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Attacks on SMH unfounded, reprehensible
  • By Tramm Hudson |
  • March 13, 2023
Attacks on SMH unfounded, reprehensible

Out-of-town agitators are using deceitful, defamatory and violent verbal abuse to seed distrust in Sarasota Memorial. Our community should not tolerate such ugly bullying.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Light, breathable clothes, proper hydration and carb-rich foods can help people exercise stronger and safer during the extreme heat of a Florida summer.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • April 14, 2021
How to beat the heat while exercising this summer

From hydration to clothing, this is how you can beat the heat while exercising this summer

  • Health
Toby Schwenk (Photo by Ryan Kohn)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 2, 2022
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Toby Schwenk

The Sarasota Military Academy junior, who swims for Booker High, won the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle Oct. 28 at the team's district meet.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Bicyclists take the ceremonial inaugural ride on the Ringling Trail bike lane starting at Legacy Trail.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 15, 2022
Ringling Trail complete street officially opens to bicyclists

The $2.7 million project to convert Ringling Boulevard from Lime to Pineapple avenues into a "complete street" is now open, providing a protected bike lane from Legacy Trail to downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Alan Cresto and Robert Rogers helped usher this photography project into a full-blown museum exhibit. (Photo: Spencer Fordin)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • May 6, 2022
Ringling hosts student photography exhibit

Many of these students had never touched a camera before. No worries; their eyes still produced fantastic results.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 5, 2022
Sarasota Cops Corner: Food flight

Police reports from around Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The most significant damage to city assets by Hurricane Ian appears to be a portion of the roof at Payne Park Auditorium. (Photo by Andrew Warfield)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 6, 2022
Emergency manager: City employees get credit for fast recovery

Sarasota Emergency Manager Todd Kerkering says employees, many of whom are also suffering from Hurricane Ian damage, are bringing the city back quickly.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Ringling Trail concept design includes four different segments, all of which add protected bike lanes and enhanced landscaping to the road.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 2, 2021
City approves bike lanes on Ringling Boulevard

The city is moving forward with a plan to add protected bike lanes and reduce motor vehicle travel lanes, a project designed to capitalize on the Legacy Trail extension.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Arbor Grande's Donna Marino has earned dozens of medals for participating in more than 28 races over the past 25 years.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 17, 2021
Lakewood Ranch woman runs for funds

Arbor Grande's Donna Marino uses passion of running to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of her father.

  • Health
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2010
Cops Corner 02.25.10

A woman turned in half of a pair of dentures that she found on the shore. The dentures had barnacle growth on them and appeared to have been in the Gulf for a while.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2010
Cops Corner

Aug. 23 Safe and secure 9:33 p.m. - 500 block of Schooner Lane. Alarm. Police responded to an alarm and found a sliding glass door to a home unlocked. The door was secured and the alarm was reset.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Although traffic along Midnight Pass Road can be heavy during season, members of the Siesta Key Condominium Association do not see pedestrian islands as a solution. Photo by Norman Schimmel.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • November 17, 2011
FDOT focuses on safety with pedestrian islands proposal

Siesta organizations prefer a lower speed limit and crosswalks to a proposal for pedestrian islands on Midnight Pass Road.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • November 2, 2011
EDIBLES: the restaurants you'd miss the most

Here's the question put to our respondents: 'What Sarasota restaurant would you be heartbroken without ... the place without which your lives wouldn't be quite the same, the place you count on to always be there for you?'

  • Arts + Culture
Hailey Manitz, Hannah Yates, Malcolm Moniz, Veronica Gill, Molly Walter and Wyatt Kaighin.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 30, 2011
HIGHLIGHTS: Young songbirds, violinists rev up for 'Holiday Splendor'

Students at Phillippi Shores IB World School took a break from Peggy Conrad's music class Monday to share what they're up to - prepping for 'Holiday Splendor,' which takes place Thursday, at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2010
Our View

Go full force against the johns

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Lenny Landau, who bikes daily, said the report only looks at bicycle accidents that have occurred. The report does not evaluate the effect of removing bicycle signs on the Key.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 16, 2011
Key resident compiles bicycle crash data

Longboat resident Lenny Landau used police reports from the last four years to calculate bicycle accident statistics on the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 9, 2011
Ridership is road to success

Transportation divisions for both Manatee and Sarasota counties will work with a Longboat Key trolley working group to boost ridership on the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Staff and parents will be able to fill out symptoms for their household members daily.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • August 6, 2020
Sarasota Military Academy will launch COVID-19 tracing program

The school used its Operation Outbreak program to help prepare for its newest program which will allow real-time tracking of symptoms for students and staff..

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Jeffrey, a first grade student at Emma E. Booker Elementary, works through his school day at the Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota County. Photo courtesy
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • September 11, 2020
Boys & Girls Clubs launch remote learning program

The program will provide support to about 252 remote learners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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