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Results for: Funded Futures Network Promo Code "SKV50" Get 50% Off On All Plans

  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2011
News Briefs

Willis art students walk red carpet for film debuts; Foreclosed restaurant space burglarized; Scott appoints three to SCF Board; and LECOM breaks ground on dental school.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 29, 2012
City discusses budget cuts

A budget workshop led Sarasota City commissioners to debate whether major decisions need to be made to stop the financial bleeding, including getting rid of the city's police department.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2018
Get out and get fit

A roundup of ongoing events in our area

  • Health
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 19, 2014
Tidbites

Verdi's 'Jerusalem' meets MoZaic; The Honey Tree Cafe offers dining all day; and The Serving Spoon owner earns his angel wings.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 3, 2016
New director plans active role in her community

Recently added amenities should make her job easier to prompt residents to socialize.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 2, 2015
Peacock plan takes flight

Will 2016 be the year of the peacock removal? That’s what Dave Bullock promises Village residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 16, 2022
Insurance shocks continue

Homeowners insurance will continue to skyrocket. Lawmakers don’t have the guts to get out of the way.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 14, 2009
County commissioner defends letter

Manatee County Commissioner Joe McClash defended his position to dispute the Longboat Key's application for breakwaters on the north end of the island in a letter sent Tuesday, Oct. 13.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 19, 2015
Bay Isles entrances receive $300,000 facelift

Banyan Palm trees along Bay Isles Parkway are being replaced replaced with mature Palm trees this new summer as part of a $300,000 project approved by the Bay Isles Master Association.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • July 16, 2025
Lake Manatee K-8 school readies for opening day in Lakewood Ranch

Administrators, teachers and students are all beginning their voyage at the new school together.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • December 2, 2010
My View: All restaurants should pay taxes

The tax exemption Marina Jack enjoys has long outlived its need, if indeed it ever had one. The successful business should pay as its competitors do.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • January 31, 2019
Sarasota Teen Court gets a $25,000 gift of presence

Teen Court of Sarasota plans to use a matching $25,000 grant to establish on-campus operations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 19, 2012
New Publix registers with shoppers

Customers lined up early Thursday morning as they waited for the supermarket's automatic doors to open and see what was in store.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Fulton Lewis |
  • July 3, 2012
My View: They pledged their lives, honor

This year, we celebrate the 236th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, marking the birth of our nation.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 20, 2022
Internship donation aims to aid Quads water testing

Gulf Coast Community Foundation grants $10,000 to Audubon Sarasota for project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • July 12, 2018
Sarasota woman uses grocery bags to make mats for the homeless

It used to take Sarasota's Michele Penn 33 hours to make the mats she produces for homeless people to sleep on — which are made out of recycled plastic grocery bags — but now it only takes eight.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • January 21, 2022
DeSantis presents $10 million for The Bay environmental projects

Governor stops in Sarasota on Friday morning where he presented the grant to the city for The Bay environmental projects. The grant will be used for environmental restoration and storm-resistant infrastructure.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 17, 2013
The shows will go on at the Golden Apple

Three new partners, with ties to the theater-producing Nederlander family that operates 20 venues nationally, bring the historic Sarasota theater into the present.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 20, 2015
Silver Oaks residents to protest Palmer Ranch development buffer

The Palmer Ranch community hopes to gain traction with the Sarasota County Commissioners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 29, 2010
City to revisit take-home policy

Since 2001, police officers have been able to take their patrol cars home with them if they adhere to strict rules, but commissioners want to explore whether the policy's costs outweigh its benefits.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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