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

  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 1, 2013
Lady Sailors launch come-from-behind win

Sophomore catcher Alyssa Price hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning to tie the game and helped propel the Sarasota High softball team to a 2-1 nine-inning victory over Braden River in the Class 7A-Region 3 semifinals April 30.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Dora Walters |
  • November 24, 2009
Player of the Week - Michael Pollock

We caught up with Michael Pollock after a tennis match at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • April 2, 2014
Your Neighbor: Joe Zampino

The greenery and blooming flowers in Joe Zampino's back yard rival even the best Florida gardens.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Sean Roth |
  • September 26, 2012
National REIT snags apartment complex

An Illinois-based REIT has purchased Lost Creek Apartments.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • January 25, 2023
Maintaining town aesthetic drives new property standards

Longboat leaders are considering updated rules on a variety of property maintenance fronts.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 8, 2021
Longboat Key church makes holiday bright for families

Christ Church of Longboat Key quadruples its fund-raising goal of $8,500 for Bradenton's 13th Avenue Dream Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • December 8, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Lori Putnam Exhibit Opening

Local artist Lori Putnam's exhibit "Celebrating Florida Landscape en Plein Air" at the Bay Preserve. The exhibit is hosted by the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast and the Englewood Art Center

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 22, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: OASIS Golf Tournament

East County-based Opera is for Animals: Singing is for Saving (OASIS) hosted its first fundraiser golf tournament Feb. 21, at the Palm-Aire Country Club. About 60 golfers hit the greenway for the cause of helping animals.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • October 29, 2017
Movie review: 'Lucky'

Harry Dean Stanton leads in his best performance ever.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 3, 2019
Surge is EMS concern in Manatee County

Manatee County EMS hopes better use of 911 will lessen strain on ambulances.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Su Byron |
  • November 11, 2022
Must-try waterfront restaurants in Sarasota, Longboat Key, Osprey

Looking for a table by the water? For a close encounter with Florida’s natural splendor, enjoy one of these waterfront restaurants on a nearby key.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • August 19, 2021
Longboaters concerned about U.S. 41 roundabout construction

Gridlock traffic on Tuesday prompted frustration among drivers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • June 8, 2016
Ringling Shopping Center owner opts for rezone

The Ringling Shopping Center will be rezoned to conform with the city’s current standards, but the owner is still working toward more concrete plans to redevelop the property.

  • Sarasota
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  • By David Conway |
  • October 21, 2016
Hospital Board — At Large, Seat 2: Miglena Entcheva

Miglena Entcheva, a Democrat, will face Republican Tram Hudson and No Party Afilliation candidate Reid Schwabach in the general election.

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  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 24, 2025
Tim Enos returns as schools police chief

Enos is back in the role of chief of police of Sarasota County Schools following his Aug. 24 resignation from the school board.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Adrian Moore and Vittorio Natasi |
  • January 13, 2021
Florida’s response to COVID-19 could help address the looming physician shortage

Hospital staffing shortages and burnout are cause for concern.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • January 8, 2014
Social Studies: Jean Weidner Goldstein

Sitting on a couch in Designing Women Boutique, founder and CEO Jean Weidner Goldstein opens up about her life as a dancer, an entrepreneur and a newlywed.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • January 25, 2021
Longboat Key extension granted on sewage break penalties

The new deadline is Feb. 22.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • July 22, 2013
School Board to vote on new administrators

Superintendent Rick Mills has chosen a new investigator in the Office of Professional Standards, an exceptional student education director and a director of planning and performance management - pending school board approval tonight.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2023
Virtual workshop set for Sarasota affordable housing plan

Citizens may provide input on proposed text amendments for mixed use zones along corridors and commercial centers.

  • Sarasota
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