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Vacation rentals like this one in East County currently are not allowed for short-term rentals. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 19, 2020
Manatee County advances plan to reopen vacation rentals

The plan must be reviewed by state the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the governor's office.

  • East County
  • News
Elementary school times are the only ones changing.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 29, 2019
Elementary school start time changes in Manatee County

Elementary school start time changes in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • May 14, 2018
Patrons get a taste of Savor Sarasota

Savor Sarasota hosted a kick off event May 14 at Element.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 27, 2019
Selby: What's not to like?

The directors and CEO of Selby Gardens are doing their job: enacting a vision to turn the endangered asset into the jewel is deserves to be.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Jay Leno was awarded the Sarasota Film Festival Career Achievement Award by SFF President and Chairman of the Board Mark Famiglio.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 29, 2023
Jay Leno receives career award from Sarasota film fest

The comedian was presented with the Sarasota Film Festival Career Achievement Award after his performance at the Van Wezel.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 25, 2015
OUR VIEW | The ‘taking’ of your property

In Sarasota, often times it doesn’t matter what you own, or what city codes entitle you to do. Complainers trump property rights.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Brad Zunica maintained a .468 batting average with eight home runs and 29 RBIs this season. He also was 4-4 on the mound with a 2.60 ERA. File photo.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 12, 2013
Moving Up: Brad Zunica

Lakewood Ranch first baseman and pitcher Brad Zunica will forgo his senior season and enroll early at the University of Miami.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • October 31, 2022
Dog lovers play up costumes in Sarasota's 14th annual Dog-O-Ween

Dozens showed up for the Halloween event in downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 1, 2020
5981 Emerald Harbor Drive: Yahn home

The Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • March 24, 2022
Sarasota Cops Corner: Pacing and panicked

Police reports from around Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Josina Paschal sorts through books to select one to take home.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • June 7, 2016
All Faiths prepares to feed 30,000 with summer food programs

Summer reading and food programs kick at North Sarasota Public Library.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2013
Our view: DROP-dead disappointment

Don't be overwhelmed by all of the numbers. They are worth examining. They provide great context and history to the present debates regarding the Longboat Key town employees' pension plans.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
In addition to revisiting the renovation plans, Mayor Hagen Brody expressed an interest in discussing the maintenance of the property, which has been closed since March.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 14, 2021
Bobby Jones plans back on the table

The City Commission will hold a workshop as it considers altering a renovation project for the municipal golf course.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This mobile carillon, currently at the Sarasota Medieval Fair, could stay in town a little longer if one resident can find a home for it.
  • By David Conway |
  • November 17, 2016
Sarasota resident seeks home for carillon

Wylie Crawford believes an obscure instrument would be a widely embraced addition to the city. Now, he just has to find someone who agrees.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Janet and Kevin Allen, with daughter, Summer and dog, Bixby
  • By Columnist . |
  • August 16, 2018
The Jolly Rancher

When in Lakewood Ranch, love thy neighbor

  • LWR Life
Jay Romine, now the director of the MTC Law Enforcement Academy, is headed to the Florida Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 11, 2020
Law Enforcement Officers' Hall of Fame inducts Bradenton man

Mill Creek's Jay Romine will be honored for his 41-year career in law enforcement in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
Braden River Soccer Club's U11 boys team is currently ranked 60th in the U.S.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 2, 2020
Skills, accountability the soccer goal for Braden River SC

The U11 club is ranked nationally by GotSoccer.

  • East County
  • Sports
Former Riverview High swimmer Emma Weyant has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the Women's 400 IM.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 17, 2021
Sarasota swimmer is Tokyo Olympics bound

Former Riverview High swimmer Emma Weyant won the Women's 400 IM at the 2021 U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Laura Bryg and Judy Kovaleski-Swartz, who are Waterlefe residents and co-chairs of the raffle committee, say the raffle raises money to donate to the arts programs at Freedom Elementary School and Carlos E. Haile Middle School.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 3, 2021
Waterlefe hosts annual art show and sale in east Bradenton

Art show and sale returns to benefit elementary and middle school art programs.

  • East County
  • News
No one is sure when the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's legal mess will be cleared up.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 12, 2015
Colony: The legal maze

What legal hurdles remain before a new Colony Beach & Tennis Resort can rise? The Longboat Observer breaks down three major legal issues that need resolution.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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