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Parking in the Palm Avenue parking garage is free Sunday and Monday.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 17, 2012
City prepares for busy weekend

The city of Sarasota has planned for a busy weekend downtown by installing new parking signs and offering free parking throughout downtown Sunday and Monday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dwell, a multicolored sculpture in the shape of coral by artist Sujin Lim. (File rendering)
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 20, 2022
Sarasota Commission rejects Dwell for Tamiami-Fruitville roundabout

Leaders vote to send the art advisory committee back to the drawing board.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Cardinal Mooney girls basketball team is one of two Sarasota teams, along with Booker, headed to the Final Four in Lakeland next week.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 19, 2022
Two Sarasota girls basketball teams Final Four-bound

Cardinal Mooney and Booker will head to Lakeland next week for state semi-finals.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Sarasota plans for Fruitville Road include three traffic circles where traffic lights now control the flow of cars, trucks and pedestrians.
  • By John McGuire |
  • February 23, 2017
Longboat Key Mayor voices opposition to proposed changes to Fruitville Road

Mayor Terry Gans addressed Sarasota city planners at a meeting on Wednesday evening.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Downtown Sarasota businesses have tolerated summer construction of the Main Street improvement project.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 14, 2013
Main Street re-opens, work continues on 301

The city of Sarasota debuts a new brick sidewalk west of Five Points Park while landscape improvements begin on U.S. 301.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota Polo Club owner James Miller said he was pleased with how the Giving Hunger the Blues Festival ran at his facility in November 2019.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 8, 2020
Broader use could be in Sarasota Polo Club's future

Broader use could be in Sarasota Polo Club's future

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 9, 2021
9.11 Remembered: Local events planned

Organizations across Sarasota and Manatee counties hold events to remember 9/11 on its 20th anniversary.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday the pilot of a small plane was not injured in a crash into the Myakka River.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 14, 2022
Pilot walks away from plane crash in Myakka

Small plane ends up in the Myakka River, but the pilot is not injured.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 6, 2022
Sarasota Cops Corner: Out at the inn

Police reports from around Sarasota

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
DID board members discussed bring back a storefront grant program and adding office space to City Hall for the city’s new economic development coordinator.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 22, 2013
DID considers storefront improvement grants

The Downtown Improvement District (DID) is considering a storefront grant program for downtown businesses.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Valerie Byford submitted this sunset photo, taken near Marina Jack in downtown Sarasota.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2011
Weekly Winner: Boater's Paradise

Valerie Byford submitted this sunset photo, taken near Marina Jack in downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Valerie Byford submitted this sunset photo, taken near Marina Jack in downtown Sarasota.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2011
Weekly Winner: Boater's Paradise

Valerie Byford submitted this sunset photo, taken near Marina Jack in downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Momentum is gathering behind a proposal to look into potentially moving the SCAT transfer station from its location at First Street and Lemon Avenue.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 18, 2014
DID discusses SCAT station relocation

At a meeting Tuesday, members of Sarasota's Downtown Improvement District talked about the advantages of moving the downtown SCAT transfer station.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Janine Nunnery submitted this sunset photo, taken in Island Park in downtown Sarasota.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2011
Weekly Winner: Moor to Love

Janine Nunnery submitted this sunset photo, taken in Island Park in downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 24, 2022
Five file for two Sarasota City Commission seats

The field would be cut to three after August primaries.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Florida Highway Patrol is seeking information about a hit-and-run accident Sunday morning in Sarasota on Cattlemen Road.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 27, 2021
Bicyclist critical after hit-and-run in Sarasota on Cattlemen Road

Florida Highway Patrol seeks information about a hit-and-run accident in Sarasota that left a Bradenton man in critical condition.

  • East County
  • News
Peter Monaghan submitted this sunset photo, taken in Island Park near downtown Sarasota.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2011
Weekly Winner: A Walk in the Park

Peter Monaghan submitted this sunset photo, taken in Island Park near downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 24, 2021
Deputies arrest man in Siesta crash, reverse-911 alert

Sunday crash prompts authorities to notify nearby residents of man who walked away from scene.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Jay Russell, Willa Carpenter and Erin O'Connor star in Asolo Rep's production of "Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help."
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 30, 2023
Asolo Rep play keeps the faith

Asolo Repertory Theatre tackles the taboo in a 1970s period comedy “Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help."

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Tampa's Noah Burdette, who is 3 years old, launches himself through an inflatable creature.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 15, 2022
Big Bounce America leads to high-flying fun in Sarasota

Sarasota's Nathan Benderson Park hosts Big Bounce America.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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