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Results for: RebatesMe Referral Code "HY5FFS" – Earn Cashback on Every Purchase

  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2012
Civics lesson

Kindergarten students from the Lakewood Ranch area performed chores to earn small amounts of money to help the less fortunate. Then, they used their earnings to purchase goods for needy families, and also collected items for the cause.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 30, 2014
Sunday service

Storeowners in Sarasota County can't sell alcohol before noon on Sundays, sending some customers, and their money, across county lines.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2009
SMR gets new development code

Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch earned favor from the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners Aug. 6 for a proposal to create a new land development code category called mixed-use community.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 1, 2010
Real Estate Reports

Real Estate Reports

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2014
Longboat Key keeps it clean

We're still reeling from Longboat Key's exclusion from Movoto's '10 Sexiest Small Cities in America,' which named Sarasota and Bradenton the first and third sexiest small cities, respectively.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 4, 2016
ODA seniors thunder forward

Seniors earned more than $7.3 million total in scholarships.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Jack Short |
  • December 3, 2015
Short-term violations are long-term problem

County statistics say it’s been an average year for short-term rental violations on Siesta Key. But residents say more rentals are breaking rules.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 25, 2010
Steff's Stuff owner tries to decipher sign code

Stephanie Claussen said she was never told that her 'Antique and Art Fair' sign violated town codes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • June 28, 2017
Sarasota County Schools earn an A from the state

The district has earned an A every year since grading begin in 2004.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 19, 2020
Officer Kopp (yes, he's heard them all) visits Kiwanis Club

Longboat Key's code enforcement officer speaks to group about his job.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • February 1, 2018
The Promise and Pitfalls of Form-Based Codes

There are reasons less than 1% of American cities use form-based codes. They are tricky to implement and definitely not a panacea.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 25, 2011
Town commissioners consider iPad purchase

The Longboat Key Town Commission will decide whether the town should purchase iPads for commissioners, which would cost taxpayers $4,200.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 5, 2015
Court ruling may relax sign code

Longboat Key’s stringent sign code restrictions could be loosened thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Walter Williams |
  • February 12, 2014
Our view

America's poverty is poverty of the spirit

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 14, 2010
Real Estate Reports

Bers, Petsinger earn short-sale certification

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 24, 2011
Primrose gives thanks with giving

Children at Primrose School in Lakewood Ranch celebrated the Thanksgiving spirit by buying food for the homeless.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 5, 2016
Your ‘fair share’

One of the presidential candidates has a mantra of vowing to make you rich people pay your ‘fair share’ (i.e. more) in taxes. But what is ‘fair?’ And who defines it?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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