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Rachel Walmsley lines up a shot during shooting practice at Braden River High School on Thursday, Dec. 12.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • December 27, 2024
Braden River senior helps JROTC team have a shot at air rifle tournament

Rachel Walmsley is floating on air after winning her region's air rifle match.

  • East County
  • Schools
Tim and Cynthia Holliday
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • June 12, 2024
School uniforms simplified: Children’s World celebrates 60 years in business

The local retailer partners with area schools to provide a physical location for families to shop for school uniforms.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Debris remained a problem down many Longboat Key streets after Hurricane Milton.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • October 13, 2024
Longboaters experience 'hurricane fatigue' after two hurricanes in a row

Residents are relieved that Hurricane Milton hit south of Longboat Key but are worried about how this season on the island will look.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
John O'Keefe, brand ambassador Julianne Gentile, and Debbie O'Keefe
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • June 28, 2023
Sarasota boaters create watercraft management app

The YachtWave app is intended to be a one-stop shop for all needs related to boat care, maintenance and use.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch resident Megan Schroeder is a member of the Young Professionals Committee.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 13, 2024
Builders stuff backpacks for Sarasota and Manatee Boys & Girls Clubs

Stuff the Backpack is an annual event for the Suncoast Builders Association.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Suspicious man dancing in the street 'just enjoying his time'
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • December 17, 2024
Suspicious man dancing in the street 'just enjoying his time'

The man was later found playing his drum and down in the dumps. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Tyler Hilaire is the "nature boy" on campus. He's always finding sticks to play with.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 30, 2024
Beyond the Spectrum tailors education to each student

The Lakewood Ranch nonprofit works with children and young adults with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Liz Alpert speaks after being awarded the key to the city by now-former mayor Kyle Battie just before she was named mayor for 2023-24.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 16, 2023
Sarasota gets a new mayor

Liz Alpert takes the gavel for a second time.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 17, 2013
Code Board questions lack of use

The agenda for the Longboat Key Code Enforcement Board meeting was simple: The board wanted to know why a string of meetings has been canceled and to debate whether the board is needed because of a new philosophy for dealing with code violators.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A rendering by SB Architects of the west (right) and east towers proposed to replace the Hyatt Regency hotel adjacent to The Quay.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 9, 2024
Hyatt redevelopment makes first appearance before city panel

Kolter Group plans two towers with 224 condos and 166 hotel rooms.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Music Compound's Jenny Townsend and Alyssa Martin celebrate their students being on stage during Musicpalooza Friday at Nathan Benderson Park. the event was a lead-in to Saturday's My Hometown Fest.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 29, 2024
Performance of note at Musicpalooza at Nathan Benderson Park

Five Music Compound bands took the stage at the Sarasota festival.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
New HR director confirmed for Manatee County
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 30, 2024
New HR director confirmed for Manatee County

The Manatee County Commission unanimously confirmed Kate Barnett as human resources director after serving as the department's interim director since June 2023.

  • East County
  • News
Bill Grieder, Keth Grieder, Beth and Jim Daday
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • April 1, 2024
Local band SoulRcoaster closes out Savor the Sounds

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce concert series had a successful run and ended with a dance party.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A rendering of an expanded Payne Park Auditorium designed by Fleischman Garcia Maslowski architects.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 10, 2024
Opposition grows along with theater's plans for Payne Park Auditorium

Revised lease terms for Payne Park Auditorium are on the table for the Sarasota City Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Police called on ex-girlfriend failing to make plan to 'get her life back on track'
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2023
Police called on ex-girlfriend failing to make plan to 'get her life back on track'

Instead, a woman whose ex took her in falsely accused him of battery. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Michael Drake, the Longboat Key Historical Society’s president, stands in front of the cottage that now houses the organization’s extensive collection of artifacts.
  • By Patricia Horwell |
  • May 3, 2023
Longboat Key Historical Society gives new life to the past

The organization’s new location at Longboat Key’s Town Center will serve as a museum showcasing archives, artifacts and historical objects.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Independent Jones' Antonio Hernandez, Paul Benjamin of Benjamin Productions and Independent Jones' Morgan Bettes Angell stand at the bridge leading into Waterside Park. The bridge will serve as the entrance into the Lakewood Ranch Blues Festival Dec. 7.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 5, 2024
Final preparations in order for inaugural Lakewood Ranch Blues Festival

Producer Paul Benjamin says the Lakewood Ranch location should be a great place for the event to prosper.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Students arrive at Southside Elementary aboard a school bus. (File photo)
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 3, 2022
Sarasota schools will add ID card readers to buses next year

Students will swipe their ID as they board, disembark school buses.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Rosemary District Association President Howard Davis discusses the proposed changes to the overlay district at a Nov. 28 workshop.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 6, 2018
Rosemary District stakeholders plot building changes

New zoning regulations brought a wave of residential projects to the Rosemary District. Can those same regulations help provide neighborhood improvements?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Excess sand and infrastructure damage can still be seen Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Caspersen Beach. Sarasota County Parks staff are continuing response and recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2024
Water restoration on Siesta Key nearly complete

Beaches remain closed as debris pickup begins.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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