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Results for: Top-rated AC repair is provided by Reliable Standard Heating & Air in San Diego.

  • By Josh Siegel |
  • July 30, 2013
UPDATE: Manatee School Board approves budget plan

Rising home values will bring the district more revenue from property taxes this year - $5.5 million more than last year - although the school board approved a 0.22% reduction in the tax rate.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • June 24, 2024
Crosswalk lighting on Gulf of Mexico Drive temporarily shut off for sea turtles

FDOT decided to temporarily shut off the overhead crosswalk lighting on State Road 789 while awaiting lighting shields to mitigate disorientation for nesting sea turtles.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • February 8, 2025
What is the referendum on the March 2025 Longboat Key ballot?

The upcoming ballot includes a referendum that, if passed, would allow the town to pursue a low-interest loan for a necessary underwater pipeline replacement.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • June 10, 2026
Lakewood Ranch nonprofit quick to respond in an emergency

CERT members aren't first responders, but they can offer valuable aid before help arrives.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 11, 2024
Planning Board rejects downtown condo tower, but appeal likely

The Sarasota Planning Board says the 342-foot-tall condo Obsidian lacks sufficient retail frontage. Developers argue no building can be built at 1260 N. Palm Ave. under current city requirements.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • November 2, 2020
Bradenton arts promoter brings show to Phillippi Estate

The first weekend show will be held Nov. 14 and 15.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 16, 2011
Ranch Art Club debuts exhibit

More than a dozen members of the Lakewood Ranch Art Club will have their work displayed at ArtCenter Manatee.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Bob Salyers |
  • April 4, 2012
Love is in the air out east

'Love is in the Air' is a 1977 disco song by John Paul Young, and that silly song was all I could think of on my last Photo-Boat outing on the Manatee River. On Fridays and Saturdays during the wild bird-breeding season, I run a charter service aboard the Photo-Boat for photographers in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • October 25, 2012
VIDEO: BEHIND THE SCREAMS

After running the Sailor Circus haunted house, John Rusnak has a new ghastly venture.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 6, 2019
Lakewood Ranch Rotary preps for Walk for Water event

Garden club sprouts yard sales in Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 18, 2017
New fire chief Not alarmed by growth

Lakewood National's development could spark new fire station.

  • East County
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 15, 2023
New Mote aquarium construction goes vertical for fall 2024 opening

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium executives are elated that the $132 million Science Education Aquarium project at Nathan Benderson Park has hit its vertical construction stage.

  • East County
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  • In Memoriam |
  • June 21, 2021
Rudy Yessin

Rudy Yessin, 95 of Longboat Key, Florida died Friday morning, June 18, at his home in Florida with his family by his side.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By June LeBell |
  • November 11, 2009
Music review: The Fine Arts Music Series: Quattrocelli Cello Quartet

The Community Fine Arts Music Series presented the Quattrocelli Cello Quartet at Bradenton's First United Methodist Church.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 24, 2011
HIGHLIGHTS: Medieval madness

The returning peasants - cloaked in everything from leather gloves to knee-high boots - deftly fought with their swords, heavily grunting as they thrashed the heavy weaponry through the air.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 1, 2020
Lakewood Ranch Rotary Club installs new officers

Lakewood Ranch area clubs get creative during pandemic.

  • East County
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  • In Memoriam |
  • November 12, 2018
Sherman Cooper

Sherman Cooper, 86, of University Park Country Club, previously of Longboat Key, passed on November 9th, 2018. His obituary tribute is publishing in the Longboat Key & Sarasota/Siesta Key Observer.

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • March 15, 2018
Longboat Kiwanis club talks cyber security

A retired Brigadier General and director of the Global Consortium for Counter Cyber Terrorism gave the club tips on how to stay safe online.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • August 23, 2017
Commission votes not to allow recycling facility outside of Celery Fields

After a nearly 10 hour public hearing with 81 speakers, commissioners voted 3-2 not to allow the facility.

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