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Results for: Betterpic AI Promo Code AVA Get Up To 90% Off On All Plans

  • By Amanda Morales |
  • June 17, 2015
Girl's start-up help funds sea turtle conservation

Twelve-year-old Lexi Mariash started a company Turtle Inc. to save her favorite animal and partnered with Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • August 16, 2023
Longboat Island Chapel hosts happy hour for Stillpoint Mission donations

The chapel's monthly event collected children's socks and shoelaces just in time for the back-to-school season.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 27, 2010
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ramsey Touchberry

Lakewood Ranch High freshman Ramsey Touchberry shot a 2-under par to capture the Class 2A-District 14 individual championship Oct. 18 in Lake Suzy.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2017
Top Story - June: Rare whale found dead on Siesta Key

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 22, 2020
Binge Blog: One last roar at the meteor

HBO's "Succession" is the lone recommendation this week — but it's worth it.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 16, 2009
Mustangs gallop past Bruins

Quarterback Reggie Lindsey threw for 189 yards and two touchdowns as the Lakewood Ranch High football team defeated Bayshore 35-14 in non-district action Oct. 16.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • January 9, 2014
Alta Vista principal named one of the best in Florida

The Sarasota School Board's first meeting of 2014 recognized the recent achievements of Alta Vista Elementary School and its principal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • February 10, 2026
Garbage collection a hot topic at town hall meeting in Lakewood Ranch

One constituent requested new residents be tested for their skills in negotiating roundabouts.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 19, 2022
Maison Blanche on Longboat Key celebrates 20 years

The restaurant, which shares its name with its Parisian predecessor, has built a following over two decades.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • June 28, 2012
My View: Hunt them hogs!

The problem appears to be hogs tearing up thousands of acres of publicly owned land in Sarasota County and destroying natural habitat.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 25, 2017
Driverless shuttle gives Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch jolt

Mall at UTC owners ponder future with the EZ10 driverless shuttle.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 23, 2014
Big South Champs

The Coastline Volleyball 18 Rox team will compete in the 35th annual USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championships this summer, in Minneapolis.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • June 24, 2025
Former Rays pitcher is behind new Raining Berries location in Sarasota

The new Raining Berries location is co-owned by former MLB player and World Series Champion Edwin Jackson and Super Bowl champion star Kenneth Gainwell.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 8, 2018
Break the political cycle

The usual tactics of the major political parties have turned the District 72 candidates into caricatures and turned off voters. Here’s an opportunity for a new voice.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 8, 2018
Break the political cycle

The usual tactics of the major political parties have turned the District 72 candidates into caricatures and turned off voters. Here’s an opportunity for a new voice.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 8, 2023
The Tides rolls into Lakewood Ranch's single-family home rental market

Despite sharp rise in rents, the single-family, built-for-rent home market remains hot in the Lakewood Ranch area.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 14, 2011
County staff cleaning up fish kill

Sarasota County maintenance employees were working Friday morning to clean up Blind Pass Beach, where fish killed by red tide had washed up.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 14, 2022
Myakka City bear named Bruno chases America's Favorite Pet crown

Monica Welde's 750-pound Syrian brown bear at Bearadise Ranch currently stands third in the contest rankings.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 15, 2018
Cops Corner: Open containers, closed cases

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • March 19, 2018
Longboat police take aim at Greer Island

At least 19 individuals have been apprehended or given a notice to appear in court for alcohol and narcotics related crimes since police started patrolling the sandspit weeks ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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