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

  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 6, 2017
Theater review: 'Burt & Me'

The dream of love gets a Burt Bacharach soundtrack in FST’s 'Burt & Me.'

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 17, 2016
Riverdale Revised home tops sales at $803,000

Residential real estate transactions Oct. 31-Nov. 4

  • East County
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 6, 2024
Manatee Citizens Academy offers a look at local government

The Citizens Academy offers residents insight into how Manatee County operates.

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  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • October 6, 2011
26th annual Freedom Awards Banquet

26th annual Freedom Awards Banquet

  • Black Tie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2013
Obituary: Stanley Adelman

Stanley Adelman, 88, of Longboat Key, died Dec. 3.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Liz Ramos |
  • May 20, 2021
Ready for Launch

These graduates made their mark as extraordinary community leaders at their high schools. But what they have planned next is just as exciting.

  • LWR Life
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Pines of Sarasota

Non-Profit Organization -- Finalist

  • Sarasota
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 23, 2012
County budget grows to contain Key noise

Sarasota County will add overtime hours for a code-enforcement officer specializing in sound analysis, but all weekend violators are on notice.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 28, 2018
APRIL FOOLS: Reverse-toll weekend puts financial bridge burden on boaters

Little-known state provision passes without boaters noticing.

  • April Fools
  • By Katie Johns |
  • July 29, 2016
SailFuture brightens horizons with home renovation

The organization announces next steps in helping at-risk youth.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • October 24, 2017
County embarks on project to merge regulations

As county staff work to condense zoning and land use rules, they're asking for public input.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • September 7, 2016
Drive 'Til You Die

With its new album, psychobilly duo Hymn For Her pens a love letter to life on the road.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 3, 2024
County approves $2 billion budget

Sarasota County commissioners officially set the fiscal year 2025 budget at a reduced countywide millage rate of 3.30%.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • October 27, 2023
Longboat Fire Rescue’s new logistics manager to help improve efficiency

Tara Pavgouzas brings almost three decades of experience as a police officer in Philadelphia.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • September 11, 2024
Incumbent tax collector addresses budget claims

Barbara Ford-Coates writes to debunk claims about her budget and operations as Sarasota County tax collector.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2023
Barancik Foundation awards more than $5 million in grants

In addition to several nonprofits, the foundation is investing in its own workforce housing initiative.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 21, 2020
Tennis staple John Short dies at age 76

Short is best known for organizing group play with the Short Academy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Edward Alley |
  • September 30, 2019
Orchestra excels in opening concert

Lehninger makes impressive debut with 'Beethoven's Fifth' at the Sarasota Orchestra.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 9, 2018
'On Golden Pond' finds laughter and tears in transitory human life at The Players

This Ernest Thompson play at The Players Centre for Performing Art, "On Golden Pond," is still golden 40 years after it was written, but it's tarnished with just a few dated references.

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2025
Joseph Holt to retire as artistic director of Choral Artists of Sarasota

Holt joined the group's predecessor in 2009 as conductor.

  • Arts + Culture
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