• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App
  • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Elections
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Longboat
    • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Elections
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App

Results for:

Harvey Vengroff hopes to make the property that currently houses Bob's Train restaurant and Sarasota Fitness and Fight Club the site of 800 apartment units.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 22, 2014
Entrepreneur pushes for affordable housing

Harvey Vengroff plans to ask the city to change its density regulations to allow him to construct an 800-unit apartment complex on Fruitville Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Plover nesting season off to a rough start — learn more in today's headlines!
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • April 11, 2013
April 11: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota Police in search of a homeless man wanted for robbery; Residents protest Benderson project; Manatee Planning Commission to vote code to allow chickens; Plover nesting season off to a rough start

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo and Robin Roy |
  • March 19, 2010
Principal Dragon circles back to his roots

Principal Steve Dragon will become Southside Elementary School's new principal in July.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Spectators to football games and other sporting events must use clear bags now for their belongings. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 29, 2019
Manatee County School District imposes 'clear bag' policy

Spectators at athletic events must carry belongings in clear bags starting tonight.

  • East County
  • News
Emily Ralston has been passionate about agriculture and animals for three years. She played sports at Braden River High, but was looking for her niche when she joined the Future Famers of America (FFA) group.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 30, 2015
BRHS ag program makes strides

The largest agriculture program in the state, Braden River High School will have a new, $101,720 barn on campus later this year.

  • East County
  • News
David Glorius and Kate Rhodes were the first two people to play when the Longboat Key Tennis Center reopened on May 8.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 19, 2020
Longboat Key Tennis Center loosens restrictions

The Longboat Key Tennis Center will be open longer and the facility will offer singles-only lessons.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Traffic leaving to the south from Tangerine Bay and other communities and businesses along Gulf of Mexico Drive often must contend with an unbroken line of cars in both directions.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 12, 2019
Longboat condo complex warns of traffic circle side effects

Tangerine Bay board says long-term vision for GMD might make it harder to exit and enter residences and businesses.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 24, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 6.25.15

Enjoy this week's Longboat Key edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Joel Henderson has spent years in kitchens as a chef. Today, he's his own boss. Photos by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • January 13, 2015
Doing Business: Scrambled

Joel Henderson remembers what it was like to be an employee who dreaded going to work.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2015
Our View: Traffic troubles

The picture is vividly obvious. Everyone can see the future: Traffic at Gulfstream and U.S. 41 and Fruitville and 41 is destined for gridlock. The imperative is convincing. Longboat, Sarasota and state officials must show what taxpayers expect: leadership.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Center for Architecture Sarasota will host its third annual Modern Show May 4 and 5. Photo by Greg Wilson
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • May 3, 2018
Local student creates youth scavenger hunt for 2018 Modern Show

Nora Kuhn teamed up with Center for Architecture Sarasota to organize an architectural scavenger hunt for young people as a way to participate in the center’s fundraiser.

  • Arts + Culture
  • In Memoriam |
  • August 10, 2021
DOLAN, Mark Alexander “Max”

DOLAN, Mark Alexander “Max” – age 68, of Yarmouth, NS and Sarasota, FL, passed away in a tragic accident on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at his Cape Forchu home.

  • Sarasota
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Fitzgerald and Pilon
  • By Robin Roy |
  • October 21, 2010
Candidates at odds on health care, schools

Incumbent Keith Fitzgerald and his opponent, Ray Pilon, agree on many issues, such as oil drilling and homeowners insurance, but their largest divide centers on whether the state should continue to sue the federal government over health care.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This week's FYI Friday features news about another Sarasota Police Department drug raid, the discovery of a missing boy and more!
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 4, 2014
FYI Friday - Your weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 21, 2009
Olympian: Rowing site 'world class'

Rowing Olympic gold medalist Jason Read told local business owners the rowing site being planned by Benderson Development and Sarasota County would be an economic catalyst for the area.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 24, 2016
Top Story — March: Gulf Gate lures young entrepreneurs

Catch up on the hottest news items of the of the year with the Observer’s Digital Year in Review.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 11, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Now it's locked

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 15, 2016
Theater review: 'Million Dollar Quartet'

“Million Dollar Quartet” rocks the house at Florida Studio Theatre.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 31, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: The New Gate-Field School

The Sarasota Observer dropped in on students at The New Gate-Field School who were testing out the aerodynamics of paper airplanes they had designed for a team-building activity.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Duval's New World Café
  • By David Conway |
  • April 17, 2014
City could quiet Duval's desire for nightclub status

Duval's New World Cafe seeks a liquor license, but the city worries about a potential transformation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
« 1389 1390 1391 1392 1393 1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 »
The best of Your Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest in news, sports, schools, arts and things to do in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and East County.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-366-3468
  • FPN Verified

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Crossword
  • Contests

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Advertise
  • Rack Locations
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Business Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
Sign Up for Daily Headlines

A daily dose of news from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Sign Up for In Case You Missed It

A Saturday dose of the week's top stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County.


Anytime. Anywhere. Observer.

From in-depth local reporting to real-time breaking news, stay connected to the stories shaping our community with the Your Observer app.

Download Now for Free