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A rendering of Cresswind's clubhouse. The new community opened in 2019 in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 8, 2020
Lakewood Ranch ranks No. 1 again in new home sales

Lakewood Ranch ranks No. 1 again in new home sales.

  • East County
  • News
Solomon Shenker is teaming up with Il Panificio owner Nick Malone on his new Gulf Gate restaurant.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 15, 2017
Sol's NYC Deli announces Gulf Gate opening

The popular downtown delicatessen will reopen next to Il Panificio in Gulf Gate next week, the restaurant’s third location in the past three years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Susan McGuire and Nancy Rozance both hold the Longboat Key Rotary Club gavel.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 3, 2019
Longboat Rotary Club celebrates a new president

The gavel was literally passed down to bring in the club's new era.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Rev. Dr. Wes Bixby, James Hudgins, David Sessions, Philip Delaney, Harry Hobson, Dale Woodling, William Johnston and Duncan Finlay break ground.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 24, 2015
New Plymouth Harbor building breaks ground

The Northwest Garden building will feature independent living, assisted living and memory care. It is scheduled to open in fall 2017.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • January 9, 2017
Ringling welcomes students and staff to new library

Ringling opens Alfred Goldstein Library by passing the last 200 books from Vernon Kimbrough Library to the new facility.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
David Weekley Homes has plans for four new homes on a long-vacant lot in Laurel Park.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 14, 2015
Laurel Park homesites sell for $1 million

The sale of roughly a half-acre on Osprey Avenue paves the way for four new homes in the historic neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jack Short |
  • February 16, 2016
Siesta Key Public Beach opens in four days

Here's a sneak peak at the new pavilion and amenities.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
General Manager Mark Meador clicks on Casa del Mar's redesigned website, casadelmar.net.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 17, 2013
Casa del Mar books upgrades, new online reservation system

The 102-unit resort has gotten tech-savvier with 15% of its bookings made online. More improvements are under way.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Gianluca Mastroianni, 5, loves to play on the AWE Early Literacy Learning Station. He demonstrates the games he plays to library staff and board members.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • July 31, 2013
Selby dedicates new early literacy learning stations

Sarasota County Libraries add 10 new AWE Early Literacy Learning Stations to eight Sarasota County Libraries.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Plans to develop a new form-based code call for an Urban Design Studio at City Hall, where the consultants will get input from residents about the new development code.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • June 17, 2013
Commissioners OK plan for citywide development code

The City Commission also appointed Robert Lindsay to the Planning Board.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • March 14, 2014
Riverview High School Kiltie Band to perform in New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade

More than 150 members of the Kiltie band will march a 1.5-mile stretch up Fifth Avenue, alongside Central Park and to St. Patrick's Cathedral at 79th Street Monday, March 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Longboat Island Chapel announced the hiring of Donna Dunio for the new position of executive director of its Aging in Paradise Resource Center.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 1, 2013
Aging in Paradise hires executive director

Donna Dunio will become the first paid employee of the Longboat Island Chapel organization that helps seniors and their families.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photos courtesy of Foxy Lady South. Lynn Walters and Chris Meyers celebrate at Foxy Lady South’s anniversary party.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 30, 2013
Business Observer

Foxy Lady South celebrates its first anniversary on St. Armands Circle; Design 2000 welcomes new stylist; Bees create a buzz on Pine Avenue

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A rendering of the Kolschowsky Research & Education Institute at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2024
Construction of new SMH research building reaches max height

The $75 million Kolschowsky Research & Education Institute is scheduled to open in mid-2025.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Arthur Bosage is the new artistic administrator of the Sarasota Opera.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2025
Sarasota Opera names new artistic administrator

Arthur Bosarge, who recently served as chorus master and director of the Apprentice Artists Program, has been named artistic administrator of the company.

  • Arts + Culture
Yana Kevlin and her children Lenny Kevlin, 3, and Ava Kevlin, 2, decided to step inside the photo booth under the "Shana Tova" sign.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 17, 2024
Young members prepare for Rosh Hashanah at Temple Emanu-El

Kids learned about Rosh Hashanah during Sweet New Year Tot Shabbat.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A rendering of Florida Studio Theatre's McGillicuddy Arts Plaza.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2025
FST Arts Plaza to break ground Oct. 29

Florida Studio Theatre will celebrate the ceremonial groundbreaking of it new McGillicuddy Arts Plaza on Oct. 29.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ringling College of Art and Design placed 20th on list of 25 best film schools.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2023
Ringling College named among the top US film schools

The Sarasota college ranks 20th alongside major universities across the country.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 24, 2020
Taste of tradition in east Bradenton

St. Barbara Philoptochos makes Greece come to life during Autumn Fall Fest in east Bradenton.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 9, 2022
Three killed in Sunday crash in Sarasota

Wreck on Myrtle Street under investigation, police say.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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