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Pascal Charbonneau walks from one chess board to another as he performs the demonstration of 15 simultaneous games.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • October 31, 2024
Chess grandmaster recalls the challenges of the game

Sarasota resident Pascal Charbonneau played 15 simultaneous games during an exhibition at a recent Manasota Chess Center event.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Interim City Manager Doug Jeffcoat; new City Attorney Joseph Polzak.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 22, 2024
New city attorney, interim city manager named by Sarasota commission

The Sarasota City Commission unanimously choose Joseph Polzak as city attorney and long-time employee Doug Jeffocat as interim city manager.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Among the topics of discussion by the Purple Ribbon Committee is converting the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall into convention and event space.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 16, 2024
Multipurpose convention space is one possibility for Van Wezel

Visit Sarasota County's Erin Duggan tells Purple Ribbon Committee a hybrid convention center/performance space is an option.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This Lake Club home at 15420 Anchorage Place sold for $6.3 million. It has four bedrooms, four-and-three-half baths, a pool and 8,095 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 23, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for 2024 in Lakewood Ranch

Seven properties in Lakewood Ranch sold for more than $4.2 million this year, led by a Lake Club home at $6.3 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Lakewood Ranch High softball senior Cassidy McLellan.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 11, 2023
East County Athlete of the Week: Cassidy McLellan

The Lakewood Ranch High softball senior is hitting .569 with four home runs and 16 RBIs.

  • East County
  • Sports
Paintings from Children's Art Classes
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • May 21, 2024
Creative Kids of SRQ enters nonprofit scene with Youth Art Show

The nonprofit offered the gallery walls to young artists and helped them visualize a future in the arts.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Karen Holbrook will be succeeded by Brett Kemker, vice provost and regional vice chancellor for academic affairs and student success at USF Sarasota-Manatee, in an interim role.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • December 14, 2024
USF Sarasota-Manatee honors regional chancellor as she prepares to retire

The campus attributes accomplishments to Karen Holbrook including the opening of the Student Center and Atala Residence Hall.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Don't let crony capitalism run Siesta Key
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • April 8, 2024
Don't let crony capitalism run Siesta Key

A reader writes that Siesta Key doesn't need "mega" hotels.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The Sarasota Opera is the only opera company in the world to have performed all of Verdi's operas, including "Rigoletto."
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • November 12, 2024
Sarasota Opera renews its vows to Verdi with concert program

The Sarasota Opera revives its fall concerts showcasing the prolific Italian composer.

  • Arts + Culture
Candidates for the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board attended a forum June 20 hosted by the Sarasota Tiger Bay Club.
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • June 21, 2024
Hospital board candidates square off at Tiger Bay forum

Growth, the role of the board and medical freedom were hot topics.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Artem Kopmar, a captain of the Braden River Soccer Club U16 boys team, dribbles around Davi Pereira at a team practice.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 16, 2024
Braden River Soccer Club will earn national exposure at Denver tournament

The U16 boys soccer team won the Florida State Cup in May to qualify for the US Club National Cup.

  • East County
  • Sports
Woman caught skinny-dipping in homeowner's pool
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2024
Woman caught skinny-dipping in homeowner's pool

Claiming to be with the CIA, a nude woman is removed from a homeowner's pool on St. Armands. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Richard Cannon was a set designer at Florida State University Asolo Conservatory for over 30 years.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • September 25, 2024
Former Asolo set designer will host his first art show at All Angels Gallery

Richard Cannon plans to bring his realistic drawings to the island at the All Angels By Sea Episcopal Church Gallery in October and November.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
In May, boaters docked near Jewfish Key. File photo
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • December 10, 2021
Longboat Key set to make permanent changes to sound regulations

The Longboat Key Town Commission is set to hold a second reading on the measure in January.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
LJ Young, 3-year-old Lincoln Young and Amy Smith were excited to bring Cole Young home after 155 days in the hospital. The family is grateful for the money raised to support them through the Elks Riders Brain Injured Child Ride.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 17, 2024
Elks Riders chapter raises money for brain-injured child

The newly formed Lakewood Ranch Sarasota Elks Riders participates in its first Brain Injured Child Ride to support a Bradenton family.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
A car pushes through the flooding in Mill Creek.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 18, 2024
Hurricane Debby raises Manatee County communication issues

Residents are left questioning the county's methods for disseminating information during a crisis.

  • East County
  • News
The Karon Family Pavilion is the setting for a variety of events, including performances by area-based arts groups.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 29, 2024
Library is next on list for Longboat’s town center

Longboat Key’s Town Center Green is set to become a lively hub for community gatherings, festivals, performances and educational opportunities.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Former Lakewood Ranch High and University of Virginia golfer Danny Walker will play in the LECOM Suncoast Classic for the second time in 2024.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 15, 2024
LECOM Suncoast Classic returns this week to Lakewood National

The Korn Ferry Tour will return to the area April 18-21 for its sixth annual Classic with an intriguing field.

  • East County
  • Sports
Olympian Richard Thompson talks to sixth grader Lauren Otterness after he talked to Otterness and her fellow scholars about goal setting.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 8, 2024
Track and field Olympian talks goal-setting with Haile Middle sixth graders

Richard Thompson shares his success story with Advanced Scholar Program students.

  • East County
  • Schools
Harold Newton's 1960 painting, "Clouds over the Coast," is part of the "The Florida Highwaymen: Interstate Connections," which runs through Sept. 15 at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • July 24, 2024
Selby Gardens goes on the road again with the Florida Highwaymen

Its new exhibition, "Interstate Connections," links the outsider artists to Sarasota's historic wade-ins.

  • Arts + Culture
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