvis takes in the applause.
  • By Harry Sayer
  • February 23, 2023
Cooking For Wishes takes a trip to Wonderland
Third grader Jayla Fields shows off her project on Serena Williams. "It was fun learning she was the face of women's tennis," Fields says.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • February 23, 2023
Bashaw Elementary hosts Black History Month celebration
The condo at 340 South Palm Ave, Unit #75 was built in 1998. It has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,761 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes
  • February 23, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Feb. 6-10 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis
Downtown Sarasota Alliance Erin Silk and Justin Tobiasz
  • By Dariela Delgado
  • February 22, 2023
Downtown Sarasota Alliance doles out awards
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Latest News Photo Galleries

1
Jay with Gabriella Hart and Andrea Begley listen to some Blues at the Downtown Sarasota Blues Festival.
  • March 5, 2023
Downtown Sarasota gets in the groove for the blues
2
Rab'Bee' Shefrin with Savannah Hart and Jacob Shefrin
  • March 5, 2023
Temple Emanu-El gets into character for Purim
3
Cari Aslan thanks board members for their generosity of time and talents to help the community work together.
  • March 5, 2023
Celebrating service at Spanish Main Yacht Club
4
Vic Cipolla and Jessica Obiezinski took home the prize.
  • March 5, 2023
Sarasota celebrities square off at SCD Sunset Showdown
5
Mary Jane Tolpa, Mary Kupiec and Nancy Ross
  • March 5, 2023
Record-breaking year for Royal Rummage Sale

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