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The first nest was found on Sunday morning. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 26, 2022
Nesting turtles get a jump on season on Longboat Key

The first nest cropped up last weekend on the south end of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sophomore Ella Dodge has become the Lakewood Ranch High softball team's ace this season after missing her freshman season with a back injury.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 26, 2022
Defending state champ Mustangs rest softball hopes on a sophomore pitcher

Lakewood Ranch sophomore Ella Dodge, in her first year as a high school pitcher, will have to handle state's best teams.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 26, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Litter came complete with a name, phone number

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • April 26, 2022
Sarasota-Bradenton median home price hits historic $500,000 threshold

The median home prices in the Sarasota-Manatee area is at a record high, though data shows that stabilization of prices might be underway.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jon Dietz and Michael Garey
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 26, 2022
Longboat Key Kiwanis Club meets political thriller author

Jon Dietz discussed his book "Fallen Prince," which combines fictional characters with real-life events.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cable TV customers were greeted with this message on Monday.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 25, 2022
Internet, cable TV service returning following Comcast fiber cut

Outage affected broad swath of southwest Florida and beyond.

  • Sarasota
  • News
My girlfriend said I was crazy for this selfie while being this close to Florida drivers, but sometimes you have to risk your neck for meaningless content.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • April 25, 2022
Hitting the road on Sarasota's electric scooters

Fast but not too fast, the city's latest addition makes getting around cool.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 25, 2022
International women's team golf event returns to Longboat Key

The 42nd installment of the Kitty Michael Golf Invitational, set for May 2-6, was last here in 2010.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • April 25, 2022
Boat enthusiasts assemble for annual show

The Suncoast Boat Show was held April 22-24.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • April 25, 2022
Oscar Scherer State Park hosts Earth Day festival

Environmental organizations encouraged renewal and care at the April 23 event.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key commissioners and staffers are scheduled to head over the bridge to Sarasota’s County Administration Building on Thursday for their annual joint meeting with county commissioners. (File photo)
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 25, 2022
Town commissioners set to meet with county leaders

A library at Town Center Green and transportation are on the agenda for the joint discussions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Haciendus King wraps a pallet of safe-to-recycle electronics.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • April 25, 2022
Data Dump event in Lakewood Ranch keeps toxins out of the environment

Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance and Sarasota IT firm SouthTech co-host the annual event to dispose of electronic waste.

  • East County
  • News
James Miller celebrates his six-goal performance in Hillcroft's 11-9 victory over Regent in the Sarasota Polo Club's season finale. Miller was named the tourney's MVP.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • April 24, 2022
Sarasoto Polo Club ends season with cancer fundraiser

Club owner James Miller earns MVP but the Children's Cancer Center of Tampa is the big winner.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • April 23, 2022
Lakewood Ranch Community Activities hosts concert at Greenbrook Adventure Park

Residents listen to Jah Movement, a Sarasota reggae band, perform during the Concert in the Park.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • April 23, 2022
Tara Elementary hosts Spring Dance Luau in east Bradenton

Hawaiian dance sets the stage for luau at Tara Elementary in east Bradenton.

  • East County
  • Schools
On Saturday, Nels Matson is running 14-straight hours on a treadmill at Sarasota's F45 gym as part of his training for a potential world-record run in August.Â
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 22, 2022
Runner trains for world-record run at Sarasota's F45 Training gym

Nels Matson is running 14-straight hours on a treadmill Saturday to prepare for his August trek across the country for charity. Locals can be part of it.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Diego Perilla, the chief operating officer of Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, gives a speech about the importance of organ donation.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • April 22, 2022
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center flies high promoting organ donation

A heart transplant recipient led a special ceremony at the hospital during Donate Life Month.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
SCAT is offering the free rides in conjunction with similar efforts in Manatee, Collier and Lee counties.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 22, 2022
SCAT wants residents to give a bus a try

Masks are no longer required on transit service; free fares extend all day Saturday on honor of Earth Day.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 22, 2022
All Angels hosts first Spring Fling

The church hosted an outdoor get-together for its congregants.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 22, 2022
Longboat Harbour hosts annual pizza party

The community turned a parking lot into a pizza party paradise.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Embracing our Differences was created by S. Blessing Hancock in 2016 and installed in the roundabout at Orange Avenue and Main Street.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • April 22, 2022
Florida Association of Public Art Professionals to conference in Sarasota

Sarasota's public art program will highlight the Florida Association of Public Art Professionals conference here next week.

  • Sarasota
  • News
WSLR is one of many area organizations raising funds with the Giving Challenge. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • April 22, 2022
Giving Challenge harkens back to pre-pandemic landscape

The Community Foundation is using pop-up events to pack more muscle on its marquee fundraiser.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 21

Monique Palladino captured this storm off a dock on Buttonwood Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2022
East County weather page photo: April 21

Gordon Silver captured this wood stork at a pond in Del Webb in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2022
Sarasota weather page photo: April 21

Jennifer Mitchell captured this image of the sun setting through the clouds on Lido Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Beginning next week, drivers and pedestrians will see the project actually begin to take shape. (Photo by Nat Kaemmerer)
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • April 21, 2022
U.S. 41 roundabout at Gulfstream Avenue about to take shape

FDOT says delays in materials will postpone paving work, that was supposed to have launched on Sunday night.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mayor Erik Arroyo presided over the vow renewal with Carol and Peter Ferranti at the February Fresh Friday event. (File photo)
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • April 21, 2022
City refreshes monthly Friday street parties

Sarasota OK's events through September after DID agrees to keep paying bulk of cost.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Keith Gelder, president of Stock Luxury Apartment Living and vice president of land, said Stock originally was just interested in building apartments in what became Fruitville Commons.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • April 21, 2022
Fruitville Commons a beautiful regional project but not really a walkable community

The layout of Fruitville Commons might be a bit strange, but it's stocked with regional draws.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Built in 2008, the home attorney 506 Venice Lane on Siesta Key has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,336 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • April 21, 2022
Siesta Key property sells for $4.88 million

A Siesta Key property on Venice Lane topped this week's sales at $4.88 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
The commercial land is adjacent to a pair of subdivided lots approved for a pair of single-family homes.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 21, 2022
Longboat OKs commercial land proposal

Brista Homes' plan includes a master drainage system designed to alleviate neighborhood flooding problems.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 21, 2022
Sarasota alights on bridge holiday plan

City commissioners settle on a lineup for Ringling Bridge lighting displays.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Booker sophomore Jakai Peterson is in the top-10 in Class 2A in the girls long jump.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 21, 2022
Prose and Kohn: Area spring athletes get their due

From the diamond to the track, some unheralded players get their time in the sun.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The shopping center is under development at the intersection of Pope Road and State Road 64. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • April 21, 2022
Pope Road shopping center expected to be fully open by early 2023

Tenants including Culver’s and Tropical Smoothie are beginning to fill out the State Road 64/Pope Road strip mall in east Bradenton.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Child Protection Center
  • April 21, 2022
Nurse Susan Barber Honored for 20+ Years on the Frontlines of Fighting Child Abuse

Nurse Susan Barber Honored for 20+ Years on the Frontlines of Fighting Child Abuse

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sponsored Content
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 20, 2022
The rumble over Rumble

In the scheme of things, the money was a pittance. But the squalls that blew brought to the fore free speech hypocrisy and the flaws of ‘incentives.’

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Angelee Gens, left, stands with U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan and fellow Sarasota County award winners Shannon Nelson and Eric Lostorto.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 20, 2022
Buchanan honors six Manatee, Sarasota teachers

The congressman has recognized educators with awards since 2014.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
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