• 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:

The next step in Tindale-Oliver & Associates Inc.’s preliminary study is to make a recommendation to the City Commission. Courtesy photo
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • November 21, 2012
Planners make presentation

Funding sources, ranging from state funding to federal grants, are available for building streetcar systems.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • A time to celebrate |
  • March 25, 2015
Just Married: Hayley Wielgus and Max Winitz

Hayley Wielgus and Max Winitz were married March 7, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

  • Sarasota
  • Celebrations
Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming honors retired Detective Capt. Kris Roberts.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 8, 2014
Longboat Key Police Detective Kris Roberts retires

Kristine "Kris" Roberts was the second female police officer in the town's history.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 28, 2010
Sarasota 2050 plan: economic death

Let's bring a little rational perspective to the discussion this Thursday when the Sarasota County Commission considers the fate of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch's Villages of Lakewood Ranch South project.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Washington, D.C., chatter about the debt is just a scare tactic

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Veronica Bergamini
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 30, 2010
Sweet home Sarasota

Veronica Bergamini could only choose the country where she wanted to study when she signed up to participate in the World Heritage International Student Exchange, and she found out in June that she would be spending the following year in Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam McTeer |
  • September 16, 2009
Mamma Onesti's celebrates first anniversary out east

The restaurant name has been in business for 27 years.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Brian Gunnell |
  • September 12, 2012
Bridge Bites: The Striptease Coup

We round out our series on bridge coups with a personal favorite.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The view of a proposed 150-foot stealth cell tower depends on your perspective.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 12, 2011
P&Z to sound off on cell tower

The Planning & Zoning Board will consider a proposed stealth tower at Longboat Island Chapel. But a meeting and an open house this Sunday will offer different perspectives on the plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Three unit owners are threatening legal action if the current Colony Beach & Tennis resort buildings aren’t upgraded.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 12, 2013
Three owners want Colony buildings fixed up

A Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association attorney says 'experts in resort properties have advised the board the (resort) buildings are functionally obsolete and cannot support a profitable resort.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2014
Longboat: top issues to watch in 2014

We compiled a look at some of Longboat Key's most pressing issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota city and county commissioners approved studies of three sites as potential locations for a homeless shelter.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 8, 2014
Local homeless plan moves ahead

Engineering firm Cardno TBE is preparing an estimate for environmental studies of three city of Sarasota sites picked to potentially house a 35-000-square-foot homeless facility.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 30, 2012
Main Street clothing store fiasco arises

The former co-owners of The Stitches Boutique on Main Street remain entangled in a civil lawsuit amid reports of theft.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rodney Langley, a homeless man, yells at two downtown residents, “You don’t want a piece of me.”
  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 23, 2011
Tempers flare over homelessness

A former mayor's act of civil disobedience during a City Commission meeting leads to cursing, rude comments and threats of violence in the commission chambers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid took over a purchasing department in shambles when he took the job earlier this year.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 31, 2012
Sarasota County staff mowing continues

Firms vying for the mowing contract in Sarasota County's Urban North Zone have until Friday to submit bids, and could take more than a month to begin service.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Veena Shrestha, Kim Lakey, Karyn Santi, Lauren Blomster, mommy-to-be Montana Taplinger, Erin Hart, Ali Thompson, Kara Cosse, Lauren O'Donoghue and Ashley Gruters. Courtesy photo.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • May 8, 2013
Black Tie & Tales

Blooming babies; Tea and poetry; Da capo a fine ... ; Cooking for the cook; and Tidbits

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota County Commissioners Christine Robinson (left), Carolyn Mason (center) and Charles Hines.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • March 18, 2014
Homeless shelter showdown

The Sarasota County Commission is accusing some city of Sarasota commissioners of deliberately stalling site selection for a downtown homeless shelter.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
**Julie Smith and her daughter, Amanda, are leaders of two Lakewood Ranch Women's Giving Circles, which donate money to local charities.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • July 1, 2015
Central Park resident comes full circle with Giving Circle

After a childhood of watching her mother and father donate their time and money to helping charities, 26-year-old attorney and Central Park resident Amanda Smith is following in her family's footsteps with her new Giving Circle — Cheers for Charity.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • October 20, 2014
FILM REVIEW: 'Fury'

The new film, "Fury," from director David Ayer is a bloody, brutal depiction of war.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 6, 2011
Manatee schools 'Race to the Top'

The Manatee County School District on Monday became one of 11 districts statewide to receive additional state funding through the 'Race to the Top' grant program.

  • East County
  • News
« 2420 2421 2422 2423 2424 2425 2426 2427 2428 2429 »
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