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City Commissioners this week authorized increasing the agreement between the city and Ajax Paving Industries of Florida for Ringling Trail design-build services by $29,114 to a total of $2.79 million.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 6, 2022
City OKs ballot language for commissioners' pay raise

If voters approve, Sarasota leaders will go from $29,000 to more than $44,000 a year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The proposed height of a parking garage was a central issue during public meetings about the Selby Gardens master plan proposal. The City Commission voted to approve a site plan that included a four-story, 450-space garage.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 5, 2021
City approves Selby Gardens master plan

More than three years after Selby’s proposal first became public, the City Commission approved a site plan for the initial phase of a campus renovation project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nancy Krohngold developed a cult following with her famous popups before she opened Nancy’s Bar-B-Q in Lakewood Ranch. (Photo by Lori Sax)
  • By Abby Weingarten |
  • November 18, 2022
Nancy Krohngold dishes out secret behind her mouth-watering BBQ

The signature barbecue at Nancy’s continues to win the hearts of regulars and the raves of reviewers. Her famed barbecue recipe was first born on her backyard Weber grill.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • A time to celebrate |
  • May 28, 2020
Brianna Hair

Some are dreamers.

  • Sarasota
  • Celebrations
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • February 10, 2022
Sarasota Chamber returns to Van Wezel for outdoor bash

The 2022 Party On The Bay was held Feb. 10.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 29, 2015
News Briefs: Longboat Key 7.23.15

St. Armands Circle clinic variance requests revived; Island mayors wary of mainland growth

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Gilbert W. McNeal Elementary School staff, School District of Manatee County officials and Leader in Me representatives celebrate McNeal Elementary becoming a Leader in Me Lighthouse School.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • May 1, 2023
McNeal Elementary becomes Leader in Me Lighthouse School

Lakewood Ranch's McNeal Elementary is the first traditional school in Manatee County to earn the recognition.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2018
Sarasota County School Board, District 1: Bridget Ziegler

Meet the candidate

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nick Guy
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2018
Sarasota School Board, District 1: Nick Guy

Questions and answers with Nick Guy

  • Sarasota
  • News
Toilets manufactured after 1995 use 1.6 gallons or less per flush.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 24, 2016
Manatee County flushes water waste

The county’s toilet rebate program offers incentive for residents to save water.

  • East County
  • News
William Skaggs has taken over at CEO of the Players Centre for Performing Arts.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 1, 2020
Sarasota CEO's love of a challenge not an act

Players Center hires William Skaggs to lead drive toward a $30 million theater complex in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • April 27, 2022
Retirement beckons for Sarasota Ballet's Victoria Hulland

Victoria Hulland captured the heart of Iain Webb and Margaret Barbieri in one fateful audition, and she's spent her career doing the same to Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
"Mother!" stars Jennifer Lawrence as "Mother."
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • September 26, 2017
Film review: 'Mother!'

This divisive psychological thriller is cunning but too chaotic to be understood.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Former FEMA director Craig Fugate says recovery from a hurricane is a difficult, long-term process.
  • By John McGuire |
  • May 31, 2017
'Don't kid yourselves,' disaster expert tells Longboat residents

Former FEMA director Craig Fugate says recovery from a hurricane is a difficult, long-term process.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Chris Serio Martin, left, and Scott Osborne, organizers for UN Women USA Gulf Coast Chapter's annual Through Women's Eyes International Film Festival, are excited about the festival exerting its identity as a standalone event.
  • By Klint Lowry |
  • March 4, 2020
Through Women's Eyes International Film Festival asserts its identity

By going solo, organizers have been able to add events, emphasize message

  • Arts + Culture
Suzanne Atwell, city commissioner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2013
Holiday wish lists

Sarasota leaders and residents unwrap their wishes for 2014.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • In Memoriam |
  • August 15, 2022
William James Gallagher

William James Gallagher, 88, of Quechee, Vermont and Longboat Key, Florida passed away peacefully July 29th, 2022 accompanied by one of his sons.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Years after closing its Siesta Key location, Bob's Boathouse opened last fall on Tamiami Trail.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 31, 2014
UPDATE: Permitting issues could sink Bob's Boathouse

Sarasota County staff denied the fourth request for an extension of the restaurant's temporary certificate of occupancy Thursday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jim Soda was one of the leading Realtors in Lakewood Ranch for years.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 25, 2022
Top Lakewood Ranch Realtor dies at 73

Jim Soda, who died at 73, had been one of the leading Realtors in Lakewood Ranch for two decades.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2020
Manatee County School Board District 3: Christine Dawson

Meet the candidate.

  • East County
  • News
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