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Freshly caught stone crab claws wait to be bought at Walt's Fish Market.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • November 1, 2023
New regulations aim to protect Florida’s stone crab population

With 99% of stone crab landings coming from Florida, the fishery is critical to many local businesses.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • August 4, 2010
Soul Sister

Sarasota's favorite frontwoman steps into the recording studio to make 'Beautiful Noise.'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2020
State Representative District 70: Keisha Bell

Meet the candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 5, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: We're fine, really

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 3, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Trying to stay gold

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 29, 2016
Signs of the Times

“Children of a Lesser God” is a play with heart and serious technical demands. Its success was in Corinne Woodland’s hands

  • Arts + Culture
Tim Widing gives the LECOM Suncoast Classic trophy a kiss. Widing won the tournament in a two-hole playoff against Patrick Cover and Steven Fisk.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • April 2, 2025
LECOM Suncoast Classic wins have led to mixed PGA Tour results

Byeong Hun An, the 2022 winner, has earned $19,967,667 competing on the PGA Tour.

  • East County
  • Sports
The panelists at the June 25 luncheon were David St Pierre, SeaPort Manatee's senior director of public safety and security; Sandra Tapfumaneyi, Sarasota County's chief of emergency management; Abby Elliot, Oysters Rock Hospitality's senior director of operations; and Jodie Fiske, Manatee County's director of public safety. The moderator was Devaney Iglesias, the area manager of Florida Power & Light.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • June 30, 2025
Manatee, Sarasota experts share 'lessons from the eye of the storm'

The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance partnered with Florida Power & Light to shed some light on how best to prepare for hurricane season.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Izzy Silverio, Krystal Parra and Madelyn Portwood, East County residents, are important parts of the Bulls soccer team.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 16, 2020
One goal at a time for Bulls

Lakewood Ranch-area soccer players help build Parrish Community High's new girls soccer program.

  • East County
  • Sports
Christine Culp, the youth services librarian at the Braden River Library, uses her storytimes and Reading in Our Town virtual segment to show her viewers different places in Manatee County before reading them a book.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 13, 2021
Creatively connected at Braden River Library

Manatee County libraries shift to a focus on virtual programming.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 22, 2021
A good start for Brown

Sarasota City Manager Marlon Brown is off to a good start with this first budget. He is proposing the city lower its millage rate and wants to dissolve the city’s parks and recreation tax district.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Andréa Martone |
  • September 1, 2021
Asolo Rep plans sale of elaborate costume inventory

After decades without a costume sale, Asolo Repertory Theatre will open its doors at their Koski Production Center, offering a bargain sale on elaborate costumes

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The resort-style pool will be one of the main amenities at Wild Blue at Waterside.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 14, 2023
Wild Blue adds luxury homes to Waterside at Lakewood Ranch

Stock Development emphasizes the natural setting as sales begin this spring in the 500-home village.

  • East County
  • Business
Toquya Jones and Margaret Laughlin, food service workers at Braden River High, prepare lunch for students. (File photo)
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 7, 2022
Free lunches no longer an option for most Lakewood Ranch students

Most East County schools will require parents to apply for free lunches based on need.

  • East County
  • Schools
Residents on Lido Key and St. Armands Key are worried large vacation rental properties will continue to proliferate in residential areas if the city does not take regulatory action.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 1, 2021
Island residents push for adoption of vacation rental rules

Next week, the city will consider implementing additional regulations for rental homes on Lido and St. Armands keys.

  • Sarasota
  • News
King Michael picked a basket laden with toy cars.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 5, 2021
Longboat Key hunts for normalcy on Easter

People attended services in person this year and saw family, a huge difference from 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Some residents on Lido Key and St. Armands Key posted lawn signs encouraging the city to adopt regulations designed to cap capacity at vacation rental homes on the barrier islands.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 15, 2021
City approves new vacation rental rules

Although the regulations only apply on the barrier islands, some officials want to expand them citywide.

  • Sarasota
  • News
School board leaders are considering a partnership that would move the training of its annual 450-member firefighter school to a new county site.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 6, 2021
School district, county consider fire training partnership

As the county prepares to build a regional fire training site, school leaders are considering switching from the district's current facility to a partnership at the new facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mark Ursini said he plans to bring his business to the center, too. (Courtesy rendering)
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2022
Mid-Key commercial property plans await final approval

The commercial property and two residential homes from local homebuilder Brista Homes are planned to be completed by the end of 2023.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The St. Armands Business Improvement District is seeking city support and permitting of a holiday season festival in the park at St. Armands Circle. (Photo by Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 21, 2022
St. Armands leaders in opposition over winter festival request

The Business Improvement District chair asked the city to consider support of a holiday festival in St. Armands Circle. The Merchants Association head charges violation of protocols.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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