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  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2024
Giving Challenge nets nearly $580,000 before it starts

Patterson Foundation matches gifts of $100 each to 728 organizations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • April 8, 2024
RC Custom Car Open combines teamwork and carnival fun

The event empowered 175 students as they controlled vehicles around a carnival-themed race track.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • April 28, 2024
Community Baby Shower helps provide for essential needs

The 2024 Community Baby Shower highlighted services for families while keeping kids entertained with events like the “Diaper Derby.”

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • May 11, 2024
SiestaCon brings a new comic con to Sarasota

The event, held by Dark Side Comics in Sarasota and Unknown Comics in Texas, featured cosplay artist, special guests, custom vehicles and more.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • November 19, 2024
Young performers take center stage at Sarasota Rising: A Celebration of Youth

The closing event of the inaugural Living Arts Festival showcased up-and-coming talent in the community.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • November 4, 2023
Empty Bowls fundraiser fills need in Lakewood Ranch

The 23rd annual soup tasting was held on Nov. 3 at Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2023
City to share Payne Park-Legacy Trail connector details

A public information meeting will be held Oct. 26.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 18, 2023
Creative Arts Association of Lakewood Ranch showcases local talent

From jewelry to fused glass to oil paintings, artists display quality work.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Advertising Content Staff |
  • June 16, 2025
Your Weekly Taste: Florence & the Spice Boys

Regardless of what location you dive into, one thing’s for sure, Florence and the Spice Boys isn’t just a restaurant, it’s a full-on flavor experience.

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  • By Madison Bierl |
  • August 12, 2025
Manatee School Board selects two finalists for superintendent position

Laurie Breslin and Misty Mathis will meet the public Aug. 18 at Manatee Technical College.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 22, 2023
Businesses score at tailgate expo in Sarasota

The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance revised the experience of its expo in celebration of football season.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 5, 2024
Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble concert packs Peace Presbyterian

The band plays its final local concert of the season on May 5 in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2024
Parental support organization names co-chairs

Tonika Conaway and Kelly Romanoff will lead the First 1,000 Days Suncoast initiative for the next two years.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 21, 2024
Unwind wellness studio harnesses power of flowers in support of Chalk Festival

The Flower Power Patron Party invited the public for a flower-filled night in support of the Sarasota Int'l Chalk Festival and the floral carpet art it plans to debut this year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2024
Patterson Foundation gives $250,000 for hurricane relief

The Patterson Foundation gift will be distributed through the Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Atlantic Hurricane Season Recovery Fund.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lori Sax |
  • September 22, 2024
Sarasota Opera toasts to a new season with Food & Wine Festival

The annual tasting event Sept. 21 showcased the best bites from local restaurants while raising funds for the Sarasota Youth Opera.

  • Black Tie
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • September 5, 2024
Opening of St. Regis is not all good news

Some Longboaters are disappointed in what the St. Regis development could have been.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • November 9, 2024
Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee fills bowls at Lakewood Main Street

Local restaurants served soup to raise funds for Meals on Wheels' Food Bank of Manatee.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 26, 2025
State begins removing references to Gulf of Mexico on Longboat roadway

The town stresses that the move by FDOT does not mean a name change for Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • November 23, 2025
Families partake in early-season cheer at Light Up Longboat

Longboaters and their family members kicked off the holiday season with annual festivities on Nov. 22 at the Town Center Green.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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