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County should study traffic before buying admin building
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • May 13, 2025
County should study traffic before buying admin building

Give animals on University Parkway a brake, one Observer reader says.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Harry, Lynn and Hal Christensen.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • November 12, 2024
Most Longboat Key restaurants are open

Staple restaurants on the Key shared what it is like being open after two hurricanes devastated the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
Out-of-Door Academy sophomore Maggie Yull has been a dominant presence on the girls varsity soccer team this season, leading the team with 11 goals.
  • By Dylan Campbell |
  • February 12, 2025
East County Athlete of the Week: Maggie Yull

The sophomore forward has been the offensive engine for the Out-of-Door Academy girls varsity soccer team this season.

  • East County
  • Sports
Families join in celebrating the grand reopening of The Beaufort Bonnet Company on St. Armands Circle on Saturday, just in time for Mother's Day.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • May 7, 2025
Families celebrate reopening of trendy tot boutique on St. Armands

Just in time for Mother's Day, The Beaufort Bonnet Company invited families to come celebrate its grand reopening from 2024's hurricanes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
An aerial picture of the beach near Bayfront Park in October 2024 shows how storm surge washed over the beach and impacted dune height and vegetation.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • December 4, 2024
Hurricanes shifted 60% of Longboat Key sand placed since 2021

Town staff and coastal consultants explained how the dunes lost height and vegetation and pressed the need for a long-term solution to one of the island's most erosive areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch resident Olivia Weldon, 6, is torn between pizzas No. 3 (Fresh Market) and No. 4 (Michelangelo's).
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 2, 2024
Lakewood Ranch Library hosts first Pizza Taste-off

Teens were invited to a blind taste test of pizza from four different Lakewood Ranch establishments.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Pig Pig is often right under Bliss's hooves. Moll worries he'll be stepped on.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • March 19, 2025
Myakka hog and horse make unlikely pair

A 3-month-old feral pig persistently pestered the 9-year-old horse until he was accepted.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
A legacy for us to carry on
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 23, 2025
A legacy for us to carry on

Modest, likable, trusted, respected, Charlie Stottlemyer is a testament to a life well-lived — and to which we should aspire.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The Sarasota Polo Club's Interscholastic Polo Team from left to right: Head Coach Stuart Campbell, 15-year-old Hazel Hill, 13-year-old Jayda Link, 15-year-old Ainsley Mulligan and 12-year-old Gregory Shepard.
  • By Dylan Campbell |
  • February 11, 2025
Youths have a shot at polo success in Lakewood Ranch

The Sarasota Polo Club team of four started in fall 2024.

  • East County
  • Sports
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
  • By Sforzo • Dillingham • Stewart Orthopedics and Sports Medicine |
  • March 21, 2025
From Pain to Purpose

Local orthopedic practice helps Sarasota woman reclaim her passion.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sponsored Content
Lucille Messina, the president of the Making a Difference Club of Del Webb, led a drive to dedicate an ADA compliant swing to Lakewood Ranch Park.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 19, 2025
ADA compliant swing added to Lakewood Ranch Park

The Making a Difference Club of Del Webb Lakewood Ranch raised the funds for the swing.

  • East County
  • News
The Sarasota County criminal justice campus area map shows city- and county-owned parcels.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 28, 2025
Sarasota county jail expansion could cost upward of $700 million

Already well in excess of operational capacity, county commissioners learn an expansion of the county jail will likely cost a least a half billion dollars.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A rendering shows the terrace, which would be a possible enhancement to the Sarasota County library.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • January 29, 2025
Longboat Key has new April deadline for library fundraising

The town now has until the end of April to raise the $3.5 million needed for an enhanced version of a Sarasota County library.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The band Funky Bonez brings a "Neon New Year Party" to the Green at UTC on Jan 2.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 3, 2025
Neon dance party packs The Green at University Town Center

Funky Bonez performed at 2025's first installment of UTC Live on the Green in Sarasota on Jan. 2.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
W. Kenneth Tyler Jr. is a Lakewood Ranch Certified Public Accountant, and now he's an author too.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • April 27, 2025
Lakewood Ranch accountant's creativity adds up to fiction

W. Kenneth Tyler Jr. is an accountant by day and author by night.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Gov. Ron DeSantis made a quick stop at Phillippi Creek Oyster Bar in Sarasota on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, to survey damage from Tropical Storm Debby.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 7, 2025
Sarasota commissioners OK a range of dredging plans, spending

Officials urge the public to speak up to help expedite work in Phillippi Creek.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By BayView Dental |
  • August 8, 2024
This One Habit Can Make You a Cavity Magnet.

Habitual snackers, brace yourself.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sponsored Content
Junior Paisley Binswanger has been a dominant force for the Sarasota High girls varsity basketball team this season.
  • By Dylan Campbell |
  • February 5, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Paisley Binswanger

The junior guard led Sarasota High in scoring this season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Noah Shadowens
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 27, 2025
Ringling student sculpts facial reconstruction bust to help solve cold case

The Forensic Art of Facial Reconstruction Workshop led by Joe Mullins, at Ringling College of Art and Design, helped lead to the resolution of a case with the Medical Examiner's Office in Fort Myers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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