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Ariel Rischer sells her handmade bracelets at the Young Entrepreneur Market at The Bazaar on Apricot & Lime.
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • February 26, 2023
Young CEOs set up shop at The Bazaar

The fourth annual Young Entrepreneur Market brings young CEOs to sell their creations at The Bazaar on Apricot & Lime.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 12, 2012
Friday Night Clash: Oct. 12

Tonight's games include Booker vs. LaBelle, ODA vs. Imagine School of Naples, and Riverview at Southeast.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 19, 2016
Uber, Lyft aim to suppress Sarasota Airport trip logs

The two rideshare companies have asked for a temporary injunction to block public record requests regarding trip logs to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Suzy Brenner teaches zumba to three students before The Paradise Center closed its doors.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 26, 2020
Loneliness threatens normally social Longboat Key lifestyle

The highly contagious pandemic is keeping the socially active island at home.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • February 20, 2014
Laurel Park begins focusing on new code

Laurel Park residents, attached to the zoning regulations they have spent years building, are hesitant to embrace the city's forthcoming form-based code.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Pirates walk off the court after their loss to Tampa Bay Tech.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 27, 2019
Pirates' record run ends

Braden River girls basketball team comes up one win short of state semifinals.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Florida Design Works |
  • October 11, 2021
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  • East County
  • Neighbors
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Commissioner Vanessa Baugh was criticized for asking to add neighbors and others to vaccination list.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • February 18, 2021
Manatee County Commissioner apologizes for asking to add names to vaccination list

One Manatee County commissioner calls Vanessa Baugh's email to add names to vaccination list "a terrible mistake" and a show of favoritism.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 11, 2020
A necessary investment

Longboaters have accepted that a price of paradise is maintaining the Key’s No. 1 asset: the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Carol Doenecke with "I've Got the Bird."
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 24, 2022
Longboat Key artist Carol Doenecke presents in All Angels gallery

Doenecke usually chooses the selected artists for the gallery, but for June, she chose herself.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Criticism of administrative approval has pointed to the maligned Vue Sarasota Bay development as evidence the current process is suboptimal.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 9, 2017
Administrative approval opposition gains momentum

The resident activist group STOP! is gathering support for its proposal to change the city’s development review process, which has one former city official concerned.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Digital health apps can help — if users can afford them. Photo via Shutterstock.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 18, 2021
Health apps can help — if users can afford them

Are subscription weight loss and wellness applications worth the sometimes-hefty cost?

  • Health
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • November 7, 2022
Sarasota Medieval Fair creates fantasy fun in Myakka City

A tomato toss was just one of the fun events at the annual festival at the Woods of Mallaranny.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Community Foundation has a coffee talk with Diane McFarlin
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • December 7, 2022
Community Foundation has a coffee talk with Diane McFarlin

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County held a private meeting to chat with Diane McFarlin on Dec 7.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Hundreds of people filed through Town Center Green during the market.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 14, 2022
The Market on Longboat Key draws crowds to first event

The first of three markets at Town Center Green was a hit with residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 12, 2016
Sarasota County School Board race attracts major campaign dollars

While one of two seats on the board has been decided, candidates in the other race have raised more than $30,000 each.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photos taken when a marine patrol boat was sent to investigate the issue in Nov. 2021. (Courtesy photo)
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2022
Town considers water navigability responsibility

The commission opted to ask town staff to investigate the effect of townwide change to boat size rules due to complaints of a boat impeding a canal.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The judge in a DUI case involving Manatee County Commissioner George Kruse (pictured) has recused herself from the case, delaying the proceedings. (File photo)
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 19, 2022
Judge recuses herself from DUI case involving Manatee Commissioner George Kruse

The new judge will be assigned the case, which is set for a pre-trial conference Aug. 2.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • June 11, 2018
Longboat sign code on the home stretch

Realtors have protested Longboat Key's latest rendition of its sign code as too strict, saying that it will increase the cost of doing business on the island "dramatically."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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