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Results for: Betterpic AI Promo Code AVA Get Up To 90% Off On All Plans

  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 28, 2013
U.S. Coast Guard sets parameters for bridge

The potential bridge, which would provide a path into Lakewood Ranch and complete the long-planned 44th Avenue East extension, will at least require an environmental assessment.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 8, 2018
Focus returns to football during preseason practice

Goals are in place for area high school teams

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Dylan Campbell |
  • February 11, 2025
Youths have a shot at polo success in Lakewood Ranch

The Sarasota Polo Club team of four started in fall 2024.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 12, 2023
Booker girls basketball wants a repeat performance

The Tornadoes have a different look in 2022-2023, but a return to the Final Four is the goal.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 3, 2013
Observed: FGCU students finally have an identity

It was another Saturday on an empty Florida Gulf Coast University - this one in February 2011, when Dennis Jones, an older man with full head of white hair, slowly walked back down the steps to find his usual front-and-center seat at Alico Arena.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 25, 2023
A look back at 2023 on YourObserver.com

The past year was packed with news in our area. Here are readers’ favorite stories from YourObserver.com.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 10, 2016
Firehouse looking at costly repairs

Recommendations to either renovate or tear down and rebuild the south fire station come with price tags between $2.3 million to $3.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • August 12, 2009
Legacy Golf Course to return to lender

Troon Golf will give up the property to avoid foreclosure.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 22, 2018
Cops Corner: IRS? Probably not

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2015
Cops Corner: East County 6.4.2015

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 5, 2015
Painters participate in farmhouse fundraiser

The Light Chasers: Plein Air Painters of the Sun Coast, a local chapter of a statewide artist group, raises money to restore the Keith Farmhouse.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • January 28, 2014
Harmer drops 'interim' from job title

On Tuesday the Sarasota County Commission moved to offer Interim County Administrator Thomas Harmer a permanent job.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • January 28, 2014
Harmer ditches 'interim' from job title

On Tuesday the Sarasota County Commission moved to offer Interim County Administrator Thomas Harmer a permanent position.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2024
Motorcycle seller ghosts buyer with tardy title transfer

Police suspect fraud when purchaser by proxy reports no title two months after buying a Harley. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • October 22, 2025
Catch the Ski-A-Rees before winter break

The family tradition continues with third-generation performers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 1, 2010
Annual Community Harvest fundraiser begins at The Columbia

This year, the St. Armands Circle Columbia restaurant location has partnered with 16 charities from which customers can choose.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 11, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Martha's Catholic School Tailgate

St. Martha's Catholic School prepared for the final game showdown between Cardinal Mooney and Out-of-Door Academy on Friday, Nov. 11 with a tailgate. Some students learned cheers from Cardinal Mooney's Varsity cheerleaders, others got ready for a kick-off and some got cougar tattoos. Rico's Pizzeria and Pasta House catered food.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 10, 2011
PHOTO GALERY: Starry Night Dinner

Bacchus the Rascal's Starry Night Dinner was the kick-off to Bacchus on the Beach featuring the history of Bacchus, the god of wine. Bacchus, the god of wine, was a rascal who loved women, wine and adventure explains Jan Shrem, owner of Clos Pegase Winery. Shrem gave a presentation 'Bacchus the Rascal, a Bacchanalian History of Wine Seen through 4,000 years of Art,' at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

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

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 10, 2010
Cal Ripken crowns Little League Champs

Trophies and bragging rights were on the line Dec. 4, as dozens of little leaguers hit the diamond in the Cal Ripken Little League Baseball Championships. Champions were crowned in the Rookie, Minor and Major Divisions. In the Rookie Division, the Yankees defeated the Brewers 19-2 to cap off an undefeated season. The Red Sox defeated the Dodgers 9-6 in extra innings to capture the Minors Division championship. In the Majors Division, the Rays beat the Rangers 14-6.

  • East County
  • Sports
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