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Ethan Hacker, Braden River Middle School band director since February 2024.
    By
  • Madison Bierl
  • April 2, 2025
New Braden River Middle teacher takes concert band to superior ratings

Ethan Hacker has his band finely tuned only a year after he took over the program.

  • East County
  • Schools
Man goes postal on a post office glass door
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 2, 2025
Man goes postal on a post office glass door

Two men arrested after one throws a brick through a post office door and scatters newspapers across the street. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
This year's La Musica Festival in Sarasota will include performances by top row (left to right) Wu Han, piano; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Aaron Boyd, violin; Chad Hoopes, violin; and bottom row (L-R) Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Orion Weiss, piano; Kristin Lee, violin; and David Finckel, cello.
    By
  • Monica Roman Gagnier
  • April 2, 2025
La Musica Chamber Festival gets a lift from new leadership

The Sarasota chamber music festival nearly ended after its co-founder died of COVID.

  • Arts + Culture
Tim Widing gives the LECOM Suncoast Classic trophy a kiss. Widing won the tournament in a two-hole playoff against Patrick Cover and Steven Fisk.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • April 2, 2025
LECOM Suncoast Classic wins have led to mixed PGA Tour results

Byeong Hun An, the 2022 winner, has earned $19,967,667 competing on the PGA Tour.

  • East County
  • Sports
The home at 523 N. Spoonbill Drive has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,932 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • April 2, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for March 17-21 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A condominium in Vizcaya on Gulf of Mexico Drive tops the week's sales at $3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
SpaceX plans to open a launch site as part of a new expansion at the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ).
    By
  • Michael Harris
  • April 2, 2025
It's annual, it's fun, and we gotcha with the Observer's April Fool's editions

SRQ's Rick Piccolo had to dispel a "rumor" that SpaceX is building a spaceport at the airport.

  • April Fools
Tyler Michaels King and Derdriu Ring star in "Dancing at Lughnasa," which runs through April 19 at Asolo Repertory Theatre.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • April 2, 2025
Asolo Rep's 'Dancing at Lughnasa' looks back at a magical summer

The Mundy sisters don't know it, but their lives are about to be upended.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Longboat Key commissioners continue to meet about a fair canal maintenance tax for town residents.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • April 2, 2025
Canal maintenance tax methodology refined toward more equity

Longboat Key town staff and consultants presented a new method, which gained more appeal from commissioners than previous iterations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Stoneybrook's Eileen Wright says that after seeing how much Korn Ferry Tour caddies earn, she wanted to help them with a place to stay during the LECOM Suncoast Classic
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • April 2, 2025
Suncoast Classic needs locals willing to host Korn Ferry Tour golfers and caddies

Host families in the Lakewood Ranch area do not need to be golfers or fans to lend a hand.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers spent about two days painting over the stakes with a fresh coat for the upcoming nesting season.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • April 2, 2025
Longboat Key Turtle Watch prepares for 2025 nesting season

Volunteers started by repainting about 500 stakes that will be used to mark nests this season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Riverview senior Caroline Steinwachs has scored 3.4 goals per game as the top scorer on the Rams girls lacrosse team this season.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • April 2, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Caroline Steinwachs

Steinwachs scored four goals to help Riverview snap a losing skid.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Architecture Sarasota President Marty Hylton, and Project Manager Marni Burns and Chief Purpose Officer Richard Roark of OLIN pose as Roark holds the award.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • April 2, 2025
OLIN accepts Philip Hanson Hiss award at Selby Gardens

The award honored the firm's innovative design work, including its work on Selby Gardens' Master Plan.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Round and about on LBK
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 2, 2025
Round and about on LBK

Longboaters sent $102 million across the bay in 2024. Susan Phillips will be missed. Mayor Schneier is setting records.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
New College-USF: Hey, someone make the case
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 2, 2025
New College-USF: Hey, someone make the case

Ah, yes, the never-ending debate: What to do about New College of Florida and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Clark Road traffic slowed as diesel fuel spill is cleaned up
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 1, 2025
Clark Road traffic slowed as diesel fuel spill is cleaned up

Two eastbound lanes near Honore Avenue are closed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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Florida Statute 1001.42(4)(f)2 will require high schools, including Braden River High (pictured) and Lakewood Ranch High, to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. unless the district submits paperwork and gets accepted to keep the current start times.
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