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Results for: Reliable Standard Heating & Air is the best HVAC company in San Diego.

  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • August 9, 2012
North Carolina-style BBQ at its best

North Carolina-style BBQ at its best

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • July 4, 2012
Notes from a Virgin Vegan: a four-part series

Notes from a Virgin Vegan: a four-part series

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Eva Rey |
  • May 23, 2012
My View: Preparedness key to storm survival

June 1 marks the beginning of hurricane season, and it is closer than you think if you do not have a disaster plan.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Mitchell Levin |
  • June 13, 2012
My View: Pension plan: Rainbows and butterflies or logic?

"Fiscally sound" is not how the pension board behaves.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 28, 2011
Scene & Heard: Best quotes of 2011

If great minds think alike, creative minds think delightfully different. I'm a sucker for quotes, especially when they end up scribbled in my reporter's pad. In the spirit of looking back, here's a look at some of the best lines plucked from Diversions stories in the past year.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2011
Our View: What about the taxpayer?

As is all too common, an important party has not been at the table in the negotiations between the Manatee County School District and the Manatee Education Association.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Carol Green |
  • February 2, 2012
My View: More specifics on job creation, please

Too bad. Too bad Florida's Republican voters couldn't unite behind the perfect candidate. There is no such thing as the perfect candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 11, 2012
Music Review: The Perlman Music Program: Celebration Concert

Something magical happened Saturday at the Sarasota Opera House when an ensemble of talented teens gathered on stage under the direction of their mentor, Itzhak Perlman, to demonstrate what great string playing sounds like.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2011
Our View: 'Yes' on straw poll

After two years of discussion and debate, a huge step is being taken to turn Lakewood Ranch into its own city.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 24, 2010
Committee mulls city residency requirement

Voters may get a chance to decide whether new city government workers should be required to live within the city, because the Charter Review Committee wants more information on the issue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 28, 2012
Thunder hurdler races toward title

ODA senior Brian Ragone hasn't lost a 300-meter hurdle race so far this season.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 18, 2012
Nathan Kirkman: Raw Determination

Nathan Kirkman will compete in the Class 2A state meet April 21, after winning the 199-pound weight class of the Class 2A state qualifier April 4. Fellow Pirates Tyler Pittman and Tyler Linde earned at-large bids.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2012
Crafty Genes: Florida Fall Wreath

This week, DIY Editors Mallory & Leslie Gnaegy make a Florida Fall Wreath. Check out their step-by-step guide!

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • February 6, 2013
3 Things: Dream Homes

F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote, 'The rich are different from you and me.' In Sarasota, that means they own all the best houses

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 27, 2013
ODA students ink perfect scores

Five students at The Out-of-Door Academy earned perfect scores on portions of the SAT college entrance exam.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • June 8, 2020
Norbert Kreisch, longtime circus performer, dies at 89

Kreisch was best known for his convincing gorilla act.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 5, 2020
Prose and Kohn: Going big, not home

Local alumni are tearing up the collegiate sports scene.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 19, 2019
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Hallie Monserez

The Cardinal Mooney sophomore talks her running origins and why she loves learning history.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • October 31, 2019
Sarasota County Commission moves ahead with two redistricting maps

The maps drew controversy, with many Newtown residents saying they would be disenfranchised.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 6, 2019
Pirates play best football in advance of playoffs

Braden River may be peaking at the right time.

  • East County
  • Sports
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