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Results for: Vanity Wagon Discount Code “AVA”– Save Up To 40% on All Orders

  • By Eric Snider |
  • February 6, 2026
Annual fishing tournament casts for a cause

Ben Shroyer has turned a parent's nightmare — childhood cancer — into a cause for good, helping families in the same boat as his was a few years ago. The waters off Siesta help fund the work the organization does.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • June 26, 2019
Passion knows no distance for local musician David Berry

Berry's latest album, "Success/Fail," was made by friends separated by state lines but brought closer through music.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 18, 2017
North Longboat group refines 2017 vision

After rebranding in 2016, LBK North pushes for major infrastructure improvements on the north end of the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 16, 2011
Father of the Brides

From dress shopping assistant to personal chauffer, Carl Wise, father of three daughters, is changing dad's role in the wedding process.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 24, 2025
Local Boy Scout rescues couple in Thailand

Nathan Patel, 12, tossed a ring buoy to rescue a couple who were struggling in the water, during a summer vacation.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 10, 2015
Seacroft already 40% committed

Models in Seacroft, in County Club East, sold before the community's March grand opening.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 29, 2022
How football grew to dominate the US sports landscape — and all fall weekends

The rough-and-tumble sport isn't for the faint of heart. That's why Americans love it.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • March 13, 2013
Home of the Month: Glorious Past, Glorious Present

In its latest incarnation, one of Sarasota's most legendary homes continues to dazzle.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 7, 2011
Obituary: John Edwin Sullivan Sr., M.D.

John Edwin Sullivan Sr., M.D., resident of Sarasota died on Oct. 31, 2011. He was born on Feb. 14, 1925.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By David Conway |
  • December 10, 2015
Will the Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade keep marching on?

Parade organizer Paul Thorpe is retiring after two decades of organizing the event. Will anyone step up to take his place?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 28, 2011
Scene & Heard: Best quotes of 2011

If great minds think alike, creative minds think delightfully different. I'm a sucker for quotes, especially when they end up scribbled in my reporter's pad. In the spirit of looking back, here's a look at some of the best lines plucked from Diversions stories in the past year.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2021
East County weather page photo: July 15

Gordon Silver captured this up-close photo of an alligator in a pond off Lorraine Road and University Parkway.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2022
East County weather page photo: October 27

John Colon captured this photo of a black-bellied whistling duck up in a tree at University Park Country Club.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 6, 2020
Keep it clean

A few kids did their part to help keep Longboat Key beautiful.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2010
News Briefs 07.08.10

Residents of the Dolphin Tower condo high-rise on Gulfstream Boulevard still don't know when they'll be able to return home.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 18, 2009
Pension problems continue

The Town Commission is not sure how to fix a growing unfunded liability problem that has town taxpayers on the hook for more than $21 million in unfunded liabilities.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • July 29, 2020
Campers make movies at Sarasota Film Camp

The online camp has children putting together films from the comfort of their homes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • June 1, 2016
Locals drive summer traffic on Longboat Key

When snowbirds leave town, Floridians often take a road trip to local beaches.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 9, 2021
Lakewood Ranch senior softball players forced to travel to compete

Sarasota Senior Softball Association gives Lakewood Ranch players an option.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2010
Longboat Key - Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Feb. 5 through Feb. 11, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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