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

  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 20, 2011
School board to consider other district advertising policies

The Sarasota County School Board will wait six months to see how other Florida districts develop advertising policies before deciding on action.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 11, 2011
Downtown hotels in the works

Two potential parcels for Sarasota hotels lie in the downtown core, both near Main Street.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 27, 2012
Year in review: June 2012, 'IDA moves forward with new maintenance facility'

Supervisors are ready to approve construction of a facility that meets the state requirement that a building withstand 140-mph winds.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 14, 2012
Rising Ranks: Mark Meador

Longtime assistant manager Mark Meador is the new general manager of Casa del Mar.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • February 27, 2020
'Discover Sarasota' through a child's mind

The tour will be offered on select Sundays through July.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 19, 2018
Major Lakewood Ranch projects advance

Planning commission recommends approval of two projects that will build more than 3,000 homes east of Lorraine Road.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • May 21, 2018
County commission to discuss Siesta Key road swap

The county and state are discussing a deal that would give the county control of State Road 758, which includes segments of Midnight Pass Road and Siesta Drive.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 14, 2018
Football great lives up to the legend

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • December 21, 2016
Black Tie & Tales 12.22.16

From international holiday soirées to hungry whiskey drinkers, here's what's been happening on the social scene.

  • Black Tie
  • By David Conway |
  • January 6, 2017
Seventh candidate files for City Commission race

Mikael Sandstrom says he is “jumping into the deep end” of city government by declaring his candidacy in the March municipal election.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • March 9, 2017
Downtown leaders plot marketing campaign

As a traditional marketing campaign seeks more funding, the Downtown Improvement District is considering embracing new technology.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • August 13, 2014
Doing Business: Unleashed for Pets

Growing up on her father's ranch in Salem, Mo., Michelle Wise had no choice but to love animals.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • March 2, 2021
One year later, Longboat businesses see a glimmer of better things

Season has looked slightly different compared to previous years, but businesses have found ways to cope.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 27, 2012
Debby Downer: Tropical Storm Debby strikes Longboat Key

Tropical Storm Debby was an unwelcome guest but appears to have spared the Key major damages.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 27, 2012
Year in review: June 2012, 'Debby Downer'

Tropical Storm Debby was an unwelcome guest but appears to have spared the Key major damages.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • June 14, 2018
Longboat Key property values stagnate

A preliminary town budget for the town of Longboat Key shows that property values on Longboat Key increased less than the year-over-year additional revenue.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 8, 2025
Contractors at almost the right address in wrong town set off alarm

Officers responding to an alarm found two flooring contractors with a valid work order — for a home in Holmes Beach. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 22, 2020
Myakka City rancher cultivates respect in Manatee County

Myakka City's Cully Rowell is named Agriculturalist of the Year for Manatee County

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 22, 2012
Brenner lays cards on the table at forum

Vice Mayor David Brenner wouldn't bet on a millage increase. And a recent reference to casinos? He says it's not in the cards.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2014
Our View

It's a crisis. He's not leading. Congress, fill the void.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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