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Ashley Pater, a junior at Lakewood Ranch High, is committed to USC for beach volleyball.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 1, 2021
Prose and Kohn: Lakewood Ranch beach volleyball player is among the best in the country

Lakewood Ranch High junior Ashley Pater has committed to USC, the national beach volleyball champ.

  • East County
  • Sports
This Lake Club home at 16026 Topsail Terrace sold for $2.3 million. It has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,387 square feet of living area. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 1, 2021
Lake Club home sells for $2.3 million to top Lakewood Ranch area transactions

Two Lake Club homes bring more than $2 million in Lakewood Ranch and east Bradenton area real estate sales.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
The two-story, 24,920-square-foot Gulf Gate Library opened in 2015. Funding was aided by the county's 1-cent surtax.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 1, 2021
County solicits public input on penny tax

For more than three decades, local governments have relied on a sales tax to fund major projects. Next year, the county will ask voters for another long-term endorsement of the program.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Carolyn Angiolillo at her Aug. 12 book signing.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 1, 2021
Longboat Key author Carolyn Angiolillo shares her stories from Williamsburg, Brooklyn stoops

Angiolillo's first book is a historical fiction novel detailing the coming-of-age in New York City.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Air Force veteran Eugene Vaadi, who flew missions in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, died Aug. 28 at the age of 100.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 31, 2021
Sarasota war hero dies at age 100

Sarasota's Gene Vaadi, who died Aug. 28, flew missions in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Hopebridge Autism Therapy Centers is opening its first clinic in Florida at University Park.
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  • Jay Heater
  • August 31, 2021
Hopebridge Sarasota autism center set to open in University Park

Sarasota facility will be the first of 30 in Florida for Hopebridge Autism Therapy Centers.

  • East County
  • News
Bruce Woodruff, Roy Woodruff, Delores Woodruff, Linda Wakeman and Don Woodruff at the 60th anniversary in 2006.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 31, 2021
Bradenton's Woodruff & Sons still going strong after 75 years

Family strength guides Woodruff & Sons through 75 years serving the Bradenton and Sarasota region.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • August 31, 2021
Driver arrested in car-bicycle crash on Longboat Key

Sarasota Police take driver into custody on Bird Key.

  • Longboat Key
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Bodybar Pilates is coming to Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 31, 2021
Lakewood Ranch's Waterside Place adds Pilates studio

Bodybar Pilates studio joins the lineup at Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 31, 2021
Riverview-Braden River football game called off

The Rams have scheduled a different opponent but the Pirates have not.

  • East County
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 31, 2021
Town of Longboat Key celebrates National Dog Day

The town's pet parents showed out for the special day.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 30, 2021
Temple Beth Israel choir gets back to practice

The choir has been apart since the beginning of the pandemic.

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    In Memoriam |
  • August 30, 2021
Paul Louis Glosser

Paul Louis Glosser, aged 91, passed away on Sunday August 22, 2021 in Sarasota, Florida.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
The St. Regis site is set to include a rooftop bar. Rendering provided by Unicorp.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • August 30, 2021
St. Regis developers seek town approval ahead of October groundbreaking

Following demolition, deals and deliberations, St. Regis project is on the verge of final approval. Here's what to expect in the next two months.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • August 30, 2021
Lakewood Ranch residents have fun with a friendly game of cornhole

Lakewood Ranch Community Activities' casual cornhole brings friendly competition.

  • East County
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