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Individual tickets for the team's 13th spring season at Ed Smith Stadium will go on sale to the general public Saturday at 10 a.m. Photo courtesy Todd Olszewski/Baltimore Orioles.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 11, 2022
Despite lockout, Orioles spring tickets go on sale Saturday

Birdland Members can purchase tickets in advance as part of a Thursday pre-sale.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Roundabout construction at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue is set to complete by fall 2022.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 11, 2022
Return of season prompts complaints of traffic congestion

Construction will continue throughout much of 2022 at U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jim Kehoe, Tom Sweeney, Jerry Ditty, Chris Mitchell, Deb Kehoe and Cynthia Baptiste. Photo by Liz Ramos
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 11, 2022
Lakewood Ranch Elks thanked for vets support

Home for Our Troops gives certificate of appreciation to Lakewood Ranch Elks Lodge.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Kristopher Paul has made a few versions of his Sam Wilson Captain America suit.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • January 11, 2022
Cosplayer finds a niche portraying superheroes

Longtime cosplayer Kristopher Paul walks in the Sarasota Holiday Parade as a costumed adventurer each year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Angélica Negrón was named the winner of the Hermitage Greenfield Prize on Monday.
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • January 11, 2022
Composer Angélica Negrón claims Hermitage Greenfield Prize

Angélica Negrón will compose an original work inspired by the setting sun for the Hermitage Artist Retreat.

  • Arts + Culture
File photo
    By
  • Scott Lockwood
  • January 10, 2022
Remy's on Main opens in Lakewood Ranch

Remy's on Main, featuring "stick to your ribs" fare with a Korean twist, opened Jan. 10 in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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SMR-Taylor Ranch LLC has filed plans to build 4,500 homes on this property located just west of Bourneside Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Scott Lockwood
  • January 10, 2022
Taylor Ranch plans for Lakewood Ranch go to Manatee County permitting

SMR presents plans for 4,500 new homes on the former Taylor Ranch property south of State Road 64 and west of Bournside Boulevard.

  • East County
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Logan Wright.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 10, 2022
East County Athlete of the Week: Logan Wright

The Lakewood Ranch wrestler talks being recruited to the team and his love of dinosaurs

  • East County
  • Sports
Music was back on her pedestal, though she was missing her head and hands.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 10, 2022
Music statue in St. Armands Circle recovering after fall

The statue is missing its head and hands, likely thanks to someone climbing on it.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Created by José Valle
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • January 10, 2022
Sarasota Orchestra primed for a Beatles and rock 'n' roll revolution

The Sarasota Orchestra is preparing for a set of Beatles tunes, a change of pace from a steady diet of Brahms and Beethoven.

  • Arts + Culture
In the summer of 2021, the Volt Power Co. workers removed several light poles in the Country Club Shores neighborhood.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 10, 2022
Longboat Key due to save $3.7 million in undergrounding project

Phase four of the project is projected to have the most of the savings at about $1.83 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Legacy Trail expansion north to the county line is one of the potential projects to draw funding.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 10, 2022
Sarasota panel finalizing project list for penny tax money

Commissioners will meet with group on Jan. 31 to hear advisory committee's recommendations.

  • Sarasota
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A Sun King employee pouring beer into a growler. Sun King's new Sarasota location will open this summer. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • January 10, 2022
Sun King Brewing to open first brewery outside of Indiana in Sarasota

Indiana-based Sun King Brewing will open a tap room in the old JDub's Brewing building this summer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 10, 2022
Newcomers win Observer Challenge on Longboat Key

Although the tennis tournament has many repeat players, some of 2022's winners were first-timers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Mote Science Education Aquarium will begin to take shape with vertical construction late in 2022.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 10, 2022
Aquarium, library projects in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch set to go skyward in 2022

2022 will be a big year for aquarium, library projects going skyward.

  • East County
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