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

  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 30, 2009
Scoreboard

Get the latest scores from local bridge and golf clubs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 16, 2009
School board OKs MTI move, master plan

The Manatee County School Board Dec. 14 unanimously approved the concept of constructing a new Manatee Technical Institute campus along State Road 70 frontage as well as an master plan for the overall 195-acre parcel on which the school would sit.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 24, 2010
Police union raises wage issue

The town's labor attorney said the town is in no position to offer wage increases to police officers as part of a new three-year contract.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • February 11, 2010
From the heart

We asked elementary-school students from Bay Haven School of Basics Plus and Ashton Elementary to tell us their favorite Valentine's Day activities and divulge their favorite holiday treats.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 27, 2009
Rosedale welcomes new instruction director

Steve Whidden, PGA, assumed his new position May 18 and will launch his new program - The Learning Center at Rosedale - the first week of June.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 20, 2009
Pirates set sail under new coach

Braden River High offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ed Volz was named the Pirates' interim head coach April 30 after the resignation of Josh Hunter.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 17, 2009
Barefoot Weddings

Small Business of the Year Winner: 10 or fewer employees

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 2, 2010
TOP STORY, October: Commission OKs citizen panel

The City Commission axed City Manager Bob Bartolotta's proposal to hire a consultant to investigate the police department. Commissioner Terry Turner said the move was a micromanagement of Bartolotta.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 17, 2010
'Skywalker' author gets ready for film fest close-up

When Bill Walker walked the entire Appalachian Trail in 2005, he published a memoir about the experience. Now he's filming a documentary for the Sarasota Fringe Film Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 21, 2010
Pirates, Mustangs wrap up summer seasons

The Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High baseball teams each played about 25 games during their summer baseball season, which began the first week of June.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 2, 2010
Talented residents begin warming up for auditions

Auditions for the second Sarasota's Got Talent show are Sept. 11.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Michael Eng |
  • September 15, 2010
Bennett assumes Bashaw's top post

Joshua Bennett, 33, is the youngest principal in the East County.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2010
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Sarasota Observer, 1517 State Street, Sarasota, 34236.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Weldon Frost |
  • June 9, 2010
An open letter to Rep. Buchanan: Be a leader, sir, on coal liquefaction

U.S. coal reserves can produce three times the oil of Saudi Arabia's oil. Now, more than ever, is the time for you to lead on this important resource.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 18, 2012
Parties make cases for damages

The ticking clock of a Dec. 31 deadline, by which the Colony must re-open as a tourism property or potentially lose its grandfathered status with the town, loomed over Friday's three hearings.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 8, 2012
News Briefs

Pair charged in Key child-neglect case; Limited seats open for Civics 101 class

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • May 22, 2012
Public Parks -- is everybody welcome?

Public Parks -- is everybody welcome?

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 16, 2012
Braden River High School senior graduates high school, college

Mandy Peebles, 17, will graduate high school May 31 - after she earned her first college degree.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • May 16, 2012
Observed: Son's creativity knows no bounds

When our 4-year-old son, Lyric, was an infant, my side of the family took great joy in how much he looked like me as a baby.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 25, 2012
Scene & Heard

One-man Truman play shoots from the lip; Actor veers off Sesame Street, arrives in Sarasota; 10-Minute playwright keeps it short and sweet

  • Arts + Culture
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