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Weekly Pilates class begins at The Paradise Center
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • June 26, 2024
Weekly Pilates class begins at The Paradise Center

Program Manager Debby Debile is teaching the first-ever weekly Pilates class at The Paradise Center on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Chip Bennett, lead pastor of Grace Community Church in Lakewood Ranch, says his church sees 4,000 worshippers on a typical Sunday during season.
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • September 12, 2024
Churches mirror huge growth in Lakewood Ranch

Faith communities say rapid expansion is a blessing and a challenge

  • East County
  • Neighbors
A rendering of exterior renovations at Payne Park Auditorium proposed by The Players Centre for Performing Arts.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 23, 2023
The Players finds a home at Payne Park Auditorium

Sarasota city commissioners authorize staff to craft a lease agreement with The Players Centre for Performing Arts, which hasn't had a permanent home for seven years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • May 3, 2019
Sarasota YMCA hosts Circle of Champions Celebration

The inaugural event was held May 2 at the home of Stanley Kane.

  • Black Tie
Heidi Gillen and Melody Filewich sell Lakewood Ranch High School Marching Mustangs merchandise during a football game. Merchandise is one way band parents raise money for the school's band program.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 21, 2022
East Bradenton band parents along for the ride during marching season

Lakewood Ranch and Braden River high school parents dedicate hundreds of hours to support their students in marching band.

  • East County
  • Schools
Even your dog can practice downward facing dog at Yoga in the Park at Waterside Place.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • November 27, 2024
HOA board votes to pull Lakewood Ranch Community Activities' funding

The Country Club Edgewater Village Association board says its residents are not obligated to support the nonprofit.

  • East County
  • News
Virgina Leon, Kakali Banerjee, Karen Pashkow
  • By Sidra Wali |
  • May 13, 2023
Longboat Harbour hosts Kentucky Derby Party

Residents got together to watch the derby with barbecue and mint juleps.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The home at 3563 Fair Oaks Lane for $1.35 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 9, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for Sept. 23-27 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A Sleepy Lagoon Park home on Penfield Street tops the week's sales at $1.7 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 9, 2023
Here's the Sarasota news you might have missed this summer

The long, hot summer saw a "perfect storm," soaring construction costs and record-setting real estate sales.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A writer's studio in the Hermitage House, which was built in 1907 as a beachfront homestead.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • December 11, 2023
Hermitage Fellows find success on and off Broadway

A fellowship at Hermitage Artist Retreat on Manasota Beach can spark creative breakthroughs.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Lakewood Ranch Medical Center |
  • October 17, 2024
Surgeon Shares Good News for GERD Sufferers

Samuel Yelverton, MD, board certified general surgeon at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center addresses questions related to a common digestive disorder.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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Ryan Chase
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 19, 2023
New Sarasota High School principal living his dream in education

Ryan Chase brings loads of experience in both Sarasota and Manatee counties to his new job.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Rev. Charleston Wilson holds a print depicting Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 25, 2024
Works by Japanese artist Sadao Watanabe donated to Church of the Redeemer

The collection of 24 paintings and prints by the Watanabe, whose work is also included in the collection of the Vatican, were donated by Hugh Culverhouse Jr.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Unit Ph-1617 condominium at 800 N. Tamiami Trail has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,830 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 7, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for Oct. 21-25 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Nokomis

A Prestancia home on Boca Pointe Drive tops the week's sales at $1.82 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
A brightly decorated boat drove through the Marina Jack Yacht Basin area during the 2022 Holiday Boat Parade of Lights.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2023
The best things to do on Siesta, Lido, Longboat keys in November, December, January

The don’t-miss events from around the keys in November, December and January.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
A conceptual rendering by Sweet Sparkman Architecture and Interiors of Sarasota shows a reimagined New College East Campus on land the college plans to acquire from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 12, 2023
New College agrees to purchase 31 acres from SRQ airport

New College of Florida's East Campus sits on land it leases from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. The lease is set to expire in 2056.

  • Sarasota
  • News
About 20 transformers in flood-prone areas will be raised on 24-inch concrete pads.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • July 26, 2024
FPL raises some transformers to prevent storm-related outages

Some transformers that failed in Hurricane Idalia will now be on concrete pads. The project as a whole remains on track to wrap up later this year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 30, 2024
Sarasota-Bradenton leads nation in slashing home prices

The rising cost of insurance has pushed some buyers to look outside Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By SOTA Residences & Hotel |
  • November 2, 2023
Live Above Main Street’s First Boutique Hotel in your Private Residence

A boutique hotel on Main Street, hosting an intimate collection of private residences on the uppermost floors, SOTA Residences & Hotel is bringing curated urban living to the next level.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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Norman Love Confections has reopened its chocolate salon on the other side of University Parkway at The Shoppes at UTC.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • April 8, 2024
Norman Love Confections moves in next to Trader Joe's

The chocolate salon moved to the Manatee County side of UTC to The Shoppes.

  • East County
  • Business
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