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A visitor to the State Street parking garage grabs a ticket Feb. 17 from the newly installed paid parking machines.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 22, 2018
Garage paid parking draws early complaints

City parking officials believe users will quickly grow comfortable with a paid parking system in the State Street and Palm Avenue garages.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • February 8, 2020
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast host girls' day out

The 2020 Live, Laugh, Love Extravaganza was held Feb. 8 at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

  • Black Tie
Lance Trippel throws a pass over the middle against Manatee High.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 5, 2020
Prose and Kohn: Sarasota QB has showcased strong arm in first-ever season

Lance Trippel is 3-1 as a starting quarterback.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 9, 2010
Roundabout park benches criticized

A group of downtown residents is asking the city of Sarasota to place three park benches that have been planned for the Five Points roundabout elsewhere.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • March 26, 2015
City attorney calls county land agreement "a sham"

Time has proven a 12-year-old agreement in which the city agreed to transfer a Ringling Boulevard parcel to the county “to be a sham,” City Attorney Robert Fournier writes in a memo to commissioners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
President Marsha Fottler and Liz Jackson
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • March 20, 2019
Sarasota's Michael Saunders honored with award

The Hero of History Award is awarded every year by the Historical Society of Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • January 21, 2020
'Peace, justice, freedom and equality': Sarasota celebrates MLK Day

Sarasota remember Martin Luther King Jr. with celebrations and a nod to his dream.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Michaela Mattes.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 10, 2021
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Michaela Mattes

The Cardinal Mooney junior swimmer won gold and silver medals at the Class 1A state meet

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Wayne Vert thinks a roundabout story headline put them in a negative light.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Rachael and Donald Worthington
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • March 11, 2019
Sarasota Opera patrons enjoy cocktails, dinner and a show

The Double Co-Producer Dinner was held March 11 at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

  • Black Tie
Randall LaBolle's hula bike.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • August 25, 2016
Resident displays Polynesian flair

Randall LaBolle rides to work in Burns Court on a hula-themed bike.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • June 13, 2021
Craft Fest brings statewide talent to Sarasota

For two days, the inner Circle was awash in artists and crafters.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tammy Hauser (boa) started Discover Sarasota Tours in October 2018. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 30, 2019
Discover Sarasota Tours help residents see the city through new eyes

Locals can learn a great deal from the experiences offered by Discover Sarasota Tours, which is celebrating its one-year anniversary next month.

  • Arts + Culture
File photo "Snook Inn," a more than 6,000-square-foot home on the north end of Siesta Key, sold for $10 million in 2013.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2014
News Briefs

City of Sarasota named among top small towns for luxury homebuyers; Visit Sarasota County announces new locations; City withdraws from shelter conversation; Planning Commission to consider 2050 tweaks

  • Sarasota
  • News
Beth Stager and Hope Carey work with more than 175 volunteers to make masks for healthcare workers.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • May 13, 2020
Volunteers have healthcare workers covered in Manatee and Sarasota counties

More than 31,000 masks have been distributed to hospitals, assisted living centers and others.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • September 26, 2018
Longboat Commission again considers one county issue

Town of Longboat Key looks at moving to one county.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Air Force veteran Richard Sutton salutes the American Flag during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner during the Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 10 at The Sheridan in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Scott Lockwood |
  • November 10, 2021
The Sheridan honors its veterans in Lakewood Ranch

The Sheridan honored its Armed Forces veterans with a Veterans Day celebration on Wednesday.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Mark Speciner, a social studies teacher at Booker High School, has his mother, Lila Speciner, share her experiences of being in the World Trade Center during the attacks on 9/11 as an introduction to his lessons about Sept. 11.
  • By Liz Ramos and Brynn Mechem |
  • September 9, 2021
9.11 Remembered: Teachers change how they approach history of attacks

Twenty years later, teachers are finding themselves teaching students who weren't alive on Sept. 11

  • East County
  • News
Opponents of plans to redevelop the Lido Pavilion wore red to the City Commission meeting on Jan. 14.
  • By Cathy Antunes |
  • January 25, 2019
My View: Lido Pavilion vote only strengthens public resolve

Observer column left out key details.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: January 14

MaryAnn Parks captured this great blue heron catching a fish in Myakka.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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