• Alternate Text

  • Loading

  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App
  • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Elections
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Longboat
    • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Elections
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App

Your Observer | All

This home at 267 Robin Drive on Bird Key sold for $3.6 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 19, 2017
Bird Key homes sells for $3.6 million

Residential real estate transactions forJan. 2-Jan. 6.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This Siesta Key home sold for $1,465,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 19, 2017
Siesta Key home tops real estate sales

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 2-Jan. 6.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
File photo Even the most stringent growth controls fail to prevent growth in attractive places — it just makes them prohibitively expensive and clogged with traffic, lowering the quality of life for everyone.
    By
  • Adrian Moore
  • January 19, 2017
Embracing growth and grappling with traffic

Tips on addressing the county's most pressing issues.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Krista Buffaloe captured this image of a crab at sunset on Nokomis Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2017
Sarasota weather page photo: Jan. 19

Krista Buffaloe captured this image of a crab at sunset on Nokomis Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2017
East County weather page photo: Jan. 19

Niki Muller captured this shot of Florida grasslands near Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Cindy Leder captured this fiery sunset shot at Beachplace on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: Jan. 19

Cindy Leder captured this fiery sunset shot at Beachplace on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Sheriff' s Office reports an East County woman has been arrested and charged with having sex with minors.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 19, 2017
East County woman charged with having sex with minors

Sheriff's Office report says woman provided alcohol for the minors.

  • East County
  • News
More than 120 residents attended LBK North’s first meeting of 2017.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 19, 2017
North Longboat residents discuss major issues

While LBK North provided some answers for problems at the north end of Longboat Key, questions remain about how to go about solving them.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Limiting growth practically bankrupt because even the most stringent growth controls fail to prevent growth in attractive places — it just makes them prohibitively expensive and clogged with traffic, lowering the quality of life for everyone.
    By
  • Adrian Moore
  • January 19, 2017
The realities of congestion

The sooner Sarasota city and county leaders start implementing anti-congestion strategies, short and long term, the easier and less costly they will be.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The grade-separated intersection at Colonial Boulevard and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 19, 2017
The grade-separated intersection at Colonial Boulevard and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers.

The move was a compromise that provides significantly increased capacity to the roadway network while having significantly less impact on access.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
More than 500 people lined up before 7 a.m. in September 2016 for the grand opening of Earth Fare' s new store in Seminole, Fla. Courtesy image.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 19, 2017
It's official: Earth Fare coming to Lakewood Ranch

Tavistock Development says the grocer will be an anchor of its new commercial project off State Road 70.

  • East County
  • News
Tyler Isaacson, Lauren Johnson, Brooks Tracey, Haylie Smith and Taylor Johnson
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • January 19, 2017
Sarasota County art teacher comes full circle

For Brooks Tracey, coming home means giving back.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • January 19, 2017
Four years from now, I hope ...

We asked first graders at Southside Elementary their personal goals for the next four years.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Marina del Sol residents like Ed Kroninger are afraid a hotel will negatively impact the character of Siesta Key — and their view of the bay.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 19, 2017
Opposition organizes against Siesta hotel plans

They don’t know where it’s going to be. They don’t know how big it’s going to be. But a group of Siesta Key residents is rallying against a potential hotel on the island.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Once again, Karin Murphy is meeting with neighborhoods to refine the forthcoming form-based code.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 19, 2017
Neighborhood input shapes form-based code

The authors of a new citywide zoning code are attempting to tailor the regulations based on feedback from residents — which means a final product is still a long way away.

  • Sarasota
  • News
« 2205 2206 2207 2208 2209 2210 2211 2212 2213 2214 »
The best of Your Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest in news, sports, schools, arts and things to do in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and East County.

Sign Up

Latest News

1
Pianist and composer Michael Stephen Brown is a faculty member at the 2026 Sarasota Music Festival.
  • June 7, 2026
The bar remains high at streamlined Sarasota Music Festival
2
Cynthia Keough is one of several Manatee County residents to step up to the podium June 4 and ask commissioners for more time to review the updated comprehensive plan.
  • June 6, 2026
Residents have 60 more days to review Manatee County comp plan
3
Steven High is retiring as executive director of The Ringling, a position he has held since 2011.
  • June 5, 2026
Steven High to retire as executive director of The Ringling
Sponsored Content
4
  • June 5, 2026
33rd Annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival
5
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County's Suncoast Disaster Recovery Fund is meant to pay for immediate relief and long-term resilience efforts in the four-county area.
  • June 5, 2026
Patterson Foundation donates $500,000 for storm relief

App

Download the Your Observer app

Stay in the know with the latest local news. Any device, anytime, anywhere.

DOWNLOAD NOW

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-366-3468
  • FPN Verified

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Crossword
  • Contests

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Advertise
  • Rack Locations
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Business Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
Sign Up for Daily Headlines

A daily dose of news from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Sign Up for In Case You Missed It

A Saturday dose of the week's top stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County.

Anytime. Anywhere. Observer.

From in-depth local reporting to real-time breaking news, stay connected to the stories shaping our community with the Your Observer app.

Download Now for Free