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Results for: Reliable Standard Heating & Air is recognized as the best HVAC company for emergency AC repair.

  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 23, 2012
Tourist-development taxes up in 2012

Tourist-development tax collections are up on Longboat Key and throughout Sarasota and Manatee counties in the first months of 2012.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Music critique was wonderfully perceptive; A just and well-written opinion; 'Ban the Booze' My View was great

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kevin Cooper |
  • June 14, 2012
My View: ' ... And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air ... '

As the Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce excitedly prepares to host, for the 22nd time, the Fourth of July community fireworks celebration on Siesta Key Beach, I must take a moment to remind my community of its extremely vital role in this event.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • February 9, 2012
Neighbors: Janice Howle

Janice Howle, better known as Miss Janice, opened the Key's first day-care center in 1950.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • January 19, 2011
My View

In praise of holiday letters

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2010
Cops Corner 11.11.10

When the female suspect reached the food section of the store, she concealed multiple items in her purse.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 27, 2010
Missouri church buys facility in Lakewood

Faith Life Church out of Branson, Missouri, has purchased a site in the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 20, 2011
Dining could reach new heights

If the allowable height for waterfront restaurants is increased by 5 feet, Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub could ask the town to raise its new second story by the same amount.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 22, 2012
Sheriff's Office releases 2011 crime report

Sarasota Sheriff Tom Knight reflects on the accomplishments of the last year and looks for focus areas in the months to come.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 16, 2013
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks III: Anu Tali, conductor

Anu Tali, the Estonian conductor who took over the Sarasota Orchestra for its third Masterworks program of the season, also seems to have taken over the hearts and musical minds of this city.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 26, 2020
Heritage Harbour targets disc golf

CDD considers adding the amenity at Central Park at Heritage Harbour.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 2, 2020
Space for improvement in the Lakewood Ranch Country Club

Huge renovation project hopes to double the worth of a Lakewood Ranch Country Club home.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • February 6, 2020
Out-of-Door Academy celebrates 95 years

The school was first founded on Siesta Key in 1924.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 1, 2017
Theater review: 'Dearly Departed'

'Dearly Departed' reckons with the living and the dead at West Coast Black Theatre Troupe.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • June 27, 2019
Summer at the circus

The Circus Arts Conservatory’s camps fuel a love of performing for kids from 5-15.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • June 28, 2019
County closes on land for Legacy Trail extension

The event took place in Payne Park, 2110 Adams Lane, where the Legacy Trail extension is to end in downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 15, 2019
Longboat Key Library offers an oasis of books

Library or social gathering spot? Why not both?

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 17, 2019
View from above aids Manatee County Property Appraiser's Office

Pictometry becomes annual process to help Manatee County Property Appraiser deal with growth.

  • East County
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • July 19, 2019
Mary Lilla (Mary Elle) Hunter

Mary Lilla “Mary Elle” Hunter died July 12, 2019, in Sarasota, where she had resided for 40 years with periods of out-of-area residency in Pinehurst, N.C.; Washington, D.C.; and Bismarck, N.D.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 17, 2019
What do Longboaters want?

For partnerships to succeed, all the partners must be in alignment

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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