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Sarasota softball player Sommer Speers is coming off a week in which she delivered six hits, five runs and seven RBIs to help the Sailors go 3-2.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • March 12, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Sommer Speers

The senior Sailors softball player is batting over .500 this season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Isa Englebert asks who Allan Kennedy was speaking with on the pink telephone.
    By
  • Janet Combs
  • March 12, 2025
Black Party celebrates second act for Urbanite Theatre

The annual fundraiser supports the work of Sarasota's black box theater.

  • Black Tie
Manatee County previously planned to bring a learning center and community space to Whitney Plaza.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • March 12, 2025
Longboat, Manatee County officials discuss options for north-end center

Manatee County officials expressed interest in continuing the project in a new, permanent location and potentially entering a short-term lease in the interim.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Florida’s lawsuit against Target: hypocrisy
  • By Adrian Moore, Ari Cohn
  • March 12, 2025
Florida’s lawsuit against Target: hypocrisy

In February Florida’s attorney general filed a federal lawsuit against the Target Corp. on behalf of the State Board of Administration.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Azario's Bob and Ann Kasperski raise puppies for Dogs, Inc.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • March 12, 2025
Retired Lakewood Ranch couple raises puppies for Dogs Inc.

The puppies Bob and Ann Kasperski raise turn into working dogs that assist people with disabilities.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Jeremy Carter, Tony Monaco and Thomas Carabasi
    By
  • Monica Roman Gagnier
  • March 12, 2025
Sarasota Jazz Festival stays indoors for its 45th anniversary edition

The fest returns to the Municipal Auditorium with an all-star lineup of musicians and vocalists.

  • Arts + Culture
Hotel hijinks highlight busy weekend by the bay
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 12, 2025
Hotel hijinks highlight busy weekend by the bay

Officers respond to a valet area fight, an abandoned woman and a deserted man at three bayside Sarasota hotels. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Construction on Upper Manatee River Road has been underway since August 2024, so it's hit commissioners' "point of no return."
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • March 12, 2025
Will more lanes solve traffic concerns in Manatee County?

Commissioners say their priority should be to improve existing infrastructure as opposed to adding more lanes.

  • East County
  • News
The Yawl Lane property has five bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 7,374 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 12, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for Feb. 24-28 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A Country Club Shores home on Yawl Lane tops the week’s sales at $4.56 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
A rendering by SB Architects of 1000 Boulevard of the Arts, which will include 117 condominiums in the west tower (right) and a Hyatt Centric Harborside hotel in the east.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 12, 2025
City to decide on Hyatt appeal, SPAC agreement on Monday

The SPAC implementation agreement and the appeal of Hyatt Regency redevelopment approval highlight Monday's Sarasota City Commission agenda.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Edward Pinto, one of the minds behind the development of St. Armands Circle's attention-grabbing sculptures, says there is a renewed effort underway to restore some of the damaged pieces.
    By
  • Dana Kampa
  • March 12, 2025
Restoration project to bring St. Armands statues back to life

Edward Pinto is leading a renewed effort to restore the damaged statues on St. Armands Circle to their former glory, calling on the public to show its support.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The town of Longboat Key honored Vice Mayor Mike Haycock with a plaque to celebrate his nine years of service to the town.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • March 12, 2025
Vice Mayor Mike Haycock reflects on nine years of service to Longboat Key

Haycock reaches his term limit for commission but hopes to continue giving back to the community after some world travel.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key's Bayfront Park is one of Suncoast Waterkeeper's weekly sampling sites.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • March 12, 2025
Suncoast Waterkeeper releases 2024 water quality report

The report shows trends in the region's concentrations of enterococci, a bacteria that is a fecal matter indicator.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Back row: Seniors Baron Dennis, Amari Lopez, Elias Juckett-Malone, Marisa VonBender, Matthew Crawford, Parker Wilding and Shen Miller. Front Row: Seniors Ella Collier, Emma Grimes, and Alexa Smith, junior Camila Diaz and senior Chase Wanless
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 12, 2025
Teen Court of Sarasota honors largest group of scholarship recipients

The annual awards dinner celebrated 18 young members of the organization, who received scholarships.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The end of property taxes?
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 12, 2025
The end of property taxes?

Gov. DeSantis has achieved extraordinary results in his six years. Ending property taxes would be the clincher.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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