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Stephen Norman, senior event manager at the St. Regis Longboat Key Resort, interviews job fair candidates.
    By
  • Dana Kampa
  • January 28, 2025
St. Regis job fair adds employees front to back

St. Regis Longboat Key Resort recently sought recruits within the community at an in-house job fair

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A March 2022 development concept plan for the planned Lakewood Ranch Southeast property. (Image via Sarasota County)
    By
  • Jim DeLa
  • January 28, 2025
Sarasota County approves plan for major Lakewood Ranch expansion

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch plans to develop 5,000 homes on 4,100 acres near Old Miakka as Lakewood Ranch Southeast.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota High senior Aaron Clark (left) and junior Oliver Boyle work on defensive rotations during practice.
    By
  • Dylan Campbell
  • January 28, 2025
Sarasota teams get ready to tip-off in district tournaments

How will Sarasota's teams fare in the boys and girls district tournaments next week?

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Musician Billy Lindsey, performing as Elvis Presley, gives lei necklaces to all the ladies in the audience, including Sharyn Ford.
    By
  • Dana Kampa
  • January 28, 2025
Elvis kicks off Longboat Harbor social calendar

Longboat Harbour Condominiums has a full slate of social events planned for 2025, and the events kicked off Jan. 25 with a performance by musician Billy Lindsey.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota County criminal justice campus area map shows city- and county-owned parcels.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 28, 2025
Sarasota county jail expansion could cost upward of $700 million

Already well in excess of operational capacity, county commissioners learn an expansion of the county jail will likely cost a least a half billion dollars.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A funding source is one of the challenges in developing a canal maintenance program.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • January 28, 2025
Commissioners choose not to impose canal maintenance tax in 2025

Still lacking an agreed-upon taxing method and not wanting to impose an additional tax after hurricanes, the commission decided to push the program down the road.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Former Riverview High baseball coach and athletic director Larry Altier had a massive impact on the baseball community of Sarasota. His life will be celebrated with a Naval service on Feb. 7 at 2:30 p.m. at Sarasota National Cemetery.
    By
  • Dylan Campbell
  • January 28, 2025
Sarasota area legend left his mark on the field

Longtime Riverview High baseball coach and athletic director Larry Altier leaves behind a legacy that will live on long beyond his passing.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Men behaving badly on Main Street
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 28, 2025
Men behaving badly on Main Street

Officers investigate assaults on a bathroom, tables at a women's march and a restaurant's planters occur over a four-day period. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Jessica Polk, Jake Hartvigsen, Colleen Thayer and Beth Walters of Nami prepare to accept the check from Sara Winer.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • January 28, 2025
Impact100 awards $876,000 in grants to local nonprofits

The women's giving circle offered grants of $109,500 each to eight local nonprofits.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The world premiere of Ken Ludwig's "Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" runs through Feb. 8 at Asolo Repertory Theatre.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 28, 2025
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for Jan. 30-Feb. 5

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Brista Commons on Longboat Key is expected to finish construction in fall 2025.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • January 28, 2025
Brista Commons likely to finish construction this fall

The 14,000 square feet of commercial space will take about a year to complete construction, which started in November 2024.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Loggerhead hatchlings emerge from the sand in August 2016.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • January 28, 2025
Concern about sea turtle disorientation increases with lack of dunes

Without the dunes acting as a natural barrier, Mote Marine Laboratory and Longboat Key Turtle Watch wonder what the impact will be this upcoming nesting season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Breast cancer survivor Nadia McConville of Washington state (back), steers the Water Warriors boat. McConville made the switch from paddling to steering after undergoing shoulder and hip replacement surgeries as a result of her cancer.
    By
  • Dylan Campbell
  • January 28, 2025
Nathan Benderson Park hosts unique dragon boat festival

Hundreds of cancer survivors gathered at Nathan Benderson Park for Unleash the Dragons.

  • East County
  • Sports
Kid Dutch and company lead a raucously fun night of music.
    By
  • Dana Kampa
  • January 28, 2025
All that Jazz: NOLA comes to Longboat Key

Kid Dutch and fellow jazz artists brought the smooth sounds of the classic New Orleans music scene to Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cloud, a Myakka 16-year-old mare who went missing last week, was known as a snuggler when giving rides in the bay for Florida Beach Horses.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 28, 2025
Search continues for Myakka City horse

Cloud is a 16-year-old grey mare that's been missing since Jan. 10.

  • East County
  • News
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