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Results for: Rentomojo App Referral Code "ZG69TZ" Get Rs.250 Bonus

  • By David Conway |
  • June 13, 2019
City proposes development review changes

City staff has crafted new regulations that could rely on more public hearings to approve downtown developments.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • August 31, 2015
Residents continue push for enhanced tree protection

At Saturday’s Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations meeting, residents called on the city to hire additional urban forestry staff and provide more oversight for tree removal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • April 19, 2013
Property owner plans temporary homeless shelter

The nonprofit Trinity Without Borders would operate the temporary shelter for homeless at 1003 N. Washington Boulevard.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 29, 2016
Colony deal: No sure bet

For Unicorp and Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners to close on the proposed sale, Unicorp must clear high hurdles: the town, Colony neighbors and LBK voters.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • July 29, 2020
Longboat Key breaks ground on new fire station

Fire Station 92 at 2162 Gulf of Mexico Drive is set to open around July 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 9, 2022
Racking our brains to deliver the paper in Lakewood Ranch area

The East County Observer seeks more outlets, and better online service to make the newspaper available.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • December 12, 2019
Sarasota Military Academy students survive pandemic simulation

Students work their way through a simulated pandemic to learn teamwork, communication, decision making skills.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By David Conway |
  • September 17, 2015
Conversation with Chris Sharek

One of the organizers of Electrify the Island sees exponential growth in the availability of electric cars, and Sarasota is among the places embracing them quickly.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • February 18, 2021
Manatee County Commissioner apologizes for asking to add names to vaccination list

One Manatee County commissioner calls Vanessa Baugh's email to add names to vaccination list "a terrible mistake" and a show of favoritism.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 24, 2011
Town will seek beach bond validation

The Longboat Key Town Commission gave Town Manager Bruce St. Denis direction on how to fix a beach bond referendum requiring validation after a town clerk publication error.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 4, 2012
Commissioners ease downtown parking restrictions

At their Monday meeting, Commissioners also postponed a decision on Laurel Park buffer zone.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • April 20, 2020
Longboat chief outlines how town could slowly reopen

It's unclear how long several of Longboat Key's closures will last.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • August 1, 2019
Developer, city explore higher density, attainable housing

A proposed 233-unit apartment complex on Bahia Vista Street would require a new zoning classification.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • December 13, 2017
Colony redevelopment slated for P&Z judgment

Unicorp National Developments Inc. is scheduled to testify on it application for redeveloping the former site of the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 9, 2015
County to get update on mowing program

Sarasota County is maintaining fewer rights of way than it owns and pays more for the service than several other surrounding counties.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • March 8, 2026
Longboat Citizens Academy graduates celebrated

Citizens Academy participants completed a seven-week program to learn how the town of Longboat Key operates and the services it provides to residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By David Conway |
  • March 31, 2016
Officials set to settle dispute on Woman's Exchange expansion

Representatives for the Woman’s Exchange and Laurel Park Neighborhood Association have one last opportunity to present their arguments regarding the city's approval of a contentious plan for expansion.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 27, 2013
Candidates tell voters where they stand on issues

Town Commission candidates state their stance on some of the Key's top issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By John McGuire |
  • March 8, 2017
Country Club Shores residents organize against exceptions to Key height restrictions

On Monday evening, the Town Commission considered adjustments to these exceptions in the town code.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 14, 2025
County mistake forces urgent request for New Trail Plaza development

After learning Sarasota County sold it land it did not own, the under-construction New Trail Plaza became non-compliant with city code.

  • Sarasota
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