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Natalie Gutwein is among those leading the charge to create the Siesta Key Beautification Task Force.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • June 2, 2026
Siesta Key advisory task force will include seven members

The Sarasota County Commission will select seven members to serve on the newly created Siesta Key Beautification Task Force.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Pianist and composer Michael Stephen Brown is a faculty member at the 2026 Sarasota Music Festival.
    By
  • Monica Roman Gagnier
  • June 1, 2026
A slimmer Sarasota Music Festival aims to be as satisfying as ever

Minus a music director, the festival has fewer concerts and fellows but more engagement between faculty and students.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office mobile crime units set up shop on Leonard Reid Avenue following the discovery of partial human skeletal remains on Friday, May 29.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 1, 2026
Skeletal remains discovered in north Sarasota

Multiple agencies responded to the discovery partial skeletal remains discovered along Leonard Reid Avenue on May 29.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Louisen Desinor posted an 81.8% completion rate in Braden River's jamboree May 22 against Charlotte and Sarasota.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 1, 2026
East County Athlete of the Week: Louisen Desinor

The rising senior quarterback guided Braden River High football to a pair of spring victories.

  • East County
  • Sports
Cyclist killed on Sarasota causeway
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 1, 2026
Cyclist killed on Sarasota causeway

Police are investigating the Saturday night incident on the Ringling Causeway.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The pools are waiting on water, and the shaded pickleball structure behind them is waiting on paint for the courts.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 1, 2026
Pool, pickleball facilities close to opening at Premier Sports Campus North

The second floor of the Lakewood Ranch Library also will be built out and open by fall on the north campus.

  • East County
  • News
The home on Jewfish Key opposite Longboat Key is listed at $5.995 million.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • June 1, 2026
Selling the island life on Longboat Key takes a big step to boat-only enclave

Pair of properties on Jewfish Key require an approach as different as living there.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch's Cole Mule and Bodie Hogan, both 3 years old, explore the bee-themed magnet activity.
    By
  • Madison Bierl
  • May 31, 2026
Literacy lessons a hot summer topic at Lakewood Ranch Library

The Summer Learning Kickoff Party provided activities May 30 and marked the start of several programs.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
A Longboat Key police officer measures the speed of vehicles traveling on Gulf of Mexico Drive. Traffic enforcement in gated communities require a memorandum of understanding with the Homeowners Association, said Longboat Key Police Chief Russ Mager.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • May 31, 2026
Speeding enforcement in gated communities requires HOA permission

Longboat Key Police Chief Russ Mager said a memorandum of understanding is required to set up a speed trap on private roads.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A car carrier operator unloads a Corvette on Bay Isles Road, the town of Longboat Key’s designated dropoff and pickup area for car carriers.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • May 30, 2026
With fines locked in, Longboat leans on education for car-carrier scofflaws

Safety concerns have prompted Town Commission to look at ways to ensure car carriers are using the designated drop-off location on Bay Isles Road.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
For the final Ranch Nite Wednesdays of the season, Randy Bordon and Bri Rivera of the Bri Rivera Band perform for the crowd.
    By
  • Madison Bierl
  • May 30, 2026
Crowd jams final Ranch Nite Wednesdays of the season

The weekly event runs October through May at Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Rabbi Michael Shefrin meets Colby.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • May 30, 2026
Temple Emanu-El celebrates the joy of pets with Blessing of the Animals

The event celebrated four-legged friends and the joy they bring to their human companions.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The gentle, warm waters of the Gulf can be an aid to mobility for those with arthritis.
    By
  • Mirabai Holland
  • May 29, 2026
It's possible to live with arthritis. Here's how.

Exercise, as counter-intuitive as it might seem, can go a long way toward relief.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Boards Brock Leach sat on in the Sarasota area include, with the Education Foundation of Sarasota County, the Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition and Children First.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • May 29, 2026
Prominent Sarasota philanthropist, former Tropicana CEO dies at 67

Brock Leach reached the pinnacle of Corporate America. Then, right before he turned 50, he switched for a career in the ministry.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan's appointments to U.S. service academies for the fall include (from left) Micah Pubillones, Lakewood Ranch High graduate Jack Crosbie, Caine Cokkinias, Hunter Wilk, Dax Morgan, Caitlin Nguyen, and John Wheaton.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2026
Lakewood Ranch grads named to service academies

Congressman nominates 16 seniors from his district.

  • East County
  • Schools
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The Lakewood Ranch Library will open an hour later starting Aug. 1 due to a hiring freeze that was implemented in February. Commissioner George Kruse says hours could be further reduced if the property tax referendum passes in November.
  • July 22, 2026
Property tax cuts will cause 'new normal' in Manatee County
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Front porch rug drying sparks a boarding house fight
  • July 22, 2026
Front porch rug drying sparks a boarding house fight
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Defender Declan Watters (left) is one of several Sarasota Paradise players learning from lead assistant Trevor Sinclair (right). The Paradise are 5-10-3 in USL League One and 6-13-3 overall, as of July 16.
  • July 22, 2026
Assistant coach brings wealth of experience to Sarasota Paradise
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"Reflection-Venice, 1894," a photogravure print taken by Alfred Stieglitz, and Clarence Hudson White's photogravure print, "Edge of Woods-Evening, (1900)," were gifts of Warren J. and Margot Coville to The Ringling.
  • July 22, 2026
The Ringling goes back to black-and-white photography
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A Flock camera takes pictures of vehicles that drive on Gulf of Mexico Drive on Longboat Key.
  • July 22, 2026
Flock cameras photograph every car that enters Longboat Key

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