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

  • By Ian Swaby |
  • January 25, 2026
Parents have 3 days to excuse kids with new Sarasota Schools policy

The new policy specifies a three-day window for Sarasota County parents to send in an attendance note following an excused absence, while outlining clearly what counts as an excused absence.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2022
Town debris cleanup expected to span at least a month

Florida Department of Transportation's initial sweep of Gulf of Mexico Drive was completed Tuesday morning.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • March 30, 2020
Black Tie & Tales takes a short hiatus

Spring events make the jump to next season, and more.

  • Black Tie
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • July 19, 2017
Three things

Glamorous penthouses

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 11, 2013
Third-generation resident Mark Wickersham was 'an island guy'

Longboat Key native Mark Wickersham died Dec. 4. He was 58.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 1, 2023
Families enjoy annual EGGstravaganza at Waterside Park in Lakewood Ranch

Children have different strategies when it comes to trying to collect the most eggs in the annual Lakewood Ranch egg hunt.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2010
Surely we jest!

Welcome to our first April Fools' issue!

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 2, 2012
Buchanan pushes 'pill mill' legislation

Attorney General Pam Bondi officially has backed Congressman Vern Buchanan's 'Pill Mill Crackdown Act.'

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 12, 2013
Design and Dine Contest landscaping unveiled

When Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kevin Cooper returns from work after April 25, he and his wife Missy won't have to feel far from the island in their Bent Tree home.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 17, 2012
County Commission to meet for growth workshop

Sarasota County staff will tomorrow start discussions with County commissioners about the future of development management.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 28, 2017
Construction starts on Lakewood Ranch pet resort

The project will take about one year to complete.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 7, 2014
Weekend's best bets: Friday, March 7

Weekend's best bets: Friday, March 7

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • April 25, 2024
WSLR/Fogartyville founders step down

Arlene Sweeting and Dave Beaton, who founded the radio station WSLR and the nightclub Fogartyville, are stepping down and moving to Michigan.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • June 6, 2022
Little ranchers bond through agriculture lessons in Lakewood Ranch

Little Ranchers gives students opportunities to learn about animals, plants and the environment while building friendships.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • June 2, 2022
Manatee schools pull away from pandemic

Live events return at the end of the school year, and hopes are high that the pandemic is in the rear-view mirror.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 26, 2010
Resident searching for site for Fallen Heroes Memorial

CDD 2 supervisors voted unanimously May 20 against placing the proposed memorial outside Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

  • East County
  • News
  • By John Ewing |
  • February 18, 2013
How to make mixed berry jam

How to make mixed berry jam

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • August 1, 2018
Longboat seeks a share of Sarasota county's oil spill restitution

Those funds could come from the county as part of the federal RESTORE act, enacted after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 20, 2019
Partners brew new business in Bradenton

Longtime friends start a microbrewery in East County.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 1, 2017
Premier's growth continues despite possible sale

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
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