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Jay Rixse delivered a lecture on the President's daily briefing Feb. 19.
    By
  • Andrew Atkins
  • February 27, 2019
LWR Talks features intelligence

Former CIA and Department of Defense official addresses crowd at Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club

  • East County
  • News
The Pirates walk off the court after their loss to Tampa Bay Tech.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 27, 2019
Pirates' record run ends

Braden River girls basketball team comes up one win short of state semifinals.

  • East County
  • Sports
Josh Young rises for a layup against Gulf Coast High.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 27, 2019
Mustangs senior the calm during the storm

Lakewood Ranch High boys basketball senior Josh Young is calm in big-game situations.

  • East County
  • Sports
Customers peruse the jewelry section at last year's Royal Rummage Sale.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 27, 2019
St. Mary Catholic gets ready to rummage

The annual sale will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday, March 1 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tom Brown, Bea & Dave Erickson, Anne Hanley, Gabriel and Diane Brown Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 27, 2019
Birthday thanks

The Lazy Lobster customers gave their favorite employee a birthday surprise on Feb. 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Larry Greenspon file photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 27, 2019
Donation in progress

In June, Greenspon, a Longboat Key resident, donated the initial gift for the refurbishment of the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee's 32-acre campus.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch resident Virginia Craig uses tools, like increasing font size, on websites to help her see better.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 27, 2019
New look in store for government websites?

Government websites struggle to balance cost, information offerings for Americans with Disabilities Act compliance.

  • East County
  • News
Herrmann's Royal Lipizzan Stallions Gabriella Herrmann and Myakka City Historical Society President Marilyn Coker have known each other since the 1960s.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 27, 2019
Myakka group rides for renovations

Lipizzan Stallion performance benefits Myakka City Historic School House project.

  • East County
  • News
Patty Cooper reads a book to Dreya.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 27, 2019
Patty Cooper lends helping hand throughout Sarasota area

The Longboat Key resident volunteers at Children First and Selah Freedom, teaches mahjong at The Paradise Center and is the treasurer of the Longboat Key Garden Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Robert E. Willis Elementary School fifth-grader Jaxon Lemus, left, is stumped momentarily by a math problem, but quickly solves it.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 27, 2019
Math is the star of brain games in Lakewood Ranch

LWR Savvy hosts Math24 tournament to promote academic competition.

  • East County
  • News
Janet Reardon, John Leone and Wilma McCray (front) and Joyce Leone and Ray McCray (behind) review documents related to the case.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 27, 2019
Development dispute in Tara begins again

Manatee commissioners to reconsider Lake Lincoln settlement.

  • East County
  • News
Kent Ringquist is the new AD at Lakewood Ranch High. Courtesy photo Madison Aker.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 27, 2019
Mustangs pick new athletic director

Kent Ringquist, a physical education teacher at the school, will head the Lakewood Ranch High athletics program.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 27, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Two-wheeled early-bird gets to work

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Photo courtesy Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • February 27, 2019
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens displays Paul Gauguin's tropical treasures

The artist's perspective of French Polynesia comes to life through his art and Selby's plant displays in 'Gauguin: Voyage to Paradise.'

  • Arts + Culture
The 2019 Sarasota Film Festival poster also announced the theme, The Beauty of Intelligent Film. Image courtesy Wilde Productions
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • February 27, 2019
Scene & Heard 02.28.19

Here's a look at the A&E news of the week, featuring Sarasota Film Festival, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota Half in Dream, The RIngling and The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

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