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Former Sarasota High baseball players Owen Ayers and Conner Whittaker were selected in the 2024 MLB Draft.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 25, 2024
Former Sarasota High stars head to pro baseball ranks

Conner Whittaker and Owen Ayers were selected in the 2024 MLB Draft.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The Sarasota Police Department will install speed detection cameras at six schools throughout the city.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 6, 2024
Speed cameras coming to six school zones

The Sarasota City Commission approved contract with vendor RedSpeed to install detections devices that can result in $100 fines.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Trespassed man claimed he's heading south for YouTube fame
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • February 25, 2025
Trespassed man claimed he's heading south for YouTube fame

While trespassing on a Longboat Key property, the man said he was hoping to swim with alligators and film it for YouTube. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The Elks' Faith Frost joins Prodigal Daughters' Denise Gattuso and Ruth Perez-Hernandez and the Elks' Darrin Simone in distributing toys to kids in need during the Elks Toy Drive.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 24, 2024
Elks show their heart in Lakewood Ranch with toys for children in need

More than 7,500 toys were collected during the Elks Toy Drive with help from Walgreens.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Members of the Nathan Benderson Park Breast Cancer Survivor team pose with their gold medals after winning the 200-meter final in Ravenna, Italy last month.
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • October 8, 2024
Dragon boat teams win gold at world championships

Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch-area rowers thrive on competition and friendships.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Shirley Mae Hampton Noyes (1928-2024)
  • In Memoriam |
  • December 3, 2024
Shirley Mae Hampton Noyes

Shirley Mae Hampton Noyes 8/19/28-11/26/24. A full life well lived.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Jill Schroeder and Alan Kitty rehearse for Kitty's play "Original Sin," which makes its world premiere from Sept. 6-15 at Tree Fort Productions.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • September 2, 2024
A Mark Twain enthusiast tackles an age-old story

Alan Kitty brings his play "Original Sin" to Tree Fort Productions.

  • Arts + Culture
Start spreading the news
  • By Emily Walsh |
  • February 28, 2024
Start spreading the news

Out with the old, in the with the new. The Observer may be the only newspaper company in the country installing new news racks.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Director Peter Amster is directing "Good Night, Oscar" at Asolo Repertory Theatre.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 1, 2025
Director Peter Amster celebrates a troubled genius in Asolo Rep's 'Good Night, Oscar'

Pianist and raconteur Oscar Levant bared his mental health struggles on national TV.

  • Arts + Culture
Florida’s lawsuit against Target: hypocrisy
  • By Adrian Moore, Ari Cohn |
  • March 12, 2025
Florida’s lawsuit against Target: hypocrisy

In February Florida’s attorney general filed a federal lawsuit against the Target Corp. on behalf of the State Board of Administration.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Co-chairs Terri Klauber and Autumn McConnell
  • By Lori Sax |
  • November 18, 2024
Stars align at All Star Children's Foundation's annual Twinkle Ball

More than 300 attended the gala, which supports children and families in the foster care system.

  • Black Tie
The master development plan for 2501 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 28, 2024
371 affordable housing units planned for site near Newtown

The Sarasota project is part of a nearly 1,500-unit multifamily development that will include a grocery store and pharmacy on 114 acres of county land at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Tuttle Avenue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Event Co-chairs Kara Wootson and Lissa Murphy
  • By Lori Sax |
  • October 4, 2024
Planned Parenthood raises a glass to support reproductive rights

More than 200 attended the nonprofit's Rose for Reproductive Rights annual fundraiser, setting a record for the event.

  • Black Tie
The 2024 ENGAGE graduates and town department heads.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • June 7, 2024
Town employees graduate from first professional development course

Fourteen Longboat Key staff members complete the ENGAGE program.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Biden’s fantasia vs. Florida’s fiscal responsibleness
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 13, 2024
Biden’s fantasia vs. Florida’s fiscal responsibleness

What a contrast — the Biden proposed budget and the historical federal deficits versus the Florida budget for 2024-2025.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The city of Sarasota will begin its final pass for hurricane debris collection on Nov. 25.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2024
Final debris collection pass for Sarasota residents begins Monday

More than 400,000 tons of hurricane-related debris have been collected so far within the city limit.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Urbanite Theatre's "Jennifer, Who Is Leaving" runs through Dec. 1.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 2, 2024
A theater critic's top five picks of the season

From dramas to comedies, don't miss these extraordinary plays and musicals about ordinary lives. They're coming soon to a theater near you.

  • Arts + Culture
Lift Station D at 521 Gulf Bay Road collects sewage from the town of Longboat Key and pumps it to a treatment facility in Bradenton in August 2020.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • November 20, 2024
March ballot measure to decide if Longboat pursues up to $33M loan

Town voters will determine whether or not Longboat can pursue a State Revolving Fund loan for up to $33 million toward the subaqueous force main replacement project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Andrea Helme has lived in Lakewood Ranch since 1999.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • November 19, 2024
Pioneering LWR woman finds comfort in raising funds for Alzheimer's research

Longtime Lakewood Ranch resident Andrea Helme marches forward on her goal of raising funds for Alzheimer's research and care.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This Deer Run home sold for $2.45 million with 4,359 square feet of living area. It has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and a pool.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 25, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for March 10-14 in Lakewood Ranch

A Deer Run home on Big Buck Lane topped the week’s sales at $2.45 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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