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Results for: Pococo Discount Code : "AVA" Get 20% Off On Galaxy Projector Star Projector

  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 24, 2022
High school football roundup: Week five

East County teams went undefeated while Sarasota teams had less stellar results.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 25, 2012
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: Camp Gan

One little, two little, three little aliens; four little, five little, six little astronauts ...

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Bill Mixon

83-year-old Bill Mixon is one of Manatee County's most famous farmers. Read more about this local icon in our candid Q&A.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2012
JUST THE STATS

2 - The number of home runs the Lakewood Ranch High softball team hit in its 8-2 victory over Venice Feb. 16.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2011
Ranch accepting donations for troops

As part of Lakewood Ranch Community Activities' Memorial Day Salute to Heroes May 29, the community currently is collecting items to send to troops overseas.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • June 17, 2020
Christ Church of Longboat Key gathers goods for food pantry

The church hosted its third drive for Our Daily Bread in Bradenton.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • May 20, 2018
Walt's Fish Market celebrates 100 years

In 1918, Claus Wallin arrived in Sarasota and started the family legacy.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 12, 2025
Sarasota Jazz Festival stays indoors for its 45th anniversary edition

The fest returns to the Municipal Auditorium with an all-star lineup of musicians and vocalists.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 17, 2021
Prose and Kohn: New Cougars boys basketball coach can be the Cherry on top

Vince Cherry, 28, will take over a program in need of stability.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 23, 2011
A Q&A with Jose Manuel Carreno

Jose Manuel Carreño opens up about next season's Carreño Dance Festival, his coming retirement and those unfulfilled baseball dreams.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Katie Johns |
  • July 12, 2017
Longboat congregations' guide dog finds a home

For two years, the congregations sponsored a Southeastern Guide Dog. Now, she's helping Dwayne Cole navigate his way without peripheral vision.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Sandy Gilbert |
  • June 24, 2009
My View: Landau-Younger approach is a better way

Corporate budget experts Lenny Landau and Phil Younger have provided the town of Longboat Key with a budget-format tool that focuses on actual expenses, not fuzzy budgets.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2010
Cops Corner

Sept. 23 Sandwich solace 11:12 a.m. -- 500 block of Bay Isles Parkway. Suspicious Person. A man was reported loitering near a drug store. But police determined the man, who was eating a sandwich, could finish his meal.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • January 26, 2026
Former Town Commissioner Randy Clair loved the water, Longboat and family

An avid sailor, loving father and husband and two-time town commissioner, Randy Clair made an impact on Longboat Key in his 29 years living on the island. He died Jan. 17 at age 86.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jack Short |
  • September 18, 2015
Visit Sarasota County elects new chairman, vice chairman

Key player in Bayfront 20:20 Drayton Saunders moves into top position on tourism advisory board

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 28, 2022
Braden River High alumna shines for Florida State women's basketball

O'Mariah Gordon was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Confernece Freshman Team.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 16, 2012
David Smash: A Smash Hit

David Smash is singing the blues and living the American dream. This is the story of how Sarasota's hot new rock 'n' roll front man went from playing 'Lithuania's Got Talent' to clubs in Southside Village.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • May 2, 2023
Longboat spots first turtle nests of 2023

The nestings of loggerhead turtles and green sea turtles are typical on Longboat Key through the season, which is May 1 to Oct. 31.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • April 9, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Morgan Peggs

Peggs held the No. 20 team in the nation in check in a 4-1 Riverview win at CoolToday Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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