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  • By Dana Kampa |
  • June 6, 2025
New owners of Euphemia Haye excited to save 50-year-old restaurant

Preserving and celebrating this Longboat Key staple is personal for Rachel Ghormley's family.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2025
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for June 26-July 2

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 14, 2025
New Sarasota County tax collector vows a balanced budget future

Vowing to eventually eliminate excess fees the office returns to the county, former County Commissioner-turned-Tax Collector Mike Moran says he needs to invest in more staff and current technology.

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  • By Jim DeLa |
  • November 4, 2024
World-class competition set at TerraNova in Myakka

Some of the world's best riders are slated to compete.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2024
The best things to do this spring in Lakewood Ranch

The don’t-miss events during March, April and May 2024 in and around Lakewood Ranch.

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  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 15, 2024
East County lacrosse players strive for Olympic berth

Sean and Christian Laureano play for Puerto Rico in USA Lacrosse Experience in Indianapolis.

  • East County
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  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • November 6, 2024
Rise and shine at Sarasota's first Living Arts Festival

Three years in the making, the festival arrives in time to heal a battered community.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • November 20, 2024
Save Our Seabirds reopens after hurricanes with future goals in mind

The avian rescue and rehabilitation facility on City Island reopened to the public on Nov. 18 after nearly two months of being closed after hurricanes Helene and Milton.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Emily Leinfuss |
  • November 21, 2024
Lemur Conservation Foundation provides oasis for an endangered species

The Lemur Conservation Foundation has been protecting and conserving lemurs — among the most primitive of primates — for nearly 30 years.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • July 5, 2023
Kinsey Robb is giving Art Center Sarasota a makeover

The Gagosian gallery veteran is upgrading the arts venue's interiors and technology and revamping the submission process for juried shows.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2023
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for Dec. 14-20

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

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  • By Jack Nelson |
  • September 25, 2025
Local football has won — a lot. It's time to take notice.

The Riverview, Booker, Cardinal Mooney and Sarasota high school football teams are off to commanding starts.

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  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 3, 2025
FSU/Asolo Conservatory brings Jane Austen's 'Emma' to life

Kate Hamill's play features students in their second year of a three-year master's program.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 4, 2025
World War II hero dies at 107 years old

Bradenton's John Skeen reluctantly told stories about fighting with the U.S. Army's 70th Infantry Division.

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  • By Ian Swaby |
  • November 6, 2025
Group of seniors becomes first-time authors with memoir writing program

The new Gussin Center for Creative Writing at Senior Friendship Centers helped to publish the work of memoirists in "Joyful Journeys, Vol. 1."

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2026
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for April 2-8

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • October 29, 2025
Lakewood Ranch Library's second floor could be built out by April

The second floor buildout is one of several projects Manatee County Libraries has slated for the upcoming year.

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  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • January 21, 2026
Church may offer space for north-end Longboat community center

“The stars have aligned” as the newest potential space for a north-end community center has been identified.

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  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • May 6, 2026
Recent projects show the new era of Sarasota-area bridges

In the latter half of the 21st century, drawbridges were the preferred method to bridge barrier islands to the mainland in the Gulf Coast, but that doesn’t mean they’re a relic of the past.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2022
Hurricane Ian updates, news in Sarasota and Manatee counties

Water and wastewater services were restored to most of Siesta and Casey keys on Saturday morning. A boil water notice is in effect.

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