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Former Lakewood Ranch High and USF center Austin Reiter began training with Mike Gough at Athletic Edge Sports Performance Conditioning in January.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 29, 2015
Professional play

Former Lakewood Ranch High and USF center Austin Reiter will learn this week whether one of the NFL’s 32 teams will draft him.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 1, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: Nov. 2, 2017

Fulton Lewis III died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Three new owners opted for a new name and a fresh start for the Golden Apple Celebrity Theatre. File photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 17, 2013
The shows will go on at the Golden Apple

Three new partners, with ties to the theater-producing Nederlander family that operates 20 venues nationally, bring the historic Sarasota theater into the present.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
After months of tackling obstacles as a result of the pandemic, Greenbrook's Crystal Avery and Marty Satz become husband and wife during a ceremony on Main Street at Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • December 16, 2020
Lakewood Ranch couple zigs and zags to marriage

Festive Main Street at Lakewood Ranch setting perfect for Greenbrook couple to say wedding vows.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo
  • By Shellie Terry |
  • April 4, 2018
Guitarist Jason Vieaux returns to La Musica

The international chamber music festival welcomes back the Grammy Award winner.

  • Arts + Culture
The Sarasota Ballet in Ricardo Graziano's "En Las Calles de Murcia." Photo courtesy of Frank Atura
  • By Anna Dearing |
  • October 28, 2019
'Graziano, Retrospective': A successful season opener and choreography tribute

The production celebrated Ricardo Graziano's 10 years at the Sarasota Ballet with three of his works.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Chris Schumaker and Michael Wyshock
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 8, 2016
Reworks of Art

Alfstad& Contemporary artists revisit their work from past exhibitions by creating collaborative, limited-edition prints.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota’s Own Robbie Stevens and Marinus Van Driel at the 2012 festival.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 27, 2013
Monumental Milestone

The Sarasota International Cricket Club celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and will hold its 20th annual Thanksgiving Six-A-Side Festival this weekend.

  • East County
  • Sports
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
darwins
  • By Nicole Thompson |
  • August 5, 2015
Sarasota Happy Hour Guide: Life after Darwin's

Sarasota Happy Hour Guide: Life after Darwin's

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Kelly Brown blows by a Lakewood Ranch High defender.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 14, 2017
Sarasota High junior has flourished through toughness

Sarasota High junior has flourished through her toughness.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Courtesy rendering
  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 23, 2011
Park to receive playground

The city revealed details of a playground that will be nearly an acre in size at the underutilized Payne Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 29, 2019
Walk in the Park: Longboat Key Public Tennis Center

The tennis center serves up a good time for spectators and players alike.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Columnist . |
  • August 7, 2019
Drink This: Cucumber Jalapeño ‘Rita

This summer cocktail with a kick is the perfect way to cool off this month.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
strawberryrhubarb
  • By Matthew Serrano |
  • April 24, 2015
Sip your way into May with fresh infused cocktails

Sip your way into May with fresh infused cocktails

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Lindy Carlson, Joe McNaughton, Maidie Meckley, Caroline Hoffner and  Beth Severson and Michelle Compton (not pictured) make up the district’s Common Core Design and Innovation Team.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • February 13, 2013
The INs and OUTs of Common Core State Standards

Manatee County Schools' innovation and design 'team' works to install a new way of learning.

  • East County
  • News
School board members Charlie Kennedy and James Golden were two of the last school board members who were elected by countywide votes.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • November 28, 2018
Passed referendum causes concern in East County

Parents, some school board members wonder about the future of single district voting.

  • East County
  • News
The county instituted new rules at the Selby Library prohibiting certain behavior July 10.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 28, 2016
Library concerns highlight city, county homeless divide

Sarasota County is addressing complaints regarding illegal behavior at the County Administration Building and Selby Library, but the topic has revived tensions regarding a come-as-you-are homeless shelter.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Darya Fedotova packs one of more than 22,000 disaster relief food boxes for All Faiths Food Banks emergency food distribution.
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • September 14, 2017
All Faiths sets up emergency food distribution sites

The organization is holding food drives today and tomorrow.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Attendees of the event got to bring home a ceramic bowl.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • November 14, 2018
Bowled over by support in Lakewood Ranch

Community turns out at Empty Bowls event to support food bank.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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