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Results for: Playvital Discount Code "AVA10" Get 10% Off On All Products!

  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 2, 2024
Designer Bag Bingo makes winners of Lakewood Ranch-area nonprofits

Sisterhood for Good hopes to raise $50,000 or more from its signature event.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • April 27, 2023
Musician Neil Giraldo delivers rockin' bourbon to Sarasota

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist's premium Three Chord Bourbon made its debut in Sarasota's market.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 30, 2025
Colson Hotel purchase ensures preservation of Black history landmark

A coalition acquired the century-old former hotel for Black residents in the Rosemary District from a developer with plans sell it for adaptive reuse.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • July 18, 2017
Finding a solution to Siesta Key's parking problem

As county commissioners work to alleviate traffic on the Key, truly resolving the problem could take more than 140 new parking spaces.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • March 28, 2019
Proposed School Avenue closure draws opposition

Residents and Planning Board members criticized a Sarasota County Schools plan to permanently close a road that cuts through Sarasota High.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 17, 2016
Major League Football finds new funding source

New professional football league based in Lakewood Ranch appears to be back on schedule for inaugural 2016 season.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • December 21, 2020
Off-duty Manatee County deputy dies in car accident on I-75

Manatee County Deputy Antonio Hernandez died after an early-morning crash Dec. 20 on I-75 near the SR 64 exit ramp.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • February 8, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Chili Cook-off

The Burns Square Merchants Association held its second annual Chili Cook-off Saturday, Feb. 6, in the courtyard of Galileo Ristorante. We asked chefs at the event to dish on their secret ingredients.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 21, 2018
Braden River football hit with disciplinary sanctions

The program self-reported off-season conditioning violations to the FHSAA.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By David Conway |
  • February 8, 2015
UPDATE: DID seeks public input on flower baskets

The Downtown Improvement District has set up three flower baskets for display on light poles at Main Street and Palm Avenue, hoping for feedback on the best option from residents.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • June 4, 2025
Sarasota City YMCA branch kicks off summer camp with pancake breakfast

The breakfast for families preceded the start of the traditional and aquatics summer camps.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • April 1, 2015
A&E Picks and Highlights 4.1.15

A&E Editor Nick Reichert picks the events to attend this week in Sarasota, FL.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 14, 2012
Colony mid-rise building deemed unsafe

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's mid-rise hotel tower has been labeled as "potentially hazardous and unsafe."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2012
News Briefs

MW Development continues to pitch plan; Key Club oral arguments scheduled; Blogger arrested for trespassing at Key Club; New smartphone app tracks area attractions

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 9, 2012
Energy Economic Zone program parameters set

After spending more than two hours Wednesday in discussions about a controversial economic pilot program, the Sarasota County Commission voted 4-1 in favor of changes in the proposed ordinance for the program and asked staff to return with the document for another public hearing Feb. 22.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 29, 2014
Jack Daly to seek District 4 seat

The planning board vice chairman seeks the seat that outgoing Mayor Jim Brown will leave after serving six years next spring.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

Orchestra moves forward with facility improvements; School board adopts tentative budget and millage rate; Water quality project requires tree removal

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • June 23, 2021
Opening Lakewood Main Street to traffic irks some residents

A Change.org petition to keep part of the Lakewood Ranch street open to pedestrians has more than 850 signatures.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 15, 2021
Sleep well?

An FAQ on circadian rhythms, sleep habits and the importance of each.

  • Health
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • June 17, 2009
Ring around the museum

You can learn a lot about the Ringling estate by riding shotgun with a tram driver.

  • Arts + Culture
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