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Safe Children Coalition names 2026 Champions for Children
11+ hour, 18+ min ago (55+ words) Safe Children Coalition names 2026 Champions for Children'Your Observer Safe Children Coalition names 2026 Champions for Children Benefiting: Safe Children Coalition Where: Michael's On East - Drayton Saunders, The MSC Foundation of Michael Saunders & Co. - Phillip Lanham, and the staff of the Gulf…...
Esplanade pulls together to support foster kids
1+ week, 2+ day ago (205+ words) The residents of Esplanade in Lakewood Ranch came together, raising more than $40,000 and then packing 1,000 backpacks with essential items purchased with those raised funds for delivery to the foster care community through the Comfort Cases nonprofit. The Comfort Cases backpacks…...
Walls go up as Sarasota's first climbing gym nears opening
2+ week, 2+ day ago (968+ words) Austin Venhaus says the goal of Hexrock Climbing was to bring the mountains to Sarasota, and as they take shape inside the 24,000-square-foot space, he says the sight looks just like the renderings." After procedural and construction delays, the climbing…...
Chamber launches summertime internship program
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (226+ words) An initiative to connect local employers with talented interns while strengthening the Sarasota area's workforce pipeline has been initiated by the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce. The program will provide 50 paid summer internships while helping businesses connect with potential future…...
Braden River High band director named Educator of the Year
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (701+ words) As Braden River High Band Director Clifford Dawson, a finalist for the Educator of the Year award, awaited the final results Feb. 4 at Manatee Technical College, a lot of thoughts ran through his mind. He wanted to win, of course,…...
Local creator of children's microscope works to make science more accessible
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1131+ words) Before he created the Brock Magiscope in 1987, Dennis Brock attended a microscope school where he was tasked with replacing the fine and coarse adjustment knobs that control the tool's focus." However, that wasn't a satisfying task for him. "I said,…...
Sarasota police cap holiday giving with toy distribution event
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (251+ words) Sarasota police cap holiday giving with toy distribution event'Your Observer Sarasota police cap holiday giving with toy distribution event The Sarasota Police Department's holiday season of giving continued in January as officers celebrated Three Kings Day, which is Jan. 6, a…...
Lakewood Ranch High revives its science fair
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (411+ words) For Sophia Finnegan, a junior at Lakewood Ranch High School, a real life experience with blepharitis, a chronic condition that is commonly misdiagnosed as pink eye, gave her extra incentive to do research on the topic. Along with her sister…...
Tutoring nonprofit helps raise students' success rates
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (744+ words) Kids may not say they want structure " but they do, according to the staff at Laurel Civic Association." President and CEO Peter Casamento says structure was what he tried to bring the nonprofit, which offers academic and other support services…...
Florida Inline Skating Marathon celebrates fifth anniversary in Sarasota
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (958+ words) Debbie Rice and Mike Mason remembered skating laps around Nathan Benderson Park when it was known as Cooper Creek Park back in the early 2010s. The two still look back fondly on those outings, even if there were no medals or…...