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New species of flowering plant named for Selby CEO
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 16, 2025
New species of flowering plant named for Selby CEO

Selby researcher John. L. Clark discovered four new species in the Andean rainforest in South America.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key Fire Rescue Liaison Lisa Boggs.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • February 5, 2024
Longboat Key Fire Rescue welcomes new support team member

After a career in construction, the department's new fire rescue liaison, Lisa Boggs says, is ready to serve the community.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Linn Torres, All Angels by the Sea administrative assistant and art sale coordinator, shows one of the pieces that will be available at the 'New to You' art sale starting Feb. 3.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • January 29, 2025
Find treasures at 'New to You' art sale

All Angels by the Sea is holding its fifth annual art sale, starting Feb. 3, to support the nonprofit Turning Points, which helps residents avoid homelessness.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Police Chief Russ Mager didn’t start in law enforcement until he was 30 years old.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • October 28, 2025
Longboat welcomes its new chief

The new Longboat Key police chief takes pride in never accepting the status quo, seeking to always "make things at least a little bit better."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2010
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Main Street Memorial

Readers react to Schroeder-Manatee Ranch moving the veterans memorial once planned for Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • East County
  • Opinion
"Anything we're allocating money to, we need to look at," says Julie Aranibar
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 5, 2011
SEVEN in 11: Julie Aranibar

Lakewood Ranch resident Julie Aranibar has more than a decade of volunteer work with Manatee County Public Schools. Now, she'll use that experience to affect policy as a member of the Manatee County School Board.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo Hakan Sokmensuer and a local hold hands on National Day Sept. 9, 2009. Sokmensuer says it took three shots before the man cracked a smile.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • January 30, 2014
Sarasota man goes inside the 'Hermit Kingdom'

Sarasota resident Hakan Sokmensuer was part of a small group of tourists who accompanied Dennis Rodman and his team of NBA legends to Pyongyang, North Korea, earlier this month.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
A sand painting for Corpus Christi in La Orotava, Canary Islands.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 25, 2024
Chalk Fest organizers bring a new art to Sarasota — and the US

This year's Chalk Festival will bring international floral artists to Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Owner Bruce Cassidy has turned The Concession Golf Club into a major player on the world stage.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 9, 2023
The man putting The Concession Golf Club on the elite level

Bruce Cassidy has used his coal industry work ethic to bring major golf events to the Lakewood Ranch area.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
With a statewide closure of nonessential businesses set to expire at the end of the month, a group of local business leaders is advocating for a rapid reopening over the next few weeks.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 27, 2020
Business leaders advocate for reopening region

An ad-hoc task force is encouraging government officials to lift some COVID-19 restrictions and allow businesses in Sarasota and Manatee to resume operating.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Motorists turning left at the US-41 and University Parkway intersection on Monday afternoon.
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • January 21, 2022
County moves ahead with transportation priority plan

Transit solutions big and small work their way from proposals to nearly finished projects.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Black skimmers gather on South Lido Key.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • May 25, 2023
A colony of shorebirds nests on South Lido Beach

Nesting shorebirds need room to thrive, so give them space, Audubon Florida reminds.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 15, 2010
Report reveals Colony renovation options

A project feasibility report performed by Karins Engineering Group Inc. states Colony unit owners could occupy the units again if they agree to pay $600,500.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Paul Michael Thomson, Eric Leonard, Clare Lopez and Genevieve Simon
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 11, 2019
'The Thanksgiving Play' spoofs the good intentions of the present in the face of the horrors of history

Urbanite Theatre's meta holiday play skillfully mocks the failed attempts at politically correct theater

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Mixon Fruit Farms owners Janet and Dean Mixon will be in Washington, D.C. this week lobbying for tighter regulations on agricultural imports.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 22, 2015
Farmers lobby for regulations

Following an incident at Port Manatee, Mixon Fruit Farm owners Dean and Janet Mixon this week will lobby for stronger protections for farms against pests.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • August 12, 2015
Living the cowboy way

Buffalo Chip and Sixgun Sam may not star in any old Roy Rogers films, but they’re still the leaders of a modern-day cowboy gang.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2015
Sarasota Film Festival: Classroom Critic

Classroom Critic is a program for middle school students in which they learn to appreciate the art of film and analyze it critically.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Site Plan for the Canal District in The Bay Park. The shown site of the performing arts center, not part of the Bay Park Conservancy's purview, has been moved to along U.S. 41 and crossing the canal.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 15, 2025
Day docks near final approval for Sarasota's Centennial Park

The Bay Park Conservancy must now appear before the City Commission for approval of waivers to build 18 slips on a floating dock in the canal at Centennial Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Taylore Lantz and Christine Sullivan walk at Waterside Place on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. as members of Run the Ranch.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • February 11, 2026
Club gives runners opportunity to Run the Ranch

The club was founded by Felipe Rojas and Alex Wordsworth, who wanted members to have social opportunities along with workouts.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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