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The Gotcha Group suggested an annual subsidy of $75,000 could be necessary to sustain the i-Ride transit service.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 20, 2018
Financial questions surround i-Ride’s future

Originally envisioned as a sustainable private endeavor, the i-Ride Sarasota downtown transit service may need a long-term subsidy to survive.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The deadline for voting in the town and county elections is 7 p.m.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • March 20, 2018
Longboat electors speak up

The deadline for voting in the town and county elections is 7 p.m.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    In Memoriam |
  • March 20, 2018
John F. "Jack" Perry

John F. “Jack” Perry, of Sarasota, Fla., died March 13, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
The polls are open until 7 p.m. Tuesday.
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • March 20, 2018
Voters head to the polls on school tax referendum

If approved, the referendum would continue a 1-mill property tax levy giving $56 million to the school district each year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jan Jordan and Marge Moran at last year's Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce award breakfast.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 20, 2018
Marge Moran remembered for making others feel welcome

The former Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce ambassador died March 15 at the age of 82.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 20, 2018
Shamrock Pub pulls out all the stops for St. Patty's

Hundreds gathered at Shamrock Pub for its annual all-day St. Patty's day bash.

  • Sarasota
  • News
File photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 20, 2018
Longboat Fire Rescue offering two more CPR classes

The final two training sessions this season will be held March 23 and April 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training student DeAnna Wright played the role of the priest and chorus leader in “Oedipus" in fall 2017. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • March 20, 2018
Asolo Rep and the FSU/Asolo Conservatory announce 2018-19 seasons

This upcoming season will feature both classics and newer pieces of theater.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 19, 2018
Temple Emanu-El Sunday school students get ready for Passover

Students from Temple Emanu-El's religious school learn about the holiday of Passover.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 19, 2018
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee on the future of cancer

The author of “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” Siddhartha Mukherjee spoke at The Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series on March 19.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key police sergeant David Cooper
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • March 19, 2018
Longboat police take aim at Greer Island

At least 19 individuals have been apprehended or given a notice to appear in court for alcohol and narcotics related crimes since police started patrolling the sandspit weeks ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 19, 2018
A dog day afternoon at the Mutt Derby

Dogs competed in a friendly race on March 18 at the Sarasota Kennel Club.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The two cars that are involved in the accident are a black Ford Escape and a white Hyundai Santa Fe.
    By
  • Amelia Hanks
  • March 19, 2018
One killed in car crash on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard

Head on collision in Lakewood Ranch results in one fatality and one injury.

  • East County
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 19, 2018
'Antiques Roadshow' coming to Ca'd' Zan in April

Sarasota taping will open the 2018 tour, but tickets have already been spoken for.

  • Sarasota
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  • Columnist .
  • March 19, 2018
Longboat Key letter to the editor

Readers sound off on issues around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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