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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 21, 2021
Lakewood Ranch softball rides offensive surge into state title game

The Mustangs defeated Miami Palmetto 17-2 Friday afternoon in Clermont

  • East County
  • Sports
Braden Wood's Susan Tannebaum listens to public comment on the MSTU.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 6, 2018
Manatee Commission delays MSTU vote

Commissioners hope to to reduce assessment amounts.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch's Lydia Kaeyer says she felt she had to express her feelings about Russia's invasion of the Ukraine through her paintings. Her work is on display at the ComCenter in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 5, 2022
ComCenter of Lakewood Ranch hosts art exhibit

Lakewood Ranch Art League presents 75 paintings that range from elephants and abstract to support for Ukraine.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Ringling Museum education assistant Brooke Wessel leads virtual tours using the 18-pound Ohmni Telepresence Robot.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 20, 2021
Ohmni Robot lets SMH patients virtually explore Ringling Museum

Hospital patients can take control of the 18-pound robot to explore the Ringling Museum's 66 acres.

  • Health
Students who help produce short films during the annual Inspired Minds summer camp can now download their movies online.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • October 19, 2015
Inspired Minds offers short films for download

Children who participate in the acting group Inspired Minds can now own copies of the films they created.

  • East County
  • News
The Sarasota Open draws some of the top names on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 4, 2014
Sarasota Open moves to Lakewood Ranch

After six years on Longboat Key, the Sarasota Open will now be held at the Lakewood Ranch Tennis Center.

  • East County
  • Sports
Photo by Jack Cooper, graphic by Observer Media Group
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 9, 2019
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Jan. 10

A look at our favorite arts and entertainment events taking place this week in Sarasota, Longboat Key and Venice.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • July 29, 2020
Longboat Key breaks ground on new fire station

Fire Station 92 at 2162 Gulf of Mexico Drive is set to open around July 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Dingbat Theatre Co. is Sarasota's newest performing arts group.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 14, 2021
Meet Sarasota's newest theater troupe

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you a pandemic, start a theater troupe. That's how the Dingbat Theatre Project was born.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2020
County truck hits, injures jogger on Bahia Vista

Jogger taken to Sarasota Memorial with critical injuries.

  • Sarasota
  • News
East County resident Jack Williams, center in sport coat, remains unconvinced that Manatee County should have a new half-cent sales tax.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 14, 2016
Sales tax arguments take center stage

Timing, transparency issues of debate for half-cent sales tax proposals.

  • East County
  • News
Fire Station #13 is located on Siesta key and will be rebuilt as a two-story building.
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • March 21, 2019
Sarasota County Fire Department progresses with plans to rebuild stations

Three stations in Siesta Key and Sarasota are next in line for upgrades.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The City Commission will hold its meetings from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, though some public hearings will still be required by statute to be held in the evening.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 9, 2021
City Commission switches to daytime meetings

Eight months after moving commission meetings to the evenings, the board decided to make another schedule change.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Event committee members Pat McGettigan, Lyn Haycock, Garden Club President Susan Phillips, Patty Sileo, Nancy McLean and Debbie Marino
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 24, 2020
Longboat Key's Garden Club plants the seeds for a successful show

The 9th annual Taste of the Keys and Fashion Show is Jan. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 1, 2020
More steps for the state

Economist Arthur Laffer says state and local governments should be cutting expenses now.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 10, 2021
Welcome back: We dug up so much Longboat Key news at the beach

You missed a lot of summer blockbusters this year. Not at the theater. In Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2014
News Briefs

Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 raises money for plan; St. Armands Circle leaders seek bus shelter; County approves Grand Prix funding

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo courtesy of Connor Goulding/Mote Marine Laboratory
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 16, 2018
Mote gets emergency state funding to add to response team

Mote's Stranding Investigations program has been receiving 17-20 calls a day in the last couple weeks regarding distressed or dead animals.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Pedro Reis, R. Luke Dubois and Dolly Jacobs
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 31, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: R. Luke Dubois - Now

Explaining The Ringling's 'R. Luke Dubois - Now' exhibit with any combination of words wouldn't properly align one's expectations. The Ringling members presented in this photo gallery from the member opening Jan. 30, would probably agree.

  • Arts + Culture
A hero or an ogre?
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • May 3, 2023
A hero or an ogre?

A reader weighs in on the governor's battle with The Walt Disney Co.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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