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Cooper Vollmer, a six-year-old, participates in riding therapy on his horse, Carly.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • April 25, 2018
East County nonprofits gear up for Giving Challenge

Donations over a 24-hour period often are crucial to a nonprofit's services.

  • East County
  • News
Photo by Cliff Roles.
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • January 9, 2019
Black Tie & Tales: Year one down

Thank you, friends, for a purr-fect first year as Black Tie Reporter.

  • Black Tie
  • By Jenifer C. Back DMD |
  • November 1, 2019
The Truth about Gum Disease

The Truth about Gum Disease

  • Health
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City Commissioners on Tuesday listened to residents lobby for less strict regulations on outdoor amplified sound.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • February 20, 2013
Commissioners continue Ringling Walmart appeal hearing

The continued hearing will be held at 6p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26 at City Hall.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Alex Turner powers up a right-footed shot.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 22, 2016
Cardinal Mooney soccer player reflects on scoring 100 goals

He is the first player in school history to hit triple digits.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 22, 2021
Bacchus on the Beach celebrates wine, stone crab on Longboat Key

The Longboat Key Club event featured a mountain of shellfish and several wines to choose from.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Oleda Baker, 75, is always ready for her close-up.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 15, 2010
Oleda Baker helps us break the age barrier

The author of 11 books and former model shares her beauty secrets and advice.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The seminar is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 at the Sarasota Police Department.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 30, 2013
Police department to hold free seminar on avoiding scams

The seminar will include training on how to avoid becoming a victim of the emerging crime trends, fraudulent tax schemes, and identity theft.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"Funny Girl" runs through April 15. Photo by Cliff Roles
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 1, 2018
'Funny Girl' delivers larger-than-life comedy at Players Centre

The last Players production of the season is the next best thing to the Ziegfeld Follies.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
A dramatic, Asian-inspired entrance sets the stage for a calm and contemplative interior. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • May 8, 2013
Home of the Month: Classic on the Key

A Siesta Key home showcases the genius of architect Ralph Twitchell - half a century later.

  • Arts + Culture
Sandhamn Place residents say dumpsters left open are making a raccoon problem worse in their neighborhood.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 22, 2010
Centre Shops requests flexibility

A request by Centre Shops owner Don Roberts to allow additional uses at his plaza to attract more tenants spurred a debate among Sandhamn Place neighbors.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
“Brahms Violin” features International Violin Competition winner Angelo Xiang Yu, along with two other powerful performers. Courtesy photo
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 23, 2019
Sarasota Music Festival provides three weeks of chamber delight

The annual Sarasota Music Festival creates an ad hoc community with the power of chamber music.

  • Arts + Culture
Cafe BarBosso owner Joe DiMaggio
  • By Andréa Martone |
  • October 14, 2021
Art, music and grandma’s meatballs

When the pandemic struck, Cafe BarBosso added a new side dish to keep up sales and spirits: Live music performances.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By David Conway |
  • February 18, 2016
Logan’s departure leaves city homeless strategy in flux

As the city parts ways with homelessness director Doug Logan, officials are leaving the responsibility of creating a housing first apparatus to the private sector.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mayor Erik Arroyo presided over the vow renewal with Carol and Peter Ferranti at the February Fresh Friday event. (File photo)
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • April 21, 2022
City refreshes monthly Friday street parties

Sarasota OK's events through September after DID agrees to keep paying bulk of cost.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Armando Linde is one of two new fresh faces on the Longboat Key Town Commission in March.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 17, 2015
Longboat Key Town Commission seats confirmed

A deadline for candidates came and went Monday with no one challenging four commission seats that were up for grabs. That means the commission has two familiar faces and two new ones.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
From front left, Braden River Middle School teachers and staff Jill Bergeron, Lannette Gillen, Heidi Enneking and Patty Sisson dance with other teachers and staff during the school's first Renaissance assembly of the year.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 18, 2019
Braden River Middle School teachers connect through dance

Braden River Middle School teachers, staff perform during Renaissance assembly

  • East County
  • News
The Sarasota Heat 18U Gold travel softball team earned a berth in the 2012 Amateur Softball Association 18 & Under Gold National Championships July 23 to July 29, in Oklahoma City, after winning the Region 5 Qualifier May 26 to May 28, in Clearwater.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 18, 2012
Heat captures national berth

The Sarasota Heat 18U Gold travel softball team earned a berth in the 2012 Amateur Softball Association 18 & Under Gold National Championships.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 19, 2011
Firefighter lodges complaint

A Longboat Key firefighter filed a complaint against five town officials Dec. 29, alleging that they interfered with the Firefighters Pension Board and stalled a forensic investigation of the pension plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Fred Lugano, Carol Miller and Rudy Schippers test out the waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Longboat Key. The trio did not evacuate Longboat Key during Hurricane Irma.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2017
Top Story - September: Siesta Key, barrier islands emerge largely unscathed from Irma

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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