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Results for: Playvital Discount Code "AVA10" Get 10% Off On All Products!

  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 7, 2009
Regulated parking may be eliminated

After city commissioners called off any possibility of downtown parking meters in the near future, the city manager said one solution to the problem of an underfunded parking department is to do away with all regulated parking.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • January 13, 2010
Film: 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'

Heath Ledger has a great line in his last film, one that eerily seems like an epitaph: "Don't believe what you read in the newspapers."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 26, 2010
MPO plan calls for more roundabouts

The long-range transportation plan for the entirety of Tamiami Trail through Sarasota County could place four more roundabouts in north Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 1, 2012
COMMENT: East coaches share Super Bowl picks

We've heard it time and time again.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 11, 2011
CREATIVE CLASS

Artwork created by third-graders at Willis Elementary School was selected for the Embracing Our Differences exhibit at Island Park in Sarasota.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Michael Eng |
  • March 21, 2011
SMR announces sports complex name, logo

Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch will feature 22 fields at its location near the Lakewood Ranch Post Office just east of Lorraine Road on State Road 70.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • October 10, 2019
Sarasota County to see increase in water and sewer fees

Capacity fees will increase by nearly $800 and wastewater rates will increase 5% annually.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Andrew Atkins |
  • April 24, 2019
Jazzing it up at Living Lord Lutheran Church

Lakewood Ranch church plans concert of professional jazz musicians.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2014
HOLIDAY EATS: Ortygia

Chef Gaetano of Ortygia shares a recipe that is a Christmas tradition of his family - Arancini, which means "little oranges."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • October 15, 2014
Bacchus on the Beach toasts food, wine

The festival features plenty of wine and stone crab claws for a good cause.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 18, 2014
Sarasota Cuban Ballet students prepare for exciting summer

Six Sarasota Cuban Ballet School students are preparing to head to the semifinals Youth America Grand Prix tournament in Atlanta this weekend.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • January 16, 2025
Myakka counts record black skimmers

Clean water and undisturbed natural habitats attract and sustain imperiled native bird species.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 19, 2025
Planning Board advances Sarasota Yacht Club expansion

The Sarasota Yacht Club is planning to add 12,691 square feet of space, including a new three-story building.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Madison Bierl |
  • November 24, 2025
Greenbrook Adventure Park reopens with a fun day

Lakewood Ranch Community Activities hosted Party in the Park with live music, face painting and activities for families.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 14, 2025
Lakewood Ranch's 'visionary' honored by the Community Foundation

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch CEO and President Rex Jensen receives the 2025 C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian Award at The Soirée at the Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 9, 2026
Multistate softball tournament coming to 17th Street Park

A high school event in 2027 joins a college tournament already planned at expanded Sarasota County facility.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 21, 2021
Commission approves fare for mobility-on-demand service

The new addition to the Sarasota County Area Transit system will cost $1.25 a ride.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 23, 2010
Commission will update Comprehensive Plan

The Town Commission also agreed on font styles for Gulf of Mexico wayfinding signs that will not be blank for much longer.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 23, 2025
City sale of Marian Anderson property inches closer

A developer plans to build a medical plaza and light industrial use on the former unlicensed landfill in Newtown.

  • Sarasota
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