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Results for: Top-rated AC repair is provided by Reliable Standard Heating & Air in San Diego.

  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 24, 2015
OUR VIEW | how to address the noise

Inform the revelers. If they know they can be fined or jailed, they’ll change their behavior.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 14, 2024
Braden River grad nominated for College Television Award

"Healing Paws," aspiring filmmaker Keith Cohen's short film on the therapeutic powers of dogs, has been nominated in the Nonfiction Series category.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 9, 2024
Manatee County offers insight into dam operations

With questions lingering since Hurricane Debby, Manatee County gave the media a tour of the dam's spillways.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 8, 2025
Site for a new Lake Manatee EMS station is under fire

Manatee County commissioners are not in favor of a site that borders Lake Manatee and Lake Manatee State Park.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • August 27, 2025
Sarasota Art Museum stages an Art Deco extravaganza

The museum pays tribute to a dynamic era of design with posters from the Crouse Collection.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 14, 2023
Ground finally broken for Bath & Racquet redevelopment

The nearly six-year odyssey to redevelop the iconic tennis club is underway with a two- to three-year timeline for completion.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 22, 2015
County and community leaders discuss growth

Sarasota County Commissioner Charles Hines, former Commissioner Jon Thaxton and former Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations President Bill Zoller voiced their opinions on growth and development at a forum Saturday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • March 16, 2020
City to close recreational facilities

The City Commission agreed to close the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, Bobby Jones Golf Club and more as part of a coronavirus response effort. Action on bars and restaurants could be forthcoming.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 23, 2022
Sarasota region ranks among the lowest rent-cost-to-ownership ratios in Florida

Although rents are difficult to afford in Sarasota County, the metro area ranks among the lowest of its peers in Florida when compared to the cost of purchasing a home.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • February 25, 2021
Siesta residents seek to block Promenade traffic light

Residents hope that stopping a light installation at Stickney Point Road and Avenue B and C will mean the end of Siesta Promenade.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 7, 2009
Commission to consider Moore's request, term limit revisions

The Longboat Key Town Commission tonight will consider a request by Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant owner Alan Moore to approve a Comprehensive Plan amendment and a request to change the zoning of the restaurant from commercial to residential.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 16, 2009
Moore's zoning request on hold

The P&Z Board could not reach a majority Tuesday on a request to change Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant & Marina zoning from commercial to residential.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 1, 2009
Police union demands more officers

Police Benevolent Association leaders say if City Manager Bob Bartolotta does not immediately hire more police officers, he should resign. The city manager says with the union's contract expiring in September, he wants to do negotiations at the bargaining table.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Gerald Pankow |
  • April 23, 2009
My View: Churches not immune from downturn

With donations falling, church leaders must examine every category of expenses and ministries.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo and Maria Amodio |
  • March 10, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Google Fiber

We checked with Sarasota residents to see if they're up to date on Google Fiber and whether they think Sarasota would make a good trial location.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • April 7, 2010
Weekly Dish

The weekly dish features restaurant tidbits and our pick for the dish of the week.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jay Brady |
  • March 11, 2010
Thaxton and McClash clash over Amendment 4

When two Republican county commissioners from adjacent counties faced off over proposed state constitutional Amendment 4 - aka 'Hometown Democracy' - in front of the Lakewood Ranch Democrat Club March 9, the audience knew to expect an unusual exchange.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 18, 2012
Tropical Storm Debby takes a toll on sea-turtle numbers

Before Tropical Storm Debby, 1,367 turtle nests were marked in the area; after the storm, only 244 nests could be verified. On Longboat, 77 nests were verified.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis and Robin Hartill |
  • August 29, 2012
Town agrees to study firefighter proposal

The town will pay for its actuary firm GRS to perform an analysis of a pension proposal made Thursday, Aug. 23 during contract negotiations between the town and the Longboat Key International Association of Firefighters Union.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 15, 2012
Food stand floats through town restrictions

The donations-for-beer system is questionable, but the owners of a floating food stand have the licenses needed to do business in the bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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