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Bradenton photographer Jimmy Chadsey hangs a painting on the wall.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 14, 2025
Artists showcase unique creations at St. Armands Art Festival

The festival with craft marketplace brought an assortment of puzzles, NASA photos and even unzipped rocks..

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Gillian Daniels walks through the gallery with Stanley.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 18, 2025
Dogs Inc. service dogs in training visit The Ringling

The Observer joined a group of service dogs in training at The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota High quarterback Hudson West has received four Division-I scholarship offers this summer despite being a rising sophomore.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • June 25, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Hudson West

The Sarasota High quarterback has received four Division-I offers this summer.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Planned ball fields at Manatee County park are beyond fiscal prudence
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • September 9, 2025
Planned ball fields at Manatee County park are beyond fiscal prudence

It's time to take a closer look before any further action is taken, a Country Club East resident writes.

  • East County
  • Opinion
More than 70,000 students are expected to take advantage of Mote SEA educational opportunities annually.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 7, 2025
Mote SEA opens with a wave of excitement in Sarasota

A sneak preview for members precedes Mote Science Education Aquarium's Oct. 8 opening to the general public.

  • East County
  • News
Manatee County CFO Sheila McLean presents a new budget proposal July 31.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 5, 2025
Manatee property values decelerate, but tentative millage stays steady

Countywide property values were anticipated to grow by 10% but only grew by 7.09%.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota Sharks swimmer David Melnychuk placed 12th in the 200-meter long course backstroke at the USA Swimming National Championships.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • June 17, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: David Melnychuk

Former Riverview swimmer went to the USA Swimming National Championships.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
A group of strangers band together Aug. 17 to save seven ducklings from a drainage grate on 44th Avenue East near Lena Road.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 1, 2025
44th Avenue East rescue stops ducklings from going down the drain

Bradenton good samaritans have all their ducks in a row during the three-hour rescue operation.

  • East County
  • News
Lunara is located in Sapphire Shores, just south of the Ringling Museum along Sarasota Bay.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 9, 2025
Priced at nearly $19 million, Sarasota home offers a touch of California style

The Sapphire Shores property includes a collection of features alongside Sarasota Bay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Surfer Santa and Debi Kleer
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 27, 2025
The Bazaar celebrates Christmas in July and Jimmy Buffett's birthday

Christmas in the Caribbean celebrated the birthday of the musician, who was born on Christmas, as well as Christmas in July.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
From left to right: Chris Vito, Penny Sellers, Dave Boone and Cathy Boone play a game of pickleball at the multipurpose Bayfront Park courts in Longboat Key Friday, Sept. 19.
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • September 24, 2025
With the popularity of pickleball, is there still room for tennis?

The tidal-wave growth of pickleball in the past decade has splashed down in Longboat Key's Bayfront Park and changed the landscape of the only venue for free racket play on the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Students receive a meal in a school dining area.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 15, 2025
How Sarasota’s school district feeds thousands of students each day

Director of Food and Nutrition Services Sara Dan describes how Sarasota County Schools provides meals to a district that includes around 45,000 students — and ensures kids enjoy the product.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Temporary street signs will soon be replaced with new backlit street signs along Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • April 30, 2025
Street sign replacement begins on Longboat Key

The new signs will be installed throughout the next month and match the new street light aesthetics of the undergrounding project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The School District of Manatee County proceeds with the full high school option with two academic buildings instead of one, which provides 2,000 student stations.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • August 18, 2025
New high school will be built in Lakewood Ranch

High School AAA is estimated to cost $200 million with the goal of opening in August 2027.

  • East County
  • Schools
Ora Mendels (1936-2025)
  • In Memoriam |
  • June 24, 2025
Ora Mendels

Ora Mendels passed away at the age of 88 in her home on Longboat Key, FL, on June 23rd, with her family around her.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Northern portions of Longboat Key are typically more prone to flooding. However, the town has other portions of the island that are also low lying like the Sleepy Lagoon and Buttonwood Harbour neighborhoods.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 9, 2025
Road-raising timeline extends on Longboat

Because of low financing, what was a two-year plan could take five years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mathematics teacher Jeff Hilt and social studies teacher Dan McLean are the last remaining classroom teachers that were there when Braden River High School opened in 2005.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • September 10, 2025
Braden River High celebrates its 20th anniversary in Bradenton

Original staff members reflect on the past 20 years.

  • East County
  • Schools
Construction crews work on removing the last group of overhead wires and poles before summer 2025.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • May 23, 2025
Longboat hopes to close undergrounding project near end of June

The last piece to finish is pole removal, which is slated to wrap up around June 30 or early July.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Graduate Ninabella Worhacz, her sister Rosemary Worhacz, her father Robert Worhacz, and her mother Josephine Worhacz.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • June 3, 2025
Riverview High School graduates take the next step

Some 470 graduates took to the stage at Robarts Arena.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Paradise players Owen Barnett, Andres Freire and Jeffrey White helped lead the team to a division championship this season, but might not return in 2026.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • July 22, 2025
Sarasota Paradise ends amateur era with playoff loss

The soon-to-be professional soccer club will have a new look in 2026.

  • East County
  • Sports
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