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Cardinal Mooney girls basketball junior Kali Barrett (21) is the Cougars' leading scorer at 12.8 points per game as of Dec. 15.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 2, 2023
Cougars girls basketball built to rebound in 2023-2024

After a third-straight Final Four run, Cardinal Mooney will return all but one player next season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The Sarasota Ballet will perform "La Sylphide," about a Scotsman torn between his love for his betrothed and his attraction to an ethereal creature.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 21, 2023
Sarasota Ballet stages 'La Sylphide'

Macarena Gimenez and Luke Schaufuss star in the Scottish-themed romance.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: Save Our Seabirds

Rookie Business -- Finalist

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The BBQ Sampler at Stottlemyer's features chicken, slow-cooked brisket and your choice of baby back or long bone ribs. (Photo by Spencer Fordin)
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • September 18, 2022
Brisket, chicken and ribs are cooking overtime at Stottlemyer's Smokehouse

Every day, the cooks at Stottlemyer's Smokehouse are pushing about 40 pounds of brisket into the smoker to cook overnight.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Jeffery Kin's Living Arts Festival will debut in and around Sarasota in November.
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • August 24, 2022
Local theater professional to create new arts festival in Sarasota

Jeffery Kin spent 15 years building drama at The Players Centre, and now he's hoping to build a bigger stage for all of Sarasota's arts organizations.

  • Arts + Culture
The March 2018 election was the last time commissioners had to run a campaign for their desired seat. (File photo)
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2022
Longboat likely to have another uncontested election

As of Nov. 14, Jeff Lenobel, Deborah Murphy and Mayor Ken Schneier have submitted necessary paperwork.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • May 3, 2021
Karin’s Causes organization to put on 14th annual Estate Sale

The annual sale will offer up plenty of eclectic oddities May 13 to 15.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The home at 1125 Center Place on Lido Key was built in 1960. It has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,371 square feet of living area. (Photo courtesy Lisa Rooks Morris, Premier Sotheby's International Realty)
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 27, 2022
Lido Key home sells for $3.75 million

A Lido Key home on Center Place tops this week's sales at $3.75 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Bookstore 1 owner Georgia Court just finished reading "The Museum of Innocence" by Turkish author Orphan Pamuk.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 21, 2011
Bookstore plans March debut

Bookstore 1 is scheduled to open March 1 at 1359 Main St.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 12, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Please just go away

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 2, 2016
Daylight saving time ends Nov. 6.

Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour on Saturday night.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jake Parsons, 26, said he'll spend up to three hours playing pickleball with friends if he has the time, and tries to play three to four times a week.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 27, 2023
Pickleball gets its hooks into a younger audience in East County

The sport is catching on with high school and young adult athletes in the area as it explodes nationally.

  • East County
  • Sports
David Dies wrote the group's first commissioned work. Courtesy photo
  • By Edward Alley |
  • April 30, 2018
'Larger Forces' proves to be strong season closer for ensemblenewSRQ

The ensemblenewSRQ's second season ended with a phenomenal concert featuring an 18-person chamber orchestra.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Longboat Key sent this letter in the mail with a special code for residents to fill out the annual citizen survey online. Photo courtesy of the town of Longboat Key.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • February 5, 2021
Citizen survey doubles its response rate

A presentation before the Longboat Key Town Commission is scheduled for April 5.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Reagan Gross, here taping up the hand of Mustangs linebacker Brooks Moyer, was a part of the Lakewood Ranch athletic training program for two years. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 20, 2022
Lakewood Ranch High student earns athletic trainer's award

Reagan Gross, who graduated in May, hopes to one day be an athletic trainer for rodeo athletes.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 16, 2009
Buchanan backs SAVES Act

H.R. 3691 would use unspent money from the economic stimulus package to provide seniors and veterans with relief.

  • East County
  • News
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office arrested the suspect without incident.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • October 3, 2020
Bradenton man arrested on charge of voter fraud

The man admitted he sent a ballot request for his dead wife, the first instance of Manatee Co. voter fraud since at least 2013.

  • East County
  • News
A rendering of Aventon Sarasota, which will likely face legal challenges from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. (Courtesy image)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 14, 2022
Animosity takes off over approved apartments near SRQ

SRQ President Rick Piccolo disputes the subtext of a comment to Jack Collins Jr. about the airport's fight against a multifamily community at the former Sarasota Kennel Club.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Victor DeRenzi and Executive Director Richard Russell welcome guests. Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 5, 2019
Sarasota Opera reveals its 2019-2020 season

The upcoming season will include a return to several operas the company hasn't performed in more than a decade.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • February 2, 2022
Sarasota Cops Corner: Who's a good boy?

Police reports from around Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
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