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Lt. Ron Koper, Firefighter/Paramedic Tyler Anderson, Assistant Chief Mike Regnier, Lt. Tim Haas, FF/P David Oliger, FF/P Jason Berzowski, FF/P Daniel Martinez, FF/P William Lewis and Therapy Dog Hunter
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • December 15, 2022
Longboat Fire Department celebrates annual awards ceremony

Lt. Ron Koper received the department's award for Employee of the Year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2013
Cops 7.10.13

June 26 STAGING A COVER-UP 6:14 p.m. - 2800 block of GMD. Code Enforcement. An Italian woman didn't know she wasn't allowed to be topless on the beach and agreed to cover up.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2022
East County weather page photo: September 22

Marvin Crepea captured this alligator in the pond behind his house on Thornhill Court in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
If Rams junior quarterback Jeremiah Dawson, here looking to pass to Charles Lester III (1), plays well, the Rams can have success in the second half of the year. (File photo.)
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 11, 2022
Sarasota football teams retake the field Friday after prolonged break in action

A look at everything that happened before Hurricane Ian mandated a pause — and a look at what could happen next as the postseason looms.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The popularity of the Siesta Key Breeze service was one factor that motivated the City Commission’s interest in an open-air trolley, rather than a bus. File photo.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 6, 2021
City favors open-air trolley for islands transit

The City Commission is interested in spending additional money to expand a transportation service between downtown and Lido Key, though it’s unclear how the route may be funded.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Brothers Martin Gramatica and Santiago Gramatica stand in front of the panels that will be used to build three homes for underprivileged families in Haiti.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • January 27, 2011
Brotherly Love

The well-known former Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Martin Gramatica and his placekicking brothers chose Sarasota to start their green building business, which has just secured a deal to provide housing to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

  • Sarasota
  • News
An independent group of orchestra advocates has identified land along U.S. 301 — west of the Payne Park tennis courts — as a potential site for a music hall. File photo.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 25, 2021
City in the dark on orchestral maneuvers

As the Sarasota Orchestra continues internal deliberations on a new music hall, city leaders and residents are attempting to craft a perfect pitch to retain the organization.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Enjoy this week'  s edition of Cops Corner.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2017
Cops Corner: Sarasota 3.16.17

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Town Hall officials last month received a preliminary site plan for the facility. Now, the IDA can move forward to buy the property. Courtesy rendering.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • April 11, 2012
Ranch to build new facility

The new maintenance facility, which will be located on 59th Avenue East, should translate to cost savings for residents.

  • East County
  • News
This LakeHouse Cove at Waterside home at 793 Crosswind Ave. sold for $3 million. It has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,274 square feet of living area. (Photo by Liz Ramos)
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 23, 2022
LakeHouse Cove home tops sales at $3 million

A LakeHouse Cove home on Crosswind Avenue tops the week's sales at $3 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 23, 2019
The crime of Bobby Jones Golf Club

Reading the city consultant's business plan for the golf course is like reading a prospectus of a company with a bad idea trying to make money in a declining industry.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 19, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Mill tax helps Sarasota County charter schools; My vote is yes on Sarasota schools referendum

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Briggs is enjoying his first day back at Bayfront Park's dog park. (Photo by Lauren Tronstad)
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2022
Longboat's Bayfront dog park reopens after artificial turf installation

The park's reopening date was pushed back due to Hurricane Ian preparation and recovery.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bill Saba sold the land he stands in front of, between Palm Drive and Gulf of Mexico Drive, after his family owned it for decades. All photos by Sten Spinella.
  • By Sten Spinella |
  • August 27, 2019
Land sale on Longboat could bring commercial use

The property had been in the Saba family since 1931.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • March 23, 2018
County considering ideas to replace Longboat Key bus service

Officials from Longboat Key and Sarasota County are working to find a way to still offer public transportation to the town, at a lower cost to the county.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A home in Sarasota Beach tops this week's transactions at $3.9 million. Built in 2020, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,464 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 15, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for May 29 to June 2 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Sarasota Beach home on Island Circle tops the week's sales at $3.9 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Michael "Mac" Ordetx said he decided to write a book on working with children with autism about two years ago, after being encouraged to do so by individuals who attended his conference presentations on the topic.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 11, 2012
Student pens autism book

Mac Ordetx has authored his first book, 'Understanding Autism: A Sensitivity Training Guide for Kids Like Me.'

  • East County
  • News
City Commission candidate Jen Ahearn-Koch.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 2, 2017
City Commission candidate questionnaire: Jen Ahearn-Koch

At-large candidate Jen Ahearn-Koch shares her thoughts on the key issues ahead of the March 14 election.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 28, 2009
TOP STORY, May: Sign code irks business owners

Longboat Key business owners urged the town's planning board for a review of the sign code they said could be bad for business.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • May 24, 2021
Jeanne Elisabeth Bisset McFarland

A Life Well Lived

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
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