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

  • By Rod Thomson |
  • March 11, 2010
My view: More money doesn't boost scores

A lot of Sarasota County voters who go to the polls Tuesday may vote in favor of the extending the school tax for the wrong reason.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • December 10, 2025
Will some of us say goodbye to property taxes?

A proposed cut to property taxes sounds like a good idea, but, as always, it comes with unintended consequences.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 29, 2012
Apartments planned near Bennett Park

Ruben Holland is gearing up to start The Landings at Parkview.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • September 25, 2022
Sarasota, Manatee men support American Cancer Society with fashion show

Real Men Wear Pink models hit the runway to spread awareness and raise money for the American Cancer Society.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 18, 2009
Pipeline project gets under way

The replacement of water pipes along Gulf of Mexico Drive will cause temporary pedestrian and vehicular delays through September 2010.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • May 21, 2013
Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project

Commissioners also voted to uphold a maintenance-dredging ordinance but requested a report on ways to improve the ordinance.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • November 4, 2023
Empty Bowls fundraiser fills need in Lakewood Ranch

The 23rd annual soup tasting was held on Nov. 3 at Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 29, 2020
2020 Election Recommendations: The amendments

As always, many of the proposed constitutional amendments sound good, but they aren’t.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 1, 2015
First local candidate files for 2016 election

Republican Mike Moran will seek the District 1 seat on the Sarasota County Commission with significant local GOP support.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • January 2, 2019
Events to attend in 2019

Here's our picks for the most anticipated events of the season.

  • Black Tie
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • November 28, 2018
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, Nov. 29

A look at our favorite arts and entertainment events taking place this week in Bradenton, Sarasota and Venice.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 1, 2010
MacAllisters hosts Scottish festival

Country music star David Nail again will headline the event, which benefits the Payton Wright Foundation.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2014
News Briefs

East County high schools excel in graduation rates; Adoption numbers rising; Music on Main acts set

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • December 8, 2016
State offers feedback on Big Pass dredge

Lido Key residents are anxious to get more sand. Siesta Key residents fear the worst. As the state nears a decision on the proposed Big Pass dredge, what else is new?

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 14, 2013
All eyes on Siesta Isles

Siesta Isles may not be the most exciting beat. But, volunteers say the constant presence of neighborhood watch discourages crime.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 17, 2022
UPS Store in Lakewood Ranch donates 1,707 books to the Rotary's Books for Kids program

The Books for Kids program distributes more than 30,000 books a year now and has given away more than 100,000 books since 2013.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • February 17, 2023
Longboaters sip, shop and spy for the library

Author Jane Hughes signed copies of her latest book, "The Spy's Wife," at a Sip & Shop event to benefit Longboat Library.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 13, 2010
Police investigate home burglaries in the Village

After six home burglaries in the Village occurred in the last five months, police officers are stepping up surveillance.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • February 1, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Stand-up gal

Zan Aufderheide returns to her comedy roots with her one-woman show. The comic sounds off on her influences and strangely inspiring life on the road.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 11, 2020
“The Feast” at The Urbanite Theatre plumbs the depths of the human psyche

The question: Is it a descent in to madness or are demons rising from the sewer?

  • Arts + Culture
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