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Results for: Funded Futures Network Promo Code "SKV50" Get 50% Off On All Plans

  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • December 23, 2019
Sarasota shines through the holiday season

Sarasota has no shortage of festival holiday homes, here are some of our favorites.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • December 4, 2019
Van Wezel show brings a yuletide hue

'Under the Streetlamp: Hip to the Holidays' offers good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll Christmas.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • June 29, 2016
Crowning glory: pageant goals right on schedule

Lakewood Ranch graduate competes for Miss Florida beauty pageant title.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 8, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Braden River's No. 4 cleared to return to the backfield.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • November 18, 2015
Truffle Shuffle at Mattison's Forty-One

What's all the kerfuffle with the truffle?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 15, 2014
Backstate Pass: Lady of the house Natalia Nicol

Natalia Nicol makes sure every Sarasota Orchestra patron ends the night on a high note.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2009
Cops Corner

7:34 a.m. -- 2000 block of Harbour Links Drive. Suspicious Circumstance. A man reported someone trespassing at his neighbor's residence.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • December 12, 2023
Attempt to return batteries to grocery store ends in trespass warning

A civil disturbance broke out at a store after a woman tried returning batteries without a receipt. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2014
News Briefs

City of Sarasota named among top small towns for luxury homebuyers; Visit Sarasota County announces new locations; City withdraws from shelter conversation; Planning Commission to consider 2050 tweaks

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kristine Nickel |
  • June 8, 2017
Is incivility the new norm?

These are not the most pleasant or stress-free of times.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 4, 2024
2024 US Rowing Olympic Team Trials hit Benderson Park this week

The event will determine who heads to the Paris Olympics this summer.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • March 22, 2023
Longboat welcomes new commissioners to their seats

Gary Coffin and Deborah Murphy were sworn into the Longboat Key Town Commission on March 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 20, 2010
Couple finds new angle for fundraising efforts

East County businessman John LaCivita and his wife, Fran, are chairing The Wellness Community's 'Night of Hope' event in March. The couple is determined to make the fundraiser unique.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 14, 2026
Vitale reveals a new cancer diagnosis

The 86-year-old Lakewood Ranch resident and sports announcer says treatment begins next week.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • September 20, 2019
Judge rules in favor of Big Pass dredging

For the third time, a circuit court judge has rejected Siesta Key residents' attempts to challenge the city of Sarasota's Lido Key beach renourishment project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • April 13, 2017
Suited to her hobby

East County woman is part of a state wingsuit formation record.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 11, 2023
Two men accused of scheme to defraud Manatee County of $1.4 million

One suspect has been arrested by Manatee County Sheriff's Office detectives while the other remains at large.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 8, 2021
Longboat Key church makes holiday bright for families

Christ Church of Longboat Key quadruples its fund-raising goal of $8,500 for Bradenton's 13th Avenue Dream Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • March 7, 2013
Pineapple Antique Show and Sale raises funds for community charities

The First United Methodist Church and the Rotary Club of Sarasota Sunrise Foundation Inc. will host the 37th annual Pineapple Antique Show and Sale Friday, March 8 and Saturday March 9, at the Municipal Auditorium, to raise funds for community charities.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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