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Results for: Pococo Discount Code "AVA505" – Get 50% Discount

  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 10, 2022
Manatee exec says indoor gymnasium would be boon for tourism

Elliott Falcione says Premier Park in Lakewood Ranch should have an indoor athletic facility component.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 15, 2022
Prose and Kohn: Spring college athletes get it done

A final look at our area's alumni now that the NCAA spring season is coming to a close.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 17, 2022
Sisterhood for Good of Lakewood Ranch presents $76,850 in grants

Twenty-five nonprofits benefit from the generosity of the Lakewood Ranch women's group.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • June 20, 2022
Competition and camaraderie are on the menu at Gecko's

The kitchen staff at Gecko's Grill & Pub isn't just catering to your appetite. They're trying to outdo each other.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 29, 2022
Romanian immigrant looking for more freedom of choice relishes what he found

For Romanian Olympian Dragos Alexandru, stories of the American dream were all the motivation he needed to leave the restrictive country and immigrate to the U.S.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 20, 2015
Always enough love

A homemade welcome mat leading into the McAndrew home reads, “Welcome to our loud, crazy, fun, happy home.” With six children under one roof, the noise begins at 6:30 a.m. It doesn’t stop until nearly 9 p.m.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • March 6, 2019
Longboat residents blast unfinished plan for new streetlights

Residents pan notion of 45-foot tall streetlights but town leaders say heights are maximum estimates, studies are coming and no decisions have been made.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • April 21, 2021
New Lakewood Ranch fire station opens

Lakewood Ranch fire station dedicated to former fire commissioner O'Leary

  • East County
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • April 28, 2021
County leaders envision $117 million in recreation facility upgrades

Four north county athletic facilities will see major improvements at an estimated cost of $117 million over the next three to seven years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 2, 2022
East Bradenton potter makes bowls for Empty Bowls

Panther Ridge's Denise Millett-Olverson uses her pottery talents to support Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee County.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 3, 2022
Special Cardinal Mooney volleyball era ends with loss in regional final

Meanwhile, other sports are gearing up for state championship action over the next few weeks.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 14, 2022
Renovated Linger Lodge RV Park reopens in east Bradenton

Linger Lodge RV Park weathered Hurricane Ian and is back open after repairs and improvements.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 16, 2022
Mustangs boys golf surprise with fifth-place finish at state tournament

Lakewood Ranch High's boys golf team saves its best performance for the state championship match.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Blake Fussell |
  • April 14, 2022
Siesta Key to see two new roundabouts, parking changes

Siesta Key residents aren't keen on the idea of county's plan for roundabouts in the island community.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 15, 2022
ODA senior earns gold in the Class 1A boys 1,600-meter run at state championships

Distance runner Tristan McWilliam wins the area's only state track gold medal; Lakewood Ranch High's Grace Marston earns silver.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • August 17, 2022
Busy bees move hive found on the underside of a home eave

Tarawitt Drive on Longboat Key was abuzz when a beehive took over a soffit. So the neighborhood experts were called.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • August 18, 2022
Joe Miller didn’t just create the band. He leads it, too.

Joe Miller, the founder of the Lakewood Ranch Wind Ensemble, inherited his father’s love for music — and for passing it on.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 31, 2022
Voters spoke: They’re PO’d

Politicians take note: The results in Sarasota’s school and hospital board elections and Manatee’s commission elections sent a clear message.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 21, 2022
Prose and Kohn: The Sarasota fall sports season's under-the-radar athletes

These athletes have given strong individual performances, even when their teams have been up and down.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 29, 2022
Siesta Key battered but not broken after Hurricane Ian

Fallen trees and water-filled roadways plagued the island Thursday afternoon, but homes and businesses remained largely intact.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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