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Junior Max Taken and sophomore Carter Atwood of Berkeley Prep are on the tail of senior Tyren Wortham of Booker High School.
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • October 22, 2025
More than just talent has produced winning Booker football

The Tornadoes have hit their stride at 7-1 entering Week 10 by embodying "mutuality."

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The home at 409 N. Washington Drive, built in 1952, sold for $1.4 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 1, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for September 15-19 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A John Ringling Estates home on North Washington Drive tops the week's sales at $4 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The Breakfast Company has four locations — two in Sarasota and two in Bradenton.
  • By Emma Burke Jolly |
  • September 22, 2025
Celebrate National Breakfast Month with these egg-cellent dishes

These five eateries in Sarasota and Bradenton form my own personal Breakfast Club.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Land use attorney Bill Merrill (speaking) led a legal challenge to the Downtown Master Plan 2020.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 25, 2025
Attorney advises downtown plan committee on avoiding challenges

Land use attorney Bill Merrill recounts to members of the Sarasota Downtown Master Plan 2020 Update Committee how he successfully forced changes to Sarasota's current downtown master plan more than two decades ago.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Save Our Seabirds Director of Outreach and Education Lisa Wood and the facility's new red-shouldered hawk get to know one another on move-in day.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • October 14, 2025
Red-shouldered hawk joins avian rescue's flock on City Island

Save Our Seabirds takes in a small bird of prey when it was found in a residential area near Orlando.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bootleg parasailing prompts police response on Longboat Key
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • October 14, 2025
Bootleg parasailing prompts police response on Longboat Key

Help with a lost laptop, suspiciously present tree trimmers and resourceful fun highlight this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Lakewood Ranch Prep Band Director Jay Belmont has not only given the new Big Band a place to play, but he has joined the band as well.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 20, 2025
Those who want to join the Lakewood Ranch Big Band need to sound off

Polo Run's Chuck Huffine is seeking interested musicians.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Talia Casey and Alex Perez brought their cat, Mister Figment Spirit Wink, to the Oct. 4 pet blessing at St. Boniface Episcopal Church.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • October 8, 2025
St. Boniface hosts paw-inspiring event for pet owners

Rev. Nikki Seger led the Siesta Key church's annual pet blessing on Saturday.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
A rendering of Adagio as viewed from the northeast.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 18, 2025
Sarasota 18-story condo project inches closer to reality

A handful of outstanding issues plus an administrative adjustment need to be taken care of before a Development Review Committee resubmittal for the 18-story Adagio.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Storm damage repairs at Hermitage Artist Retreat could be as long as a year away according to Sarasota County staff.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 29, 2025
Hermitage Artist Retreat estimates restoration costs at less than $500,000

Hermitage requests Sarasota County permission to make storm damage repairs to its Manasota Key site while negotiations for property conveyance remains underway.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Brooke Pavek (left) and Xochitl Napoles (right) skate down the path at Nathan Benderson Park on Oct. 18. Both will be active in this year's marathon.
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • October 22, 2025
Florida Inline Skating Marathon celebrates fifth anniversary in Sarasota

The Nov. 8 event at Nathan Benderson Park will be the largest marathon of its kind in the state.

  • East County
  • Sports
The home at 3272 Bayou Road, built in 1990, sold for $2.05 million.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 24, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for Sept. 8-12 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A Palazzi Al Mare condominium on Benjamin Franklin Drive tops the week's sales at $4.85 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Sarasota Yacht Club Sailing Director Dalton Tebo and teammate John Casey won the overall title at the 2025 Formula 18 North American Championship, which pitted 30 global teams against one another in a four-day competition.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • September 18, 2025
Locals take prestigious sailing title

Sailing Director Dalton Tebo and teammate John Casey took the Formula 18 North American Championship title in Rhode Island.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Russell Mernagh, Haley K. Clay and Andrew Leggieri star in Florida Studio Theatre's tribute to contemporary crooners, "Feeling Good," which runs at the Court Cabaret through February 2026.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2025
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for Sept. 25-Oct. 1

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Joe Rendace and Amber Nelson are eager to read and critique each other's work through the Novel and Screenplay Critique Group in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • October 21, 2025
Lakewood Ranch writers come together to critique one another's work

The Novel and Screenplay Critique Group is led by Joe Rendace, who says feedback is important to create successful stories.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Vito Sgroi poses for a photo before a Sept. 30 practice at Selby Aquatic Center. The senior for Riverview boys' swimming & diving is one of the program's most recent Division I talents.
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • October 1, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Vito Sgroi

The senior for Riverview boys' swimming & diving committed to Arizona last month

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Sarasota Christian football coach Jacob Spenn (left) shakes hands with Krakow Kings U19 coach Robin Volkmar (right). After the Blazers visited Poland in June, Volkmar and one of his assistants visited Sarasota last week.
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • September 18, 2025
Sarasota Christian football begins partnership with Kraków Kings

After a summer trip to Poland, the Blazers welcomed Kings U19 Coach Robin Volkmar last week.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The damage to Bayfront Park from hurricanes Helene and Milton is estimated at $1.15 million.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 16, 2025
Sarasota signs contractor for hurricane-related paving repairs

The Sarasota City Commission approves a $7.5 million agreement with Ajax Paving Industries for recovery work related to the 2024 hurricanes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lido Key is among the highest trending fall vacation rental in the country, according to vacation rental marketplace HomeToGo.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 13, 2025
Lido Key ranks among top trending fall vacation destinations

With online searches more the tripling the year prior, vacation rental marketplace HomeToGo rates the Sarasota barrier island sixth in trending growth.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This Lake Club home at 7838 Bowspirit Way sold for $2.3. million. Built in
2023, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,734 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 30, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for Sept. 15-19 in Lakewood Ranch

A home in The Lake Club on Bowspirit Way topped the week's sales at $2.3 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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