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Results for: Funded Futures Network Promo Code "SKV50" Get 50% Off On All Plans

  • By Jason Clary |
  • February 18, 2015
Pinning down their future

SMA will send three juniors to national competition in Iowa.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • May 14, 2024
Teen tenaciously chases goal to end veteran homelessness

Lakewood Ranch's Lorenzo Liberti started the Give-A-Buck Foundation to build housing for veterans.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 21, 2011
Lighthouse Point boat dock approval granted

The residents of Lighthouse Point received approval from the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board to extend and widen their two community boat docks in the lagoon off of New Pass.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 2, 2009
Town commission OKs wastewater agreement

The Longboat Key Town Commission authorized the mayor to sign a new 30-year wholesale wastewater agreement between the town and Manatee County at its meeting tonight.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 29, 2013
East County business saddles up to help

A local business invested more than $25,000 to upgrade bathroom facilities at Sarasota Manatee Association for Riding Therapy.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • March 9, 2023
Nolan Middle School raises funds for its students with Color Run

Students at the Lakewood Ranch school don't mind getting a little messy for a good cause.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Randi Donahue |
  • February 20, 2020
Surge of Synergy

As Waterside Place takes shape, the true nature of Lakewood Ranch’s next town center is revealed through a mix of strategically placed, vibrant tenants.

  • LWR Life
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 22, 2016
Traffic study needs local funds

A $675,000 study will examine seasonal traffic on the barrier islands but local money is needed to help pay for the study.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 4, 2015
Manatee County students receive free meals all summer

The Manatee County School District's Food and Nutrition Services Department will feed students this year during its Summer Food Service Program

  • East County
  • News
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • October 16, 2024
Longboat Key Lawn Party postponed until early 2025

Organizations understand what damaged prominent restaurants have to face and say it would be inappropriate to ask for help with annual fundraisers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • April 7, 2023
St. Regis parking changes headed to Planning and Zoning

A proposal to add more than 50 parking spots to the Longboat Key hotel and condo development will go before the board and allow public input April 18.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 16, 2015
Longboat Key highlights 2016 legislative priorities

Preserving a longstanding vacation rental ordinance tops Longboat Key’s list of 11 priorities it wants the Legislature to take note of when it convenes in January for the 2016 Legislative session.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • March 1, 2019
Treasures found at annual St. Mary Rummage Sale

The sale kicked off at noon on Friday, March 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 24, 2014
Town adopts 2.1763 millage rate

With this year's increase in the property-tax rate, the town will bring in an extra $954,397. It will use it for pension costs and its 90-day operating fund.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 13, 2013
Longboat Key intends to freeze police pension

Town staff met with the Longboat Key Police Department Union to propose a three-year contract that caps town responsibilities and shifts officers into a state-offered pension plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 9, 2017
Players Centre gets $1 million gift toward Lakewood Ranch theater complex

Muriel O'Neil Fund of the Performing Arts gives $1 million toward the Players' move to its Waterside at Lakewood Ranch complex.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 11, 2024
Request to combine 'nonconforming lots' on barrier islands denied

Sarasota County Commission approval would have allowed legacy 25-foot-wide lots to be redeveloped contrary to the current density requirements.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 4, 2021
Music on Main's return to Lakewood Ranch attracts thousands

Off since March 2020 due to the pandemic, Lakewood Ranch's Music on Main makes triumphant return

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 9, 2010
ROUNDABOUT RECONFIGURATION

A law firm at the intersection of Ringling Boulevard and Orange Avenue wants City Hall to change the planned roundabout at that intersection, so it can later redevelop its property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • March 26, 2014
Cooking for the Major League

Chris Covelli feeds the Baltimore Orioles' hunger for a World Series. And, occasionally, he'll serve them bacon.

  • Arts + Culture
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