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Hurricane Irma is scheduled to pass over Sarasota this weekend.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • September 9, 2017
Emergency officials say 'time is running out' to seek shelter

Hurricane Irma's affects could start hitting Sarasota County as early as 2 a.m. Sunday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Penny Gold has served on the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board since May 2019.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • October 29, 2020
Longboat Key elections 2021: Five questions with Penny Gold

Penny Gold is running for the District 2 commissioner seat.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Rudy Vazmina won four golds at the National Senior Games. Photo courtesy Rudy Vazmina.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 27, 2019
Sarasota swimmer wins four National Senior Games golds

Sarasota swimmer Rudy Vazmina wins four National Senior Games golds in Albuquerque, N.M.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Coy Mahan, Jayden Vilayvong, Nathan Parker and Dylan Martorano sport orange Oct. 21 to offer visible support for the stand against bullying.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 28, 2015
Braden River Middle School takes stand against bullying

October is National Bullying Prevention Month.

  • East County
  • Schools
Nathan Benderson Park will host a sunrise service for Crosspointe Christian Church.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 25, 2016
Sunrise services on horizon for Easter

Four East County churches will offer sunrise services.

  • East County
  • News
Cynthia Saunders, the superintendent of the School District of Manatee County, thanks Ted Lindenberg, the director of the Books for Kids program, for all he's done to support Manatee County students.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 25, 2022
Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch's Books for Kids program hopes to expand

Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch's Books for Kids program nears 100,000 books distributed.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Tampa's Noah Burdette, who is 3 years old, launches himself through an inflatable creature.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 15, 2022
Big Bounce America leads to high-flying fun in Sarasota

Sarasota's Nathan Benderson Park hosts Big Bounce America.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Braden River senior guard Cheyenne Stubbs transferred from Sarasota High this offseason.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 20, 2021
With star injured, Pirates girls basketball sails forward

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 31, 2016
Lakewood Ranch bugged out on midges

Dragonflies can scratch off 300 mosquitoes a day.

  • East County
  • News
Marysa Martel made her Embracing Our Differences piece, "Ovrecome," in Sarasota Middle School art teacher Brooks Tracey's art class. Photo by Niki Kottmann
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 23, 2019
Embracing Our Differences exhibit opens students' minds and shares talents

Embracing Our Differences gives students a thought-provoking educational opportunity.

  • Arts + Culture
Join Jessica Luck for the Observer Daily Headlines. Image shown will not play video.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2012
April 9: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Chabad of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch Rabbi Mendy Bukiet and wife, Chanie Bukiet, are pleased to name the mikvah in honor of Mendy Bukiet's late grandmother, Esther Bukiet.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 4, 2019
Manatee County's first mikvah opens

Manatee County's first mikvah built by Chabad of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Cardinal Mooney senior linebacker and wide receiver Vinny Conetta hopes the hard work the Cougars put in during the offseason will result in their best season come fall.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 28, 2016
Making it Count

Sarasota area football programs hope strong offseason will lead to success in the fall.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • May 20, 2019
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe brings 'Soul' to Art in the Ballpark

WBTT's Soul Crooners performed to a sold-out crowd at Sarasota's Ed Smith Stadium May 18.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Andrew den Boggende completed his Eagle requirements by building a ga-ga pit for the YMCA.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 16, 2017
Lakewood Ranch should go ga-ga for this Boy Scout

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
Mote high school interns Quinn Nilon, Rachel Galindo, Sofia Cartaya and Olivia Schmelts
  • By Katie Johns |
  • April 15, 2017
Mote interns and volunteers clean up City Island

High school interns and volunteers spent Saturday morning picking up trash around City Island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Junior libero Sam Norden served up four aces Aug. 19.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 20, 2015
Riverview opens preseason with wins

The Riverview High volleyball team posted wins versus Lemon Bay and North Port Aug. 18 and Aug. 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Ivonne Padilla and her daughters, Karina and Brithney, explored Selby Gardens for the first time Saturday, after receiving a free yearlong membership. Padilla looks forward to introducing her daughters to the beauty of nature.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 18, 2014
The Good News: Ivonne Padilla

Through a partnership with Girls Inc., Selby Gardens has awarded 20 families yearlong memberships to help instill a lifelong love of the outdoors in children.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Jordan Matthew Brown, Alyah Chanelle Scott and Liam Tobin star in "Book of Mormon."
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 10, 2020
No sacred cows spared in 'Book of Mormon'

Satire pulls no punches in its social commentary, but leaves room for sentiment

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
A trio of adolescent ducklings acclimates from hand feedings to self reliance in a communal aviary at Save Our Seabirds before the birds are released into the wild.
  • By Katie Hendrick |
  • May 1, 2013
Baby birds land temporary home at Save Our Seabirds

For Helene Adams, late March kicks off the most wonderful time of the year - or at least the most adorable.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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