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  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 20, 2013
Unfiltered Nature: Virginia Hoffman

Photographer Virginia Hoffman hopes taking a photo means aging historic Florida sites will be preserved.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 27, 2013
Taste of the Town

Read a page from area chefs' and restaurant owners' menus, and get a kitchen confidential about the talk and taste of the town.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 2, 2017
Commercial progress in Lakewood Ranch turns another corner

Northeast corner construction begins at Lorraine Road and State Road 70.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • July 29, 2015
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere

With Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant gone, what will be your new favorite happy hour spot?

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • August 11, 2015
Sarasota Happy Hour Guide: Longboat Key

Sarasota Happy Hour Guide: Longboat Key

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • January 17, 2014
Theater SRQ & A: Berry Ayers

Theater SRQ & A: Berry Ayers

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 30, 2013
The Ghost Hotel

John Ringling's Ritz-Carlton hotel stood vacant on the Key for more than 30 years, leading many locals to call it 'the Ghost Hotel.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • June 5, 2024
Longboat natives share what it was like to grow up on the Key

Sharon Meier and her sister Mimi Dolan recreated a photo of them growing up on the island taken 50 years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • September 12, 2024
Churches mirror huge growth in Lakewood Ranch

Faith communities say rapid expansion is a blessing and a challenge

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 3, 2025
Hey Santa, how about a finished Premier park for Lakewood Ranch?

The wish is for the long overdue park project to be finished in the next couple years.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 17, 2025
Lakewood Ranch entrepreneur works hard and parties harder

Oh What Fun Party Co. is a small business with some big clients.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • October 3, 2012
Black Tie & Tales

Summer roundup; Landers says yes to dress; Close encounters of the surprise kind; QUADRUPLE the fun; Whoa, Sally, that girl!

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • January 18, 2022
Temple Beth Israel women learn value of their keepsakes

Sarasota appraiser Andrew Ford was a luncheon guest at the Longboat Key temple and shared his knowledge.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • December 5, 2023
Sarasota events encourage eco-friendly living

The Bay and Science & Environment Council partnered for environmental-themed events in downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 1, 2020
More steps for the state

Economist Arthur Laffer says state and local governments should be cutting expenses now.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 27, 2023
Pickleball gets its hooks into a younger audience in East County

The sport is catching on with high school and young adult athletes in the area as it explodes nationally.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 20, 2023
Former WWF wrestler Jerry Sags reflects on his winding career

Lakewood Ranch's Jerry Sags, one half of the Nasty Boys tag team, paid his dues before his big break.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Eric Snider |
  • October 28, 2025
Longboat welcomes its new chief

The new Longboat Key police chief takes pride in never accepting the status quo, seeking to always "make things at least a little bit better."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • May 24, 2021
Delayed garage doors slow opening of Longboat Key fire station

Station 92 at 2162 Gulf of Mexico Drive is set to open by July.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 8, 2022
Florida Housing Coalition seminar provides key workforce housing tips

Manatee County commissioners could identify some land trust possibilities by late this year.

  • East County
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