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A rendering of Adagio as viewed from the northeast.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • October 6, 2025
Adagio condo project remains on hold with review committee

The 172-unit mixed-use development needs to come back to Sarasota's to Development Review Committee for a fourth submission and is advised to hold a voluntary community meeting.

  • Sarasota
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The city of Sarasota's Neighborhood Canopy Program provides 10- to 14-foot trees installed in front yards for $100 each.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 6, 2025
Urban tree canopy program finishes for 2025

The Sarasota Neighborhood Canopy Program that provides installed trees for $100 each has concluded for 2025 with plans to return next summer.

  • Sarasota
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Troy and Dr. Sidney Turner with Resilient Retreat's famous therapy dog, Journey.
    By
  • Janet Combs
  • October 5, 2025
Resilient Retreat luncheon teaches lessons of trauma recovery

The Pathways to Resilience event Oct. 1 welcomed several guest speakers to the lunch and learn.

  • Black Tie
The Women on Wheels Ride participants were pumped up before the start of the 11th annual event Oct. 5 on Main Street at Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • October 5, 2025
WOW! What a ride for women in Lakewood Ranch

More than 200 women ride in the Women on Wheels Ride to support Selah Freedom.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Tingley Library on Bradenton Beach may be used as a short-term solution for the lack of community meeting space on the north end of Longboat Key, according to county commissioner Tal Siddique.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • October 5, 2025
North-end Longboat community center remains in the works

As property deals have fallen through, Manatee County has begun to look at short-term solutions off the island.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 5, 2025
900 traffic stops conducted in grant-funded roadway safety effort

A Sarasota Police Department traffic safety operation funded by a state grant resulted in nearly 900 traffic stops covering 1,100 violations.

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Sarasota's Tori Bruinsma, 6, blows her whistle after catching another fish. Dad Kevin Bruinsma says that fishing is the first activity his daughter has gravitated towards on her own.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 4, 2025
Lakewood Ranch fishing tournament reels in nearly 100 kids

The Lakewood Ranch Anglers Club hosted the tournament Oct. 4 on Lake Uihlein.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
A rendering of Seventh & Central Condominiums fronting Seventh Street at the corner of Cohen Way.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • October 4, 2025
Seven-story, 24-unit condo proposed for Rosemary District

Plans for a seven-story, 24-unit residential building at Seventh Street and Cohen Way include replacing an existing multifamily building with a public park.

  • Sarasota
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Lakewood Ranch's Payton Marshall, along with her mother-in-law Marie Marshall, cheer on No Filter. The band played at her wedding on June 22, 2024.
    By
  • Madison Bierl
  • October 3, 2025
Ranch Nite Wednesdays returns in Lakewood Ranch after summer break

The weekly event is back every Wednesday through May with food trucks, music and cornhole.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
To recognize Domestic Violence Awareness month, GFWC's Woman's Club of Sarasota, including members Diana Freidinger, center, and Sharlene Cox, right, presented victim advocate Talia Casey with $1,400 and donated items to support Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center's mission.
    By
  • Dana Kampa
  • October 3, 2025
Woman's club raises $1,400 for domestic violence victims

The GFWC's Woman's Club of Sarasota raised $1,400 and collected donated items to support survivors of domestic violence for its Day of Service.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
As members of VFW Post 12055, Post Commander Dave Daily and retired U.S. Army Col. Gill Ruderman meet once a month with post members at Wolveshead Pizza and Wings.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 3, 2025
Is veterans park a sugar pill being fed to taxpayers?

Manatee County wants the planned Palmetto veterans memorial park and connections hub to serve the region, but local VFW members say it's too far out of the way.

  • East County
  • News
Visit Sarasota County reports a continuing downward trend in 2025 tourism data.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2025
Tourism continues downward trend in Sarasota County

Visit Sarasota County reports lodging prices were up but overall visitors and spending were down in July compared to 2024.

  • Sarasota
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Osprey man arrested in drugs investigation
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2025
Osprey man arrested in drugs investigation

Sarasota Sheriff's Office employed multiple units in serving search warrant.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dickey Betts, who died in 2024, was named by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 best rock guitarists of all time.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • October 2, 2025
Rock pioneer Dickey Betts could be memorialized on Sarasota highway

The longtime Sarasota County resident would join a wide and varied list of luminaries honored in Sarasota County by Florida since 1932.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Stan Ambro adjusts the animatronic of the bartender.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • October 2, 2025
Local haunted house is the vision of one individual

Hollowgraves Haunted Manor, part of the Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Festival, belonged to amusement parks on the Jersey Shore before arriving in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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