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Pat Bentley stands with volunteer Beth Fusco in front of the red kettle this season.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 3, 2020
Longboat holiday-season drive is tops again

Kiwanis Club organizes another top-producing Red Kettle Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 3, 2020
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium releases adult female loggerhead

The previously tagged turtle was receiving care for blood loss because of a mangled flipper.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Delivery of new blue bins began in November.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 3, 2020
County residents reminded to begin using recycling carts on Monday

Those who live in unincorporated areas of the county will no longer separate their recyclables as new system cranks up.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rabbi Jonathan Katz will facilitate the five-week program on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 3, 2020
Bereavement Support Group returns to Longboat

Rabbi Jonathan Katz brings the five-week program to the key, beginning Jan. 23.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Parks Robinson opened Fit2Run with his father, Bill Robinson, in 2006. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 2, 2020
Bradenton's Bill Robinson dies at 70

Fit2Run co-founder dies of cancer.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 2, 2020
School Board will begin search for superintendent in January

The board will begin its search by hiring a search firm to aid the district.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
T.Georgiano's donated 300 pairs of shoes to Second Chance Last Opportunity.
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • January 2, 2020
T.Georgiano's donates 300 pairs of shoes

T.Georgiano's donated 300 pairs of shoes to Second Chance Last Opportunity on Dec. 12.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 2, 2020
Lido Shores home sets record at $3.35 million

December sale is highest for a non-waterfront home in Sarasota County in 2019.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kindra Muntz, president of Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections, speaks to protestors.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 2, 2020
Sarasota County prepares for 2020 elections

Local officials, candidates and voters are anticipating the 2020 elections.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • January 2, 2020
Temple Sinai installs new rabbi

Rabbi Samantha Kahn was formally installed as Temple Sinai's new rabbi on Dec. 6.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
John and Karen Henry celebrate their win of the $20,000 raffle prize with Bill and Susanne Weber at the 2019 Lawn Party.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 2, 2020
Get those calendars ready

Longboaters won't want to miss these 2020 events.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
FDOT contractors work on construction a bridge along Interstate 75. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 2, 2020
FDOT to temporarily close I-75 on-ramp at S.R. 70 in Bradenton

FDOT to temporarily close I-75 on-ramp at S.R. 70 in Bradenton

  • East County
  • News
St. Armands Circle is a frequent source of traffic headaches.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 2, 2020
If you were king or queen, how would you fix traffic?

What are your potential solutions to our never-ending traffic troubles.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The path forward into the next decade includes, for many, some kind of solution for the Town Center issue.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 2, 2020
Visions for the path toward 2030 in Longboat Key

Longboat leaders tell us what they'd like to see in the next decade.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 2, 2020
Prose and Kohn: An open letter to the 2020 Sarasota sports scene

A new year means new possibilities.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
1. Riverview High golfer Jacqueline Putrino won two major tournaments in 2019.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 2, 2020
The top-10 Sarasota athletes to watch in 2020

These local competitors are rising stars.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
A group of about 15 players were sharing Bayfront Park's three courts on a Monday morning in mid-December. By the end of January, there will be more room to play.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 2, 2020
Pickleball expansion gets started in Longboat's Bayfront Park

Work to add two dedicated courts, reduce basketball facilities to half-court, expected to wrap up by end of January.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 2, 2020
High-profile Sarasota projects hope to make major strides in 2020

How do the groups overseeing these planning efforts intend to get it done?

  • Sarasota
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Winners of the 2019 tournament's Division 1, Andy and Karen Adams, Sandra Weiss and Chris Wetzig.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 1, 2020
Observer Challenge still swinging after 20 years

The tennis tournament celebrates two decades in January.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
6633 Gulf of Mexico Drive
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 1, 2020
2019: Longboat Key's top 10 real estate sales

$11.4 million property tops list.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kirk Boylstond, president of Lakewood Ranch Commercial, and Rex Jensen, president and CEO of SMR, are running out of dirt to develop.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 1, 2020
Culmination of the master plan nears in Lakewood Ranch as we enter the 2020s

Culmination of the master plan nears in Lakewood Ranch as we enter the 2020s

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 1, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Four engines, one source of suspicion

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Thomas J. McLaughlin
  • January 1, 2020
You and Your Business Idea Need a Succession Plan

Succession planning allows you to define your business’s legacy, while encouraging the leaders of your business to support the growth of your business’s employees.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Sponsored Content
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 1, 2020
Fantastic financiers

The Town of Longboat Key's finance department outdid themselves again.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 1, 2020
Two killed in separate Sarasota crashes

Identity of one victim, an Osprey man, has been released. The other victim remains unidentified, pending family notification.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 1, 2020
Sarasota celebrates new year with a street party downtown

Revelers of all ages enjoy fun, games, food at the city's annual Pineapple Drop festivities.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Mark Hubbard won the inaugural LECOM Suncoast Classic in 2019. Who will win in 2020?
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 1, 2020
Prose and Kohn: More sports thrills headed our way in 2020

Our columnist looks ahead to the biggest questions and events of the new year.

  • East County
  • Sports
1. Braden River High sophomore O'Mariah Gordon won the Gatorade Florida Player of the Year award in 2019.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 1, 2020
For this East County 10, it's showtime

Ten local high school athletes have served notice they will have a big year.

  • East County
  • Sports
Contractors for the Florida Department of Transportation construct new bridges across the Braden River as part of an improvement project to widen a section of I-75 and reconfigure the interchange of I-75 and State Road 70.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 1, 2020
Growth spurs roadway projects in Manatee County

Growth spurs roadway projects in Manatee County

  • East County
  • News
East Manatee Fire Rescue firefighter Larry Haymore connects a hose from the hydrant to a 1,000-gallon fire truck during a training exercise. He and other new hires will work at the district's new Station 7 on Covenant Way.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 1, 2020
Safety agencies plan for rapid growth in Lakewood Ranch area over next decade

Safety agencies plan for rapid growth in Lakewood Ranch area over next decade

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch's Stan Pearlman said he believes the future Manatee County park by Premier Sports Campus can be a "mecca" for Lakewood Ranch area residents.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 1, 2020
2020s vision: Multi-sports complex should be a hit by 2030

Manatee County says 10 years should be right to finish its regional park in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 1, 2020
2020 word of the year: Make it a ‘Golden’ year

Given the past three years of strife in Washington, one word that comes to mind is ‘stop’ — as ‘Stop it!’ But a better approach is to take the high road: the Golden Rule.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A Bradenton woman dies in a one-car crash in Manatee County.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • December 31, 2019
Bradenton woman dies in one-car accident

Accident on State Road 64 claims the life of a 41-year-old Bradenton woman.

  • East County
  • News
Tim Novak, the dean of the School of Health Services, and Mark Kauffman, the associate dean of academic affairs, said LECOM's success goes hand-in-hand with Lakewood Ranch's growth.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • December 31, 2019
LECOM just one example of positive growth in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch community reflects the number of primary care physicians who remain after graduating from LECOM.

  • East County
  • News
Audrey Modglin, Andrew Vac and Gail Loefgren.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • December 31, 2019
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce celebrates the end of a decade

Members gathered for a low-key lunch.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ellen Parker and Steve Jackson were among the more than 30 people who took part in the 2019 edition of Citizens Academy.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • December 31, 2019
Signups still open for Longboat's Citizens Academy

Weekly sessions begin Jan. 8 for series of presentations on how government works.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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