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Stacey Marks (left) and Kari Schroeter (middle) perform a dance workout.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • June 26, 2024
Chamber's small business awards highlight community of caring

More than 600 people gathered to celebrate 30 local businesses on June 21.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
Will Westendorf, 8, of Cincinnati, who loves music, tries out a drum.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • June 26, 2024
Everyone moves to same beat at Siesta Key Drum Circle

The drum circle has been held for nearly three decades.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Weekly Pilates class begins at The Paradise Center
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • June 26, 2024
Weekly Pilates class begins at The Paradise Center

Program Manager Debby Debile is teaching the first-ever weekly Pilates class at The Paradise Center on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
East County author Michael Sisti's newest book is "On the Brink."
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • June 26, 2024
Sarasota author stirs up his own personal 'mob'

Mike Sisti's innovative way of collaborative writing has lead to more than 550 followers.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Tidewell Grief Care's Blue Butterfly program supports children ages 5-18.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 26, 2024
Blue Butterfly program supports families through grief

The program is part of Tidewell Hospice and Empath Health and is free for families in need.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Man reports being squirted with mustard on St. Armands Circle
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2024
Man reports being squirted with mustard on St. Armands Circle

The assault by the tart condiment followed a verbal exchange between a man and an alleged carload of teens. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The home at 1325 Westway Drive has four bedrooms, five-and-two-half baths, a pool and 6,590 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 26, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for June 10-14 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A Lido Key home on Westway Drive tops the week's sales at $12.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Longboat Key Garden Club led Longboat Key's 2023 Freedom fest parade as the Grand Marshal.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • June 26, 2024
Chamber promises old-fashioned fun at 21st annual Freedom Fest

Longboat Key's annual July 4 celebration will continue traditions and feature Harry's Continental Kitchens' Hal Christensen as the grand marshal.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Aerial view of Gulfside Road in September 2023.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • June 26, 2024
‘Something big’ needed to fix Longboat's Gulfside Road beach problem

Coastal engineers say a multimillion-dollar interim beach nourishment and protection project is necessary to save the Gulfside Road beach from further erosion.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
GreyHawk Landing tennis player Hayley Roberts.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • June 26, 2024
East County Athlete of the Week: Hayley Roberts

The GreyHawk Landing tennis player finished fourth at the junior sectional championships June 12.

  • East County
  • Sports
Joseph Di Bartolomeo is running for District 5 commissioner in Manatee County.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • June 26, 2024
District 5 candidate says he is up to the challenge

Joseph Di Bartolomeo says citizens should stop voting against their interests because of a party affiliation.

  • East County
  • News
A funding source is one of the challenges in developing a canal maintenance program.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • June 26, 2024
New surveys produce ­potential cost reductions for dredging canals

Before implementing a canal maintenance program, the town of Longboat Key must first dredge the canals, which is now estimated to cost around $9.25 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jake Ilardi is a Street skater, meaning he specializes in skating rails, stairs, banks and other items you could find on a real city street.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • June 26, 2024
Sarasota summer sports news you may have missed

Olympic updates and football recruitment headline the dog days of June.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Director Nicole Rissler speaks at Tuesday's groundbreaking of a new administration center.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2024
County breaks ground on new Parks admin center

The two-building Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources headquarters is located at Twin Lakes Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
For Sarasota tax collector
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 26, 2024
For Sarasota tax collector

Two Republicans — County Commissioner Mike Moran and an expert in tax collector operations — are in a primary to challenge Barbara Ford-Coates.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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