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

  • By James Peter |
  • September 23, 2023
Radio host told Sarasota he's a 9/11 hero. Was he really there?

The Observer found inconsistencies throughout radio personality "the Captain" Matt Bruce's story of 9/11 heroism, military service and record as a firefighter.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 29, 2020
2020 through the lens on Longboat Key

The year started out like most do, with us complaining about traffic and marveling at where we live. Then . . .

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 11, 2020
Summer just zoomed by, but we're glad you're back

A look at some of the stories that made a difference while you were gone.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By John Ewing |
  • May 10, 2013
Chefs help local kids, one dish at a time

Chefs help local kids, one dish at a time

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 27, 2025
The Morganroths use their involvement — not just their checks — to make an impact

It's hard to remain low-profile when you have donated more than $30 million to some of the region's iconic institutions: Selby, Ringling and SMH. Drs. Joel and Gail Morganroth have nearly pulled it off.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 28, 2017
2017: Sarasota Year in Review

From triumph to tragedy, Sarasota saw it all in 2017.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2024
2024 arts summer camps in Sarasota, Manatee

Check out the arts camps available in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

  • Summer Fun Guide
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 31, 2023
‘Session of the century’

Credit Florida lawmakers for going big with legislation that will change Florida for the better.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2012
Our View: The property amendments

Frederic Bastiat, the great French economic journalist of the 1840s, would be launching into tirades on talk radio today if he were asked to analyze the proposed constitutional amendments on Florida's Nov. 6 ballot.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 20, 2018
Key Notes: ‘Siesta Key’ Episode 16 Recap

On this week's episode we learn Brandon is a fool, Garrett is now Mr. Cool and Alex is probably skipping school.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • March 18, 2025
6 Manatee County commissioners face lawsuit

The lawsuit claims Bradenton Times Publisher Joe McClash used his outlet to influence election in his favor.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • June 10, 2025
Law enforcement training center offers everything in one place: Myakka City

Cadets and officers no longer need to travel outside of Manatee County to train.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 20, 2021
Class Act: A Good Day’s Work

Ken Zidlick bored of retirement decades ago. At 90, the East County resident is still punching a clock at Publix — pandemic and age be damned.

  • LWR Life
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 22, 2021
Manatee School District 1-mill property tax provides funding for hands-on learning in STEM

East County teachers say equipment they've purchased with the additional millage ignites students' passion.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 2, 2023
Declare fentanyl a WMD

President Joe Biden’s ineptness at stopping fentanyl from China and Mexico has fueled Florida’s fentanyl death toll — second highest in the U.S. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody makes a case for decisive action.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • February 21, 2022
Manatee School Board plans to sell property in east Bradenton

The school district sells 17-acres to offset the cost of 30-acres in Parrish for a new middle school.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 28, 2022
The Lake Club's circle of giving increases

"If you stay the course and continue to surround yourself with like-minded women, then great things come of it," founder Barbara Najmy says.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • December 14, 2022
Local artist paints local heroes larger than life

Javi Suárez didn't want to just sketch out Sarasota's historic figures. He wanted to make them iconic.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Dariela Delgado |
  • December 22, 2022
Sarasota Nice List filled with good deeds from 2022

The Sarasota community has made the holiday season brighter by going the extra miles this year with nice gestures.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • August 31, 2022
Asolo Rep crew catalogs decades of costumes, props

Asolo Repertory Theatre has accumulated more props and costumes than it knows what to do with over the past half-century.

  • Arts + Culture
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