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  • April 5, 2018
Sarasota weather page photo: April 5

Mary Tygh Parks captured this landscape at Myakka River State Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Andrew Lakey performs at a fundraising event for Music Heals Us on Jan. 26.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 3, 2018
Music Heals Us hits the right notes

Andrew Lakey was diagnosed with Astrocytoma when he was 9. Now, cancer-free, he is giving back through the program he founded in 2016.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • April 3, 2018
All Faiths Food Bank launches fifth annual campaign against summer hunger

All Faiths Food Bank and its community partners campaign to feed 40,000 children during summer break.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • April 1, 2018
Temple Emanu–El welcomes everyone for Passover Seder

Jewish community members gather together to observe Passover at Temple Emanu–El.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 29, 2018
A service-filled spring break with the Boys and Girls Club

Instead of taking the week off, local students volunteered in the community.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 29, 2018
Honoring the heroes of the Vietnam War

Veterans of the Vietnam War come together at Welcome Home, Southwest Florida, a celebration of forgotten heroes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 29, 2018
Sarasota weather page photo: March 29

Michael Cohen photographed this osprey on Lido Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 29, 2018
APRIL FOOLS: Group pushes to clothe David on city logo

Citizens for Public Decency demand sparks city contest to suggest ways to cover up classic image.

  • April Fools
Evan Lefils Victor Arismendi stand with Mote and Booker staff to show off their creation for Mote's red tide detector.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 27, 2018
Booker High School and Mote team up in red tide efforts

Two Booker seniors created a housing unit for Mote's red tide detector.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Schuert brothers visit the Sarasota National Cemetery. Photo courtesy Randy Shuert.
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 26, 2018
Veteran brothers meet for a reunion decades in the making

The Schuert brothers, who all served in the U.S. Army, reunited in Sarasota at the beginning of March.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 25, 2018
A bonanza of animals take over the Humane Society of Sarasota County

Young campers meet a variety of animals during the Spring Bonanza Day Camp at the Humane Society of Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Pines of Sarasota Foundation President Janet K. Ginn in the first-floor common space, one of the areas that will be renovated.
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 25, 2018
Renovations mark new beginning for Pines of Sarasota

Mertz Foundation helps back renovation plans for 30-year-old assisted-living facility.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 24, 2018
Adults crack Children's Garden egg hunt

The Children's Garden & Art Center hosted its 5th annul adult easter egg hunt on March 24.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 24, 2018
Temple Sinai thanks volunteers

Temple Sinai members tipped their hats off to volunteers at the Polo Grill's Fete Ballroom on March 24.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 22, 2018
Greater Sarasota Chamber parties in the park

Members of the Greater Sarasota Chamber mix and mingle at Phillippi Estate Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 22, 2018
Sarasota weather page photo: March 22

Neil Oldham photographed this American bittern at Celery Fields in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
TableSeide Restaurant Group’s Ryan Hill and Brittany Havener work with the Salvation Army’s chef to discuss options for food prep dinner service.
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 21, 2018
An unexpected opportunity of giving

JFCS Suncoast still finds a way to give back after annual Celebrity Chefs event is canceled due to bad weather.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lauren McMahan and Anastasia Osborne with SMA's Senior JROTC Instructor Col. Michael Ryan. 2017 graduate Davis Ullrich also was accepted to West Point this year.
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • March 21, 2018
Students make history at Sarasota Military Academy

For the first time ever, three students were accepted to West Point in one year, and one was recruited with a four-year scholarship for a college's rifle team.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Gail Melville Shumway's picture of a firefly is one of the images featured in the USPS's Bioluminescent Life Forever stamps.
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 21, 2018
Sarasota photographer's work dazzles on Forever stamp

Wildlife photographer Gail Melville Shumway's photo is part of USPS's Bioluminescent Life Forever stamps

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 19, 2018
Temple Emanu-El Sunday school students get ready for Passover

Students from Temple Emanu-El's religious school learn about the holiday of Passover.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 19, 2018
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee on the future of cancer

The author of “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” Siddhartha Mukherjee spoke at The Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series on March 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 19, 2018
A dog day afternoon at the Mutt Derby

Dogs competed in a friendly race on March 18 at the Sarasota Kennel Club.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Runners reach the final mile of the course.
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 18, 2018
A run to remember at the annual First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon Race

Runners, walkers and supporters take part in 13th annual First Watch Sarasota Half Marathon Race on March 18.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 18, 2018
Sarasota Garden Club celebrates five years of Gardens in Paradise

Visitors took part in a garden-gazing tour through six private gardens on March 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 17, 2018
Republican Women’s Club of Sarasota honors Woman of the Year Graci McGillicuddy

The Republican Women’s Club of Sarasota hosted their first ever Republican Woman of the Year gala on March 16 at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2018
Sarasota weather page photo: March 15

Phil Stone photographed this crested caracara seemingly not bothered by the mockingbird buzzing overhead at Palmer Boulevard.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
President of St. Michael's Women's Guild Linda Conway and event chairwoman Antonette Cunningham
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 14, 2018
St. Michael's rocks the runway

St. Michael's Women's Guild held its annual luncheon and fashion show at Michael's On East on March 14.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Kassie Fountain. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 14, 2018
MTC welcomes Tooth Fairy

TSA catapult launches student success.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Vickie Oldham at Jetson's Gallery, an exhibition space run by Newtown activist Jetson Grimes that features historical images of Newtown.
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 12, 2018
Vickie Oldham's vision for Newtown

Newtown Alive’s Vickie Oldham looks to the past to shape the community’s future

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 11, 2018
Sarasota Spring Fine Art Festival turns J.D. Hamel Park into outdoor gallery

The festival introduced art enthusiasts to the works of artists from all over the country.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 11, 2018
Sarasota HOG rides for the pups

Biker groups raise money for Sarasota Humane Society during annual St. Patty's Day Poker Run.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 11, 2018
St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church walks the runway for veterans

St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Philoptochos Society’s Honoring Our Heroes Charity Fashion Show raises money to send local veterans to Washington, D.C.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 11, 2018
Suncoast Science Center revs up for race day

Student teams compete in this year's junkyard-themed RC Car Race Day.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 11, 2018
Drumming up good vibrations on Siesta Key with Positive Repercussions

New drumming center and percussion instrument boutique opens its doors for business in Siesta Village.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2018
Street sign's grammar draws quick criticism (or criticism quickly?)

Neighborhood wordsmith makes clear an opinion on Drive Slow sign.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 7, 2018
Learning and growing together with Children First and Hershorin Schiff Community Day School

Kindergartners from Hershorin Schiff Community Day School read, play, and plant with Children First preschoolers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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