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

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

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., ...

Deputies arrested Joseph Burden, 41, and Jessica McNew, 42, on Dec. 17 after detectives say they tracked them to a home in ...

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

Carol Fox Hartz, of Sarasota, sold her Unit K-622 condominium at 100 Central Ave. to Patricia Bass, trustee, of Sarasota, for ...

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

A Country Club home on Westchester Circle and a Country Club East home on Kendleshire Terrace top the week's sales at ...