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Results for: Reliable Standard Heating & Air is the best HVAC company in San Diego.

  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 2, 2013
Looking ahead: Real Estate

Sales, prices and new listings all are up in Lakewood Ranch and the Bradenton/Sarasota area, but are there enough homes to go around?

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • March 3, 2025
Local college administrators tackle issues with the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance

Administrators say partnerships with local businesses strengthen the economy.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • October 7, 2021
Theater preview: The shows go on in 2021

Digital theater was a forced experiment for area theater companies last year. This year’s return to reality is a choice. But it’s just as experimental.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 3, 2021
Lakewood Ranch's blackboard cube allows 9/11 feelings to be shared

In Lakewood Ranch, 8-foot-tall cube will record intimate thoughts about 9/11.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • June 29, 2022
Jazz Club has grown from fascination to institution

Steady hands have helped the Jazz Club of Sarasota grow by leaps and bounds over decades.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2010
Cops Corner

April 9 Staying grounded 5:24 a.m. -- 400 block of Longboat Club Road. Boat Rescue. Police found a 40-foot fiberglass sailboat and three men stranded near the beach on the south end of the island. The boat owner told police they were on their way to Mississippi when a large wave damaged the boat. The boat ran aground while he tried to maneuver into New Pass. The boat was removed at high tide with the help of a salvage company and several boats.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 5, 2011
SEVEN in 11: Ken Sanborn

In September 2010, Longboat Key resident Ken Sanborn formally unveiled plans for Miami 24/7 - a movie-studio project intended for Lakewood Ranch. In mid-May, Sanborn Studios LLC will begin filming the first 13 episodes of its first TV series, "Miami 24/7."

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2011
Cops Corner

A man was pulled over after police noticed he tried to alter his expired tag with a magic marker. He was issued a court summons for multiple violations.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 5, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: We're fine, really

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • February 6, 2020
Vacation-rental regulations come down to local control versus state preemption

With so many cities going too far with regulations, state control makes sense. If you don’t like vacation rentals, form an HOA.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Nat Kaemmerer and Brendan Lavell |
  • March 31, 2020
For Longboat Key snowbirds, the question looms: Stay or go?

Concerns about COVID-19, possible travel restrictions or stay-at-home orders fuel winter visitors' decisions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • June 14, 2018
Town seeks bids for Colony demolition

A circuit court judge Wednesday evening denied two motions to stop the town from demolishing most of the buildings at the site of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 24, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Crossing the line

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 15, 2017
Start over on Lido Beach

All Lido Key residents wanted was an updated pavilion, restaurant and pool. But here it is six years later, and the city has faltered again. That seems to be a recurring theme.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 11, 2016
Big year expected in East County for residential real estate

Realtor association expects record number of sales for 2015 when figures are released later in January.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • April 18, 2013
The man behind the plan: Jesse Biter

The Pennsylvania native and software entrepreneur moved 12 years ago to Sarasota and has a plan to bring more people downtown to live and work.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 30, 2014
Healing Touch

Dr. Pamela Letts will retire May 5, but she believes maintaining long-term medical services on the Key is vital.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 4, 2013
Key people reflect on Holiday Inn's closing

The Longboat Key Holiday Inn closed in September 2003 to make way for the luxury 29-unit Positano condominium. Ten years later, how has that closing impacted the Key?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • January 20, 2025
The Observer's theater critic's picks for 2025

Sarasota's live theater companies share the human stories that often remain untold.

  • Arts + Culture
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