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  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • May 17, 2013
Joe on the Go: Making the rounds on Election Night

Joe on the Go: Making the rounds on Election Night

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
The Celery Fields is a more than 300-acre property that doubles as Sarasota County's primary stormwater collection zone as well as a public park and bird estuary.
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • December 3, 2024
Opponents of development near Celery Fields gearing up for next battle

Sarasota County commissioners will decide the matter early next year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tropic Ocean Airways have 14 aircraft in their fleet, mostly made up of Cessna Grand Caravans with pontoons affixed for water landings.
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • January 9, 2026
St. Regis partners with private airline for seaplane drop-offs in Sarasota Bay

Guests willing to pay for the experience will travel by air, then sea and then land to arrive at their St. Regis reservation.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michelle Pozzi, candidate for Sarasota County School Board, District 5.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2026
Sarasota County School Board District 5: Michelle Pozzie

The candidate answers questions from Observer Media Group ahead of the 2026 election.

  • Elections
Paul A. Budick of Bradenton shows off his rare 1962 Corvette convertible, complete with its original golden grille.
  • By James Peter |
  • May 6, 2023
Corvette show dazzles on St. Armands Circle

Car enthusiasts displayed 174 Corvettes from a variety of eras on Saturday during the 25th annual Corvettes on the Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Deputy Director of Public Safety Steve Litschauer briefs the commissioners on Hurricane Idalia at an emergency commission meeting on Aug. 28.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 28, 2023
Manatee County in state of emergency as Idalia approaches

The county says Freedom Elementary School in Bradenton will be a shelter site along with two others not in East County.

  • East County
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • June 22, 2021
Ronald Thomas George Platt, OBE

It is with deep sadness that we share the news that Ron, a resident of Longboat Key for 30 years, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at his home surrounded by his children at the age of 94.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties Staff |
  • October 26, 2020
Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness

Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness

  • Health
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Maureen Burke, Larry and Jackie deAngelis and Al Taricco had their photo taken in front of the sphinx.
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • November 9, 2020
Travel With The Observer

Observer readers have brought the newspaper across the globe.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Greenbrook twins Alora and Logan Alt dress as Tinker Bell and Zarina from "The Pirate Fairy" for BooFest. File photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 20, 2021
BooFest returns this year at the Market at Lakewood Ranch

Scaled-down BooFest will be a daytime event hosted by the Farmers Market.

  • East County
  • News
Brista Homes founder and President Mark Ursini prefers to build two single-family homes on Buttonwood Drive. If the Nov. 2 referendum fails, he plans to develop an additional office building.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 22, 2021
Town, Manatee referendums on Nov. 2 ballots

Sarasota voters in Longboat have one issue to decide; Manatee voters have two.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The church's dining hall is filled with 125 community volunteers for a Kids Against Hunger packaging event.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • February 19, 2023
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church feeds neighbors in need

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church held a packaging event for Kids Against Hunger on Feb. 11 to benefit one organization in Bradenton and another in Fort Myers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Erin Silk and Lisa Krouse
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 18, 2022
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce hosts Business Before the Bell

The speakers for the inaugural event were from the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Imperiled epiphytes, such as these young giant air plants, are being collected from damaged trees at Myakka River State Park and will be reattached to new host trees. (Photo by Miri Hardy)
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • November 13, 2022
Rain and wind place endangered air plants in peril

Myakka River State Park rangers collect specimens from damaged trees for future relocation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Construction crews contracted by Braden River Utilities perform work on the void.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • December 2, 2022
Leaking water causes turn lanes on Lorraine Road to shut down for repairs

Workers are filling a void beneath the road at the intersection of Lorraine Road and State Road 70.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Coldwell Banker Staff |
  • June 2, 2022
Luxury Specialist Roger Pettingell Offers Insight and Advantages to Clients in Sarasota’s Competitive Real Estate Market

Sarasota real estate has never been in greater demand.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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Umbilical & Abdominal HERNIAS: The Basics
  • By Lakewood Ranch Medical Group |
  • December 8, 2022
Umbilical & Abdominal HERNIAS: The Basics

Abdominal and umbilical hernias are relatively common, but many people aren’t familiar with what they are.

  • Health
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Rev. Dave Marshall stands in front of the spot where the memorial will be.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 9, 2022
All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church plans pet memorial

The church will redo part of its garden to make a space for people to grieve their pets.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
In a remarkable adaptation, a fawn's spotted coat blends in with the dappled pattern of sunlight on the forest floor, helping conceal them from predators. (Photo courtesy of Miri Hardy)
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • May 10, 2022
White-tail deer were nearly hunted to extinction

One of Myakka State Park's earliest managers helped relocate and breed the species that now thrives.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Sundberg, MD, orthopedic & spine surgeon. |
  • May 12, 2022
Understanding Conditions Affecting the Spine & Spine Surgery

Eric Sundberg, MD, of Coastal Orthopedics, answers some of the most common questions about conditions affecting the spine and spinal surgery.

  • Health
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