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

  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2025
Florida Studio Theatre promotes two artistic team members

Catherine Randazzo and Nancy Rominger receive new titles.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • January 27, 2026
Police respond to man who left door open to enjoy weather

Longboat Police were called on a man who left his door open on a pleasant Sunday evening. This and other Longboat Key police reports in this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2025
Two overnight parties on consecutive nights leave women fighting in the street

Only two blocks apart, officers are dispatched to settle disputes resulting from too much late night into early-morning revelry. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2026
Arts groups get 'Squeezed' for the 2026 Giving Challenge

Deejay Karim Manning, Sarasota Contemporary Dance and others will host free event April 15 at Spaaces art gallery.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 22, 2023
Home prices resist post-pandemic decline, say local Realtors

Realtor.com recently ranked Sarasota No. 5 among markets where home prices are declining fastest. But local real estate professionals say the data tells a different story.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • August 24, 2023
Suncoast School grows opportunities for students to find their talents

The school’s new principal, Fayth Jenkins, is helping the school expand the scope of its educational opportunities.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • September 11, 2023
Van Wezel prepares for a season of hot tickets

Demand for "Hamilton" at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall is expected to surpass 2019's "The Lion King."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 23, 2020
Cringe Blog: I live, I die, I live again

"The Wailing" and "Mad Max: Fury Road" are this week's selections.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2023
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for March 9-15

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

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2023
The best things to do this spring on Siesta, Lido, Longboat keys

The don’t-miss events from around the keys in February, March and April.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 27, 2022
Seven years later, Bobby Jones Golf Club is visibly taking shape

Multiple plan changes and a two-year closure later, project leader Richard Mandell says Donald Ross' century-old vision is being restored.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • November 30, 2022
Sarasota School Board moves forward with Asplen termination talks

Board members voted 4-1 to continue with negotiations for Superintendent Brennan Asplen's resignation.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 8, 2022
Lakewood Ranch soccer community says sport's popularity on the rise

As the 2022 FIFA World Cup rolls along, members of the community talk about how the sport's popularity has grown and where it could go from here.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • May 10, 2022
This Week in A+E: May 12-18

There's dance, comedy, theater and virtuoso performances dotting the schedule in an action-packed week for art in Sarasota.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • August 30, 2022
The best things to do around Sarasota for Sept. 1-7

Fine art, block parties and standup comedy highlight the mid-summer schedule on the Sarasota arts scene.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 30, 2009
Braden River Pirates honor Coach Garrity

Prior to the start of Braden River's district opener versus Bayshore Sept. 25, the school's Athletic Booster Club dedicated a memorial tribute in memory of the Pirates' beloved coach.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 9, 2010
Town staff raises project issues

At the resumed Longboat Key Club Islandside renovation hearing, PZB Director Monica Simpson said the project was still too large; commissioners made project suggestions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • February 22, 2012
Candidate Fitzgerald: Can he teach and run?

New College professor Keith Fitzgerald's candidacy for Congress has raised questions among administrators and trustees about his ability to maintain his teaching duties.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 10, 2011
Experience at the heart of commission race

The two candidates seeking election for the District 2 City Commission seat both cite their experience: Dick Clapp's previous commission experience and Paul Caragiulo's business experience.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 6, 2013
Our View: Economics of blackmail

For all those Tea Partyers chafing over Gov. Rick Scott's switcheroo to accept Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid spending in the state, sometimes you just have to take ipecac.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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