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  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 28, 2024
Ringling Museum restores mysterious painting from 1700s

“Watermelon Regatta,” an 18th-century painting by the artist known only as the “Master of the Fertility of the Egg,” is on display at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 17, 2025
Convention Center expansion tops 'state of Manatee County' presentation

County administrators spoke to the Manatee Chamber of Commerce at its December luncheon.

  • East County
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  • By Ian Swaby |
  • January 4, 2023
Water system transfer tops Lakewood Ranch Country Club 2023 priorities

Landscaping improvements and hurricane reimbursements also rank high on a list of the CDDs' priorities.

  • East County
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  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • May 1, 2024
EnsembleNewSRQ makes its Historic Asolo Theater debut

The contemporary classical music group will present "Parisian Refraction" on May 9-11.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Compare the records; A growing trend; Charlie Crist's insurance claims don't ring true

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • June 25, 2025
Lillian Blades' first solo exhibition sparkles and shines at Sarasota Art Museum

The Atlanta artist's curtain-like assemblages draw on African, Caribbean and Southern influences.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • March 11, 2026
$7.2M youth baseball fields move forward in Lakewood Ranch

Regardless of the Manatee County Commission's decision, Country Club East residents are not finished raising concerns.

  • East County
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2010
Our View

The Van Wezel dilemma; FTC: Let's subsidize journalism

  • Sarasota
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  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 13, 2026
American icons take the stage at Florida Studio Theatre

FST's Stage III series honors three disparate American heroes.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 11, 2023
Barbie's Boutique began with a dream, grew into a one-stop shop for all

Founded to serve the local Latino community, the Sarasota boutique has expanded its clientele and recently opened an additional location.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 12, 2009
The police report

Details from the 34 pages of an internal affairs report, conducted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, of the investigation of the videotaped kicking of a handcuffed suspect, provide insight into why the police department handled the case the way it did.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 15, 2023
Planning at Premier Park in Lakewood Ranch progresses slowly

Manatee District 5 Commissioner Ray Turner said he would like county staff to "step on the gas" in building the Premier Park aquatics and racket center.

  • East County
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  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 18, 2023
Lakewood Ranch Prep's upper school begins to take shape

As enrollment opens for kindergarten through seventh grades and ninth and 10th grades, construction continues on the upper school.

  • East County
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 10, 2022
Manatee exec says indoor gymnasium would be boon for tourism

Elliott Falcione says Premier Park in Lakewood Ranch should have an indoor athletic facility component.

  • East County
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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 29, 2022
Siesta Key battered but not broken after Hurricane Ian

Fallen trees and water-filled roadways plagued the island Thursday afternoon, but homes and businesses remained largely intact.

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  • By Emily Walsh |
  • December 28, 2022
Vision 2023

As we move into the new year, Observer Media Group remains committed to its vision statement: Innovate and elevate.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Michael Eng |
  • March 31, 2010
Bayside completes new home

The 54,000-square-foot building features a 1,000-seat auditorium and a section devoted to children and youth.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 12, 2010
Budget: $800,000 shortfall

The commission wants the town manager to rethink how his departments are run and ask town department heads to find more money to offset an $800,000 shortfall in 2010-11.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 2, 2011
TOP STORY, NOV.: Longboat Ranks No. 2

For the first time, Longboat Key made Conde Nast Traveler magazine's Readers' Choice Survey. But Kiawah Island, S.C., still holds the top island-destination spot.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By John Ewing |
  • January 3, 2013
Art Wars: a people's history of the “Going Vertical” mural controversy

Art Wars: a people's history of the “Going Vertical” mural controversy

  • Arts + Culture
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