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

  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 7, 2021
Lakewood Ranch's Sisterhood for Good presents $44,359 in grants

Lakewood Ranch's Sisterhood for Good provides $44,359 in grants to impact nonprofits.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • September 6, 2021
Nonprofits look ahead to uncertain season

Changing pandemic landscape makes planning difficult for event organizers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 11, 2022
Jeff Driver now driving "do-goodery" as Rotary president

Driver will focus on public wellness and environmental sustainability.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2022
Town beaches in good condition following recent storms

Town staff provided a report of the status of the beaches after nourishment projects and storms.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 31, 2022
APRIL FOOL: Concerned Longboaters report fish kill

Weekend angst subsides as sloppy family is blamed for scaring locals in the middle of tourist season.

  • April Fools
  • By Michael Eng |
  • July 15, 2009
BRE student schmoozes with Obama

First-grader Kaylah Gunst met the president during the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Children's Congress June 22-24 in Washington, D.C.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2010
Our View

Time to show our support

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 18, 2010
Underwater robots sent to search for oil

On Monday, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists launched an underwater robot offshore of southwest Florida to patrol the Gulf of Mexico for oil.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 15, 2012
Colony neighbors oppose extension

The board at the Aquarius Club wants the commission to deny a Colony Association request to extend a re-opening deadline. It seeks support from residents of other neighboring properties.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Dean Kalahar |
  • February 9, 2012
My View: 'Homeless' don't have right to harm property

Advocates who demand non-judgmental public policies out of a sense of guilt only lead vagrants into dependence.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 22, 2011
Wasps create buzz on Key

The Caribbean cicada killer wasps found at a Longboat Key couple's home are part of a rare species.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2010
Cops Corner

Nov. 8 Two-timer 10:28 a.m. - 2000 block of Main Street. General Suspicion. A man asked an attorney to amend his marriage license that was signed in 2006, so it showed their wedding had just occurred. Getting suspicious, the attorney looked a little further into the matter. The man divorced his first wife last July - four years after he married his second wife. The attorney reported the man to police, because he believed he might have committed a crime.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 25, 2011
Subcommittee compiles list of goals

The Longboat Key Town Commission will review a goals list that a subcommittee placed in the town's Vision Plan for possible implementation. The goals, which were submitted by a wide range of groups and individuals, must be discussed at the 1 p.m. Thursday, May 26 regular workshop.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 11, 2012
Stylists unite for common cause

Jules Touch Hair Salon in San Marco Plaza will hold a cut-a-thon and raffle from noon to 4 p.m. April 15, to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Bob Delaney |
  • April 18, 2012
My View: PTSD: Not all wounds bleed

Post-traumatic stress disorder has become a daily discussion in our society, because of the ravages and ripple effects of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2012
News Briefs

Teenager arrested for vehicle burglary spree; SCF president, trustees step down; Commissioners OK preserve expansion; Loan helps Brides Against Breast Cancer expand

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Dr. Kumar Mahadevan |
  • December 20, 2012
My View: Take a closer look: Mote Marine's studies on Florida's coral habitat

Florida has the only barrier coral reef system in the continental U.S. It's like having the Grand Canyon underwater - a natural treasure that took millions of years to form and deserves our protection.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 22, 2020
Virtual woes confound School District of Manatee County

Students' needs must be assessed before being able to move completely online.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • July 23, 2020
Public funds for Mote aquarium not set in stone

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium announced a September groundbreaking for a new facility in Nathan Benderson Park, but the county’s financial support isn’t fully locked in.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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