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Julie Martin pours SALT Tequila.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • August 20, 2023
Rotary Club of Sarasota hosts first Toast Local charity event
Music Compound music instructor Alicia Schiavone offers Palmetto 6-year-old Bennett Blumer a beginner's lesson guitar. "He has some type of performer in him, we just don't know how to channel it yet," says Hilary Blumer, Bennett's mother.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • August 19, 2023
Back to School Bash a hit at Music Compound in East County
Maya Taeoalii dances for the audience, but she arrived before the performance at Grand Living at Lakewood Ranch to teach the ladies how to hula dance.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • August 18, 2023
Grand Living at Lakewood Ranch hosts a luau
Angelina Bens, Leo Bens, Michael Nunes, Karen Pashkow, Jeffrey Nunes, and Anne Summers
  • By Petra Rivera
  • August 16, 2023
Longboat Island Chapel hosts happy hour for Stillpoint Mission donations
7340 Points of Rocks Road in Siesta Key
  • By Petra Rivera
  • August 14, 2023
Siesta Key listing voted overall winner in HGTV Ultimate House Hunt
5131 Jungle Plum Road in Siesta Key
  • By Petra Rivera
  • August 14, 2023
Longboat Key Realtor's listing places in HGTV contest
Lori Goldmeier, dressed as Harley Quinn from DC Comics, and Ryan Jacobson
  • By Ian Swaby
  • August 13, 2023
SarasotaCon showcases comics and local community of enthusiasts
Second graders Wyatt Hill, Zachary Choibekov and Hendricks Perez
  • By James Peter
  • August 10, 2023
Suncoast School for Innovative Studies welcomes students for new year
Ainsleigh Herbert, 5, Katie Herbert, and Anniston Herbert, 8
  • By Ian Swaby
  • August 10, 2023
A new year begins at Southside Elementary School
Luke Langan, a pre-K student at Gene Witt Elementary School, says another goodbye to his father, Sean Langan.
  • By Jay Heater
  • August 10, 2023
Students across Manatee County head back to school
April Glasco lines up children to get a free Kona Ice.
  • By Petra Rivera
  • August 7, 2023
Committee at Temple Beth Israel donates $1,000 worth of school supplies
Lakewood Ranch's Sue Carlton had just had dinner at Good Liquid Brewing at Waterside Place Aug. 5 when she heard the music and decided to have some fun with singer Sheri Nadelman.
  • By Jay Heater
  • August 6, 2023
Stay tuned for musical growth at Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch
Scarlett Hafner, a fifth grader at Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy, her mother, Cassie, brother Preston, a seventh grader, and father, Mark Hafner, at the 80th parallel just north of Svalbard, Norway.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • August 6, 2023
Lakewood Ranch-area teachers, students take the summer to travel the world
Bradenton's Nicole Figueroa, who is 11, and Abdiel Figueroa, who is 8, show off the school supplies they received during the Back to School Bash.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • August 5, 2023
Mall at UTC's Back to School Bash prepares students for a new year
Lakewood Ranch's Adrian Olivo brings his canoe to shore after competing in the Men's Masters B 200 meters of the ACA Sprint Canoe National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park. He finished third in 57.911.
  • By Jay Heater
  • August 4, 2023
Nathan Benderson Park hosts national paddling event
Nine-year-old Estella Stroth reaches great heights.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • August 4, 2023
Circus Summer Camp lets kids enter the big-top spotlight
Illusionist Marshall Chandler entertains Lynn Hagan and Mary Frances Mondo.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • July 31, 2023
Magic & Mystery Night Faire offers Sarasota a new experience
Networking at Noon was hosted at the Chart House from 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
  • By Petra Rivera
  • July 31, 2023
Networking at Noon welcomes new, potential members to the chamber
Lakewood Ranch's Jacqueline Darby shares memories of going to Mixon Fruit Farms with Janet Mixon. Darby has been going to Mixon Fruit Farms for 40 years.
  • By Liz Ramos
  • July 29, 2023
Mixon Fruit Farms closes its doors in Bradenton
Dance instructor Daisy Saunders, 75, and student Helen McBean, who, at 88 years old, is a regular in Saunders' classes
  • By James Peter
  • July 28, 2023
Health fair encourages seniors to stay in motion
Eleven-year-old Henry Greenwell, 12-year-old Max Dinetz and Mike Donnerstag make banana bread together.
  • By Ian Swaby
  • July 28, 2023
Kids choose their own culinary adventures at Chef Mike’s Catering camp
Fire and Police department of Longboat Key mingle over ice cream provided by the Longboat Key Rotary Club on July 25.
  • By Petra Rivera
  • July 28, 2023
Longboat Key first responders enjoy ice cream provided by Rotary Club
A Coast Guard helicopter flies over Nathan Benderson Park on July 26 for the Spirit of America camp week.
  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • July 27, 2023
Coast Guard teaches boating safety at Nathan Benderson Park
A special crane lifts the approximately 15-ton piece of acrylic that will become a main window in the Mote Science Education Aquarium's Gulf of Mexico Gallery tank that is two stories high.
  • By Jay Heater
  • July 25, 2023
Mote aquarium construction offers window to the future
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1
Julie Martin pours SALT Tequila.
  • August 20, 2023
Rotary Club of Sarasota hosts first Toast Local charity event
2
Music Compound music instructor Alicia Schiavone offers Palmetto 6-year-old Bennett Blumer a beginner's lesson guitar. "He has some type of performer in him, we just don't know how to channel it yet," says Hilary Blumer, Bennett's mother.
  • August 19, 2023
Back to School Bash a hit at Music Compound in East County
3
Maya Taeoalii dances for the audience, but she arrived before the performance at Grand Living at Lakewood Ranch to teach the ladies how to hula dance.
  • August 18, 2023
Grand Living at Lakewood Ranch hosts a luau
4
Angelina Bens, Leo Bens, Michael Nunes, Karen Pashkow, Jeffrey Nunes, and Anne Summers
  • August 16, 2023
Longboat Island Chapel hosts happy hour for Stillpoint Mission donations
5
7340 Points of Rocks Road in Siesta Key
  • August 14, 2023
Siesta Key listing voted overall winner in HGTV Ultimate House Hunt

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