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The Manatee County government now offers a way for business owners to connect with their community during emergencies.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 11, 2014
Online tool created to help businesses recover from natural disasters

The Manatee County government created a directory for businesses, in order to help owners get 'back on their feet' after emergencies.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2025
Manatee County launches water meter replacement project

Work begins this month on installing remotely read devices.

  • East County
  • News
Transition Sarasota rebrands as Community Harvest SRQ
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2024
Transition Sarasota rebrands as Community Harvest SRQ

The change is intended to better reflect the organization's mission to close the hunger gap.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
Barbara Ford-Coates in October 2016
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2024
County tax collector files for 10th term

Barbara Ford-Coats was first elected to the office in 1984. She is challenged by Sarasota County Commissioner Mike Moran.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Harry's Continental Kitchen is highlighting all things local at a seafood-based fundraiser dinner benefitting Suncoast Waterkeeper.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • May 29, 2025
Harry's Continental Kitchen to feature local seafood at benefit dinner

Longtime Longboat Key restaurant Harry's Continental Kitchen is partnering with Sammy's Seafood and Jackson Family Wines for a one-night "Sea-to-Table" fundraiser.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Herb Methodology co-owner Tryla Brown Larson celebrates the launch of her line of locally made products at Longboat Key's Design 2000 Salon on Jan. 29.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • February 4, 2026
Herb Methodology launches at Design 2000

The line of locally made products covers everything from bath bombs to bug repellent.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
Director of Horticulture Mike McLaughlin inside one of the greenhouses used for research.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • July 23, 2015
Selby: How did the gardens grow?

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens celebrates 40 years of growing the gardens to become a world-renowned facility.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Steven Lloyd on the back of his floating home. "My Best Life," at its temporary home in Marina Jack.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 6, 2023
Liveaboard boater breathes sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia

A yacht owner says the lifestyle's benefits outweigh a few days of dread during tropical weather.

  • Sarasota
  • News
OBSERVED: Jazz legend Ron Carter to perform in Oakland
  • By Michael Eng |
  • August 18, 2022
OBSERVED: Jazz legend Ron Carter to perform in Oakland

The Guinness world record-holder as the most recorded jazz upright bassist in history is coming to West Orange. And it’s all through Joseph McMullen’s amazing HAPCO Music Foundation.

Town Manager Dave Bullock
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2013
Holiday wish lists

Longboat Key leaders and residents unwrap their wishes for 2014.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rebekka Mars helps position a student while she teaches a yoga class.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • April 15, 2020
Find self-awareness in yoga

Yoga has grown from an ancient Hindu practice to a workout sensation, but what about the basics?

  • Health
File photo
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 30, 2014
Federici was notorious for chasing stories

Bill Federici, former crime reporter and Brooklyn editor for the New York Daily News, died April 22. He was 82.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2009
Cops Corner

Complainant called police to report a strange dog was trying to get into her house.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 3, 2012
News Briefs

Census shows Manatee is growing; Judge to weigh in on DUI sentence; Salt & Light awards grant to Meals on Wheels

  • Longboat Key
  • News
County officials, fire department personnel and officials from Willis A. Smith Construction broke ground on the Apex Road Fire Station.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • September 17, 2019
Sarasota County officials break ground on fire station

The fire station is located on Apex Road, near Celery Fields.

  • Sarasota
  • News
If a site plan is approved, the new lease for the Lido Beach pool and pavilion would begin in May 2018.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 1, 2017
City sticks with Lido pavilion lease deal

City Commissioner Willie Shaw reversed his position on leasing the Lido Beach pool and pavilion to a private operator, but the majority of the board remained in favor.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Fertilizer applied during the summer can easily wash into storm drains and flow untreated into bays or streams.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 26, 2012
County fertilizer restrictions in effect through September

Sarasota County's Fertilizer and Landscape Management ordinance prohibits the use of fertilizer containing nitrogen or phosphorus from June 1 through Sept. 30.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Chef Harry Christensen as been in the food-service business on Longboat Key since 1979.
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • November 13, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Chef Harry Christensen

This week the Observer went in the kitchen with chef Harry Christensen of Harry's Continental Kitchens, a Sarasota-Manatee Fresh Originals restaurant. Read more about our trip in our "In the Kitchen" special.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Chef Harry Christensen, owner of Harry’s Continental Kitchens, has been in the food-service business on Longboat Key since 1979.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Harry's Continental Kitchens

This week we went in the kitchen with owner and chef Harry Christensen of Harry's Continental Kitchens. Learn to make his recipe for steak Harwood!

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sixteen-year-old Sarah Schoeffel says she loves learning about other cultures.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 22, 2012
Extraordinary Exchange: China

Sixteen-year-old Sarah Schoeffel spent approximately seven weeks in China this summer. The teen was one of 30 students nationwide to earn the scholarship opportunity with the NSLI-Y Scholarship program.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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