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Attorney alleges Battie had prior knowledge of hoax racist Facebook post
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 29, 2024
Attorney alleges Battie had prior knowledge of hoax racist Facebook post

The attorney for Kelly Franklin says evidence shows that Sarasota City Commissioner Kyle Battie was aware of the hoax nearly a month before presenting it at a meeting.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota resident Kelly Franklin has filed an amended complaint alleging defamation against City Commissioner Kyle Battie.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 8, 2024
Amended city commissioner complaint shifts focus from slander to libel

A Sarasota resident challenges the prior ruling that Kyle Battie was acting as an elected official when he made racial allegations during a public meeting.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Sarasota Police Department will install speed detection cameras at six schools throughout the city.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 25, 2025
School zone, red light cameras yield nearly 50,000 tickets in a year

Despite 49,320 citations in a year, Sarasota Police Department reports photo and video enforcement is resulting in a downward trend in citations.

  • 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 Mark Gordon |
  • September 1, 2010
Food for thought

Independent restaurateurs in one part of the Gulf Coast have captured marketing successes by banding together. The concept is now spreading across the region.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2013
News Briefs

Former Tampa leader suggests strong mayor; Work set to start under Siesta Key north bridge; County conducts Key noise experiment; Sarasota adds 100 parking spaces in Rosemary District

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • January 10, 2013
Casa Italia: A tale of ethnicity, authenticity and passion for food

Casa Italia: A tale of ethnicity, authenticity and passion for food

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Frank Galati — Courtesy photo
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 3, 2019
Asolo Repertory Theatre's 2019-2020 season tells several stories of change

Asolo Rep plans a season of transformative stories for its upcoming season.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 20, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: No burglars here, just us

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
John Norcross is the author of "Changeology: 5 Steps to Realizing Your Goals and Resolutions."
  • By Kristine Nickel |
  • January 25, 2018
Ch-ch-ch changes

You have to be all in if you really want to change, one expert says

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Jorge Blanco's sculpture, "BRAVO!", is an advisory board's top choice for a new public sculpture — but only after a round of revoting.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 18, 2016
Discord arises on public art project

A question is dividing the residents responsible for placing sculptures in the center of the city’s roundabouts: What, exactly, should public artwork look like?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Two couches at the Starbucks at  Main Street Lakewood Ranch burned. The July 1 fire caused an estimated $30,000 in damages.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 12, 2017
No more patience for Main Street miscreants

Merchants hope new policy leads to better behavior by children on Main Street.

  • East County
  • News
Sarasota-Bradenton airport positioned for major growth
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 7, 2024
Sarasota-Bradenton airport positioned for major growth

SRQ keeps growing to meet current and expected demand. Here’s the math on what makes it go.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Wilma Davidson at home on Longboat Key, where she and her husband have lived full time for 20 years.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • October 29, 2025
Curiosity and a zest for life drive Longboat woman's storied career

Writer, educator, pilot and lifelong learner Wilma Davidson has built a career — and a life — defined by curiosity, achievement and purpose.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Nobody's Listening, a copper sculpture by New College of Florida art professor Jack Cartlidge, has been at City Hall since it was commissioned in 1967.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 23, 2023
Developers' contributions to public art fund will double

The Sarasota City Commission unanimously approved a plan that raises the fee to 1% of the construction cost of developments that cost $1 million or more to build.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • November 3, 2021
Jean Boyce Carleton

Jean Boyce Carleton, a beloved wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and friend, passed away quickly and peacefully under Hospice care, of pneumonia on October 27th, 2021, at the age of 96 years old.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
As a cost-saving measure, the St. Armands BID could eliminate some design features from its original restroom plans.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 3, 2020
St. Armands bathroom plans remain in flux

In response to rising costs, officials are considering scrapping the favored design and housing the restrooms in shipping containers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Pirates take a water break during fall practice.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 18, 2021
East County football preview: Braden River High

Braden River High football has inexperienced players at the skill positions.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 23, 2010
Inside Central Park

Developer Pat Neal shares his vision for Lakewood Ranch's newest community - its first north of State Road 70.

  • East County
  • News
Carreño Dance Festival founder Robert de Warren
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 5, 2011
Art Scene & Heard

Carreño Dance Fest kicks off on the right foot; The stiletto secret behind our SEASON shoot; Another year, another Perlman Music Program residency; and Hot Tickets.

  • Arts + Culture
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