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The chamber was packed with Uber supporters Tuesday, with the majority of the crowd cheering the city's actions.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 8, 2015
City moves to deregulate Uber, taxi services

Rather than add new regulations for transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft, the Sarasota City Commission will remove existing regulations on traditional vehicles-for-hire.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 11, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

LLSA Chamber is getting a 'boost' online; Local landmarks nominated as top 100 Florida buildings

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Contact Brian Howard, owner/director of the Bridge Center of Bradenton, at 795-8981.
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • April 11, 2012
Bridge Bites: A trump demotion

Trump promotions are not so difficult once you get the hang of them, but it takes real talent to organize a trump demotion!

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • September 27, 2012
Officer Childers is reinstated

The Civil Service Board voted unanimously last week to reinstate Officer Jay Childers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Judi Moore, who runs the Siesta Key lost pet hotline, with Sophie, Reckless and Yogi. Courtesy
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 20, 2012
Moore starts lost-pet network

Judi Moore advertises a link to her personal cell phone as the Siesta Key lost pet hotline.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Terry Turner, who earlier in the night voiced support for a "strong city manager" charter amendment, which commissioners unanimously agreed to add to the November ballot, said he only had "a process and procedural problem" with Caragiulo's proposal.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 19, 2012
Caragiulo's proposal snubbed

Commissioner Terry Turner says his motion to table a strong-mayor proposal was strictly 'process and procedural.'

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2012
News Briefs

Manatee deputies arrest Sarasota suspect; Meals on Wheels seeks help with center; Food drive to aide nutrition for local seniors

  • East County
  • News
Carolyn Johnson accepts the 2015 Boundary Crosser award from Cathy Layton and Dan Bailey.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • September 8, 2015
SCOPE honors Boundary Crosser Carolyn Johnson

Carolyn Johnson was awarded the 2015 SCOPE Boundary Crosser award for her years of community involvement.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The roundabout used to have three large palm trees, but two of them have died. CDD supervisors say the soil is diseased, so the remaining palm tree likely will die in the future, as well.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 30, 2016
Is crane needed on Waterlefe landscape?

Waterlefe supervisors struggle with roundabout beautification.

  • East County
  • News
Katie Cundiff displays her art at Premier Sotheby's on Lakewood Main Street.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • October 19, 2016
Lakewood Main Street businesses double as art galleries

Artists' work right at home in non-traditional sites.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 24, 2011
OBITUARY: David Cohen

David Cohen, 81, was a Longboat Key resident.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2013
News Briefs

FCAT results released May 24 show fewer than half of Manatee County's third-grade students are reading or have math skills at or above grade level.

  • East County
  • News
Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale told the commission Monday she “appreciates the opportunity to continue on.”
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 19, 2014
Commission questions town attorney's advice

Commissioners are willing to give Maggie Mooney-Portale more time in her role, but some question her performance.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
FISA Executive Director Matt Smith, right, and SunCoast Aquatic Nature Center Association CEO Paul Blackketter, left, chatted at Nathan Benderson Park earlier this year.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • September 1, 2013
Sarasota picked to host 2017 World Rowing Championships

Rowing's governing body picked Sarasota's Nathan Benderson Park as the venue for the 2017 World Rowing Championships.

  • East County
  • News
Vanessa Richtfort
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 19, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Primrose School

Kindergarten students at Primrose School at Lakewood Ranch got a hands-on lesson in giving Nov. 19 as they headed to a local Publix to shop for food for the homeless for Thanksgiving.

  • East County
  • Schools
Residents say outdoor staircases at the garage, depicted in this rendering, could negatively affect the homes across the street with light and noise. The city says residents’ concerns are being taken into consideration.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 11, 2017
St. Armands garage plans trouble neighbors

As the city finalizes the design of the St. Armands Circle parking garage, residents near the project site fear their interests aren’t being taken into consideration.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Maestro Victor DeRenzi
  • By June LeBell |
  • March 21, 2016
Music review: Sarasota Opera Verdi Cycle Grand Finale Concert

Sarasota Opera closes historic Verdi Cycle with an impassioned performance.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Community Haven’s Barry Gradert, front, couldn’t stop smiling as he rowed with coach Alex Alexandru.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 2, 2011
Sarasota debuts adaptive rowing

As part of the Sarasota Invitational Regatta, organizers hosted an inaugural adaptive rowing program for clients of Community Haven for Adults & Children with Disabilities and for Easter Seals on Feb. 25.

  • East County
  • News
Bayport Beach & Tennis Club owners won Town Commission approval for a special exception on its undergrounding assessments.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • November 21, 2017
Longboat commissioners agree with neighborhood on underground-utility sticker shock

The Bayport Beach & Tennis Club's exception will likely lead to an increase for other properties islandwide.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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