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

  • By Loren Mayo |
  • September 3, 2009
Classic collaboration

Father-and-son Gordon and Scott Langeneger have spent the past 20 years touring the country in cars from the 1900s.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 22, 2018
The Little Garden That Could

Lakewood Ranch’s community garden survived hurricane flooding and a bitter cold snap. We tiptoed through the marigolds to see which plants came out on top.

  • LWR Life
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • May 21, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Ashlan Guengerich

The RBI machine has helped power the Sailors to the final four

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 25, 2021
Buchanan goes left on guns

Our (too moderate) representative fell for the trope that background checks at gun shows will help stop crazed shooters.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 9, 2015
Aging workforce

Approximately 30% of Sarasota County government’s workforce will be eligible to retire in the next five years, along with 5% of teachers this year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By George Rauch |
  • July 16, 2014
Market Watch

A currency crash and the effect on investments

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 19, 2023
Sentinel chickens used to monitor Manatee County mosquitos

Flocks of chickens across the county keep tabs on three mosquito-borne viruses.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 14, 2023
Manatee to consider development plan changes that will affect wetlands

Manatee County's planning commissioners voted 4-2 against making changes that would lower wetland protections to align with state standards.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 1, 2020
Concession home tops Lakewood Ranch area sales at $2.5 million.

Here are the residential real estate transactions for Aug. 17-21.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • July 27, 2021
Save Siesta Key leaders discuss tax to support municipality proposal

If residents want to incorporate Siesta Key to create a new local government, the change would come at a cost to homeowners.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • August 2, 2021
Longboat's 2021 budget in shape as new plan comes together

The Longboat Key Town Commission is set to review the budget on Sept. 13 and Sept. 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • May 27, 2015
Forrest Schield, 22, is cancer free and ready to resume a normal life

Nearly a year after his diagnosis with a rare skin cancer, Forrest Schield, 22, is ready to resume a normal life.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Sandy Gilbert |
  • October 7, 2009
My View

Time to act on pension plans

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pamela Letts |
  • November 3, 2010
My View

A doctor's experience with Medicare

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 1, 2020
Manatee County officials come up with 4% budget solution

County prepared to push ahead on 44th Avenue extension, new Lakewood Ranch library.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • March 26, 2020
Sarasota Memorial Hospital discusses COVID-19 response

The hospital is working with its partner foundation and accepting public donations to ensure it continues to have the equipment it needs to address coronavirus cases.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • October 31, 2017
Pay to park works for other beaches

County commissioners, weighing the future of parking on Siesta Key, hear how paid systems work and can succeed.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 20, 2015
Our View: He just doesn't get it

For a guy who graduated from Harvard and 'taught' at the University of Chicago, Barack Obama sure didn't 'larn' much about economics or capitalism.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • August 8, 2013
Sheriff's program boosts arrests

Operation Booster Bumper garners another victory for Sheriff Knight's intelligence-led policing model.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2009
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