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Bayfront Park on TuesdayCaptain Bobby Chiodini ties down the historic tour boat the Carefree Learner, also known as Sarasota High School’s “floating classroom,” at Bayfront Park on Tuesday.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • August 29, 2023
Sarasota area prepares for the impact of Hurricane Idalia
Chairs (Center) Stephanie and Paul Kotlarczyk with Courtney Poppell and Brittany Ingles
  • By Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2023
Children win at first Casino Night
Carl Backman and Nancy Cunningham, members of Aloha Ukulele, perform with the Lakewood Ranch Community Activities club for Play Music on the Porch Day on Aug. 26, 2023.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • August 27, 2023
Heat sends music event inside at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall
Liz Cantwell and Ron Longhurst dance together.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • August 26, 2023
Fundraiser at Senior Friendship Centers supports the hungry
Ed Kolodzieski talking about his marine lifestyle store, Ultra-Marine.
  • By Petra Rivera
  • August 26, 2023
Summer Night Out wined and dined customers in Whitney Beach Plaza
ODA senior linebacker Charlie Tack stretches the ball over the goal line for a pick six against Berean Christian.
  • By Ryan Kohn
  • August 25, 2023
ODA football starts 2023 season with shutout win
Andrew Vac moderates introductions from business owners at Networking at Noon.
  • By Petra Rivera
  • August 25, 2023
Chamber members mingle lunch and networking at Lazy Lobster
Nokomis 15-month-old Lilly Murphy has a unique approach to mini golfing. Her mother, Heather Murphy, says UTC Kids Club is a new way for them to find a different playgroup.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • August 23, 2023
UTC Kids Club provides activities for children to enjoy
3-year-old Cameron Benfer relaxes with a guitar.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • August 20, 2023
Music Compound SRQ puts students center stage at Back to School Bash
Julie Martin pours SALT Tequila.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • August 20, 2023
Rotary Club of Sarasota hosts first Toast Local charity event
Music Compound music instructor Alicia Schiavone offers Palmetto 6-year-old Bennett Blumer a beginner's lesson guitar. "He has some type of performer in him, we just don't know how to channel it yet," says Hilary Blumer, Bennett's mother.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • August 19, 2023
Back to School Bash a hit at Music Compound in East County
Maya Taeoalii dances for the audience, but she arrived before the performance at Grand Living at Lakewood Ranch to teach the ladies how to hula dance.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • August 18, 2023
Grand Living at Lakewood Ranch hosts a luau
Angelina Bens, Leo Bens, Michael Nunes, Karen Pashkow, Jeffrey Nunes, and Anne Summers
  • By Petra Rivera
  • August 16, 2023
Longboat Island Chapel hosts happy hour for Stillpoint Mission donations
7340 Points of Rocks Road in Siesta Key
  • By Petra Rivera
  • August 14, 2023
Siesta Key listing voted overall winner in HGTV Ultimate House Hunt
5131 Jungle Plum Road in Siesta Key
  • By Petra Rivera
  • August 14, 2023
Longboat Key Realtor's listing places in HGTV contest
Lori Goldmeier, dressed as Harley Quinn from DC Comics, and Ryan Jacobson
  • By Ian Swaby
  • August 13, 2023
SarasotaCon showcases comics and local community of enthusiasts
Second graders Wyatt Hill, Zachary Choibekov and Hendricks Perez
  • By James Peter
  • August 10, 2023
Suncoast School for Innovative Studies welcomes students for new year
Ainsleigh Herbert, 5, Katie Herbert, and Anniston Herbert, 8
  • By Ian Swaby
  • August 10, 2023
A new year begins at Southside Elementary School
Luke Langan, a pre-K student at Gene Witt Elementary School, says another goodbye to his father, Sean Langan.
  • By Jay Heater
  • August 10, 2023
Students across Manatee County head back to school
April Glasco lines up children to get a free Kona Ice.
  • By Petra Rivera
  • August 7, 2023
Committee at Temple Beth Israel donates $1,000 worth of school supplies
Lakewood Ranch's Sue Carlton had just had dinner at Good Liquid Brewing at Waterside Place Aug. 5 when she heard the music and decided to have some fun with singer Sheri Nadelman.
  • By Jay Heater
  • August 6, 2023
Stay tuned for musical growth at Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch
Scarlett Hafner, a fifth grader at Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy, her mother, Cassie, brother Preston, a seventh grader, and father, Mark Hafner, at the 80th parallel just north of Svalbard, Norway.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • August 6, 2023
Lakewood Ranch-area teachers, students take the summer to travel the world
Bradenton's Nicole Figueroa, who is 11, and Abdiel Figueroa, who is 8, show off the school supplies they received during the Back to School Bash.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • August 5, 2023
Mall at UTC's Back to School Bash prepares students for a new year
Lakewood Ranch's Adrian Olivo brings his canoe to shore after competing in the Men's Masters B 200 meters of the ACA Sprint Canoe National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park. He finished third in 57.911.
  • By Jay Heater
  • August 4, 2023
Nathan Benderson Park hosts national paddling event
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Bayfront Park on TuesdayCaptain Bobby Chiodini ties down the historic tour boat the Carefree Learner, also known as Sarasota High School’s “floating classroom,” at Bayfront Park on Tuesday.
  • August 29, 2023
Sarasota area prepares for the impact of Hurricane Idalia
2
Chairs (Center) Stephanie and Paul Kotlarczyk with Courtney Poppell and Brittany Ingles
  • August 27, 2023
Children win at first Casino Night
3
Carl Backman and Nancy Cunningham, members of Aloha Ukulele, perform with the Lakewood Ranch Community Activities club for Play Music on the Porch Day on Aug. 26, 2023.
  • August 27, 2023
Heat sends music event inside at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall
4
Liz Cantwell and Ron Longhurst dance together.
  • August 26, 2023
Fundraiser at Senior Friendship Centers supports the hungry
5
Ed Kolodzieski talking about his marine lifestyle store, Ultra-Marine.
  • August 26, 2023
Summer Night Out wined and dined customers in Whitney Beach Plaza

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