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Nate's Honor Animal Rescue Center is on track to finish its current expansion project by the spring of 2025.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • December 29, 2024
Nate's Honor expansion will be wrapped up in spring

The $16.5 million Journey Home Capital Campaign for Nate's Honor Animal Rescue Center is expected to be finished by spring.

  • East County
  • News
Braden River High student Dallace Ryan poses with her steer, Sterling, during after-school work at Braden River High School ahead of the Manatee County Fair.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • January 15, 2025
East County students ready to compete for ribbons at Manatee County Fair

Future Farmers of America students put in months of work to show animals to judges.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Selby Gardens president and CEO Jennifer Rominiecki speaks at the opening ceremony of the first phase of the Master Plan.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 22, 2024
Selby Gardens embarks on Master Plan Phase 2

The capital campaign for building the second phase of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has reached 66% of its $60.9 million goal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Brianne Brown provides a "Watch Stander" training at Manatee County's Emergency Operations Center March 26.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • March 30, 2025
Manatee County strives to become a veteran safe place

The county has partnered with The Fire Watch to provide free training so residents can spot veterans in crisis.

  • East County
  • News
Musical prodigy Grace Kelly will perform at the Sarasota Jazz Festival on Thursday, March 21.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 13, 2024
Sarasota Jazz Festival gets back in the groove

The festival returns to the Municipal Auditorium for the first time since 2019.

  • Arts + Culture
Pat Marschke poured Prosecco for Connie DiMaggio.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • December 9, 2024
Longboat Harbour put new twists on its annual Lighting of the Docks

Holiday cheer spread across the docks at Longboat Harbour Condominiums with friendly competition, festive decorations and many Florida-themed Santas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sean Lisinski, Natalia Lagunes and Isaiah Lisinksi
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • January 2, 2025
Sarasota Memorial Hospital welcomes first baby of the new year

A boy was born early in the morning on Jan. 1 at SMH.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Firefighter paramedic Richard Traugott uses the Hurst Jaws of Life to pry the front door frame apart.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • March 25, 2025
Longboat Key Fire Rescue teams practices vehicle extrication techniques

Crew members spent an early afternoon walking through a simulated vehicle crash to get hands-on training with extrication equipment like the Hurst Jaws of Life.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Urban Air Adventure Park location in Lakewood Ranch will be its largest in the country.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • February 17, 2025
Urban Air Adventure Park flies into Lakewood Ranch this summer

The 60,000-square-foot indoor adventure park is anticipated to open July 25 on Professional Parkway.

  • East County
  • Business
Edward Cohen (1925-2024)
  • In Memoriam |
  • November 13, 2024
Edward Cohen

Edward D. Cohen of Longboat Key FL, born in NYC April 1925, died Oct. 29th 2024, just six months shy of attaining his goal of 100 years old.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Longboat Key Kiwanis Club President Michael Garey shares memories of the Café on St. Armands.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • February 3, 2025
Longboat Kiwanis welcomes new members amid busy season

Kiwanis Club members held their first monthly meeting of 2025, making plans for pancake socials and more.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Executive Chef Michael Decorcie from Drift at Lido Beach Resort showcases his arancini special.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • February 12, 2025
Upcoming Longboat foodie festival to help hurricane recovery

Taste and Tunes of the Keys returns on Feb. 27 with a dozen eateries.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jane Johnson Hussar, the sponsor of the Little Free Library at Country Club East Park, joins Elizabeth Henderson, the president of the Little Free Library Club of Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 8, 2025
Little library, big mission in Lakewood Ranch

Country Club East Park is the site of another Little Free Library.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Audit machines won't be used, but voting will carry on as usual for the primary election on Aug. 20.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 12, 2024
Manatee County's new vote audit machines stalled until November election

The primary election will follow the old protocol and be audited by a hand count.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • December 6, 2023
Go off the beaten path with these Sarasota and Venice holiday shows

In a season filled with festivities and holiday shows, it's easy to overlook smaller venues.

  • Arts + Culture
Groundbreaking on phase two of Selby Gardens expansion master plan is expected in late 2025.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2025
Selby Gardens passes three-quarter mark in Phase 2 fundraising

Work is planned to begin in late 2025 for the second of three rounds of improvements.

  • Sarasota
  • News
PAC Sarasota Co-Chairs Chris Voelker and Dick Lynch.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 19, 2025
Sarasota Arts & Culture Coalition rebranded PAC Sarasota

The goal of the Sarasota Arts & Cultural Coalition is to advocate for Sarasota's arts and cultural organizations.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
Trezure B.Coles and Suzanne Grodner star in Urbanite Theatre's "Jennifer, Who is Leaving," which runs through Dec. 1.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 29, 2024
Once upon a time in a donut shop

Urbanite Theatre's "Jennifer, Who is Leaving" makes America's invisible women visible.

  • Arts + Culture
The site plan of the new Sarasota County Regional Fire Training Academy, color-coded in phases under current funding.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 30, 2024
Sarasota County fire training academy receives funding approval

The County Commission allocates $43 million to build the first phase of a regional facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Electric dirtbikes have become a popular mode of transportation for Lakewood Ranch teenagers and a nuisance to Lakewood Ranch adults.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • April 8, 2025
Teens on electric bikes 'taunt' Lakewood Ranch residents

Residents in neighborhoods along White Eagle Boulevard are fed up.

  • East County
  • News
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