• 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
  • Elections
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • 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
  • Elections
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • 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:

Sarasota High principal Jeff Hradek estimated that attendance was about 50% Friday, a makeup day after finals at the school. Image courtesy of Google images.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 21, 2012
Increased security at Sarasota High after threat

Additional police officers are on SHS campus today.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Many downtown residents say homeless feedings lead to criminal activity.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 29, 2011
Sarasota commission to address homeless feedings

Downtown residents are proposing limits to the weekly feedings of homeless people in Selby Five Points Park, but the last time the City Commission tried to discuss the issue, an unruly crowd disrupted the proceedings.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Dora Walters |
  • October 7, 2009
St. Mary's gets blessing for planting new garden

An ugly patch of weeds and dead palms adjacent to St. Mary, Star of the Sea's Stella Maris Hall has been turned into a colorful garden.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This 4,640-square-foot home in the Country Club of Lakewood Ranch has four bedrooms, four baths and a pool. It sold for $925,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 22, 2011
Lakewood Ranch C.C. home tops sales at $925,000

A home in the Country Club of Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Jeffrey and Andrea Bruner, of Wayne, Mich., sold their home at 7119 Teal Creek Glen to Roderick McKenney and Wanda Brown, of Nova Scotia, Canada, for $925,000. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,640 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2,238,000 in 2005.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Protesters gathered near Publix along Gulf of Mexico Drive Sunday afternoon for approximately two hours. Photos courtesy of Rabbi Jonathan Katz.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 19, 2012
Workers group protests Publix

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers wants Publix to pay tomato pickers an extra penny per pound.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 481 E. Royal Flamingo Drive has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, a swimming pool and 4,047 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.46 million.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 30, 2011
Bay Isles home sells for $1.65 million

The Ontario corporation of 834564 Ontario Limited sold the home at 541 Harbor Point in Bay Isles Unit 1 for $1.65 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This home at 7909 Midnight Pass Road has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,872 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.45 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 13, 2012
Home in Mira Mar sells for $1.45 million

A home in Mira Mar tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Marek and Grazyna Piekos, of Sarasota, sold their home at 7909 Midnight Pass Road to Stephen Witzer, trustee, of Sarasota, for $1.45 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Maria Amodio |
  • April 29, 2010
Store Around the Corner: Cannons Marina

Cannons Marina is a family-owned business offering boat sales, rentals and repairs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photos by Loren Mayo Larissa Carroll and Fuzion Dance Artist Jahrel Thompson rehearse for the Gulf Coast Ballet’s upcoming show, “A Divine Divertissement.”
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • June 15, 2011
Final fling

June 19 marks Larissa Carroll's closing performance with the Gulf Coast Ballet.

  • Arts + Culture
Photos by Colin Reid Dr. Nik Gapeto has many creative jobs, but visitors downtown may now best know him for this bicycle.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 27, 2014
VIDEO: Flamingo bike artist aims to spark creativity in others

A bicycle that once graced the stage at Florida Studio Theatre and has undergone a colorful makeover now serves a higher creative purpose.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 30, 2009
The Lazy Lobster to open in October

The Lazy Lobster is on track to open Monday, Oct. 19, in Cafe on the Bay's former location in the Centre Shops.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2011
Our View: Wave the No. 1 ranking

The Siesta Key Village Association and Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce want banners to be flying from both approaches to the island, loudly proclaiming that drivers are entering the home of the best beach in the nation. Rightly so. Everyone should be proud that we have such a jewel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • March 5, 2014
Engineers define Lake Manatee Dam repairs

County officials expect necessary repairs to start by April and to cost more than $3 million.

  • East County
  • News
Julia Damico, Charlie Gillam and Louisa Ellis show children how to make happy faces out of rice cakes and other ingredients.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 3, 2012
Students embrace Project B-Town

More than 100 students from Woodland The Community Church spent at least three hours each day participating in service projects throughout the community as part of a weeklong overnight camp.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Alex Rostowsky |
  • October 15, 2014
Business Alliance ponders Amendment 2 implications

A medical marijuana forum showcased the questions and concerns with which Lakewood Ranch officials wrestle.

  • East County
  • News
Sue Jacobson is a Sarasota lawyer and regional president of the American Jewish Committee.
  • By Sue Jacobson |
  • June 7, 2012
My View: FCAT hurts our children and our community

The "fix," simply redefining the result, is a tacit admission that the test score is more important than the factors behind it.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 26, 2009
Mustangs' Khara wins AJGA tournament

Lakewood Ranch High senior Rocky Khara shot 216 to win the American Junior Golf Association Mayakoba Junior Golf Classic Aug. 17-20 in Mexico.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • December 21, 2009
Oak Park School names new principal

Venice High School Assistant Principal Ronald DiPillo will become the new head of Oak Park School in January 2010.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Hidden tropical paradise features artistic touches. Photos by Heather Merriman.
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • December 4, 2013
Home and Garden: Lively Landscape

On the corner of Cherry Lane and Ohio Place lies a gem of a garden, nuzzled in the middle of downtown Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
« 3086 3087 3088 3089 3090 3091 3092 3093 3094 3095 »
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