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“Toni Dove: Embodied Machines” runs Feb. 28 through May 20 at The Ringling.
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 3, 2018
Looking Ahead 2018

Say hello to 2018 with our most anticipated events of the new year.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 3, 2014
Hail Dale kicks off JDub's beer tour

Hail Dale kicks off JDub's beer tour

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Michael Levitan.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 26, 2017
East County Athlete of the Week: 04.26.17

East County Athlete of the Week: 04.26.17

  • East County
  • Sports
Bid whist is a trick-taking game played with a standard 52-card deck, similar to bridge but with more trash talking.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • August 16, 2018
All Hands on Deck

A tight-knit community of bid whist players is getting its game on every Tuesday at Ed’s Tavern in Lakewood Ranch.

  • LWR Life
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2012
JUST THE STATS

4 - Number of players who scored goals in the Lakewood Ranch High boys soccer team's 5-0 victory over Venice Dec. 10.

  • East County
  • Sports
Three area teams post dominant wins in week one.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 25, 2017
Sarasota football roundup: 08.25.17

Three area teams post dominant wins in week one.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The winning student artists of the 2014 Education Foundation Juried Art Show.
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 20, 2014
Education Foundation recognize student artists

The students competed in the Education Foundation's Juried Art Show competition Saturday, Jan. 11 to Tuesday, Jan. 14.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Girls Inc. participants shout a cheer before the run.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 10, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Run for the Music 5K

Hundreds of runners gathered May 10, at Lakewood Ranch High School, for the Lakewood Ranch High School band program's Run for the Music 5K.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Guests enjoyed a multiple course dinner with wine pairings at Florida Winefest and Auction's 'Banquet on the Block' on Friday, March 18.
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • March 18, 2016
Banquet on the Block

The 26th annual Florida Winefest and Auction's “Banquet on the Block” event was hosted on Friday, March 18, on Lemon Avenue.

  • Black Tie
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • June 21, 2019
Our Precious Freedoms: Mary Bailes

Air Force flight nurse has sky-high views of women's rights

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Neil deGrasse Tyson responds to audience members during the luncheon.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • March 23, 2015
Neil deGrasse Tyson advocates for U.S. space exploration

No topic was off limits for the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall lecture series featuring astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Monday at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Interim Town Manager Dave Bullock has been preparing extensively for "America's Next Town Manager." Photo by Dora Walters.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2012
Commission launches town manager challenge

APRIL FOOLS - The commission will seek an interim interim town manager as interim Town Manager David Bullock competes against other candidates for the permanent town manager position.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 5, 2020
Traffic: Officials respond

Longboat town commissioners sent comments about traffic to Sarasota commissioners and FDOT, requesting immediate action and better coordination. And the city’s response? The usual nothing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Three people are dead in a murder-suicide in the Lakewood Ranch neighborhood of Central Park.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 24, 2018
Three dead in Lakewood Ranch murder-suicide

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office suspects a Central Park man of killing his wife and her 16-year-old daughter in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2011
Turtle Tracks

Turtle Tracks

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The two commissions will focus on traffic issues on and off Longboat Key.(eric garwood photo)
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 2, 2019
Longboat and Sarasota plan joint commission meeting

June gathering would focus on transportation issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • May 30, 2018
Longboat prepares to demolish Colony

The town of Longboat Key is preparing documents to alert Colony Beach and Tennis Resort unit owners of an intention to demolish the former retreat on, or after, June 15

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2014
Obituary: Leon Eyges Rogers

Leon Eyges Rogers, 96, died April 28.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
East County Weekend Roundup: 12.19.16
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 19, 2016
East County Weekend Roundup: 12.19.16

A successful basketball weekend for the area's trio of schools.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2011
Hats off to St. Armands Key Lutheran ladies

A Palm Sunday tradition at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church is the wearing of Easter bonnets.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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