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Christian Garzia pushes off defenders during a Sarasota Surge rugby match. Garzia is an advocate of his brother, Rocco, who has Prater-Willi syndrome.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 18, 2024
Sports mean more than on-field results to these local athletes

Leadership and self-confidence are skills they will use for the rest of their lives.

  • East County
  • Schools
Visit Sarasota County works to attract nature tourism, capitalizing on activities such as kayaking at The Bay park.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 18, 2024
Seasonal visitor numbers down as travel normalizes after pandemic

Visit Sarasota County reports a 9% drop in visitors during season.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The planned Bath & Racquet Club will have a residents' pool and a club pool.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 17, 2023
Neighbors challenge city's Bath & Racquet Club decision in court

A complaint filed by nearby residents alleges that the city failed to follow its own development rules and improperly considered their legal standing as aggrieved persons to deny hearing their appeal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The upper floors of Obsidian would offer bayfront views to the east and downtown views to the west.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 4, 2023
Neighbors ask city to block construction of 18-story downtown condos

Bay Plaza residents tell commissioners that the planned 347-foot condo tower, Obsidian, is out of scale and is detrimental to the neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The project area for the $21.4 million Bahia Vista Street force main project, which is expected to be completed in early 2024. (Courtesy of Sarasota County)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 31, 2022
County commissioners approve sewer line expansion on Bahia Vista Street

A budget amendment of $21 million brings to $280 million a project to expand capacity and upgrade the Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Setting the record straight on Florida PACE
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • July 4, 2024
Setting the record straight on Florida PACE

The public agency writes in response to a recent Observer column.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Joni Adno performs at Fogartyville.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 4, 2024
Joni Mitchell tribute artist celebrates music icon's legacy

Sarasota musician Joni Adno had long been passionate about the work of Joni Mitchell before founding a tribute band in 2021.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Guest Author |
  • August 16, 2021
Letters to the editor: Siesta Key hotel proposals

Siesta Key leaders sound off on recent opinion piece.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Trine l. Alfaro |
  • July 18, 2024
Empowering Minds: Parrish & North River Charter Academies

Give us a call to schedule a tour at Parrish Charter Academy.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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The home at 2157 Wisteria St. has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,237 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 8, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for July 22-26 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey

A Grovelawn home on Wisteria Street tops the week's sales at $1.84 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Executive Director of the Mt. Carmel Resource Center Shirley Pearson shares its mission with Longboat Island Chapel members.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • June 20, 2024
Longboat Island Chapel hosts and donates to Mt. Carmel Resource Center

For their monthly charity cocktail hour, chapel members collect donations of men's clothing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jacquelyne Paige, Joey Panek, Jannie Jones and Brandon Wardell star in Florida Studio Theatre's cabaret show, "Up on the Roof."
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 17, 2023
'Up on the Roof' dives inside the Brill Building's walls of sound

Florida Studio Theatre's latest cabaret, "Up on the Roof," celebrates the songwriters who helped teenagers fall in love.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
E. Scott Osborne is president of the Through Women's Eyes Film Festival.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 4, 2024
Through Women's Eyes film fest unspools 25th edition

This year's Through Women's Eyes International Film Festival brings a mix of new selections and old favorites to Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Advertising Content Staff |
  • March 4, 2024
Go Ahead and Do It: Kokomo Charters

Set sail in style: where luxury meets adventure in Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Spotlight Partners
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Brenda Spatt walked Sarasota's Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11, 2022, in honor of her son, Leo Michael Puhaly.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2023
Veterans Day parade set for downtown Sarasota

The parade route will run along Main Street from Osprey Avenue to Gulfstream Avenue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
True Fitness provided all new equipment for Reed Medical Group.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • February 13, 2024
Reed Medical Group expands with new physical therapy suite

The PT team at Reed Medical Group moves to a suite with all-new equipment to serve Longboaters.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
Mississippi State student Maxwell Gebhart examines the invasive tape grass in the wild. He's used to seeing it in a lab.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 17, 2024
Biologists slowly ridding the Braden River of tape grass

Students study the invasive species that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has been working to eradicate from the Braden River.

  • East County
  • News
Andrew Long and the rest of the cast at Asolo Rep's "Inherit the Wind."
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 26, 2024
It's science vs. faith in Asolo Rep's production of 'Inherit the Wind'

Director Peter Rothstein takes an evenhanded approach in this American classic based on a 1925 trial.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Tim Jaeger, director and chief curator of galleries and exhibitions at Ringling College of Art & Design, poses next to Syd Solomon's 1982 triptych Trishades in the Lois and David Stulberg Gallery.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • November 8, 2023
A fresh look at Sarasota abstract artist Syd Solomon

Ringling College's "Fluid Impressions" is a collaboration between teacher, students and the paintings' owner.

  • Arts + Culture
Time for governor to step up — or Ziegler to step down
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • June 11, 2024
Time for governor to step up — or Ziegler to step down

The Longboat Key Democratic Club calls for Gov. DeSantis to remove Bridget Ziegler from the Sarasota School Board.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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