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Results for: Vantage Referral Code "rebate" Get Exclusive 10% Discount on Trading Fees

  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 11, 2012
Fashion sense and the sense of taste come together

It's the second year to see Longboat Key 'celebrities' strut the catwalk in clothes by Tommy Bahama at the Taste of the Keys Fashion show.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 31, 2011
Burglaries, larcenies down on Longboat Key

The official statistics for the first six months of 2011 show a drop in many types of property crimes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 25, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Dylan Buck

Eleven-year-old Dylan Buck pitched a complete game shutout, leading 436 Underground of Lakewood Ranch to an 8-0 victory over previously undefeated Publix of Buffalo Creek May 19.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Michael Eng |
  • June 1, 2011
ODA student programs computer to detect cancer

Sophomore Brittany Wenger won second place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • January 17, 2011
Downtown circus stunt ready for lift-off

Circus Sarasota ringmaster Joseph Dominick Bauer Jr. will perform a never-before-seen stunt tomorrow morning in downtown Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 8, 2011
Beach bond validation hearing set

The Town Commission gave town staff direction to move forward with a $15,000 lawsuit to validate a $16 million beach bond referendum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • June 9, 2011
Neighbors: Rod Hartwick

Neighbors: Rod Hartwick

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By June LeBell |
  • January 5, 2011
MUSIC REVIEW: Operatic Preview

One of the most exciting events to look forward to in 2011 is the Sarasota Opera's production of "The Crucible."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By June LeBell |
  • December 8, 2010
Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra 'The Dream of America'

The Sarasota Orchestra's recent program at the Sarasota Opera House, "The Dream of America," was a moving tribute that combined 20th- and 21st-century orchestral music with a cast of actors, a singer, videos, photographs and texts.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 4, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Braden River Middle

What happens when an author combines good old book reading with mini-movies you watch for the next part of the story? - the "Skeleton Creek" book series! The series by Patrick Carman has been a hit with students at Braden River Middle School for the last year. Students in the school's dropout prevention and Exceptional Student Education programs got to speak with the author via Skype Nov. 4.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • September 15, 2011
County may begin installing bigger signs

Because drivers need more time to respond to speed limit changes, Sarasota County may install bigger signs on roads with speed limits of 45 mph or higher.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 14, 2011
Association appeals Colony ruling

The Colony Beach & Tennis Association Inc. has appealed to the 11th Circuit U.S. Appeals Court in the battle for the historic resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 14, 2011
Association appeals Colony ruling

The Colony Beach & Tennis Association Inc. has appealed to the 11th Circuit U.S. Appeals Court in the battle for the historic resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 18, 2011
Group raises concerns about straw poll

The Friends of Lakewood Ranch say they know of at least 129 registered voters who have not received straw poll ballots about the incorporation of Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 15, 2011
MS&Co. sees growth

One of the more prominent realty firms on the Gulf Coast, Sarasota-based Michael Saunders & Co., will attack the residential real-estate market with a "think big" strategy.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Robin Roy |
  • April 1, 2011
New pension options please city retirees

APRIL FOOLS -- Unable to pay its pensioners in actual cash, the city has come up with several options that will still provide benefits and will rescue the city's budget.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 6, 2011
Burn victim thanks firefighters, flight crew

Steve Schwalbach met March 31 with the firefighters and Bayflite flight-crew members who rescued him after he was burned in a fire at his parents' home on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • April 20, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jim Bakle

Jim Bakle has been playing tennis for 50 years and is the captain of the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center's 75 Division 1 team.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 16, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Perlman offers limo tour of keys to potential buyers; D'Agostino joins Coldwell's Longboat Key office; Valarie Wadsworth joins MS&Co. St. Armands office

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 17, 2011
Walkers take steps to raise funds for MS

Walk MS Sarasota takes place Saturday at J.D. Hamel Park.

  • Sarasota
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