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Sections of Beach Road along Siesta Key Beach are often the first areas on the island to flood, and quickly become road hazards.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 26, 2012
Siesta runoff fix faces delay

The $2.8 million Beach Road drainage improvement project was expected to begin no later than July 7, but the permitting process has sputtered.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Senior guard Tre Bryant finished with a team-high 23 points.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 8, 2012
Pirates cruise to playoff berth

The top-seeded Braden River High boys basketball team cruised to a 62-40 victory over fifth-seeded Charlotte in a Class 7A-District 11 semifinal tonight.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • February 23, 2015
Ringling College alumni earn top animation honors at the Academy Awards

21 alumni from the Ringling College of Art & Design earned or contributed to the Academy Award-winning short "Feast" and feature film "Big Hero 6."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2011
Observers named top-three weeklies in Florida

The Longboat, East County and Sarasota Observers were named the top-three weekly newspapers in the state in the Florida Press Association's 2010 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tropical Storm Debby's projected to cross the Florida Panhandle. Image courtesy of Weather Underground
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2012
Tropical Storm weather to continue in Sarasota and surrounding areas

Expect more rain and wind from Tropical Storm Debby as it passes through the Florida Panhandle.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Steve Horowitz will play Detective Sgt. Fred Burchitt in "An Act of the Imagination."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 8, 2013
'An Act of the Imagination' opens at Island Players Thursday

Sarasotan Steve Horowitz who plays the Sergeant in the murder mystery play talks a little about his role and why you should come see it.

  • Arts + Culture
The intersection at 10th Street and U.S. 41 would see a roundabout as part of a $100 million project to add the features along the bayfront.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • March 19, 2013
City to submit funding request for U.S. 41 roundabouts

If approved, the City Commission's funding request could fast-track construction of five of 10 planned roundabouts.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2010
'It's Read Everywhere' photo contest begins

After its successful inaugural debut on YourObserver.com, The Observer's "It's Read Everywhere" contest will return online this week and will run through Nov. 11, culminating with The Observer's annual "Welcome Back" edition.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 3, 2012
Man critically injured in crash

Bradenton resident Richard Olsson, 57, was transported to Blake Trauma Center following a noontime acident.

  • East County
  • News
The property at 4110 Gulf of Mexico Drive is located between Pattigeorge’s and Bayfront Park.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 28, 2011
Commission to consider purchase of former Klauber property

The town could purchase the property next to Bayfront Park for $452,500.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Screen shot from www.gulfcoastgives.org/projects/741
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 9, 2012
Gulf Coast Community Foundation to match funds raised for rescued dogs

After the rescue of 263 hoarded dogs from a Venice home, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation wants to help support the animal shelters that took them in.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2012
Obituary: Stanley A. Macbeth

Stanley A. Macbeth, of Longboat Key, and Avon, Conn., died April 29. He was 85.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2009
Obituaries

Jill Green, 76, of State College, Pa., and formerly of Longboat Key, died Monday, June 22.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2009
Obituaries

Jill Green, 76, of State College, Pa., and formerly of Longboat Key, died Monday, June 22.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Unit B-704 at the Sanctuary, 535 Sanctuary Drive, sold for $1,075,000.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 20, 2011
Sanctuary unit sells for $1,075,000

Steven and Susan Freedman, of Lutz, sold Unit B-704 at 535 Sanctuary Drive in Unit IV of the 186-unit Sanctuary to Melvyn and Eleanor Glickman, 585 Sanctuary Drive, for $1,075,000. Built in 1990, the 2,590-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. It last sold for $1,425,000 in June 2003.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cassidy Marryott and Payton Harris show off their Santa bucket.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 30, 2010
Scullers erg their way to $10,000

Eighty members of the Sarasota Scullers Championship Rowing Team raised $10,000 in just four hours at their inaugural Holiday Hammer Ergatta Saturday, Dec. 18, at the Westfield Sarasota Square Mall.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2012
Letter to the Editor: Stop trying to reinvent downtown Sarasota

Letter to the Editor: Stop trying to reinvent downtown Sarasota

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 20, 2015
County gears up for speed changes

Manatee County commissioners may soon propose changes to make county roadway speed limits more consistent.

  • East County
  • News
The School Board of Sarasota County opened and closed the floor for public comment today at a hearing to adopt the district’s 2012 tentative budget in 10 of the 45 minutes allotted — because nobody from the public showed up.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 1, 2012
School Board approves rate increase

With the public absent for a public hearing to approve the 2012 fiscal year budget for the Sarasota County School District, the School Board of Sarasota County unanimously approved a millage rate increase of 1.27%

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • November 16, 2009
Sheriff collects unused prescriptions

Residents turned in 277 pounds of unused and expired prescription drugs during the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office's first Operation Medicine Cabinet.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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