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A rendering of the Sarasota Police Department's completed Real-Time Operations Center.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 15, 2025
SPD'S new operations center is already solving crime in real time

Only in its infancy, the Sarasota Police Department's new technology-rich, fully integrated facility managed by an unretired former detective is already paying dividends.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The No Trespass sign leading to William Pugh's residence on Hog Town Lane in Myakka City. Pugh has accrued $1.4 million in fines from Manatee County code enforcement violations.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 1, 2023
Residents owe Manatee County $26.3 million for code violations fines

Code enforcement can't force compliance, so fines accrue at $100 a day for years on end.

  • East County
  • News
Mark Metcalf's goal is to one day win a state championship with Sarasota High, just like his grandfather Clyde and father Mark did before him.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • March 20, 2025
Metcalf legacy lives on with fourth-generation Sarasota High baseball player

Mark Metcalf is keeping the family tradition of winning baseball games with the Sailors alive and well.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Police respond to simultaneous bar brawls one block apart
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2025
Police respond to simultaneous bar brawls one block apart

Sarasota police officers respond to one fight inside and another outside Main Street bars after 2 a.m. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Some boardwalks around Joan M. Durante Park and Quick Point Nature Preserve remain impassable after hurricanes Helene and Milton.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • April 9, 2025
Town works to rebalance funds after estimated $7.6M in hurricane expenses

Longboat Key Finance Department staff are working through FEMA claims and managing the town’s budget to complete hurricane-related expenditures that total.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Out-of-Door Academy junior Kevin Gyurka is a star distance runner on both the track and field and cross country teams.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 4, 2024
East County Athlete of the Week: Kevin Gyurka

The ODA junior runner finished fourth at the Lemon Bay Invitational on Aug. 24.

  • East County
  • Sports
Betty J. Johnson (center) stand with Blake Erquiaga and Kelly Larkin of the Pop-Up Library.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • April 23, 2025
Betty J. Johnson Library celebrates 20th anniversary

The library, founded in 2003, is located in the predominantly Black community of Newtown.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Bob Haskin returns a serve against Alan Bartlett at a recent pickleball game at Lakewood Ranch High School.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 20, 2025
Pickleball players search for home courts closer to home

Passionate pickleball players — which is to say just about all of them — are dinking and dunking for new Lakewood Ranch courts to compete on. A solution might be in play.

  • East County
  • News
Damage to the Sparito Pier beneath the Ringling Bridge is estimated at $1.3 million.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 1, 2025
Sarasota estimates $17 million remains in post-storms damage

According to a city report it will take two years and $17.4 million to repair hurricane damage and replace lost piers in Sarasota parks along the waterfront.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lakewood Ranch sophomore Gigi Canali has scored a team-leading 48 goals in a breakout season.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • April 1, 2025
Lakewood Ranch girls lacrosse players have a secret weapon

The Mustangs are hunting for their first regional playoff appearance.

  • East County
  • Sports
"Joe Fig's Contemplating Vermeer" is on display at the Sarasota Art Museum through April 13.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • January 29, 2025
Sarasota Art Museum paintings exhibit puts the focus on the viewers

Joe Fig used photography, software and painting to create his "Contemplating Vermeer" series.

  • Arts + Culture
Magician Star Newman will perform at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, April 1.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 23, 2025
Star Newman is all about the abracadabra

Card tricks, movie lore and mentalism are in the Sarasota magician's bag of tricks.

  • Arts + Culture
High school football roundup.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 14, 2024
High school football roundup: Sept. 13

Six Sarasota and East County teams were victorious Friday night.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
P1 Offshore has announced that Sarasota has been dropped from its 2025 schedule of races.
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • January 14, 2025
Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix canceled for 2025

Finances and uncertainty about construction around Sarasota Bay have sunk the Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix for this year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ava Proffitt is a sophomore who has Cardinal Mooney coaches buzzing with excitement for the future.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • March 13, 2025
Cardinal Mooney softball ready to return to championship ways

The Cougars have built back from a six-year absence with help from two former players.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Resident worries about personal info after grocery delivery
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • June 18, 2024
Resident worries about personal info after grocery delivery

A Longboat Key resident called police after a delivery driver scanned her driver’s license to drop off a bottle of wine. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
At the helm: Lucile Capo-Miller and David Miller still oversee day-to-day operations at Cannons.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • November 7, 2024
The family at the helm of Cannons Marina keep it strong after 68 years

In 1955, Michigan native Paul Miller traded his engineering career for the romance of Florida’s boating life and purchased Cannons Marina from Ernie Cannon. Today, under the leadership of David Miller and Lucile Capo-Miller, it’s a thoroughly modern boating enterprise.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
Nik Wallenda puts a charge into the crowd as well as the 50-foot Christmas Tree at University Town Center by crossing Cattlemen Road on the high wire  Nov. 11, 2023.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 5, 2024
King of the High Wire to usher in holiday season at Santa's Grand Arrival Parade

Nik Wallenda loves performing in his hometown of Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Avary Shirley
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • February 18, 2025
East County Athlete of the Week: Avary Shirley

Lakewood Ranch sophomore stepped up to help send Mustangs to states.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Lakewood Ranch Adult Soccer Club's Over 50 team poses together with a trophy after winning its league championship 3-2 over Saint Petersburg FC Aztecs on March 9.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • March 12, 2025
Lakewood Ranch Adult Soccer Club embraces its differences

The club features 38 nationalities among its 145 members.

  • East County
  • Sports
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