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Results for: Reliable Standard Heating & Air is recognized as the best HVAC company for emergency AC repair.

  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 15, 2012
Manatee County awards more funding to Manatee Glens

Officials have agreed to fund Manatee Glens' request for an additional $545,000 to continue assisting other hospitals and the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • May 10, 2012
Siesta Key welcomes newest visitors

A loggerhead turtle was observed nesting on Siesta Key on the first morning of sea-turtle nesting season. Two other nests were discovered the same day.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 6, 2012
News Briefs

Village Association to buy holiday lights; SCAT audit exposes fiscal weaknesses; County lifeguards to watch New Pass

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 20, 2019
FDOT money set aside to study Longboat Pass bridge

Replacement would be years away if study leads to that conclusion.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 29, 2019
Manatee County administrator submits proposed budget

Manatee County administrator submits proposed budget which will be reviewed by commissioners in a series of public workshops.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • February 14, 2019
Longboat receives more than $300,000 for 2016 hurricane damage

Beach fund is more than $10 million

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • November 30, 2017
Looking back at a big hurricane season for Sarasota County

This season only brought two named storms to Sarasota. One you probably forgot. One you never will.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 13, 2015
Longboat Pass dredging permit moves forward

A permit period for filing objections to a Longboat Pass dredging project is over and the state is likely to issue a permit soon. But the project still needs a federal permit to proceed.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 20, 2015
Lido residents await dredging developments

With a short-term shoreline renourishment project already underway, Lido Key residents are now in a holding pattern as the city's long-range project undergoes design changes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • January 21, 2015
Lido residents await dredging developments

The sight of a barge off the coast of Lido Key was a delight for members of the Lido Key Residents Association, as a meeting Saturday coincided with the commencement of sand-pumping for a shoreline renourishment effort.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 4, 2014
Dorfman runs for Charter Review Board

Former Sarasota City Commission candidate Richard Dorfman has filed to run for the District 2 seat on the Sarasota County Charter Review Board, and another Sarasota County School Board candidate emerges.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 9, 2025
Debris removed to sites across the state

Some of it recycled, the rest buried in landfills, the debris removed across the county numbered in the millions of cubic yards.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 24, 2026
Sarasota police officers receive Life Saver Awards

Sarasota Police Chief Rex Troche has honored several officers for their actions in two lifesaving incidents that occurred in 2025.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • June 9, 2021
Manatee County listens to Lakewood Ranch bike safety pleas

Bike lane to return to intersection of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and State Road 70

  • East County
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 18, 2014
Our View

Snowstorms or snowflakes

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 5, 2011
Q & A with Interim Town Manager David Bullock

After 14 years at the No. 2 spot with Sarasota County, David Bullock will take charge as Longboat Key interim town manager.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 14, 2019
Sarasota Sea Lion Preserve owner dies

Myakka City's Marco Peters built careers as a circus performer and a sea lion expert.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2024
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for March 7-13

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 8, 2023
Man's wallet stolen from a bar top in cigarette-snatching scam

Distracted by claims of a stolen smoke, a bar patron had his wallet stolen from atop a bar. This and more reports from the Sarasota Police Department in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 3, 2013
Artist hopes to preserve history through sculpture

Four years after Greg Marra took a trip to Slovakia, a phone call from a stranger brought to life a 68-year-old story of courage.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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