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Results for: Top HVAC service in San Diego comes from Reliable Standard Heating & Air’s commitment to excellence

  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 28, 2023
Fire destroys Sarasota Polo Club's clubhouse

The building was empty at 1 a.m. Saturday when the fire was reported. No cause for the fire has been determined.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 13, 2022
Construction on charter school's first phase nears completion

With an Aug. 10 opening day approaching, construction crews have the coming Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy on schedule.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 10, 2010
Community Foundation honors FAADA founder

East County's Cindy Harney recently was named an 'Unsung Hero' by The Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

  • East County
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 21, 2011
State Street garage plan moves forward

The city of Sarasota will begin a two-phase plan to build a State Street parking garage that could be completed by October 2013.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • March 19, 2020
Sarasota organizations to feed families amid school closures

What coronavirus school closures means for Sarasota students.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 30, 2019
Home designed with love in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch's most expensive home built using a family blueprint of love in the Lake Club.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 15, 2019
Binge Blog: Moving on and moving out

In this week's Binge Blog, the "time loop" genre gets a twist in Netflix's "Russian Doll" (Natasha Lyonne), and a child actor steals the show in Amazon Prime Video's "The Florida Project" (Brooklynn Prince, Willem Dafoe).

  • Arts + Entertainment
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  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 24, 2024
Lakewood Ranch U12 All-Star team has World Series dreams

Coach calls Gustavo Omana the best 12-year-old player in Florida.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • March 28, 2025
Defying cruel captivity with loving solidarity

Urbanite Theatre's "No One is Forgotten" puts the audience into a pressure-cooker environment.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 13, 2024
Lakewood Ranch sisters capture NCAA beach volleyball titles

Ashley Pater won the DI title at USC, while Brooke Pater won the DII title at the University of Tampa.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • July 9, 2025
LWR Girls Who Walk creates a sense of community through fitness

The Lakewood Ranch club began in March and has 140 members.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • August 5, 2025
Transfers have reshaped East County football teams

Lakewood Ranch High was hit hard with the loss of seven talented transfers.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 21, 2024
Attainable housing is 'happening' downtown, says Sarasota planning director

A city incentive has developers including a percentage of affordable housing in downtown residential project plans.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2024
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for Aug. 8-14

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

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  • By Eric Snider |
  • November 21, 2019
Strike up the band

Early plans have arisen for a ‘concert’-type venue in Lakewood Ranch. What it will look like and when — or if — it gets built are questions that remain.

  • LWR Life
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • March 15, 2021
Siesta fire station budget grows

Two donations will fund gym equipment and a fence between the station and a neighboring condo.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 28, 2009
Signs point to recovery for injured toddler

Susan Pressly, the grandmother of injured 20-month-old Libby Claire McGarity, removed a sign from her yard after the child was airlifted to a Charlotte, N.C., hospital July 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 11, 2010
Pineapple Antique Show hits the road

First United Methodist Church will hold its 34th annual Pineapple Antique Show and Sale March 11 through March 13, at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • June 15, 2010
Town to help Colony see the (turtle-friendly) light

Officials from the Colony will meet with Code Enforcement officials to bring the property into compliance.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • July 3, 2012
Theater Review: 'A Lesson from Aloes'

South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose "A Lesson from Aloes" is set in 1963, could never have imagined that Nelson Mandela would finally be freed from prison and become the president.

  • Arts + Culture
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