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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 24, 2022
Sarasota remains No. 9 on Top 10 Best Places to Live list

For the second straight time, the city is ranked ninth on U.S. News & World Report's most desirable places to call home and No. 1 in Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Ryan Kohn holds up the signature Bridgestone golf ball he played with at PopStroke. Each PopStroke golfer gets to keep their ball.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 26, 2022
Columnist aces good time at Sarasota's PopStroke

Best score is chicken flatbread after the round on the putting course.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Marketing Department at Manatee Physician Alliance |
  • February 10, 2022
A Coronary Artery Calcium Score Could Save Your Life

The test only costs $50 and is done right at the Bradenton Cardiology Center.

  • Health
Sponsored Content
  • In Memoriam |
  • July 18, 2022
John R. Eagleton

John R. Eagleton, known as Jack to his friends and family, passed away peacefully on June 23, 2022.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Finley Phillips. Photo by Liz Ramos.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 29, 2020
Gene Witt student raises cane

Gene Witt student raises cane

  • East County
  • Neighbors
George Kruse
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2020
Manatee County Commission District 7: George Kruse

Meet the candidate.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Steve Queior and Fred Piccolo |
  • May 24, 2012
My View: We're back on high ground

We think the chamber's Sarasota Tomorrow has re-ignited the business community's voice in Sarasota's future.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • July 23, 2013
Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: Sisterly Love

Venice Theatre Cabaret Festival: Sisterly Love

  • Arts + Culture
Bello Nick brings a combination of comedy and stunts to his act. Photo courtesy of Circus Arts Conservatory.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 6, 2022
Circus Sarasota returns to Nathan Benderson Park for live performances

Nine international circus acts will perform under the Big Top at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2014
Our View

Privatize Gillespie Park

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 2, 2012
Commission to bring members on boards

The Town Commission will make appointments to four town boards at its regular meeting May 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 3, 2013
Key Club offers summer membership for residents

General Manager Jeff Mayers hopes to attract families to the Key Club with five-month summer memberships.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The city of Sarasota has ended vegetative storm debris pickup just two months after Hurricane Ian.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 3, 2022
City ends storm vegetative storm debris pickup

Regular waste collection and rules have been reinstated following the end of Hurricane Ian's operations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Phillip Broomhead works with Sarasota Ballet Summer Intensive students. Courtesy photo.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 23, 2017
Phillip Broomhead joins guest faculty at Sarasota Ballet Summer Intensive

The former Royal Ballet principal shares his approach to teaching young dancers.

  • Arts + Culture
Painter, author, illustrator, mother, wife, community activist — Longboater Lynn Armstrong Coffin identifies with all of those titles.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 24, 2011
Lynn Coffin: Painter, author, illustrator, mother wife, community activist

Coffin's latest endeavor since her son, Mikael, was born in 1983, is writing and illustrating children's books.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A Gorilla Kleen employee works to clean the Unconditional Surrender statue on Sarasota's bayfront.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 2, 2016
Pressure washers clean up Unconditional Surrender

The Sarasota bayfront's iconic "kissing sailor" statue got hosed down Tuesday morning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 2, 2010
Commission approves Moore's request

The Longboat Key Town Commission also learned from the town manager that the town is working to bring more sand to the north end's eroded beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A marker at the entrance to GreyHawk Landing, on State Road 64, pays tribute to the late John Frye, a resident who died on a foggy morning in February 2016 while trying to cross State Road 64 at the intersection.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 14, 2017
FDOT might add more roundabouts to S.R. 64 corridor in East County

Roundabouts at Greyhawk Boulevard, Lorraine Road added to project list.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 28, 2021
Longboat Key celebrates third annual Light Up Longboat event

Town residents gathered to spread Christmas cheer and light the oak trees in Town Center Green.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sid Friedman, Akasha Smith and Mayor Kyle Battie joins the crowd in listening to a live performance from Sarasota Music Conservatory.
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • December 16, 2022
RADD Holiday Bash brings community together in Rosemary District

Guests celebrated an evening of holiday cheer while supporting the Boys & Girls Club at DreamLarge.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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