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

  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2014
OBITUARY: Robert Maddox

Robert Maddox, 88, of Nashville, Tenn., and Longboat Key, died June 8.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 3, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Music on Main

Patrons strolling around from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 3, on Lakewood Ranch Main Street, will be met with more than the bustle of downtown, as jazz, blues and other music genres fill the air during Music on Main.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 24, 2023
Manatee commissioners draw hard line on animal shelter spending

Presented with a $17 million plan, commissioners told county staff to come back with a more frugal $8 million plan for the Bishop Animal Shelter addition.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 26, 2024
Design proposal breaks SPAC into four buildings

Renzo Piano Building Workshop reveals a surprise plan to move the Sarasota Peforming Arts Center closer to Tamiami Trail and separate the spaces into four structures.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2024
Sarasota County Commission District 3: Shari Kay Thornton

Meet the candidate.

  • Elections
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 27, 2024
Siesta Key businesses begin recovery after devastating Helene storm surge

Significant flooding left many Siesta Key businesses with work and renovations ahead of them.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 30, 2016
Beaming with pride

A pair of Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics competitors are trying to prove they can be elite athletes.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 4, 2024
Condo controversy, SRQ growth among top Sarasota stories coming this year

From downtown condo towers and hotel plans for Siesta Key to an airport expansion and first-year operations at Bobby Jones, there is plenty of news to come in 2024.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 19, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for Nov. 4-8 in Lakewood Ranch

A Lake Club home on Anchorage Place tops the week's sales at $6.28 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 7, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for Sept. 22-26 in Lakewood Ranch

A home in the Lake Club topped the week’s sales at $3.5 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for Dec. 1-5 in Lakewood Ranch

A home in The Lake Club topped the week’s sales at $5.45 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2011
Our View: District needs finance help

Manatee schools may need a financial intervention.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2013
Business Briefs

Ritz-Carlton secures big golf event; John Neal Homes brings biggest model to Ranch; Medallion Home hits record first quarter

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 28, 2013
Year in Review: July 2013, Manatee property values on the rise

East County communities, such as Lakewood Ranch, are exceeding county averages.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • December 14, 2024
Longboat Key town hall to close temporarily for resiliency reinforcements

The building will close over the holidays for construction to start on the hardening project that upgrades the roof, windows and generator.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 14, 2023
Ninja courses no obstacle for Bradenton 12-year-old

Country Creek's Mila Goetting grew to love such competitions by watching "American Ninja Warrior."

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 14, 2012
Ranch C.C. home sells for $1,425,000

A home in Country Club of Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Stephen and Dana Jacobs, of Far Hills, N.J., sold their home at 7018 Portmarnock Place to Barbara Schneiderman, trustee, of Bloomfield, Mich., for $1,425,000.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 6, 2015
Mark Walsh: No vote on Islandside could bring more traffic

Ocean Properties’ Mark Walsh says voters should check ‘yes’ on their May 12 referendum ballots if they don’t want more traffic on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 17, 2024
Controversial condo tower receives partial DRC sign-off

The luxurious Obsidian still faces administrative decisions on street-level adjustments while the Lofts on Lemon II public housing project faces scrutiny.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2009
Health Matters

Enjoy The Observer's monthly magazine insert bringing you local, health-related news you can use, for people of all ages.

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