Bay Park Conservancy's AG Lafley tells County Commission native Florida outperforms the built environment as The Bay park ...

After two seasons, Sarasota Paradise has established itself as the soccer team in Sarasota. A pre-professional team playing ...

From saving wildlife to rescuing residents locked in showers, Cops Corner proves it's never a dull day for Longboat Key ...

A veteran of community theatre stages in Sarasota, Bradenton and Venice, Melanie became a professional actress in mid-life.

But unlike the print version of the Observer, we can track what stories are read online, and after analyzing the data, the ...

Suspended since back-to-back hurricanes, the paid parking program on the barrier islands will resume Jan. 2, 2025.

Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Walter Gilbert will be speaking at Temple ...

A Sarasota institution, The Waffle Stop, is closing after 74 years. A sign in the restaurant, at 660 S. Washington Blvd., ...

The East County Observer sat down with Bourjaily and his wife Laura seven weeks after the kidney transplant. Bourjaily was ...

Mike and Sandy Sobzack return home to East County for the holidays. The couple stop by the University Park Country Club for ...

The amount of water that some Longboat Key residents experienced in their homes from Hurricane Helene's storm surge. Helene ...

Two months after hurricanes Helene and Milton, residents of the condominium community are still unable to live in their units ...