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Commissioners and county staff have been working on the budget for months.
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • September 20, 2017
County: No tax on public utilities

Without levying the tax that would raise $5.4 million in its first year, commissioners are planning to dip into the economic uncertainty fund until they can make departmental budget cuts in the beginning of fiscal year 2018.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Marianna Millen, Hank Hawkins and Laura Hansen
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • June 9, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : BKYC celebrates the Queen's Birthday

Bird Key Yacht Club members celebrated the Queen of England's birthday Saturday, June 8, at the Bird Key Yacht Club. About 50 members attended the celebration and a few dressed up to look like the queen herself.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Suncoast Storm 06 team and the rest of the Suncoast Storm travel softball league will host the Summer Storm Season Kickoff June 4-5. (courtesy photo)
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 1, 2016
That's the ticket ...

Check out this week's top East County sporting events.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 14, 2018
Cops Corner: Deputy takes a bite out of crime

A roundup of this week's most interesting police reports.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 25, 2010
CDD supervisors amend security expectations

CDD 4 supervisors hope the changes will help deter burglaries and other suspicious behavior in the community.

  • East County
  • News
Cristina Chirinos and Zelideh Loredo are excited to walk through the finish line.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 7, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: March of Dimes

Hundreds of walkers laced up their shoes Saturday for the March of Dimes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Duck confit, green onion blini, miso butterscotch and coriander.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 18, 2012
VIDEO & PHOTO GALLERY: Duck, Duck, Goose

Chef Steve Phelps and chef Derek Barnes partnered up Thursday at Indigenous' latest culinary underground event, "Duck, Duck, Goose."

  • Arts + Culture
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2017
Cops Corner: Sarasota 7.6.17

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort has been closed since 2010.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 29, 2016
Unicorp, Colony owners consider plan that could end litigation

Colony unit owners will consider pursuing a $46 million offer from Unicorp that includes a global settlement of litigation.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Phillippi Gardens home at  5546 Merrimac Drive recently sold for $665,000. Built in 1976, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,158 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $537,000 in 2016.Â
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 7, 2019
Greenbrook Drive home sells for $989,600

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 21-25.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Chris and Avery Huver lean in to say hello to Sarasota County Sheriff’s Mounted Patrol horse Valor.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • April 4, 2015
Siesta Key Village hops for Easter

Children and parents hopped to it for the Siesta Village Association Easter egg hunts Saturday morning at the Siesta beach access on Ocean Boulevard.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 6, 2012
Commission to come together for Dry Dock meeting

A quorum of commissioners agreed to meet at the end of the month to consider a request from the Dry Dock.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 15, 2010
Player of the Week: Bill Vancelette

Bill Vancelette -- Longboat Key Public Tennis Center

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 23, 2009
Longboat water bills to decrease

Last month, residents approved a $27 million bond for the town's water-and-wastewater, capital-improvement program to reduce rates.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tickets are $5 per day, or $10 for a three-day pass. Proceeds go to Mote Marine Lab’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • November 10, 2011
Crystal Classic returns to Siesta Key

From its Nov. 10 tribute to veterans to its Nov. 14 conclusion, the master sandsculpting competition could draw up to 100,000 people.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2013
April 24: the end of two eras

Sports Page owner Kenny Barr got a history refresher last week when he read the "Longboat Lore" item about Shenkel's restaurant, which his mother, Edith Barr Dunn, owned, closing April 24, 1994.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Braden River junior Kate Walker is a top area swimmer.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 5, 2018
Don't forget about the non-football sports

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 22, 2011
Richard Crawfords meet their matches

The three men, all named Richard Crawford, did not know one another until they met Saturday at the Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rich Kaplan throws out the ceremonial first pitch of the Chicago Cubs game Sunday, at Wrigley Field. Courtesy photos.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 21, 2012
Neighbors: Rich Kaplan

Siesta resident Rich Kaplan uses his love of sports on the job as president of sales and marketing at Tervis Tumbler.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Mya, 5, and Ayla, 2, Kroot of Bradenton check out a book before the STAR series event began at the Sarasota Polo Club.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 10, 2017
Children reach for the STARs in Lakewood Ranch

Storytelling Theatre makes big debut at Polo Club.

  • East County
  • News
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