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

  • By Roger Drouin |
  • May 14, 2013
Atwell, Chapman win runoff election

All three City Commission candidates spent the day greeting voters at polling locations in what was expected to be a close election.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 24, 2014
Town seeks 911 dispatch answers

Costs and savings of dispatch decisions remain unclear, but a recent report shows the high cost of each 911 police call.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 24, 2025
A huge interview with Big George Foreman

The heavyweight champion taught us all about the benefits of having a little compassion.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 14, 2010
Riverdale home sells for $850,000

Investment Services Inc. sold the home at 540 Fore Drive to Neil and Rena Doniger, Bradenton, for $850,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • In Memoriam |
  • November 18, 2024
Ivo F. Waerlop

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Ivo F. Waerlop, who left us peacefully on July 28, 2024, at the age of 86 after a long battle with cancer and kidney disease.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 15, 2025
What does it take to use Manatee schools as hurricane shelters?

In the midst of a severe storm, no one is turned away from the Manatee County schools that serve as shelters.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 5, 2014
Best Bets: The top attractions for season

Here are our top suggestions for activities on Longboat and its surrounding keys this March.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 26, 2012
Andrews to become new director of Forty Carrots Family Center

After co-founding Forty Carrots, Executive Director Betsy Kane-Hartnett retires.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • November 8, 2017
Longboat proposes one-county initiative to Sarasota commissioners

About one third of Longboat Key residents pay more property taxes without any benefit, town manager says.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • February 13, 2012
Crime spree ends in standoff and arrest.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested a man Saturday responsible for number of crimes that began in Manatee County and ended in South Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • November 9, 2010
McIntosh honors veterans with ceremony

The gymnasium at McIntosh middle school was very patriotic this Tuesday during their Veteran's Day Ceremony. The middle school students and staff gathered in the gymnasium along with friends and family members of the about 100 veterans who attended the ceremony.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • August 1, 2017
Big League motivation

The Junior League of Manatee County hosted Back to League Night Aug. 1 at Sophie’s at Saks Fifth Avenue.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 17, 2013
Sheriff's Office reports drop in crime

Crime in Sarasota County has fallen 10% in the first six months of 2013 compared to the same timeframe the previous year, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2024
The Bay wins $1 million matching grant

The Patterson Foundation awards a third grant as the Bay Park Conservancy raises another $5 million in a $20 million fundraising challenge.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 9, 2021
Our columnist's top moments of the 2020-2021 high school season

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 4, 2009
Atkins: It's not enough

The city commissioner scoffs at the recent allocation of $29 million from the county, saying it owes Newtown more than that.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • January 30, 2013
A foodie does Gulf Gate

Around this neighborhood's culinary world in two-tenths of a mile.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 17, 2023
Longboat park saxophonist's Sinatra standard falls flat

A saxophonist who didn't have a Frank Sinatra standard down pat is just one of the complaints Longboat Key police responded to in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • December 19, 2011
Obituary: Cash

The Longboat Key Club and Resort's much-loved office dog, Cash, died of natural causes Friday, Dec. 16, at his home.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By David Conway |
  • July 17, 2020
Sarasota Farmers Market to reopen in August

Ahead of the market’s return to downtown Sarasota, organizers have shared a customer code of conduct in response to COVID-19.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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