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  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • March 26, 2025
Winning is no sweat for Riverview softball

An undefeated start has been secondary for a Rams team focused on fun.

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  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 23, 2025
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Card tricks, movie lore and mentalism are in the Sarasota magician's bag of tricks.

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  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 26, 2025
27th Sarasota Film Festival offers fresh flicks, communal screenings

"Marcella" will open the 2025 Sarasota Film Festival on April 4.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • May 7, 2025
Braden River baseball's playoff run is no accident

A senior-laden Pirates team is playing as if every game is its last.

  • East County
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  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 8, 2024
Observer critic’s picks for Sarasota live theater in 2024

From gut-wrenching drama to reimaginings of Shakespeare, there's something for everybody on Sarasota stages in 2024.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2024
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  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • October 14, 2024
Mary Bensel keeps the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on an even keel

The executive director of the Van Wezel knows how to go with the flow.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2024
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for March 28 to April 3

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 13, 2025
Van Wezel engineering report: Good as is for now, not for later

Karins Engineering update to the Purple Ribbon Committee indicates long-term current use, without significant modifications, is less than ideal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • March 10, 2025
St. Armands residents utilize post-storm enlightenment

Community members consider infrastructure resilience, particularly with storm drains, at their annual dinner get-together.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • March 12, 2025
Suncoast Waterkeeper releases 2024 water quality report

The report shows trends in the region's concentrations of enterococci, a bacteria that is a fecal matter indicator.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • February 19, 2025
Shorebird stewards ready for start of breeding season in Florida

Nesting shorebirds frequent Longboat and Lido Key beaches in the spring and summer months, with the season officially starting on Feb. 15.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • March 4, 2025
All Angels featuring 26 pieces of iconography artwork through April

A local artist who has been creating these intricate portraits and scenes from Christianity for the past several decades is showing her works on Longboat Key and St. Petersburg.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • March 19, 2025
Residents, town compromise on alterations to Country Club Shores project

Country Club Shores residents and Longboat Key staff worked together to address concerns raised by the residents about the turn lane project's curbed medians.

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  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • November 8, 2023
Annoyance not enough to change look of Manatee County Commission in 2024

District-only voting, a lack of competition and deep pockets are factors that will make it tough on those vowing to oust current commissioners during the 2024 election year.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2023
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 18, 2023
The invincibly ignorant

The antisemitic protesters are so brainwashed that truth and evidence make no difference. Have faith: "Remnants" will prevail.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Emma Burke Jolly |
  • November 5, 2023
Where to find the best vegan food in Sarasota, Bradenton

Celebrate World Vegan Month in November at these local eateries.

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  • By Madison Bierl |
  • June 4, 2025
Manatee school board will vote to give charters a cut of half-penny tax

Since 2023, charter schools have not received funding from the half-penny sales tax.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2024
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for Feb. 8-14

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