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This map shows where the homes would be clustered in relationship to the Miakka Golf Club, along with the access points to both.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 20, 2025
Some Myakka residents fear TerraNova rezone will set bad development precedent

TerraNova is requesting to lower the minimum lot sizes it is selling from 5 acres to 1 acre.

  • East County
  • News
Students from The Out-of-Door Academy volunteer at Mixon Fruit Farms Oct. 3.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • October 8, 2025
Mixon Farms benefits from ODA students' cleanup effort

Out-of-Door Academy seniors volunteered with the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance program Alliance Gives Back.

  • East County
  • Schools
Mote Ranch's Keith Paynter is a teacher at Braden River Middle School and a volunteer mangrove ranger.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 27, 2025
Braden River Middle School teacher subs as mangrove ranger

Keith Paynter is among the Suncoast Waterkeeper volunteers who help monitor local mangrove forests.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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
A flyover of Interstate 75 is planned near the water tower to relieve traffic congestion at UTC, but the project continues to drag along.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 30, 2025
Is a traffic apocalypse nearing at UTC?

Officials need to speed up steps to increase access to the popular area.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Nina Young, 13, of the band Pins and Needles, performs on stage.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • August 25, 2025
Music Compound marks a year in new Sarasota location

The music school invited the community inside for performances by students, sample lessons, local vendors and other offerings.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jack and Rose, the pair of Aldabra tortoises at The St. Regis Longboat Key, celebrate their first anniversary at the resort on Aug. 14 in the enclosure near the Under the Sea Lagoon.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • August 15, 2025
Beloved tortoise pair at The St. Regis celebrates one year

The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort rang in the first anniversary of Rose and Jack, the pair of Aldabra tortoises, moving to the resort on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Event Chair Cassandra Hafner and Manatee County Medical Society President Kinga Porter set the tone for the gala with dramatic red dresses.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 14, 2025
And the Oscar goes to charity in Lakewood Ranch

The Manatee County Medical Society Gala has an "Oscars" theme at the Grove Ballroom.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Deena King says the Lakewood Ranch market is full of buyers who don't care if their art matches the sofa and the drapes.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 9, 2025
Fine arts gallery tests the waters in Lakewood Ranch area

Expressionist painter Deena King brings her brand of art to the border of Waterside.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Allegiant is one of the top airlines at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2025
Allegiant to begin service from SRQ to Toledo

Allegiant's new service between Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and Toledo, Ohio is one of several new routes available from Southwest Florida airports.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Georgie Hristov, Christian Womeldorph, Antonio Saviano and Gregory Kotlarczyk are eager to explore the partnership between Wellness Concepts and Florida Premier.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • August 27, 2025
Wellness Concepts offers Premier service in Lakewood Ranch

Wellness Concepts partners with Florida Premier FC SWFL to provide free injury prevention training and services to soccer players.

  • East County
  • News
The Unit 233 condominium at 2450 Harbourside Drive was built in 1990 and has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,830 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 3, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for August 18-22 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A Seaside of Longboat Key condominium tops the week’s sales at $3.3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Suzanne Elizabeth Lenz Janney (1946-2025)
  • In Memoriam |
  • August 15, 2025
Suzanne Elizabeth Lenz Janney

Suzanne Elizabeth Lenz Janney passed away in Sarasota on August 9, 2025 after a long battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and pneumonia.

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
The Government Efficiency Liaison Committee meets for the first time Aug. 26 at the Manatee County Administration Building.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 3, 2025
Manatee County DOGE committee gets to work

The five-member committee will dig through 4,500 documents over the next year to find savings in Manatee's budget.

  • East County
  • News
The vacant property at 1715 N. Tamiami Trail stands between the U.S. 41 and The Strand condominiums to the rear.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 24, 2025
North Tamiami Trail apartment plan denied

Sarasota city commissioners side with residents of The Strand to nix the long-delayed plans to build 58 apartments on the 1700 block of North Tamiami Trail.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A street sign marking the 6000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive owned by the town will remain for now as discussions on whether to rename the main thoroughfare are underway
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • September 2, 2025
FDOT removes Gulf of Mexico Drive signs, town to talk renaming

Longboat Key officials will hold a public meeting in October to discuss a potential renaming of the town's main thoroughfare.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Arts Advocates honors Andy Sandberg with Luminaire Award
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2025
Arts Advocates honors Andy Sandberg with Luminaire Award

The prize celebrates outstanding contributions to Sarasota arts.

  • Arts + Culture
Swimmer drowns off Anna Maria Island
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • September 2, 2025
Swimmer drowns off Anna Maria Island

Rescue crews from various agencies searched extensively for the swimmer who was last seen off Bean Point in Anna Maria Island Sunday evening.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Charlie Kirk, left, and Chris Pavlovski share the stage at a Turning Point USA event. Pavloski, chairman and CEO of the video platform Rumble, said Kirk was an early investor in Rumble and played a large part in bringing Rumble's headquarters to Longboat Key.
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • September 12, 2025
Charlie Kirk was influential in bringing Rumble to Longboat Key

Chris Pavlovski, the chairman and CEO of the YouTube competitor popular in the right-wing political sphere, said he and Kirk decided to relocate the company to Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch Adult Soccer Club's Over 50 team poses together with a trophy after winning its league championship 3-2 over Saint Petersburg FC Aztecs on March 9.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • March 12, 2025
Lakewood Ranch Adult Soccer Club embraces its differences

The club features 38 nationalities among its 145 members.

  • East County
  • Sports
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