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

  • By David Conway |
  • September 29, 2016
Residents call for changes to traffic management policies

As officials work to alleviate traffic troubles, an activist group wants to change the way the city accounts for the impacts of new growth.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • October 22, 2025
Manatee County commissioner calls DOGE audit 'accurate'

Commissioner Bob McCann said it's time to "tighten the belt and cut some people loose."

  • East County
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  • By Kent Chetlain |
  • July 22, 2009
L'Ambiance condo sells for $2.7 million condo

A couple from Billericay, England, purchased Unit F-608 at the 145-unit L'Ambiance for $2.7 million from Julia and Joe Ruthven, of Lakeland.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 14, 2011
DeSoto queen spearheads letter-writing campaign

Lakewood Ranch graduate Ellie Ohlman visited elementary schools to help them pen letters for soldiers stationed overseas.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • August 26, 2019
Sarasota city manager recommends downsizing Bobby Jones

In a memo, Tom Barwin said keeping all 45 holes at the city-owned golf course would pose too much financial risk.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat 08.18.2016

Enjoy this week’s edition of Cops Corner!

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2011
OUR VIEW: Keep the Promise for Israel

To understand why the Observer Group newspapers have always been strong supporters of Israel - and find deep fault with President Obama's Middle East speech last week - we have to go as far back into the written record of history as possible.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 21, 2025
Bobby Jones Golf Club helps fill area's public golf void

With fewer options for public golf locally, the city of Sarasota's Bobby Jones Golf Club offers a private club experience accessible to all.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • July 10, 2017
Film Review: 'Hero'

Sam Elliott shines in this touching film.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 19, 2025
Grove will serve up a Campbell's scoop in Lakewood Ranch

"Cooking with Campbell" looks to entertain, feed, and educate those who attend about best cooking practices.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 25, 2023
Mote aquarium construction offers window to the future

The $132 million project in Sarasota reaches a key milestone with the placement of two 15-ton acrylic tank windows.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 16, 2019
Spring's under-appreciated athletes get a spotlight

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 23, 2013
Town seeks a contract attorney

Commissioners believe it would cost the town more money to hire an in-house attorney.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 4, 2010
World War II B-25 bomber offers flights for locals

Come and fly with Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole and the crew of Panchito, the B-25J Mitchell twin-engine bomber made famous during the Doolittle Tokyo Raid April 18, 1942, when the first bombs were dropped on Japan during World War II.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 21, 2010
Arts Center's powerful show comes to a close this week

Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson held an 'Afternoon Conversation with the Artist' Thursday, July 15, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • December 23, 2020
With contract extended, School District of Manatee County superintendent focuses on future

Superintendent of the School District of Manatee County has contract extended through June 2023.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • May 8, 2024
Traffic study points way toward solutions for Longboat congestion

The Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization will soon create an implementation plan for the Barrier Islands Traffic Study completed in 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 17, 2023
A guide to the 2023 LECOM Suncoast Classic in Lakewood Ranch

The Korn Ferry Tour event hits Lakewood National Golf Club April 20-23.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By David Conway |
  • May 14, 2015
Election results bring change to City Commission

The city of Sarasota is seeing a changing of the guard this week, setting the stage for a shake-up on what had become a harmonious board.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • February 25, 2019
Longboat consultant finds flaws in Sarasota roundabout data

Consultant advises Longboat to wait and see

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