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

  • By Marty Fugate |
  • June 21, 2017
Local karate master takes matters into his own hands

James Horne is a master of more than just martial arts. By hand-crafting his own weapons, he creates functional works of art.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • February 13, 2024
Former undercover cop and NBA ref recounts infiltrating Mafia

Bob Delaney explains how he deals with post-traumatic stress disorder following his undercover career.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 22, 2024
Asolo Rep's 'Intimate Apparel' reveals naked truth about its characters

Director Austene Van keeps it simple and sincere, with no flashy, stagey gimmicks.

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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • May 6, 2024
Nurse-turned-florist finds roots with Posies Flower Truck

Julie Peters's budding business will be making the rounds at special events in Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 16, 2023
Osteria 500 serves Italian food with Italian soul

The restaurant’s co-owner is grounded in Italy’s culinary past. He’s equally grounded in Italy’s inventive, creative commitment to the future.

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  • Eat + Drink
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 26, 2025
Senior PGA Championship makes those in the Lakewood Ranch area dream big

Tigers Woods turns 50 in December. Could he join the fun at The Concession?

  • East County
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • March 18, 2026
Lakewood Ranch resident enters competitive District 6 election

John Calovich will have to win the primary first because there are four other Republicans in the race.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • October 8, 2020
Neighbors, developer push city to mend fence issue

Neighborhood leaders, a developer and elected officials supported a proposed 8-foot wall for a North Trail condo project — so why did a city board deny the request?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 10, 2021
Lacrosse continues to grow in Lakewood Ranch

The Mustangs are in year four of their program at Lakewood Ranch High

  • East County
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  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 22, 2011
Publix project reps reveal details

Longboat Key Condominium Association members posed questions about the Avenue of the Flowers store.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By John Ewing |
  • March 9, 2012
Sarasota Film Festival Announces Opening Night, Centerpiece and Closing Night films

Sarasota Film Festival Announces Opening Night, Centerpiece and Closing Night films

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  • By Bonnie Silvestri |
  • February 4, 2013
FST explores "The Columnist" as obsolete as his typewriter

FST explores "The Columnist" as obsolete as his typewriter

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 19, 2013
Sandwiches in paradise: Main Bar

Chip and Katie Beeman own two popular downtown eateries, Main Bar and Pastry Art. The couple's mantra, built on making subs in the Northwest, is consistency sells.

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  • Neighbors
  • By Janet Combs |
  • November 22, 2024
Big Cat Habitat holds Safari Soiree to help repair hurricane damage

A faux paux at Flip Flops and Fashion, birthday surprises and more tidbits from the social scene.

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  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 1, 2022
Families excited about new opportunities at Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy

The K-12 charter school, which opens in August, already has a waitlist for every grade it offers.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2011
OUR VIEW: The crisis of our founding roots

Despite naysayers in some of the highest offices in the land, the story of America may be the most compelling national story ever told in the history of the world, the story of men who fought and died for a universal desire - freedom - and then embodied that desire in a set of guiding principles that continues to this day.

  • East County
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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 17, 2020
Binge Blog: Today, tomorrow, yesterday, it's all the same

"Palm Springs" and "Murder, She Wrote" are this week's selections

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  • By Dana Kampa |
  • February 3, 2025
Community cleans nearly 500 bags of storm debris

Longboat Key community members joined a large-scale volunteer effort to clean Gulf of Mexico Drive from remaining storm debris

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  • Neighbors
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • August 19, 2009
Profiles of Summer: Leading by Example

Marshall Rousseau, the longest serving director of the Salvador Dalí Museum, will help guide the Ringling Museum through a sudden transition.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 3, 2012
Key Club's long-term staffers share highlights

These five Longboat Key Club and Resort employees were there from the beginning - 30 years ago. Some began their positions even earlier in jobs with Arvida Corp. Now, these long-time employees reflect on the Key Club's pearl anniversary.

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