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Gabriel Chiha and Julianna Chin
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • May 21, 2023
Graduation 2023: Riverview High School

Students celebrated the future as they received their diplomas.

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  • Schools
  • In Memoriam |
  • October 26, 2022
Eugene Francis Lyons

Eugene Francis Lyons passed away in his sleep on October 15, 2022 in Sarasota, FL at the age of 98.

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Education Center at Temple Beth Israel to host first fundraiser
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • January 30, 2024
Education Center at Temple Beth Israel to host first fundraiser

Program Director Susan Goldfarb highlights the new educational programs and The Education Center's decades-themed fundraiser.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Susan Goldfarb is the Program Director for the Education Center at Temple Beth Israel. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • October 10, 2022
The Education Center gears up for a new semester on Longboat Key

Classes start November 7 online or in person.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This model home is located in Lakewood Ranch's first age-restricted community, Del Webb.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 6, 2023
1,300 more age-restricted homes headed to Lakewood Ranch

Home construction company PulteGroup doubles down with another Del Webb community for buyers 55 and older.

  • East County
  • News
Photo by Jack Elka Key Club General Manager Michael Welly said Friday, Aug. 31, that the resort has always had a "Plan B" — i.e. filing a new application.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 5, 2012
New application could revive Key Club plan

The application for the Key Club's $400 million Islandside project is dead, but the project could get new life.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Team USA's Jerry Kelly hits a shot on the No. 1 hole at The Concession Golf Club on day one of the World Champions Cup. Kelly and teammate Justin Leonard earned a total of 20 points, 10 in each session, for Team USA on day one.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 18, 2024
World Champions Cup books The Concession for 2024, 2025 and 2028

Team USA won the inaugural event, held at The Concession in December in the Lakewood Ranch area, in dramatic fashion.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 30, 2024
Sarasota-Bradenton leads nation in slashing home prices

The rising cost of insurance has pushed some buyers to look outside Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2020
State Representative District 70: Mark Oliver

Meet the candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The new Gulf Island Ferry System utilizes two catamarans, providing residents with a new way to travel between downtown Bradenton and Anna Maria Island.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • November 1, 2023
Ferry service between Bradenton, Anna Maria Island to begin by end of 2023

Three initial stops for the Gulf Islands Water Ferry will allow travelers to enjoy the water going from downtown Bradenton to the barrier islands.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sherry King, Shirley Martin and Melissa Martin showing off their Martin women medallions.
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • July 4, 2023
Longboat Key family celebrates strong ties and long history in the area

Coincidences and kismet mean multiple family members have wedding anniversaries and birthdays on the same date.

  • Longboat Key
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A hearing today in U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May’s courtroom involves reviewing sanctions for Colony Lender LLC.  File photo
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 15, 2015
Colony Lender, Unicorp face sanctions

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May will order both entities to dismiss lawsuits against unit owners and consider what monetary damages they should face.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 24, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: None shall pass (well, you're OK)

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
One of the acrylic panels that will allow visitors of the Mote SEA to come face-to-face with sea life.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 22, 2024
Sarasota’s landscape of attractions continues to grow — at a price

Cultural organizations in the Sarasota area are pursuing major projects with only so much philanthropy to go around.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key's first turtle nest. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 26, 2020
Longboat Key sees first turtle nest of 2020

Though turtle season doesn't start until May 1, the nesting mothers are arriving.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Riverview football had its offense clicking in week one of the 2023 season.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 30, 2023
Takeaways from the first week of high school football in Sarasota

One game doesn't portend a season's outcome, but some area teams made a strong first impression.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 21, 2009
Town staff seeks code enforcement help

The commission has not given the town manager direction to use the $57,000 it placed into the fiscal year 2009-10 budget for an additional code-enforcement officer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat park saxophonist's Sinatra standard falls flat
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 17, 2023
Longboat park saxophonist's Sinatra standard falls flat

A saxophonist who didn't have a Frank Sinatra standard down pat is just one of the complaints Longboat Key police responded to in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
New College, on 110 acres on Sarasota Bay, was founded in 1960.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 12, 2024
FAA denies SRQ airport land sale to New College

The Federal Aviation Administration nixes the $11.5 million deal for 31 acres of the West Campus that the college leases from the airport.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Vanessa Baugh will remain the chair of the Manatee County Commission after a 4-3 vote went in her favor Feb. 23.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • February 23, 2021
After Manatee County Commission vote, Vanessa Baugh remains commission chair

Motion asking that Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh step down from her role as chair is denied 4-3.

  • East County
  • News
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