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

  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • April 7, 2021
Campground revamp under way at Linger Lodge

Improvements to the Linger Lodge RV campground are underway

  • East County
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 23, 2022
Ranch Nite Wednesdays returns to Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch

The Wednesday evening event returns earlier this year with a bigger cornhole league, a new mobile bar and the night market every week.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 28, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Suspiciously suspicious

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2022
Longboat pushes through better-than-expected Hurricane Ian

Town Manager Tom Harmer and Fire Chief Paul Dezzi both touted how fortunate the town was in experiencing minimal damage.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • August 2, 2022
New boater rules set after completion of emergency dredge on Beer Can Island

Restricted areas on the north end of Longboat Key will only allow swimmers, kayakers and paddleboarders.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 9, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Credit where credit is due

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • January 27, 2021
EYE ON BUSINESS: New opportunities in East County

Riders of all ages jump at Opportunity Farm in east Bradenton

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 23, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: The wind had no alibi

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By June LeBell and Anna Dearing |
  • October 28, 2009
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  • Arts + Culture
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • October 21, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales, by Molly Schechter.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • October 14, 2009
Aerobic Grandma: Nechtem gains more from exercise than strength

At age 55, Chuck Nechtem has the appearance of what a younger generation might call a 'hunk.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • January 14, 2010
Top chef

After corporate downsizing in 2002 caused her to lose her job of more than 24 years with IBM, Tricia Dickerson turned her passion for cooking into a full-time profession.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 24, 2010
Ranch's renting dilemma

One resident said his condo association's policy is making it difficult for him to find a tenant for his Lakewood home.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 23, 2009
NEIGHBORS: Tom Buchter

As the new CEO of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Buchter is up for the challenges ahead.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 21, 2010
Italian, Mexican cuisines to add spice to Ranch Main

LWR Commercial Realty officials recently secured an Italian restaurant for Main Street. Two more restaurant leases are out, including one for a Mexican eatery.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 17, 2010
Honoring Our Eagle

The male bald eagle at the nest on Pope Road by Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Community died recently. His mate is seeking another partner to help raise their two eaglets.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 18, 2010
Repair work continues one year later at Five Points

When a piece of the Plaza at Five Points building detached last March and hit a shopper on the street below, the building's contractor began a repair process that is still ongoing.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 1, 2010
NBA ref Bob Delaney launches campaign for overseas soldiers

Lakewood Ranch resident Bob Delaney, an NBA referee and former undercover agent, is asking for donations of clothing with familiar logos - whether name-brand drinks or sports team logos - for an upcoming drive.

  • East County
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • May 20, 2010
My View: Euro-disaster worse than oil spill

We seem more willing to learn from the Gulf oil spill than from the unfolding Euro-socialist disaster. Perhaps it is the Ostrich syndrome.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 12, 2010
Sarasota approves Ranch's Villages

Officials of Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch breathed a sigh of relief today as Sarasota County commissioners approved plans for the Villages of Lakewood Ranch South.

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