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Freedom Elementary School's Jenessa Bunker, Jakob Flemming, Camila Aviles-Pagan and Mya Barrett lead the Autrey All Stars onto the track.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 20, 2023
Olympian visits east Bradenton elementary during Fun Run

Richard Thompson, a four-time Olympian shares a message of encouragement, with students before they begin their run.

  • East County
  • Schools
Founded by Anthony Petalia, Tralia offers Detroit-style and “sourdough rounds” that resemble traditional Neapolitan pizza.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 20, 2023
Pop-up pizza maker finds permanent home in Gulf Gate

Tralia, already offering takeout and delivery, is expected to open its first brick-and-mortar pizzeria for dine-in next month.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Ten residents were present for Wednesday's citizens academy course.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • January 20, 2023
Citizens Academy provides close look into town services

Courses run through Feb. 22 at Longboat Key Town Hall for residents interested in learning about the inner workings of the town government.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bucky demonstrates how Newton's Laws work in Circus Arts Conservatory's Circus Machine.
    By
  • Dariela Delgado
  • January 20, 2023
Sailor Circus mixes science and whimsy

Sarasota and Manatee students learned while laughing at the Circus Arts Conservatory’s Education Outreach show.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Waterside's Eugene Koshel and Sarasota's Dan Rutkowski converse during the Night Market on The Green at UTC.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • January 20, 2023
Hosting a market is an art form at UTC

Artists love making connections at The Mall at UTC in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Short-term plans at SRQ will consolidate car rental facilities along Rental Car Road onto Block 7, freeing up land along Uiversity Prakway for additional parking lots and commercial development.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 20, 2023
'Lots' of development planned at SRQ

The Sarasota-Manatee International Airport has begun working with the city to address its parking problems and plans to develop a commercial node along University Parkway.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 20, 2023
Earn your beads at a Mardi Gras run in Lakewood Ranch

The Lakewood Ranch Community Fund is hosting its first 5K fundraiser.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The parking structure at the Bahia Vista Apartments site will be renovated for use of the residents. The medical practice building to the right will be demolished. The grass area is the former Doctors Hospital location.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 20, 2023
Zoning approved for additional, affordable units at Bahia Vista Apartments

By the 4-1 supermajority required for a future land use change, the Sarasota City Commission paved the way for Bahia Vista Apartments. The 250-unit complex will include 35 affordable and attainable dwellings.

  • Sarasota
  • News
U.S. Rep. Greg Steube's 17th District covers all of Sarasota and Charlotee counties and some of Lee County.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 19, 2023
Sarasota Congressman recovering after 25-foot fall

U.S. Rep. Greg Steube is recovering after a night in the intensive care unit.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Views of the water can be found throughout the home.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 19, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 2-6 for Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Nokomis, Osprey

A Sapphire Shores home on South Shore Drive tops the week's sales at $6.35 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Mooney senior Olivia Davis drives the baseline against Brooks DeBartolo.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 19, 2023
Mooney girls basketball seeks third-straight Final Four appearance

The Cougars are 13-5 as of Jan. 18 against a difficult schedule but still have more to learn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 19, 2023
Longboat church rolls up its sleeves to collect sweaters, coats

The Longboat Island Chapel embarked on its second winter-clothes drive of the season for Turning Points in Bradenton.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Timothy Ferguson has taught music for 20 years in New York and Florida.
  • By Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2023
Garden Elementary's Ferguson is Sarasota's top teacher

The music instructor will represent the school district as nominee for the statewide recognition.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
This nearly eight-acre site at 2211 Fruitville Road is proposed for Sarasota Station, a nearly 400-unit affordable rental community with at least 20% of the apartments priced at or below 80% of the city's average median income.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 19, 2023
Affordable apartment community inches closer to approval

Eight years and several revisions after it first surfaced, affordable-priced apartment community Sarasota Station enters the late stages of Development Review Committee approval.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Deer cross a path beside the Williams Road property.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • January 19, 2023
Environmental lands purchase moves forward in East County

The Manatee County committee has identified tracts of environmentally significant land along Manatee River and near Myakka City to purchase with funds approved by voters.

