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  • By Abby Weingarten |
  • November 18, 2021
Dazzling Displays

The 10th anniversary of Holiday Festival of Lights illuminates UTC and beyond with lighted Christmas trees, fireworks, Santa parades and events for the whole family to enjoy.

  • LWR Life
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 13, 2021
The road to totalitarianism?

Overlay what’s happening in the U.S. today with the six elements needed to achieve a socialist state, and you can see where we’re headed.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The Sarasota Memorial Hospital main campus will soon have two new buildings dedicated to providing a continuum of cancer care.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • June 16, 2021
SMH greenlights next phases of cancer institute

Following the completion of an oncology tower, the hospital will begin plans for two new facilities.

  • Health
Students on a field trip get a sneak peak of the Ringling exhibit.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • November 20, 2019
Ringling Museum's newest exhibit brings Legos to life

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei used more than 400,000 legos to create his piece focused on the Chinese zodiac.

  • Arts + Culture
Residents of Rosedale say vehicle accidents are common at the front gates of the community which open onto the intersection of 54th Drive East and 87th Street East. (Photo by Ian Swaby)
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • August 19, 2022
Rosedale residents seek solutions to community entrance traffic

The Lena Road extension project has Rosedale residents concerned about additional traffic and noise.

  • East County
  • News
A development concept plan shows how Neal Communities plans to transform more than 500 acres of agricultural land east of I-75.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2017
Top Story - March: Neal buys south Sarasota land for $20 million

Catch up on the new top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The New York Times' Jack Anderson, Dance International, Canada’s Michael Crabb and The New York Times' George Dorris. Photo by Heather Merriman.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • May 7, 2014
Black Tie & Tales

Sir Frederick Ashton Festival takes over Sarasota ...; Surprising Sunday; and Calendar calls.

  • Arts + Culture
The town has identified about $42.8 million in critical capital needs through fiscal year 2030.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 26, 2021
Going up? Longboat Key proposes rate increases to fund utility projects

The town of Longboat Key has identified about $42.8 million in critical projects it needs to fund by October 2030.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 20, 2017
SMR forges unique financing deal

Stewardship District will be first CDD to secure a line of credit.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • June 22, 2020
Goodwin named FSBA president

School board member Jane Goodwin was named the 2020-21 president of the Florida School Boards Association.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Collin Morikawa won the 2021 World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession, which was held at Bradenton’s The Concession Golf Club. The event was a boon to the area’s worldwide recognition.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 20, 2021
In the (Golf) Spotlight

When a PGA tournament switched venues at the last minute, the Lakewood Ranch area rallied to ensure it made the most from the national TV exposure.

  • LWR Life
The Bryan brothers and their Lake Club clinic participants celebrate at the day's end.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 17, 2021
Tennis legends share tips, tricks and stories at the Lake Club

The Bryan brothers retired in 2020, but are not looking to give up the sport entirely.

  • East County
  • Sports
Family and friends gathered at the Makepeace groin over the weekend to remember Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 28, 2018
'Passion upon passion'

Murf Klauber and the Colony are gone. But the treasures he prized — his beach and Makepeace groin — will remain as lasting legacies.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2011
Humane Society to host adoption event

Members of the new Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch will have plenty of furry friends with them at the Lakewood Ranch Farmers Market this weekend.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Robert Heron puts the books together all from his computer.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • September 15, 2020
Author, illustrator tells tales of beloved Scottish cat

Robert Lewis Heron enjoys spinning new yarns about Hamish McHamish, a real-life St. Andrews kitty who died in 2014.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 2, 2015
This week's best bets: March 2 - 8

This week's best bets: March 2 - 8

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Lakewood Ranch setter Courtney Rapp finished with 39 assists and seven digs versus Braden River. Photo by Jen Blanco
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 17, 2014
Color Change

After spending her first three seasons at Braden River, senior setter Courtney Rapp moved over to Lakewood Ranch this season.

  • East County
  • Sports
A new visual art program display begins this week in the Federal Building, 111 S. Orange Ave., Sarasota.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 9, 2011
Federal Building art displayed Thursday

An inaugural art exhibit displaying a new visual art program will be unveiled Thursday at the Federal Building.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Color me beautiful: colored crayons are Art Venti's tools of the trade in the art world.
  • By Andréa Martone |
  • August 26, 2021
Art on art: Colored pencils are his tools to success

Colored pencils were Venti's first art materials as a child and, in 50 years of investigating almost every medium available to artists, a Sarasota landscape artist has come full circle.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2018
Questions and answers with Longboat Key Town Commission candidates

Six men face off in three races.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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