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Results for: Betterpic AI Promo Code AVA Get Up To 90% Off On All Plans

  • By Dana Kampa |
  • January 18, 2026
Reading comes with a fun twist via new book vending machine

Members of the Sarasota Yacht Club's youth program took the lead in installing the machine at Alta Vista Elementary School to promote reading habits.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 2, 2011
Care to Share

Peace Presbyterian members Dan and Kirstin Shontere, a group of college students and others visited Haiti Feb. 15-21 to deliver food, assistance and some much-needed love.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • November 6, 2024
Will Upper Manatee River Road improvements ease congestion?

Manatee County is currently widening the road to four lanes from State Road 64 to the Fort Hamer Bridge.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jessica Luck |
  • May 26, 2010
Ringling engages community in creative solutions

Ringling College of Art and Design hosted a Creativity@Work Retreat May 13 and May 14, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 24, 2016
Tara bridge hot topic

Residents voice opinions over project

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 13, 2016
Wolf blows out perspective

Third-graders at Willis Elementary have taken a personal approach to learning about story characters.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 23, 2023
New 17,000-square-foot Bobby Jones clubhouse closer to approval

If approved by the Sarasota City Commission, the building will boast an Old Florida-style architecture that evokes the original Gillespie Clubhouse.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2024
Hurricane Milton news, updates in Sarasota, Manatee

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Lido and Siesta keys at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 9 as a Category 3 storm. Access to the barrier islands, including Casey, Manasota, Siesta and Longboat keys, remains closed as the post-storm search-and-rescue mission is completed.

  • Hurricane Season
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2013
Our View: We recommend ...

Sarasota city voters, this is your time. Next Tuesday's City Commission election is a historical tipping point.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2011
Cops Corner

7300 block of Desert Ridge Glen. Identity theft. The victim reported unknown person(s) used her identity and credit card information without her permission to make unauthorized charges.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 15, 2016
Theater review: 'The Roommate'

“The Roommate” shows the limits of personal transformation at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 27, 2023
East County Athlete of the Week: Brandin Gallaway

The Braden River High boys soccer freshman has three goals in three games for the 3-0 Pirates.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 16, 2023
As St. Armands BID dissolves, funding uncertain for trolley, holiday tree

All approved purchases of goods and services must be delivered by the business improvement district's Sept. 30 sunset.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • June 30, 2016
Planning group to take the lead on bayfront redevelopment

For more than two years, Sarasota Bayfront 20:20 has rallied residents around revitalizing the city’s waterfront. By the fall, a new group will assume the responsibility of coming up with an actual master plan.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • April 20, 2017
Legal battles mount over Big Pass

Residents on Siesta Key and Lido Key are taking legal action to support their stance on the proposed dredging of Big Pass.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 2, 2015
Black Tie & Tales 12.3.15

Melba Moore performs with West Coast Black Theatre Troupe, Equality Florida parties on the roof of The Francis and more ...

  • Black Tie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2013
Our View: Disservice to taxpayers

Most everything legislators do is well intentioned. They get gold stars for that.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 9, 2014
Marathon Miles

The Out-of-Door Academy senior Peter Runge qualified for the Boston Marathon, with a time of 3 hours, 1 minute, at the Miami Marathon earlier this year.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • August 12, 2015
Pickleball nets East County fans

Tara Preserve is the latest community to court players of the increasingly popular sport.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 13, 2010
Key Club pitches project ... again

Longboat Key Club and Resort officials and presenters told the Town Commission they can't provide a concrete guarantee the proposed five-star hotel will be built.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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