  • East County
  • News
Meet Medge Jaspan at the All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church art gallery from 5-7 p.m. Jan. 20.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 19, 2023
Longboat Key artist finds her passion by accident

Medge Jaspan's works will be displayed at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church beginning Friday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The 780 SRQ Condominiums rendering shows metal rails on balconies and also planned is aluminum screening on the parking structure.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 19, 2023
Fruitville Road condo plan meets metal roadblock

As the first condominium project under to the Rosemary District Overlay District, the developer and staff find themselves at odds over an exterior surface material restriction.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Volunteer Brenda Terihay taps rackets with Bryanna Schmidt after a successful point in a 2022 session of Tennis for Fun on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Dariela Delgado
  • January 19, 2023
Tennis clinic for athletes with disabilities heads to Arlington Park

The Tennis For Fun program is making a move to the Sarasota mainland after a stint on Longboat Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Kyle Grimes, an attorney for Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, speaks at the Dec. 15 meeting.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • January 19, 2023
Race village proposed for SR 64 development near racetracks

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch has tweaked its plan to attract racetrack-friendly homeowners to Taylor Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Cardinal Mooney boys soccer senior Owen Clough.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 18, 2023
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Owen Clough

The Cardinal Mooney goalkeeper kept a clean sheet against Clearwater Central Catholic on Tuesday.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Manatee County Commissioner George Kruse
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • January 18, 2023
Commissioner Kruse's crash scene statements ruled inadmissible

A circuit court judge agreed with Commissioner George Kruse's attorney that statements recorded by an officer's body cam would violate Kruse's right against self-incrimination in his upcoming DUI trial.

  • East County
  • News
Former Riverview High swimmer and Olympian Emma Weyant will compete in six events at the 2023 Toyota U.S. Open Championships, held Nov. 29-Dec. 2 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 18, 2023
Sarasota's Weyant sets example for sensible NIL deals

As NCAA sports become more money-driven, Emma Weyant shows how name, image and likeness rights should work.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Former Braden River quarterback Louis Colosimo played for the Sollerod Gold Diggers in Denmark in 2022.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 18, 2023
Former Braden River QB continues his football career overseas

After playing one year in Denmark, Louis Colosimo will play in the Italian Football League.

  • East County
  • Sports
Artist Court, at the corner of South Washington Boulevard and Adams Lane, is proposed as a 139-unit market rate apartment development.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 18, 2023
New apartments progress in downtown Sarasota

A nine-story, 139-unit multifamily building called Artist Court is proposed at Washington Boulevard and Adams Lane.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 18, 2023
Do or die for New College

With his recent appointments to the New College board, Gov. DeSantis has put the school on notice that it can no longer do what it has been doing. There is a better strategy for the future.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The upper school at Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy is expected to be open by the fall 2023 semester.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 18, 2023
Lakewood Ranch Prep's upper school begins to take shape

As enrollment opens for kindergarten through seventh grades and ninth and 10th grades, construction continues on the upper school.

  • East County
  • Schools
The property at 453 Royal Flamingo Drive on Bird Key overlooks a canal with direct access to Sarasota Bay.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 18, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 2-6 on Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Bird Key

A Lido Key property on John Ringling Parkway tops the week's sales at $5.67 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Heather and Ray Sellers rescue a dehydrated juvenile turkey vulture.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 18, 2023
Longboat Key couple's semi-retirement is for the birds

Heather and Ray Sellers had no experience with birds when they started volunteering, but they've since rescued more than 200.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
ODA girls soccer junior Abbey Burwood.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 18, 2023
East County Athlete of the Week: Abbey Burwood

The ODA girls soccer midfielder helped her team win the SSAC tournament Jan. 14.

  • East County
  • Sports
Roxanne Sima, Kathy Osterberg, Becca Towery, Maria MacDonald, Kathy Collums, Amy Gorman and Angela Massaro Fain are dressed for the occasion.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 18, 2023
Charity will be in style at Sisterhood for Good's Gatsby fundraiser

Lakewood Ranch-area nonprofits will benefit from a night of playful excess at the Feb. 15 event.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Traffic circulates around the new roundabout at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue on its first day of operation.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • January 18, 2023
Winter season traffic ramps up with some help

The town is preparing for traffic troubles on both ends of the island this winter season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key expects to gain funding for its beaches as part of Sarasota County's tourism development tax.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • January 18, 2023
Town to receive additional $150,000 from tourism tax

The increase follows an agreement with Sarasota County after an additional percent was added to the amount collected from the tourism development tax.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
K-9 apprehends one of four involved in auto theft
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 18, 2023
K-9 apprehends one of four involved in auto theft

A car chase that went on foot ended when a police K-9 nabbed the driver of a stolen vehicle as three officers surrendered to other two-legged officers. This and other reports from the Sarasota Police Department in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Braden River Library is one of seven locations in the Manatee County Public Library System.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 17, 2023
Manatee works to bring self-checkout to libraries

The Manatee County Public Library System hopes to have at least one self-checkout machine at each library by July.

  • East County
  • News
It didn’t take Spoll long to become involved in making Longboat Key a better place.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • January 17, 2023
Town Center bench likely to honor former mayor

The new bench will honor former Mayor George Spoll, who died in December.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This Lakehouse Cove at Waterside home at 765 Tailwind Place sold for $1,717,500. It has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,451 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 17, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 2-6 in Lakewood Ranch

A Lake Club home on Como Circle tops the week's sales at $3.51 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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