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Results for: Markets4you Verified Referral Code "fjbnkre" Claim 20% Off Trading Costs

  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 25, 2013
Bullet Hole leaves its mark

After 66 years on Main Street, the historic gun store is preparing to expand in its new Orange Avenue location.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 5, 2014
Sidelines

Silver Hawks 12U win championship; McKechnie Field named finalist; PAL to celebrate silver anniversary

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • April 13, 2026
Canal maintenance program up for a vote this summer

After years of discussions and changes, the Longboat Key Town Commission will consider a funding formula to assess homeowners to care for canals.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 5, 2014
Retired economist vies for at-large seat

In his bid for Terry Gans' at-large commission seat, Armando Linde focuses his campaign on fiscal conservatism for the town's budget.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • November 14, 2019
Longboat Library open for extended winter hours

Longboat Library will be open longer and hold more events as season picks up on the island. It's kicking things off with a welcome back party Friday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 10, 2017
Manatee County Sheriff — 'Looters won't be tolerated'

Sheriff Rick Wells tells public to stay off the roads until curfew ends at 3 p.m. Monday.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2013
Cops Corner 9.05.13

Aug. 28 Sunset sidetrack 7:37 p.m. -- 5100 block of GMD. Missing Person. A man told police he had left his wife in the car while he went back to his room to make sure it was locked. When he returned, his wife was gone. A half hour later, an officer spotted her on the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 19, 2010
MY VIEW: Why school accountability fails

The cuts in the Sarasota County School District's funding from the state and predictable tax hike by the School Board and school administration are the symptoms of a broad systemic breakdown in Florida education funding.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jan Schneider |
  • February 23, 2012
My View:Mortgage settlement is hardly 'landmark'

While President Obama is hailing his $26-billion mortgage servicing settlement as "a landmark settlement" that will 'speed relief to homeowners" and "begin to turn the page on an era of recklessness," in truth, the deal affords only modest relief to homeowners and fails to address systemic flaws that precipitated the 2008 financial meltdown.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 28, 2025
Arts can (and should) stand on their own

Whenever the region’s arts organizations and their leaders and representatives convene for a conference or summit, inevitably, discussions get around to lamenting the state of taxpayer funding for the arts.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 25, 2024
Savanna developers and residents settle after 4-year battle

A daycare and commercial building will be built on 5.23 acres at the entrance of Savanna at Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Dylan Campbell |
  • January 28, 2025
Sarasota teams get ready to tip-off in district tournaments

How will Sarasota's teams fare in the boys and girls district tournaments next week?

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • December 22, 2020
Sarasota schools budget back on the path toward balance

Sarasota County Schools started the year with a projected deficit of $21.8 million. At the semester break, that's down to $18.3 million with more federal dollars on the way.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 25, 2010
Lender reveals plans for Colony

Colony Lender LLC partner David Siegal and his partner want to build a new resort and buy out the resort's owner for $12 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Citizens group offers fuller explanation of efforts; Parking meters should be bagged immediately

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2011
Our View: Good budget, bad pensions

The Longboat Key Town Commission's first of its final budget hearings is set for 7 p.m. Sept. 12. It should be mostly uneventful.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By David Conway |
  • August 27, 2019
City Commission undecided on Bobby Jones renovation

Having previously endorsed a 45-hole project at the city-owned golf course, officials are now considering a reduction to 36, 27 or 18 holes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • March 29, 2023
Longboat's canal maintenance program still years from reality

Early 2025 is likely the earliest a canal dredging program will be implemented.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • February 18, 2025
Commissioner's thoughts on moratoriums are misguided

Please use caution when Sandhill cranes are present, a reader says.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 21, 2022
East County winter sports alumni excel at next level

These Lakewood Ranch area athletes have made the area proud with their play.

  • East County
  • Sports
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