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Results for: Betterpic AI Promo Code AVA Get Up To 90% Off On All Plans

  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 11, 2009
Jensen: Ranch could lead way out of housing crisis

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch President and CEO Rex Jensen said the company will focus on adding workforce housing in the East County.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 29, 2011
Visiting Chinese teacher learns new lessons

Chinese teacher Xiaotian Tang is currently teaching the foreign language at two Sarasota County high schools.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • December 4, 2015
Dick Vitale delivers scholarships to five Sarasota students

A total of $5,000 in college scholarships was awarded to five members of Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 15, 2014
SMR starts engineering process for roadway

SMR likely will divide engineering and construction of the Lakewood Ranch Boulevard extension into two segments.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • April 1, 2025
Longboat Key goes live with new public-facing GIS mapping tools

New GIS databases give residents access to information about evacuation routes, zoning maps and sea level rise estimates.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 23, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Location, location . . . communication?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 4, 2017
2017 schedule off to thunderous start

Thunder by the Bay is just one of the special events to be presented in Lakewood Ranch area.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 20, 2013
Health-care surtax to go on the ballot

Manatee County voters will vote in June on a half-cent sales surtax to fund indigent health care.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Dora Walters |
  • November 5, 2010
Longboaters get in touch with their inner child

Pauline and Bob Schroeder transformed their home into the S and S Charter Kindergarten on Friday, Nov. 5, for a fun fundraiser for the Longboat Island Chapel. Guests came as they might have appeared as students in kindergarten. Pigtails and pleated skirts were plentiful plus lots of knickers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 22, 2026
County approves sale of downtown historic building to architecture-history group

The Sarasota County Commission OK's moving forward with selling McCullough Pavilion to Architecture Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • January 26, 2022
Karin Gustafson leads her 15th annual estate sale

The 15th annual Karin's Causes sales starts Jan. 27.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2013
Cops Corner

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • April 1, 2024
APRIL FOOL: GMD shut down for filming of 'The Fast and the Furious 11'

Director Speedy Murray shares his love for Longboat Key and excitement for the last movie in the series.

  • April Fools
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • May 13, 2020
Will it be a V, U or ✓?

The optimistic and pessimistic economists both have legitimate arguments on whether the recovery will be quick or protracted. One factor influencing the recovery will be government spending policies.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 28, 2019
Lakewood Ranch woman founds a nonprofit which aims to help those who contemplate suicide

Lakewood Ranch woman founds a nonprofit which aims to help those who contemplate suicide

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 16, 2022
Junior point guard leads Cardinal Mooney of Sarasota's drive toward a state title

Lakewood Ranch's Olivia Davis leads Cardinal Mooney toward the state playoffs as the team's point guard.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • May 28, 2025
Meet Temple Beth Israel's new senior rabbi

Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Mates looks forward to promoting educational programming at the temple, guided by her knowledge of art and history related to the Holocaust.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 17, 2020
It’s not who; it’s what

Voters should know what they are voting for in November. The candidates are only facades.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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