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Dr. Rene Salazar, USF Environmental and Occupational Health, addresses a parents meeting at Lakewood Ranch High.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 30, 2017
Mold closes building at Lakewood Ranch High

District tells concerned parents it will do a comprehensive assessment of all the school's buildings.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • August 30, 2017
Cops Corner 8.31

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Reopen Beach Road is has more than half of the signatures they need to get two charter amendments to vote.
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • August 30, 2017
Organization seeks signatures for Beach Road ballot initiative

Reopen Beach Road gave a presentation at the Siesta Key Association meeting in August, in an effort to get more signatures on their attempts to amend the county charter.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
file photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 30, 2017
Larry Elgart remembered for his love of swing music

The composer and bandleader recorded "Bandstand Boogie," which was used as the theme song for "American Bandstand."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Julie and Phil Delaney
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • August 30, 2017
A happy anniversary and a dream gig

Milestones reached by your friends and neighbors.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A record number of dolphin calves have been born this season.
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • August 30, 2017
Sarasota Bay sees record year for dolphin births

During the 2017 season, 19 dolphin calves were recorded in the area.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Bird Key home located at 651 Mourning Dove Drive recently sold for $3 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 30, 2017
Mourning Dove Drive home sells for $3 million

Residential real estate for Aug. 14-18.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Though Jim Gabbert’s proposed recycling facility outside the Celery Fields was denied, he is hoping to find a location farther east.
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • August 30, 2017
Developer looking farther east to build recycling facility

After rejection of his plan to build a recycling plant just outside the Celery Fields, its developer says he just has to move on.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Almost every major milestone in George Luzier's life has to do with boating, from the academy he chose to attend after high school to how he met his wife. Photo by Niki Kottmann
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • August 30, 2017
Made with Love: Sarasota man honored for eight decades of craftsmanship

George Luzier has been making high-quality wooden boats for 80 years, and this summer, his work was awarded national recognition.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle named Patti works her way to the Gulf of Mexico off Lido Beach on Aug. 30, 2017.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 30, 2017
Mote sends Patti the sea turtle home

On Aug. 30, a rehabilitated subadult loggerhead sea turtle was released into the Gulf of Mexico off Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
LECOM Park has been garnering substantial attention to its namesake according to a school executive.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 30, 2017
Lakewood Ranch's LECOM puts naming rights on stage

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
Cops Corner
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • August 30, 2017
Cops corner for Lakewood Ranch area

Interesting police reports from the Lakewood Ranch and Bradenton areas.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
A least tern juvenile rests near the colony. The colony was allegedly chased away by a cat at the end of June. Photo courtesy of Greg Taylor.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 30, 2017
Cat chases away Longboat least tern colony

On June 28, a cat showed up near the colony. The next day, the colony was down 25 nests.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Susan Phillips wears many hats around Longboat Key. She said if more people joined nonprofit clubs, the island could do so much good.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 30, 2017
A conversation with Susan Phillips

The assistant to the town manager and president of the Longboat Key Garden Club shares her thoughts on involvement around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Volunteers don't need to have backgrounds in marine science. Mote gives their volunteers training before sending them out to their posts.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 30, 2017
Longboaters hooked on Mote

A plethora of Longboat Key residents have found a calling in volunteering at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Brenda Russell, center, says development of the proposed park property, a projected called Myara, leaves little connectivity for wildlife even if built using a clustered style of development. Gary Hebert, left, and Phil St. John
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 30, 2017
Braden Woods group hopes to preserve options

Friends of Keep Woods wants to educate the public about potential park.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 30, 2017
Bring back my country

What’s happening to the country we knew and loved? The best way to bring it back is to continue doing and teaching our loved ones to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
File photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 30, 2017
Maria Sharapova keeps track of Longboat

The famed tennis player has Longboat Key listed on her weather app.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 30, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: Aug. 31, 2017

