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

  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 21, 2010
A Play with Purpose

Sarasota and Manatee county high school students bring their living-room confessions to the Asolo Rep stage with 'On the Couch.'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 21, 2010
Key Real Estate: Lido Key home sells for $2.25 million

In total, 13 sales were recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses. Of those sales, 10 occurred on Longboat Key, including two on the Manatee County side of the island, and one each occurred on Lido Key, St. Armands Key and Bird Key. Four of the week's sales exceeded $1 million. Additionally, three of the week's 13 transactions were vacant-lot sales.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 4, 2010
Former BRHS student confesses to 10 area burglaries

Justin Lizardi, 20, is facing charges for burglarizing homes throughout the East County.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 12, 2010
Musician, golf pro add star power to Payton event

Musician David Nail and golfer Victoria Tanco will be among those supporting The Payton Wright Foundation May 14.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 5, 2010
Cops Corner

April 22 Lager left behind 6:59 p.m. -- 100 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. A man told police that the cold can of Heineken beer sitting nearby was not his. He then raised it to his lips and said he would drink it anyway because someone had left it behind. He was issued a written warning for drinking a beer on the beach in front of police.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • August 15, 2012
Magida Diouri: Coming Attraction

Fabulous Independent Film Festival founder Magida Diouri's "reel" world revolves around her worklife. Diouri's goal is to enrich Sarasota by promoting indie films that may otherwise go unseen.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 7, 2012
Parties want quick resolution

Stoneybrook Investors has filed a lawsuit against the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District regarding changes in its assessments.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 7, 2012
Kay Siebold and Barbara Bostic: Folly Girls

Whether they're tap dancing in sequins or getting down to Lady Gaga, Kay Siebold and Barbara Bostic are proving the Sarasota Silver Stars are much too young at heart to be a senior theater troupe.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Dana Westmark and Donald Geikie |
  • May 11, 2012
Real Estate Deal of the Week: Bay Front Condos

Real Estate Deal of the Week: Bay Front Condos

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 13, 2011
Water Club unit sells for $1,925,000

David and Alberta Purpora, St. Armands Key, sold Unit 502 at the Water Club I, 1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Thomas Grusecki and Christina Grant, of Schiller Park, Ill., as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, for $1,925,000. Built in 1996, the 3,400-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and five bathrooms. It last sold for $771,000 in January 1999.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • February 9, 2012
Residents oppose park proposal

Residents of an adjacent condo complex are fighting a proposal for an open Ocean Boulevard lot, with a view of the Gulf of Mexico, to be turned into a pocket park.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2011
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2011
Cops Corner

Jan. 7 Distasteful demonstration 11:49 a.m. - 500 block of Bay Isles Road. Civil Disturbance. A woman told police she wanted them to take away a photograph of the president with an Adolf Hitler-like mustache being displayed by demonstrators. Police explained that the demonstration was orderly and that the First Amendment protected the photograph being shown. The woman was extremely upset that police would not remove the photo and requested the officer's business card.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 3, 2011
Chihuly Collection combines glass art with unique space

The Chihuly Collection opened to the public July 10, 2010. One of the newest jewels of St. Pete's vibrant arts-and-culture scene, it features 16 stunning installations ranging from small vessels to room-size installations.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 1, 2010
Fresh Pipes

Singer Rachel Assi is young, ambitious and happy to serenade you. Gloria Musicae's new chorus manager is ready to make an impression on Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • November 17, 2010
Portrait of an artist

After years of meticulously painting the human face, portrait artist Truman Adams is ready to work faster and larger.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 18, 2010
Retail Therapy

The city will not lease the storefronts at the Palm Avenue parking garage and instead will seek one buyer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 15, 2010
Peace signs

Pamela Sumner grinds her own ink, lives in a funky Rosemary District studio and paints with rat whiskers. The Asian-inspired artist meditates on her Zen habits.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2011
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 30, 2011
Bay Isles home sells for $1.65 million

The Ontario corporation of 834564 Ontario Limited sold the home at 541 Harbor Point in Bay Isles Unit 1 for $1.65 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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