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  • Jay Heater
  • March 9, 2022
Lakewood Ranch crafter brings gnome fad to local art show

Lakewood Ranch has become gnome central as lifetime crafter prepares for art show.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This home at 8079 Waterbend Trail in Waterside sold for $2 million. (Courtesy photo from Victoria Turner, Michael Saunders & Co.)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 9, 2022
Waterside of Lakewood Ranch home tops local sales at $2 million

Three million dollar-plus sales top Lakewood Ranch and east Bradenton area residential real estate transactions for FEB. 21-25.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
The Sarasota Tsunami and their supporters celebrate after the club's FLAGS championship. Photo courtesy Ira Klein.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 9, 2022
Sarasota Tsunami take FLAGS short course championship

Sarasota Tsunami wins second team championship in a season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Cyclists use Segment 3 of Legacy Trail for the first time.
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 9, 2022
Legacy Trail's success creates more options for travel, could connect regionally

Downtown leg of Legacy Trail can spur a wide variety of recreational and other uses.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 9, 2022
Home on Higel Avenue is the week's top seller at $5.8 million

A Siesta Key home on Higel Avenue is the week's top seller at $5.8 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Howard Tessler said the bike lane has improved a lot in the past few years.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 9, 2022
Longboat Key Police Department gets to work improving bicycle and pedestrian safety

Thanks to a liaison program with the Longboat Key Bicycle Association, updates are being made and put in place.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In January, the town reinstituted some of its COVID-19 distancing requirements.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 9, 2022
Longboat relaxes some of its COVID-19 reactions

Falling trends of positive tests, hospitalizations prompt changes at Town Hall, public sites.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Voters on Monday had the option of bringing vote-by-mail ballots directly to the Supervisor of Elections office in downtown Sarasota.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
Longboat voters side with county on approving school tax, rejecting at-large voting

Voting by mail makes a difference in charter-amendment results.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Vote by mail voters stopped by the Supervisor of Elections office on Tuesday to drop off ballots.
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 8, 2022
Sarasota retains single-member districts

57.2% of voters say "No" to the charter amendment.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 8, 2022
Longboat Key golfers team up to Go For the Cure

The Key Niners and Women's Golf Association played a round to raise money for Breast Health Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    In Memoriam |
  • March 8, 2022
Rosamelia Toledo Lecea

Rosamelia Toledo Lecea passed away on February 21, 2022.

  • East County
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Marilyn Coker and Walter Carlton of the Myakka City Historical Society are hoping the renovation of the Historic School House will be finished in the next year.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • March 8, 2022
Myakka City Historic School House nears end of 29-year restoration saga

Project manager says another $75,000 needed to complete restoration of Myakka City landmark.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 8, 2022
Siesta Key groups meet with Sarasota city leaders to discuss annexation

Save Siesta Key, among other groups, met with Mayor Eric Arroyo in February.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Although no plans have been submitted, Grant's Garden officials said they plan to use the company's existing building in a new proposal for redevelopment.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
Longboat landscaper gains deadline extension for new redevelopment plan

Grant's Garden gets six months to redo proposal plan for Longboat base.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
SRQ adds second airline flying direct to Northeast

Breeze Airways announces plans for twice a week flights to Connecticut.

  • Sarasota
  • News
In Country Club Shores, an at-grade home next to a taller, above-flood home.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
Longboat Commission turns away latest home-buffering plan

Proposal sought to address disparity between taller new homes and lower, pre-1975 homes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The living room overlooks the Gulf of Mexico.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 8, 2022
Beachplace condo Longboat's top sale of week

A Longboat Beachplace condo is the top sale of week at $1.48 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Tom Aposporos and Tom Freiwald gave an overview of the project during the breakfast meeting.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 7, 2022
Longboat Key Kiwanis members hear about Theater on the Green project

Club members had several concerns about the potential Town Center Green project during the meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Baltimore Orioles will begin minor league spring training workouts on March 10 at Ed Smith Stadium's backfields and at the Buck O'Neil Complex at Twin Lakes Park.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 7, 2022
Orioles open minor league spring training to fans at no cost

The club will begin minor league workouts on March 10 and games on March 16.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 7, 2022
Town of Longboat Key hosts in-person open house again

The annual event, which allows citizens to connect with their town, was online in 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch senior Ranson Coons holds down Buchholz senior Kason Nichols. Coons would win the match and take third place in the Class 3A 182-pound division.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 7, 2022
Lakewood Ranch High wrestler third at state meet despite injury

Lakewood Ranch High wrestler Ranson Coons won five straight matches at the state tournament to place third.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 7, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Loud? Foul? Grumpy? Old?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Izzy Tapia, a cosmetology student at Manatee Technical College, loves seeing people's reactions when she's done working on their hair or makeup.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • March 7, 2022
Manatee Technical College students advance to SkillsUSA state competition

MTC cosmetology students among medal winners in SkillsUSA competition in Bradenton.

  • East County
  • Schools
POWER member Linda Nash, treasurer Kimberly Seery and president Alicia Fretz urge motors to oppose the rezone.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 7, 2022
Rezone approval clears way for development by Lake Manatee State Park

Despite protests, the Manatee County Commission clears the way for development near Lake Manatee State Park.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 6, 2022
Guide Dogs Walkathon draws a thousand supporters to Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota

Southeastern Guide Dogs hosts major fundraiser at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • March 6, 2022
Shark's Tooth 10k returns to Rothenbach Park

Shark Tooth event takes to the trails of nature preserve.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Art at the Park offers a wide variety of art styles.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 6, 2022
Art in the Park provides window into the talents of University Park residents of Sarasota

Annual juried art show finishes run at University Park of Sarasota

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • March 6, 2022
Fresh Fridays welcomes neighbors and newcomers

The monthly event was held March 4.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 5, 2022
Lakewood Ranch wrestler finishes third at state tournament

Three other East County wrestlers reached the podium

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 4, 2022
Enthusiastic shoppers return to Royal Rummage sale

After being canceled in 2021, St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church's sale draws hundreds.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The ceremony took place adjacent to two fairways, under a tree.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 4, 2022
Work underway on Bobby Jones restoration

Sarasota city leaders celebrate with the community the legacy of its nearly 100-year-old golf course and its future.

  • Sarasota
  • News
As predators in the food web, Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes help maintain healthy ecosystems by keeping prey populations, such as rodents, in balance. (Photo by Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • March 4, 2022
Rattlesnakes best appreciated from afar

Although not naturally aggressive towards humans, these ecologically important snakes will defend themselves when threatened.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
George Turner will be sworn in as Longboat Key’s police chief on March 14.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 4, 2022
Turner will take over as Longboat police chief

Former captain with town department has served in interim role since April 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • March 4, 2022
Myakka City Elementary School hosts Literacy Night

Myakka City Elementary students have fun participating in various reading activities at Literacy Night.

  • East County
  • Schools
Commissioner George Kruse offers comments against a rezoning project adjacent to Lake Manatee State Park on Thursday at a land use meeting.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • March 3, 2022
Manatee Commission approves rezone for development adjacent to Lake Manatee State Park

Neal Communities gets approval for 706-unit development in east Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
Built in 2021, PH1901 of the Ritz Carlton Residences in the Quay includes four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 5,893 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 3, 2022
Quay penthouse sale tops $10.5 million

Quay penthouse sale tops sales at $10.5 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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