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

  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 26, 2020
Measure of concern in Rosedale

Builders might have to tear down homes built too close to their Rosedale neighbors.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 22, 2018
Manatee County mulls Comprehensive Plan changes

Staff members feel too many issues are routed through planned development.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • February 28, 2019
Developer appeals rejected airport hotel plans

A proposal to build nearly 200 new rooms in north Sarasota drew objections from competing businesses. Is that enough to reject the project?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • December 20, 2017
Colony gets its first nod from Longboat P&Z Board

Planning and Zoning board approves Unicorp's text amendment for Colony plan, but a lot still must happen before proposal is settled.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • February 22, 2018
North Trail hopes overlay sparks redevelopment

Only two developments have used the North Trail Overlay District in the past five years, but stakeholders still see the special regulations as a valuable tool.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • April 11, 2018
Prom is still a big night in Lakewood Ranch

High school proms remain important to students and their parents.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • November 6, 2014
Residents make noise about condo

A number of groups have issues with the construction of a proposed Palm Avenue high-rise.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 11, 2014
Circle solicitation worries continue

The St. Armands Circle BID wants clarification from the city attorney and possibly the Sarasota City Commission over solicitation issues on the Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 15, 2014
Circle solicitation worries merchants

St. Armands Circle merchants are frustrated that a woman soliciting on the sidewalk allows her to do something they cannot: advertise outside.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 26, 2025
FEMA offers tips to prevent flooding

Experts will answer questions at Lowe's in Creekwood Crossing.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • March 21, 2023
Longboat looks to wage increases to fill open town roles

The town's main hiring disadvantage is the seasonal traffic congestion faced by employees, which largely live off-island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 26, 2023
New 210-room, 85-foot-tall hotel proposed for Siesta Key

Benderson Development seeks an amendment to the comprehensive plan to greenlight high-intensity hotels on the island.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 22, 2024
First affordable housing project approved in East County

The proposed apartment complex between Interstate 75 and Lena Road, Amara, will offer 25% of its units at an affordable rate.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 16, 2019
The line for Longboat's budget forms here

At town's annual Goals and Objectives workshop, ideas queue up for their (possible) place in the next budget.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • April 16, 2024
All God's Children Preschool in Lakewood Ranch offers a family atmosphere

The preschool is a nonprofit program offered by Living Lord Lutheran Church.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 11, 2010
Get ready to get your Irish on at Shamrock Festival

The Shamrock Festival will take place from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, at Hillview Street.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • March 15, 2015
Rotary Club of Longboat Key Veterans Get-Together

Longboat Island Chapel was filled with veterans from World War II to the Vietnam War at the Rotary Club of Longboat Key’s inaugural Veterans Get-Together on March 15.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 1, 2018
Lakewood Ranch resident qualifies for the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games

The event runs Aug. 2-5 in Madison, Wis.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • May 27, 2015
AEROBIC GRANDMA | “Chicken head” posture: Causes and cures

My partner in this month’s column is a fully qualified expert: John Sutherland, P.T.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • January 31, 2018
Picture of health: Lori Jaress and Kenneth Rainey

In uniform or off duty, Sarasota police officers say fitness helps them physically and mentally.

  • Health
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