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  • By Ian Swaby |
  • August 1, 2024
Big Cat Habitat adopts first cheetah

Zuri will serve as an ambassador for cheetahs in the wild.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Michael Saunders & Company |
  • May 21, 2025
For Sale: 7921 Waterton Ln., Lakewood Ranch

This lakeside home offers a magnificent lot within The Lake Club.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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Man from Longboat Key arrested for luring child in New Mexico
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • April 11, 2024
Man from Longboat Key arrested for luring child in New Mexico

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested Conrad Coovert, who now faces child abuse charges.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles" comes to the Van Wezel on May 5.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2023
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for May 4-10

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

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Waterside of Lakewood Ranch's Bob Smith was honored as Humanitarian of the Year by the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund in 2022.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 14, 2023
Lakewood Ranch Community Fund's Humanitarian of the Year nominations due

A new Junior Humanitarian of the Year will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 2, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales, by Molly Schechter.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 16, 2010
TRIPLE THREATS

Eight-year-olds Anna Stock and Savannah DeCastro, who both swim for the Lakewood Ranch YMCA WaveRunners, have taken their love of swimming to the next level.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 7, 2012
Parties want quick resolution

Stoneybrook Investors has filed a lawsuit against the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District regarding changes in its assessments.

  • East County
  • News
Full-time condo residents on the Key are fretful about a Citizens Property Insurance proposal that might scare away owners who rent out their units. File photo.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • December 22, 2011
Citizens' proposal alarms Key condominium owners

The Siesta Key Condominium Association assembled its annual team of judges Dec. 16, to pick the best condo decorations on the Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Jerry Pujol with his wife, Carolyn, who taught him how to run. Pujol also showed off his gold medal from the Senior Games State Championships.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • December 26, 2012
Going the distance

Jerry Pujol learned to run late in life. The 80-year-old recently qualified for the National Senior Games.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Marty Samowitz, 98, holds a photo of himself at age 27, shortly after he joined the Air Force.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 13, 2013
Iwo Jima: A survivor's story

At 98, Marty Samowitz is the oldest-known Iwo Jima survivor. Feb. 19 will mark 68 years since the start of the pivotal World War II battle.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Briana Harris Francois (right) and John Woods stand together at the Longboat Key Club Tennis Association's annual Fall Frolic. Harris Francois is succeeding Woods, the only director of tennis in club history.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • November 20, 2019
Harris Francois ready to step up as Longboat Key Club tennis director

Briana Harris Francois worked under John Woods for seven years at Longboat Key Club. Now, she's succeeding the only Director of Tennis the club has ever known — and she's spent a lifetime preparing for it.

  • Longboat Key
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Nehassaiu DeGannes and Perri Gaffney play a daughter and mother in "Other People's Money." Courtesy photo
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 6, 2018
'Other People’s Money' turns high finance into high comedy

The latest Florida Studio Theatre mainstage production is laugh-out-loud funny, though its topic is no laughing matter.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Jerry Bilik’s  ‘Independence’ sings  a song of freedom at Choral Artists’  Independence Day concert. Courtesy photo
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 26, 2019
Choral Artists' Fourth of July concert features work of a renaissance man

Jerry Bilik will make the local premiere of his patriotic piece 'Independence' at Choral Artists of Sarasota's upcoming concert.

  • Arts + Culture
A political committee opposing changes to county elections has drawn scrutiny and criticism from two local activist groups.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 28, 2018
STOP! lobs complaint over political committee name

Resident activists are accusing a group of deliberately misleading voters in its campaign against a Sarasota County charter amendment.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kinga Aletto and Lauren McMahan are headed to the Junior Olympics in April.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 23, 2017
SMA juniors prepare for air rifle Junior Olympics

The pair also has an eye on a more distant target.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • November 23, 2016
Key Chorale strikes a festive note with Charpentier holiday concert

The concert features works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, a French Baroque composer whose work, until recently, laid forgotten.

  • Arts + Culture
Jane Idol has been a Sarasota County call center agent for four-and-a-half years. Many customers are happy that a real person answers their calls, she said. Photo by Jessica Salmond
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • December 25, 2014
Who ya gonna call? The Sarasota County Call Center

Sarasota County's information call center is only a phone call away at 861-5000. The office's 11 information agents answer calls and emails from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, often answering the same questions multiple times a day.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 15, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: 'South Pacific'

If ever there were a musical that represented what Michael Donald Edwards has been striving for in the past few years, it has got to be Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific."

  • Arts + Culture
In 2009, Olivier Bellanger won his first state championship as a rookie inthe cadet class, which harbored drivers ages 9 to 12. Courtesy photo
  • By Jason Clary |
  • February 10, 2015
State of the kart

Father and son Olivier and Patrick Bellanger went from watching races on TV to becoming a force on the track.

  • East County
  • Sports
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