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In May, the county decided to list the 5.3-acre downtown tract as surplus land and pursue a move to a county-owned property near Interstate 75 at 1301 Cattlemen Road.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 8, 2021
County enters negotiations on sale of downtown building

The county will discuss selling its Ringling Boulevard offices with six interested purchasers who have submitted bids of $20 million or higher.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Keira, Xiamara, Alana and Celena Eberly had their faces painted.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • June 11, 2022
Mote celebrates World Oceans Day with interactive education

Games, experiments and painted faces filled the courtyard at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • In Memoriam |
  • February 8, 2019
James Joseph Viera 1940-2019

He traveled the world as a Lieutenant on several nuclear submarines from 1962-1968.

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2011
News Briefs

Volunteer Lew Simon appointed to state boards; Dredging project near Jewfish Key in the works; Commissioner Whitmore proposes mayoral meeting; Corrections

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 3, 2012
Counties want to create trained workforce

Sarasota and Manatee County officials say they need to get students trained in local high-paying jobs.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Gerri Aaron, a celebrated philanthropist in Sarasota and her native Philadelphia, died Thursday. She was 91.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2019
Gerri Aaron leaves legacy of giving, humanity

Gerri Aaron, noted Sarasota area philanthropist, died Feb. 14. Services will be held 10 a.m. Sunday at Temple Emanu El.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2022
50 songs to get you in the Fourth of July spirit

Celebrate your American pride with these patriotic songs.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 27, 2022
Sarasota Hospital Board Northern District, Seat 2: Victor Rohe

Meet the candidate.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2011
Cops Corner

Jan. 7 Distasteful demonstration 11:49 a.m. - 500 block of Bay Isles Road. Civil Disturbance. A woman told police she wanted them to take away a photograph of the president with an Adolf Hitler-like mustache being displayed by demonstrators. Police explained that the demonstration was orderly and that the First Amendment protected the photograph being shown. The woman was extremely upset that police would not remove the photo and requested the officer's business card.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Columnist . |
  • February 8, 2018
A generational legacy in the making

The future of the Bay is being shaped right now.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 1, 2022
The Paradise Center hosts hypertufa class

Six students arranged succulents and decorations in their hypertufa pots on Feb. 25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Harmony residents Cameron, Jen, and Gavyn Gregory go through a tunnel under  White Eagle Boulevard that eventually will be part of a 25-mile trail system in that area.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 24, 2018
New Lakewood Ranch parks system about to debut

New White Eagle trail system eventually will connect with all of Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Susan Cranwell and Calynn Stewart come ashore during this year's clean-up. (File photo)
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2022
Sister Keys purchase celebrates 30-year anniversary

In 1992, the Sister Keys Conservancy and town of Longboat Key partnered to purchase the four islands.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Parents try to understand the problems their children are learning in classrooms today. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 24, 2014
Parents grapple with standards

To help their children with homework, parents must learn new methods.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Maggie Pahos |
  • July 29, 2009
Man on the street: Circle theory

We strolled Palm Avenue to ask what locals think about installing roundabouts along Sarasota's bayfront.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Haciendus King wraps a pallet of safe-to-recycle electronics.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • April 25, 2022
Data Dump event in Lakewood Ranch keeps toxins out of the environment

Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance and Sarasota IT firm SouthTech co-host the annual event to dispose of electronic waste.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2012
My View: Sell every last parcel

At first, we thought it was another one of our April Fools' spoofs. The news report last week said Sarasota city commissioners instructed city staff to compile a list of the city's top 10 properties that could be sold to the private sector to raise cash.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 7, 2009
Ed Shapiro made the time to help those around him

Slowing down wasn't Ed Shapiro's style. Technically, he retired from his career with Isotoner, a women's glove company, in 1980. But Shapiro kept plugging.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dennis Yoder, owner and founder of Siesta Key Creamery, started in the ice cream business in 1982.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • November 7, 2019
What's the scoop: Siesta Key gets new creamery

Veteran ice cream shop owner opens store in Siesta Key South Village.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Mote Ranch's Robert Timm and Lakewood Ranch's Joseph Dunn dress as royalty. "I dress like this every day," Timm says with a smile.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • March 27, 2022
Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee hosts Tropical Nights — A Royal Affair

Lakewood Ranch fundraiser a crowning achievement during Meals on Wheels Plus' 50th year.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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