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

  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 30, 2023
Lakewood Ranch High quarterback feels heat of recruiting process

Rising senior Clayton Dees has offers from Appalachian State and Florida International, among other schools.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 3, 2023
Playoff updates for Sarasota-area high school programs

Local teams and athletes in track and field, baseball, softball and beach volleyball are still alive.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 3, 2014
Su Byron: Mark Her Words

Su Byron, the pixie-cut bohemian arts leader and freelance writer responsible for everyone else's stories, says her own story isn't worth telling. She's wrong.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 20, 2010
Professional Golf Tips 101

East County golf professionals offer tips for improving your game.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2010
Cops Corner

Aug. 23 Safe and secure 9:33 p.m. - 500 block of Schooner Lane. Alarm. Police responded to an alarm and found a sliding glass door to a home unlocked. The door was secured and the alarm was reset.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 9, 2017
Longboat Chamber finalizes Small Business Week schedule

Throughout the week, businesspersons can attend five seminars focusing on social media.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • February 9, 2017
City considers ambitious Pineapple Park overhaul

As the city plots the future of a downtown park, no idea is off limits — even if it impacts an iconic piece of artwork in the center of the public space.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 17, 2024
Rancher says Manatee County faces key conservation decisions

Myakka's Jim Strickland says Florida is headed toward ecological disaster if the public doesn't deal with important issues now.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 30, 2009
10 to contend: Michael Welly

The general manager of the Longboat Key Club and Resort believes the club's Islandside project will be accepted by all residents - if it is built.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 8, 2012
Observed: Celebrate your rights; keep it civil

An East County resident had called to tell us we should get over to the State Road 70 Chick-fil-A location Aug. 1. The lines, he said, were extraordinary.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 8, 2011
Marina Jack trial could be a year away

A lawsuit filed by Marina Jack that disputes the claim the restaurant owes $1.5 million in back property taxes could take another year to go to trial.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 27, 2011
Lakewood CDDs sever third-party tie

The community development districts have given 30-days notice to end services with their landscaping contract management company.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • March 2, 2011
Foot notes

Sarasota Ballet's tireless education director explains how she juggles motherhood, teaching and running the company's new downtown dance studio.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 11, 2015
Former MLB player turns Sarasota entrepreneur

A minor league baseball player-turned-entrepreneur has a product parents embrace. His next goal: get it into more hands.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • April 8, 2013
Zappos and the value of "collisions"

Zappos and the value of "collisions"

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • April 28, 2022
Prose and Kohn: Sarasota High's Clyde Metcalf still has fun on the diamond

The high school baseball legend remains a source of unmatched insight — and unmatched ebullience.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 20, 2023
Sarasota Polo Club season opens Dec. 31 in Lakewood Ranch

Construction slowdowns will keep James and Misdee Miller from building a new clubhouse until after the season.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 12, 2010
Crawling toward cures

Mote's Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital currently operates around double capacity while treating some of the region's sickest turtles.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 14, 2023
St. Armands drainage system can't keep up with 'perfect storm'

Designed for a 25-year rain event, St. Armands Key's pump and baffle network was overwhelmed by storm surge combined with king tide from Hurricane Idalia.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 21, 2026
Manatee County Sheriff's Office finds a home in Myakka City

East Manatee Fire Rescue sells the old fire station in Myakka City to the Sheriff's Office.

  • East County
  • News
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