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"The best thing you can do when pursuing a dream is surround yourself with people who share your joy," DJ Magnus says. "You have to have patience that things will happen organically through perseverance."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 27, 2010
Good vibrations

DJ Magnus doesn't just hear music - he feels it. As a deaf DJ who listened to his heart, he found his true calling.

  • Arts + Culture
Longboat Key Fire Rescue will assist those with special needs in getting off the island if a mandatory hurricane  evacuation order is issued.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 9, 2011
Evacuation-assistance program announced

The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department is urging Longboat Key residents with special needs to apply now for an evacuation-assistance program.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Patriota, an Ibero-American gelding, was Robin Cain's first rescue.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 20, 2016
Sixteen Hands Horse Sanctuary offers Manatee County equine paradise

Longboat Key resident seeks grant to help run her 24-acre sanctuary.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2014
Our View | Jeb Bush: true conservative?

Is former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush too moderate for the Republican Party? That is all the talk.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Army Air Corps pilot 1st Lt. James Edmundson in 1941 at Hickam Field before the attack
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2013
Our View

Dec. 7, 1941: Never forget

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The home at 795 Marbury Lane  was built in 2008 with four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,212 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 8, 2020
Sleepy Lagoon Park home sells for $1.8 million

Residential real estate sales on Longboat Key for Oct. 26-30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Allegiant will begin its new flights out of Sarasota in November.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 13, 2019
Allegiant adds eight flights from SRQ

New destinations from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport include Knoxville, Tenn., St. Louis, Mo., Louisville, Ky. and other Midwestern cities.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Matt Hueston, right
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 23, 2014
Sidelines

ODA Boys Middle School Soccer; Steinfeld wins at Ippolito tournament; Sailors grapplers take fifth place; Registration underway for seniors

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2012
Our View: County subsidies: immoral

Maybe a a good roundhouse to their proboscises might knock some sense into them and awaken them.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Sarasota football roundup: 10.20.17
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 20, 2017
Sarasota football roundup: 10.20.17

Sarasota football roundup: 10.20.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 2, 2010
Championship tennis swings into Palm-Aire

The fourth event of the $12,000 GETTEL NISSAN Tennis Series will be held Feb. 13-14 at the Palm-Aire Country Club.

  • East County
  • Sports
Elise Meyer, Chelsea Berry, Scotty Hamilton, Jamie Stewart, Shannon Gower, Candice Henry, Taryn Anderson and Christina Budd with style blogger and hostess Sarah Tucker
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • February 5, 2014
Hot Flash: Lilly Pulitzer Sarasota Spring 2014 Launch Party

Sarah Tucker and Lilly Pulitzer Sarasota hosted a Spring 2014 launch party.

  • Arts + Culture
Australian group Gravity and Other Myths will perform at the eighth annual Ringling International Arts Festival.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 7, 2016
Scene and Heard

Get the latest in the world of A+E

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Disaster can strike at unexpected times — such as the tornado that hit Siesta Key and Sarasota in January 2016.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 8, 2017
Hurricanes not only emergency threat, officials warn

Headed into hurricane season, county officials say residents need to take the initiative to get ready for disaster ahead of time.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Repairs to address water damage at the Legacy Boulevard gatehouse at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club began April 14.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 14, 2014
Higher cost projected for gate repairs

At its board meetings Thursday, May 15, Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts 2 and 5 will decide whether to approve a $7.5 cost increase for Legacy Boulevard gatehouse repairs.

  • East County
  • News
Les Urbanski with Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown, who won a raffle at the March 10 fundraiser and donated his winnings.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 23, 2017
City staff rallies support for co-worker

City staff organized a fundraiser to help support Les Urbanski and his family following his cancer diagnosis.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2014
Easter and Passover Services

A listing of local Easter and Passover services

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo courtesy of Marc Ellis H20 Pictures and Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 2, 2016
Turtle eggs begin to hatch in record-breaking season

Disorientation remains a big concern for new hatchlings.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Two-thirds of Longboat Key’s beach sits under water in the Gulf of Mexico to protect the Key from storms.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 20, 2012
Beach project beats superstorm

The town of Longboat Key's beach maintenance program is comparable to a Nags Head, N.C., beach program that saved its coast from Superstorm Sandy.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Although the nest had come down in front of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church, the bald eagles still are there along White Eagle Boulevard.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 16, 2019
A land of wonder in Lakewood Ranch ... and a few worries

A land of wonder in Lakewood Ranch ... and a few worries

  • East County
  • Opinion
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