Anna Ruth Tiller, Hilda Taylor Laurence and John H.Stephenson died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Scallop Search volunteers rescued the pelican from fishing line and brought it to Save our Seabirds. Photo courtesy of Tara Goldstein
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 30, 2017
Saving seabirds

Scallop Search volunteers rescued a pelican while out on Sarasota Bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This home at 13404 Kildare Place in Lakewood Ranch sold recently for $750,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 30, 2017
Country Club Village home sells for $750,000

Residential real estate transactions for Aug. 14-18

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Jordan Schmucker, Nikki Cain, Sasha Cain, Kelsie Roberts, Anna Shelby Dees and Ciarra Scarbrough walk off the court after a set.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 30, 2017
Lakewood Ranch volleyball hopes to rebound from 2016 season

The Mustangs coach believes this year's team is more committed to the sport.

  • East County
  • Sports
Troy Snyder is a three-time personal watercraft world champion.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 30, 2017
East County resident's mantra — Just Doo it

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • East County
  • Sports
Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Vice President of Planning Richard Bedford says the public is anxious for the extension of Lorraine Road to open.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 30, 2017
Lakewood Ranch road comes to fruition

Lorraine Road extension opens Ranch's move into Sarasota County.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 30, 2017
Cortez Bridge

Make it a fixed span

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Ava Krug.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 30, 2017
East County High Five Moments: 08.30.17

East County High Five Moments: 08.30.17

  • East County
  • Sports
Justin Curtis.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 30, 2017
East County Athlete of the Week: Justin Curtis

The senior quarterback talks his best skill and teammate Drew Butler's jokes.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 30, 2017
That's some legacy

How do you justify $65 million more for a want?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
By the end of the year, changes will include a third northbound lane on U.S. 41, a third left-turn lane from eastbound Gulfstream onto U.S. 41 and a pedestrian crosswalk signal.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • August 30, 2017
Longboat leaders pleased with Sarasota traffic solution

On Aug. 21, the City Commission voted unanimously to undertake a series of changes to the U.S. 41-Gulfstream-Fruitville road network.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The town of Longboat Key, in the form of its Development Review Committee, will discuss and make comments on the redevelopment plan for the former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort at 9 a.m. Friday in Town Hall.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • August 30, 2017
Former Colony property development: a work in progress

Longboat Key's Development Review Committee will talk about the Colony redevelopment plan on Friday. Not everyone is sold on the project yet.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
More than 90% of residents surveyed said the quality of life in Sarasota County is good or excellent.
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • August 29, 2017
Sarasota residents happy with quality of life, survey shows

According to a survey of 800 residents, growth in the county is a big concern, but they're happy with how local officials are handling things.

  • Sarasota
  • News
File photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 29, 2017
Amore to open in September

Owner Howard Rooks said the new location in Burns Court is undergoing renovations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Brick pavers will be installed at the intersection of Cattlemen Road and University Parkway, so it looks like it did before diverging diamond construction. Photo courtesy of Flickr.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 29, 2017
Motorists should expect delays at Cattlemen, University Parkway

The installation of brick pavers will cause intermittent lane closures.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 29, 2017
Shell crates arrive, grandstand construction begins at Nathan Benderson Park

USRowing has also announced its roster for the World Rowing Championships.

  • East County
  • Sports
A mobile home park and commercial properties in Gulf Gate were evacuated following a gas leak this morning. Photo courtesy Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
    By
  • David Conway
  • August 29, 2017
UPDATE: Gas leak causes closures, evacuations on Gulf Gate Drive

The county has reopened Gulf Gate Drive after authorities responded to a gas leak this morning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Patterson Foundation Executive Director Debra Jacobs said the donation will be a major asset to disaster relief efforts in Texas. (File photo).
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • August 29, 2017
Patterson Foundation donates to Harvey relief

The Patterson Foundation contributed $250,000 to Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Hurricane Harvey recovery fund.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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