• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Mother's Day Gift Guide
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App
  • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Elections
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Longboat
    • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Elections
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Mother's Day Gift Guide
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App

Results for:

Natasha Wanjohi said her goal is to get her max clean and jerk up to 150 pounds in six months.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 30, 2016
Veteran coach starts uplifting club at YMCA

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 9, 2014
A&E Picks and Highlights

A&E Editor Mallory Gnaegy keeps you in the know about events, local performers and art gallery happenings.

  • Arts + Culture
Ashleigh Haydu, Element front of house manager, General Manager (both restaurants) John Platt, Executive Head Chef Nils Tarantik and Jordan Keen, Element sous chef
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 29, 2017
PBnT and Element restaurants to open on Main Street

Two new restaurants are opening next to each other in downtown Sarasota. But each will offer a different dining experience.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Vengroff
  • By David Conway |
  • September 11, 2014
VIDEO: Vengroff looks to fill need for housing

Entrepreneur Harvey Vengroff takes action to address the lack of transitional housing for the area's homeless.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • April 24, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, April 25

A look at the Observer's favorite arts and entertainment events taking place this week, April 25-May 1.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
The front of the Burns' home in Indian Beach still has some of its original 1954 modern flair.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • March 6, 2013
Home & Garden: Modern Chic

Doug and Carol Burns moved into their renovated home in March 2011, in Indian Beach.

  • Arts + Culture
Town Hall Lecture Series Chairman Jay Logan with Leon Panetta and Stephanie Grosskreutz
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • March 20, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Leon Panetta Town Hall Lecture Series

Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta spoke in the Town Hall Lecture Series Thursday, March 20. Before Panetta served as the Secretary of Defense from 2011 to 2013, he was the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2009 to 2011 and chief of Staff to President William Clinton.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) volunteer Cynthia McMullin and Director of Community Awareness Jessica Hays
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 18, 2014
The Good News: Cynthia McMullin

Through compassion and dedication, SPARCC's mission is to end domestic and sexual violence.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
McNeal Elementary School's Suha Batool is on a quest to improve her robotic skills.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 24, 2018
Your Town: Building blocks of success

Stories from your neighbors.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Unit 501 at 1301 Main St. was built in 2016. It has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,912 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 1, 2020
Main Street condo sells for $2.3 million

Residential real estate transactions for April 20-24.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 10, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: YPG Happy Hour

PHOTO GALLERY: YPG Happy Hour

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Among the programs of the Ringling College Lifelong Learning Academy was a set of eight lectures presented at Longboat Key's Paradise Center
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • July 17, 2019
Lifelong Learning Center gets $1 million endowment

The Bernard Osher Foundation awards Ringling College.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Marta and Mia Windsor got a picture with fellow walkers Ginny Calcutti, Ken Nelson, Diane and Bob Bourlier, Sue Tankersley and Denise Nitty, front.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 21, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: East County fights cancer

Thousands of people converged Oct. 20, at the Sarasota Polo Grounds, as the American Cancer Society hosted its annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Callie MacLeod, the Rev. Sarah Campbell, Kim Bierds and Holly MacLeod, front.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 23, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Harvest Fish Fry

Families gathered April 20, at Harvest United Methodist Church in Lakewood Ranch, for the Harvest Youth Fish Fry and Silent Auction event.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Vice Mayor Susan Chapman said the case against her has been drawn out by unprofessional legal practices by the plaintiff, Citizens for Sunshine.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 5, 2015
City resumes payments for Chapman's defense

Following a ten-month hiatus, the city of Sarasota will once again pay for the defense of Vice Mayor Susan Chapman in an ongoing Sunshine Law suit.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Orr |
  • December 13, 2012
Start the holiday arts season with a classic---well, sorta

Start the holiday arts season with a classic---well, sorta

  • Arts + Culture
Emergency services respond to the scene of Longboat's latest gas line break.
  • By Eric Garwood and Sten Spinella |
  • July 24, 2019
Longboat Key road reopens after repair of gas line break

Town officials plan to meet Friday, July 26, to discuss third closure of Gulf of Mexico Drive since late June.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2010
Birth Announcements 01.07.10

Congratulations to the East County parents who celebrated recent births. The East County Observer will publish birth announcements each month.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"When I married my husband, he said I would never have to work again," she says. "In fact, he didn’t even want me to work."
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • January 12, 2012
Neighbors: Mary Ann Pelley

Breakfast hostess Mary Ann Pelley brings service and smiles to those who dine at Clayton's.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Jan and Tim Solomon have owned Key Sailing for 14 years.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 21, 2020
Sarasota couple celebrates 45 years of smooth sailing

Jan and Tim Solomon, owners and operators of Key Sailing, have been together for 45 years.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
« 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 1235 1236 1237 1238 1239 »
The best of Your Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest in news, sports, schools, arts and things to do in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and East County.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-366-3468
  • FPN Verified

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Crossword
  • Contests

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Advertise
  • Rack Locations
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Business Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
Sign Up for Daily Headlines

A daily dose of news from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Sign Up for In Case You Missed It

A Saturday dose of the week's top stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County.


Anytime. Anywhere. Observer.

From in-depth local reporting to real-time breaking news, stay connected to the stories shaping our community with the Your Observer app.

Download Now for Free