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

  • By Ian Swaby |
  • January 28, 2024
See inside Sarasota's newest event venue, The Ora

The venue at the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee has a 10,000-square-foot ballroom and is set for a soft opening in February.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 10, 2024
Holiday Inn on Lido Key undergoes major face-lift

Cirque St. Armands Beachside is expected to open this fall.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2024
Sarasota man indicted for alleged Medicare fraud

Marketers were allegedly paid for ordering unnecessary cancer tests, a U.S. Attorney says.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 17, 2023
Laser light show will highlight New Year's Eve party in Lakewood Ranch

Waterside Place will host 150 drones to create an impressive welcome to 2024.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 22, 2025
Seafood restaurant opens Monday in Sarasota's Rosemary District

Lefty's Oyster & Seafood Bar will welcome diners to its Lemon Avenue location on Monday, Jan. 27.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Beginning to End Interiors | B2End |
  • February 20, 2025
Are You Truly Ready for Your Remodeling Project?

“We’re here to help our clients navigate the often overwhelming maze of design and renovation decisions,” says Alan Gravley. “There are more misconceptions out there than you might think.”

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • In Memoriam |
  • February 19, 2025
Roger Brown

Roger Brown, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, uncle and friend, passed away peacefully on January 12, 2025, at the age of 88.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • November 18, 2023
SunCoast Renaissance Festival provides fanciful showcase of the past

On the first day of the festival, attendees enjoyed sword fights, jousting matches and more.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 4, 2025
Neal launches new home development in Lakewood Ranch

Waterbury Park will offer 21 homesites in the rapidly growing eastern segment of the community.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • September 19, 2023
Police officer helps tired man with car stuck in a ditch

In the middle of the night, an officer noticed a car stuck in a ditch and a man lying on the trunk. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 7, 2023
SMR CEO/president earns Builder magazine 'Legend' award

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch CEO and President Rex Jensen was honored for leading Lakewood Ranch to its standing as the No. 1-selling, multigenerational, master-planned community.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 25, 2024
Downtown Sarasota bank building sells for $5.75 million

The Fruitville Road building is the site of a new Chase bank branch that will consolidate two branches across from the Aster & Links project currently under construction.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • May 26, 2024
A former CEO combines fringe and philanthropy

Keith Alessi donates the proceeds from his fringe show, "Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life," to charity.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 24, 2025
New Fruitville Road hotel nears administrative approval

A new four-star hotel in the works for the 1500 block of Fruitville Road receives partial sign-off from Sarasota's Development Review Committee.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Dana Kampa |
  • November 3, 2025
Boutique featuring Italian leather handbags opens on St. Armands

Italian Idea, which hosted its soft opening last week, brings its family fashion tradition to St. Armands Circle.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 22, 2026
Reported kidnapping debunked by video evidence

A witness told officers she saw a child "thrown" into a car trunk, which video showed was "horse play." This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 6, 2010
IS TOWN HALL TOXIC?

In a letter to Lakewood Ranch Community Development District supervisors last month, former Town Hall employee Sue Kara called it a 'toxic and dysfunctional environment.'

  • East County
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • April 3, 2019
Sarasota Film Festival 2019 takes a local lens

Four local filmmakers share the work that went into their Sarasota Film Festival pieces.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2024
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for Nov. 21-27

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 15, 2025
Sarasota Paradise brings a whole new level of soccer to Lakewood Ranch

A dogged Swedish soccer player-turned-coach-turned-team owner is determined to push through on an ambitious goal: to sustain professional soccer in the region.

  • East County
  • Sports
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