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

  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 7, 2016
Historic bucket race

Former Sarasota Crew rowers compete in prestigious Henley Royal Regatta, on the River Thames, in Henley-on-Thames, England.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 22, 2015
Top Story — February: Police recover body after plunge from Ringling Bridge

Catch up on the hottest news items of the of the year with the Observer’s Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • September 5, 2018
Ringling Museum hosts exhibit opening

The Circle Member Preview on Sept. 4 showcased a new exhibit opening, 'Storytelling, from the Horvitz collection.

  • Black Tie
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 21, 2010
Expert Opinions

Two of Longboat's residents have expansive knowledge of oil drilling and oil-spill cleanup efforts. They have talked with town officials about what to expect if oil comes ashore.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 23, 2025
Sarasota debates city manager search again

City Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch reasserts her position that the city should accept more applications for its top job but finds no support from her colleagues.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2012
Students collect box tops for money

First-grade students at Phillippi Shores Elementary won the grand prize in the Box Top Traveling Trophy contest for collecting 2,445 box tops during the course of the school year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • May 26, 2022
Patterson Foundation donates patriotic artwork to veterans services office

The Goodwill Manasota Veterans Services Program office received the artwork on May 25.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2009
Caragiulo's brings breakfast to its bar

Starting Tuesday, Sept. 15, Caragiulo's began offering a coffee and continental breakfast service

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2012
SIDELINES

Lady Rams soccer team tops Lady Bobcats; Cougars basketball coasts to victory; SMA basketball falls to St. Pete Canterbury; Lady Sailors cruise past Lady Tarpons

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 24, 2016
An election about legacy

The referendum on underground utility lines in Longboat’s neighborhoods is more than a 30-year assessment. It’s a vote on how we’ll leave the Key: better or worse off.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2011
Oh the places we'll go, 'It's Read Everywhere' wraps up

The Observer newspapers have been on vacation. Although we continue to provide weekly neighborhood news to our readers through the Longboat, Sarasota and East County Observers, we have had a busy year traveling all around the world.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Joel Schleicher |
  • September 16, 2022
My View: 'Mad as hell' — and not willing to take it any longer

It is unconscionable for our president, Joe Biden, to call half of American voters “fascists.”

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 30, 2024
Braden River High boys tennis duo is a pair of aces

Sophomore Benecio Claudino and junior Grant Hicks complement each other's strengths.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 10, 2022
Love and drama come out in the wash at 'Maytag Virgin'

"Maytag Virgin" explores the cycles of life at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 3, 2010
For Tiny's owner, a huge celebration

Many of the more than 200 people that attended a memorial service Saturday, Jan. 30 for Susan "Susie" Vaught were her friends from Tiny's of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2014
Obituary: Joyce Janeway

Joyce Janeway, 86, of Longboat Key, died Oct. 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 28, 2014
SMA Rifle Team to compete in nationals

The co-ed team of SMA students will compete in the Army ROTC Service Championship and the Army Marksmanship Unit in February.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2024
Bay Runner service to Lido Key to resume Wednesday

The Bay Runner trolley will restart its route to Ted Sperling Park on Dec. 11 as parking enforcement along Benjamin Franklin Drive will also resume.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 12, 2020
A shoutout to Florida’s elections officials and staffs

With each screw-up, elections supervisors and the Legislature reformed and refined the system to the point now that Florida’s elections system is a national model and gold standard.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 30, 2009
Lew Simon works to save lives

The president of the island's volunteer fire department has helped create a program formed on Longboat Key called Neighbors Saving Neighbors.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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