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Lorie Tiernay stands on her back deck directly across the canal from the Siesta Key wastewater facility.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 6, 2016
Siesta Key wastewater discharge raises questions

Some residents think the red tide bloom was exacerbated by wastewater released from a Siesta Key facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 22, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 12.24.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Carley Honish laces up her hard shoes for practice.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • February 25, 2016
Drake dancers line up for world championships

The Drake School of Irish Dance set a personal record by qualifying 12 students to the World Irish Dancing Championships.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2015
Celebrating 60 with Grace

On Jan. 29, Dick and Connie Grace celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Troopers Ryan Dwyer and Alec Ritter of the Florida Highway Patrol's Central Region Honor Guard lead the casket of Trooper Joseph Bullock into Bayside Community Church Feb. 13.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 19, 2020
Trooper's funeral in Lakewood Ranch stirs emotions, thoughts

Bayside Community Church in Lakewood Ranch hosts trooper's funeral.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 28, 2017
Manatee County moves closer to Premier Sports Campus purchase

Commissioners support buying the facility and will vote on the deal in December.

  • East County
  • News
Mill Creek residents Janet and Leigh Hollins awoke to the sound of rain on the roof of their rental fishing cabin at Jiggs Landing Preserve.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 13, 2016
Vendor casts future for historic Jiggs site

Five years after Manatee County opened Jiggs Landing Preserve, its facilities are being used.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nicole Thompson |
  • March 6, 2014
TWIS Happy Hour Guide: MADE

TWIS Happy Hour Guide: MADE

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 21, 2018
Golfers tee off against cancer in Bradenton

First Play for Pink golf tournament at Heritage Harbour in Bradenton benefits the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • April 9, 2015
Sarasota County Property Appraiser targets tax evaders

A third-party vendor will help the property appraiser round up fraudulent exemptions.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tom O'Brien owns the business with his brothers, David and Steve. His brother-in-law, John Cucci, and mother-in-law, Donna Bergquist, also work at the farm with them.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 29, 2010
From the Ground Up

The O'Brien Family Farm is readying to open to the public in about a month.

  • East County
  • News
Although School Avenue is already blocked off during school days, the school district wants a permanent closure.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 28, 2019
Proposed School Avenue closure draws opposition

Residents and Planning Board members criticized a Sarasota County Schools plan to permanently close a road that cuts through Sarasota High.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2020
Manatee County Court Judge: Melissa Gould

Meet the candidate.

  • East County
  • News
Mayor Willie Shaw welcomed Kahwa Coffee to downtown Sarasota with free coffee — and service with a smile.
  • By Jack Short |
  • February 11, 2016
WHAT'S HAPPENING: Hip brands, and commission strife

WEEK OF FEB. 11

  • Sarasota
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 8, 2015
This week's best bets: Monday, June 8

This week's best bets: Monday, June 8

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
So much sand has been lost that at high tide behind L'Ambiance that Gulf water laps at 7-foot beach escarpments that are being kept in place by large areas of vegetated dunes.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 4, 2014
South end beach fix up next on the agenda

A $1.7 million south end beach project is the next erosion hot spot that needs sand as soon as possible.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
“What’s Laid Down” is available on Spotify or on CD for $10. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • January 25, 2018
Planting the Seed: Physical Plant breathes new life into local music scene

The psychedelic/folk/rock band's successful album release show could signify a comeback for the local original music landscape.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Katie Johns |
  • September 27, 2017
Room to ride: Cycling brings controversy to Longboat Key

Drivers should give bikers three feet of distance on GMD, but some cyclists say that doesn't happen.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 23, 2016
Art of Food serves up Halloween spirit

The Junior League of Sarasota hosts masquerade bash at Selby Public Library.

  • Black Tie
One proposal calls for reducing Fruitville to a two-lane road between Lemon and Cocoanut avenues, with roundabouts at those two intersections as well as at Central Avenue.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2017
Try a Fruitville overpass

Sarasota city officials are stuck on narrowing Fruitville Road, seemingly ignoring the road is a major east-west artery. Surely there are creative alternatives. How about a charrette?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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