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The panels at the Manatee Solar Energy Center stretch into the distance, covering 751 acres.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • April 13, 2022
FPL brightens Manatee County grid with solar power

Florida Power & Light passes a milestone of 1 million solar panels in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott instructs her daughter Valda and dancers Michael Foley and Monessa Salley.
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • April 13, 2022
Sarasota Contemporary Dance turns trauma into triumph

For her next dance performance, Leymis Bolaños Wilmott chose a weighty personal topic: The exodus of thousands of children from Cuba during the Fidel Castro regime.

  • Arts + Culture
Andy Sandberg, right, of the Hermitage Artist Retreat engaged playwright Aleshea Harris in a moderated dicussion. (Photo: Spencer Fordin)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • April 13, 2022
Playwright returns to scene of giant honor

One year after accepting the Hermitage Greenfield Prize, Aleshea Harris returned to Sarasota. In that year, she's seen her work staged in New York and London.

  • Arts + Culture
The home at at 671 Cedar St. was built in 1965. It has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,710 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • April 13, 2022
Queen's Harbour property sells for $2.7 million

A Queen's Harbour property on Fair Oaks Place topped this week's sales at $2.7 million .

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Some of the boats dropped their teams off on the north side of the island during the Sister Keys cleanup. (File photo)
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 13, 2022
In a variety of ways, Longboat keeps an eye on the environment

Eco-friendly events and policies are gaining traction with residents and town leaders as Longboat moves greener.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Around 1,000 people are planned for this year's walk. (File photo)
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • April 13, 2022
Stations of the Cross Walk returns in downtown Sarasota

The Sarasota Ministerial Association and Church of the Redeemer put on the 21st annual Good Friday procession April 15.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Interim Police Chief Rex Troche has served in his role since August. (File photo)
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • April 12, 2022
Violent crime down so far in 2022, police say

In most categories, violent crimes in the city of Sarasota occurred at a 23.5% lower rate since the first of 2022.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kohen List.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 12, 2022
East County Athlete of the Week: Kohen List

The Braden River High junior holds school records in the boys high jump and boys javelin.

  • East County
  • Sports
Elise Brownell, a middle school student, works on a lesson in class.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • April 12, 2022
Woodland Community Academy adds middle school facility to campus

The Lakewood Ranch school now serves infants through seventh grade with plans to add eighth grade next school year.

  • East County
  • Schools
Sydney Story, Christian Douglass, Macaria Chaparro Martinez, and Joe Ayers in FSU Asolo Conservatory’s production of "Twelfth Night." (Courtesy photo: Frank Atura.)
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • April 12, 2022
Asolo Conservatory’s 'Twelfth Night' is truth night

Epiphanies abound in The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training’s production of Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night."

  • Arts + Entertainment
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    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • April 12, 2022
This Week in A+E: April 14-20

World class theater hits Sarasota this week, as productions of "South Pacific," "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Fiddler on the Roof" play locally.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 12, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Keep the glass, call the husband

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Reggie Simmons, Guy Vilt and Jermey Metters are three of Lakewood Ranch Little League's umpires. They love the game despite the verbal sparring they hear from parents.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 12, 2022
Prose and Kohn: Little League umpires keep youth baseball turning

The people behind the plate put up with a lot of verbal abuse and mistaken parents for the good of the kids — and a love of the game.

  • East County
  • Sports
Work progresses on the St. Regis construction this week. This view looks southwest toward the hotel structure.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 12, 2022
St. Regis resort, condo construction is moving on up

Work goes vertical on Longboat Key site of resort and condominiums.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
(Back row) Madison Kelley, Leah Buehler, Cristal Trejo, Kelisa Morgan, Julianna Chupp, Aurora Skuba, Rachel Walmsley, (front) Ashley Beck, Adanna Wharton, Elayna Andrews and Haylee Hogan place first in female platoon exhibition.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • April 12, 2022
Braden River High School JROTC drill team passes down keys to success

Drill team leaders prepare underclassmen to continue legacy of success after winning more state championships.

  • East County
  • Schools
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Staff at the 12th Judicial Circuit Guardian Ad Litem program sort through the delivery of presents for children up to 18 years of age.
  • December 22, 2025
Gift donations break record at Sarasota Sheriff's Office
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Cindy Ritchell, Ann Quackenbush, Brenda Korthauer, Beverly Sutton and Kit Torchia all lend a helping hand in packing seeds to send internationally to farmers who need them. Quackenbush is a driving force behind Hope Seeds, a charitable ministry through Christ Church of Longboat Key.
  • December 22, 2025
Longboat's Hope Seeds nears 10 years of giving back
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Andrew Carrillo poses for a photo on Dec. 16 at Out-of-Door Academy. He's been the go-to guy on attack for the Thunder throughout their 2025-26 season.
  • December 22, 2025
East County Athlete of the Week: Andrew Carrillo
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Manatee County commissioners approve reducing speed limits throughout the county.
  • December 22, 2025
Speed limits reduced on nine roads in Manatee County
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The library will be constructed on the light green area depicted on this map within Longboat Key's Town Center Green. The entire library would be around 11,230 square feet with the possible enhancements.
  • December 22, 2025
Buchanan's $1 million donation formally accepted for library

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