• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Mother's Day Gift Guide
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App
  • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Elections
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Longboat
    • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Elections
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Mother's Day Gift Guide
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App

Results for:

From his Plymouth Harbor condo, Newman enjoys a sweeping view of Sarasota Bay — and a life rich in stories, family and photography.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • October 30, 2025
Photography has done more than keep Lou Newman busy. It's kept him young.

From polar bears in the Arctic to pelicans on Lido Beach, Lou Newman has spent the last two decades capturing the world through his lens.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Students of Bayside College gather for orientation.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 3, 2025
Bayside College adds dorms to Lakewood Ranch campus

The $3 million housing project will eventually accommodate 256 students.

  • East County
  • News
Jeffrey Kahane spent 20 seasons as music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra before being appointed music director of the Sarasota Music Festival in August 2016.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • August 25, 2025
Sarasota Music Festival music director steps down

The 2026 festival will be scaled back to two weeks as the Sarasota Orchestra looks for Jeffrey Kahane's successor.

  • Arts + Culture
Longboat Key resident Audrey Bear is adamantly against changing the name of Gulf of Mexico Drive, calling it a “vanity project” that would cause a major hassle for older residents who live on the road.
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • October 15, 2025
GMD renaming would require homework from residents, businesses

Paperwork, addresses and bills will all need updates if Longboat Key changes the name of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Unwelcome couple sent packing from fishing
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 15, 2025
Unwelcome couple sent packing from fishing

A pair of non-residents were asked by a board member to leave the premises of a bayfront community. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Tania Vergara, founder of Endedans Contemporary Ballet, presents her work, "Casa Havana," at Sarasota Contemporary Dance's home studio on Saturday, Sept. 20.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2025
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for Sept. 18-24

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Elijah Golden poses for a photo on Oct. 17 at Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School. After seasons with King George (VA) and IMG Academy, he's found a home with Cardinal Mooney, and has helped the squad to the state's No. 1 overall ranking.
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • October 23, 2025
4-star recruit buoys a power defense for Cardinal Mooney football

Senior defensive end Elijah Golden is bound for Notre Dame in the spring following his second season with the Cougars.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Dave Tomasko, outgoing executive director of the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program, has always appreciated maintaining a close connection with the area's waterways. Now, he is returning to the private sector.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • October 22, 2025
Outgoing estuary program director proud of work on waterways

Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Executive Director Dave Tomasko is proud of how he's helped improve local waterways and now looks to make broader systemic changes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Nicole Williams is the new principal for Bashaw Elementary School. She is entering her 30th year in education in Manatee County, eager to make and grow new connections in the school.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • July 21, 2025
New principal at Bashaw Elementary has high expectations for staff and students

Nicole Williams will begin her 30th year in education in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • Schools
Stan Ambro adjusts the animatronic of the bartender.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • October 2, 2025
Local haunted house is the vision of one individual

Hollowgraves Haunted Manor, part of the Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Festival, belonged to amusement parks on the Jersey Shore before arriving in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Members congregate in the lobby of the Lakewood Ranch YMCA to socialize after exercising.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • October 29, 2025
Lakewood Ranch YMCA is 'more than a gym'

Members can learn Spanish or take art classes along with working out or taking a swim lesson.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Housing Authority President and CEO William Russell speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for Cypress Square II and Lofts on Lemon II.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 23, 2025
Ground is broken for two affordable apartment projects

Sarasota Housing Authority flips ceremonial dirt to mark construction of Lofts on Lemon II and Cypress Square II.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rain drives the protest against the Little League fields inside the Lakewood Ranch Library for a photo, but library supervisor Tiffany Mautino wants it noted that protests are not allowed inside the library.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 22, 2025
Lakewood Ranch community at odds over youth baseball fields

Manatee County is planning to build three youth baseball fields at Country Club East Park next year.

  • East County
  • News
Senior midfielder Sofia Sepulveda (10) embraces junior midfielder Emily Simone (16), with junior midfielder Colette Maute (6) and sophomore midfielder Mia Alexander (12) joining in on the celebration. Riverview girls' soccer enters the 2025-26 season as back-to-back district champions.
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • October 29, 2025
Storylines to watch as high school soccer returns to Sarasota

The Cardinal Mooney boys, Riverview girls and Sarasota Christian girls are among the teams with intriguing trajectories for 2025-26.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
An Orlando developer plans to redevelop the vacant Sunshine Inn & Suites between 17th and 18th streets on North Tamiami Trail.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 19, 2025
Five Points mixed-use project in Sarasota nears staff approval

The Development Review Committee gives partial sign-off to Zenith redevelopment and North Tamiami Trail site rezoning, as Midtown Plaza faces more scrutiny.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Residences at The St. Regis Longboat Key is at 1591 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 25, 2025
Unknowns cloud view of Longboat budget for 2026 and beyond

Tallahassee tax relief and tax appeals factor into the town's deliberations on a spending plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Myakka City's Bennett Simunovic, 8, wasn't expecting to fly out of the slide so fast, but he doesn't mind.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 30, 2025
Urban Air Adventure Park opens in Lakewood Ranch

The 60,000-square-foot facility is the largest Urban Air in the country.

  • East County
  • Business
Man claiming to know Trump threatens to throw a party
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • October 21, 2025
Man claiming to know Trump threatens to throw a party

A man claiming to know the president was using his famous punchline at a golf club resort prompted a call to Longboat police this week. This and other Longboat Key police reports in this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Sarasota School Board approves tentative budget and millage
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • August 7, 2025
Sarasota School Board approves tentative budget and millage

The school board approved a tentative budget of $1.35 billion and a proposed millage rate of 6.095 mils.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
The TMINI hand-held robotic system is now in use at Sarasota Memorial Hospital for knee replacement procedures.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 12, 2025
SMH deploys mini robots for knee replacement surgeries

Sarasota Memorial Hospital orthopedic surgeons are using the TMINI Miniature Robotic System accurate bone preparation and implant placement for knee replacements.

  • Sarasota
  • News
« 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 »
The best of Your Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest in news, sports, schools, arts and things to do in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and East County.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-366-3468
  • FPN Verified

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Crossword
  • Contests

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Advertise
  • Rack Locations
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Business Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
Sign Up for Daily Headlines

A daily dose of news from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Sign Up for In Case You Missed It

A Saturday dose of the week's top stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County.


Anytime. Anywhere. Observer.

From in-depth local reporting to real-time breaking news, stay connected to the stories shaping our community with the Your Observer app.

Download Now for Free