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Results for: Top HVAC service in San Diego comes from Reliable Standard Heating & Air’s commitment to excellence

  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 30, 2021
Manatee County should slow down on building new animal shelter

If Bishop Animal Shelter donation comes to fruition in Bradenton, Manatee County might not need to build a new shelter.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 3, 2022
Voting only way to reverse county's squabbling

Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes has become the target of some county employees who don’t like the direction the county is going.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • April 7, 2021
Piney Point spills into Manatee County administrator search

Commissioners say Manatee County needs stability before searching for permanent administrator

  • East County
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 10, 2022
Urbanite Theatre brings family drama to the stage in 'The Burdens'

'The Burdens' plays a game of digital telephone in Urbanite Theatre’s latest dark comedy.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 12, 2022
Asolo Conservatory’s 'Twelfth Night' is truth night

Epiphanies abound in The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training’s production of Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night."

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 29, 2009
Partnership offers possible dissolution

Downtown Partnership leaders said they will dissolve their 7-year-old organization if the DSA accepts the terms presented by the Partnership.

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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 27, 2009
Setting An Example

Lakewood senior Michael Ohlman will close the book on his high school career when he takes the field for the Florida Athletic Coaches Association's All-Star baseball weekend May 28-30.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 12, 2010
Sarasota approves Ranch's Villages

Officials of Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch breathed a sigh of relief today as Sarasota County commissioners approved plans for the Villages of Lakewood Ranch South.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • July 21, 2011
More turtles nesting on Siesta Key beaches

So far this summer, turtles seem to be nesting in greater numbers on Siesta Key, according to Catherine Luckner, president of the Siesta Key Association.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 4, 2011
MIRROR-IMAGE MOTHERS

In January, next-door neighbors Olivia Macey and Nadia Wood both celebrated the births of their baby girls, Ava Marianne Macey and Haven Makayla Wood, just two hours apart. This Sunday, they both will enjoy Mother's Day with their new little ones.

  • East County
  • News
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 28, 2012
Music Review: Sarasota Opera: 'Vanessa'

Waiting. That's the theme of Samuel Barber's "Vanessa," a melodramatic soap-opera-of-an-opera, with a libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti that touches on our deepest vulnerabilities, anxieties and insecurities.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • November 7, 2012
Music in the Making: Matt Facciolla

When Lakewood Ranch resident Matt Facciolla pictured a music career, it looked a lot different.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 30, 2013
Town debates revitalization effort

Longboat Key residents have expressed frustration that it will take a town-hired consultant more than a year to update town codes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • January 8, 2020
East County realtors expect strong market in 2020

Realtors Donna Soda, Gloria Bracciano, Holly Pascarella expect growth to continue.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • March 18, 2020
For the time being, galleries are open for business

With theaters and museums closing, they're a last bastion of art and culture

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 1, 2019
Mote builds momentum in building East County aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park.

Mote Marine builds momentum in building East County aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Sten Spinella |
  • August 9, 2019
Observer staff remembers Dora Walters

There is no shortage of stories about the former Longboat reporter.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 22, 2019
Horse Play

When James Miller ponied up to buy the Sarasota Polo Club last year, he set out to prove to his wife that you can lead a horse to water and make it drink.

  • LWR Life
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 22, 2017
Theater review: 'Arsenic and Old Lace'

'Arsenic and Old Lace' brews up killer comedy at the Players Centre for Performing Arts.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 19, 2016
Braden River defensive line stays confident after Venice letdown

Pirates need win over Palmetto to enhance playoff hopes.

  • East County
  • Sports
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