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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 1, 2019
A look backward as high school football practice begins

A look backward at the top moments from Riverview, Sarasota, Booker and Cardinal Mooney as high school football practice begins.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 8, 2019
Sarasota High football season preview

The Sarasota High Sailors football team believes it is close to righting the ship under Spencer Hodges.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 14, 2018
Grove nears its opening in Lakewood Ranch

The Grove restaurant hopes to be open at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch by Dec. 1

  • East County
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • December 7, 2018
'All Shook Up' offers a little less conversation, more action at Players

The theater company delivers this Shakespearean comedy in the key of Elvis.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By David Conway |
  • January 5, 2018
Gil Waters, Ringling Bridge advocate and community leader, dies at 90

A forceful advocate for progress in the public and private realm, Gil Waters shared his vision with Sarasota in a variety of capacities.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • August 22, 2017
Theater review: 'Arsenic and Old Lace'

'Arsenic and Old Lace' brews up killer comedy at the Players Centre for Performing Arts.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 12, 2016
Powerful play sparks forward

Sarasota Military Academy freshman has aspirations of playing in the NHL.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 8, 2017
Lakewood Ranch boys basketball maximizes laughs on and off court

The Mustangs deliver jabs as often as victories — which is quite often.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By John McGuire |
  • February 16, 2017
Longboat Arts Center will close by summer

Ringling College of Art and Design will sell the property to a private developer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • August 12, 2015
Pool in Paradise

A Panther Ridge couple didn’t mind waiting years to find the perfect pool.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • February 10, 2016
Meet Longboat’s Lovebirds

In honor of Valentine’s Day Feb. 14, meet some Key couples who have been struck by cupid’s arrow.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • June 25, 2014
Home of the Month: And the winner is ...

A stylish renovation transforms a Lido Shores home.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 18, 2014
Commission questions town attorney's legal advice

Longboat Key town commissioners are willing to give Maggie Mooney-Portale more time in her role but have questions about her performance, including her handling of a recent Colony hearing.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 14, 2013
Cheerful Home

With no funding to travel, the Braden River High School varsity cheerleading team held a three-day home camp, during which the team learned new tricks and built trust.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 16, 2013
Colony case lingers into November

Bankruptcy hearings for the Colony are scheduled into next month as a bankruptcy judge urges parties to reach a settlement rather than draw the case out in court.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • July 9, 2025
Tax collector charges Manatee County schools $1.5M

The Manatee County tax collector decides to take a $1.5 million commission from the school district's referendum funds.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • May 30, 2023
Manatee hopes DC trip will lead to major project funding

Acquiring funds for planning another span next to the Fort Hamer Bridge was a high priority for Manatee County commissioners.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • November 6, 2024
Longboat Key salons collaborate after hurricanes

David Gregory Salon opened its doors to Design 2000 Salon after it suffered great damage from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jay Heater |
  • December 15, 2025
Lakewood Ranch community rallies to support seniors with shoebox event

Community Holiday Shoebox Collection Drive heads toward another record year in donations.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • In Memoriam |
  • July 25, 2022
Louis Gene Sanandres

The Man, the Myth, the Legend, passed away on July 11, 2022, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.

  • Longboat Key
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