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Results for: Betterpic AI Promo Code AVA Get Up To 90% Off On All Plans

  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • February 9, 2012
Neighbors: Janice Howle

Janice Howle, better known as Miss Janice, opened the Key's first day-care center in 1950.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 10, 2011
Lift station will close Osprey

A section of Osprey Avenue will be closed for approximately nine months, while work crews reroute pipes to a new lift station and renovate the bridge over Hudson Bayou.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 4, 2012
Seniors share stories, time with Bashaw students

Nearly 200 Lakewood Ranch High seniors shared the gift of literacy with students at Bashaw Elementary during the 20th annual Winnie the Pooh and Shakespeare, Too March 23.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 17, 2019
Judge OKs University Park Country Club purchase

Manatee County Judge OKs bonds for University Park Country Club purchase.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • July 27, 2016
Longboat Key authors share summer reading list

Local authors weigh in on their favorite books, genres and what you should be reading right now.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 8, 2017
Cops Corner: Police decline man's request not to arrest him on his birthday

A round up of this week's most interesting police reports in Manatee County.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • May 2, 2018
Michael and Terri Klauber get hitched the Hawaiian way

The Klaubers renewed their vows April 26 in Maui, Hawaii.

  • Black Tie
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 8, 2017
Nonprofit seeks more solar power options in East County

A buying cooperative may shed light on energy conservation.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • November 17, 2014
Community dedicated to religious centerpiece

Chabad of Bradenton celebrates Manatee County's first dedicated Torah handwritten by a scribe in Israel.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • January 16, 2015
Musical Mentorship

Broadway star and veteran Susan Egan stopped by Sarasota High School to share stories and give advice to students in the theater program's production of "Beauty and the Beast."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • November 19, 2014
Visit Sarasota hopes new office will attract visitors

The new visitors center location on Lemon Avenue embodies one of Virginia Haley's tourism tenets: Keep innovating.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • April 3, 2014
County officials investigate guerilla dredging efforts

APRIL FOOLS' - The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is monitoring Big Pass after a recent discovery that Lido Key residents are taking sand for their shoreline - one bucket at a time.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 30, 2013
Wandall Foundation celebrates 10 years

The organization currently is working to bring a bereavement camp for children to the area.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 27, 2013
Dancing empowers those with Parkinson's

On Dec. 7 and 8, Parkinson Place students will dance in Fuzión Dance Artist's winter program "Voices of Fuzión: Melange."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • September 12, 2023
Mote shows award-winning films to teach ocean conservation

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium hosted an ocean film festival to share marine research with the public.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • March 23, 2018
This Week in Sarasota: Thursday, March 29

A look at our favorite events taking place this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • July 4, 2021
Sarasota lights up with July 4 parade and fireworks show

The parade and fireworks show took place July 4.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 15, 2021
Longboat Key firefighters rescue sea turtle

The turtle has since been turned over to Mote for care.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • February 5, 2023
Boys & Girls Clubs celebrates Youth of the Year at Steak & Burger

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties annual hoedown was held at the Lee Wetherington Club on Feb. 3.

  • Black Tie
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 14, 2022
Pilot walks away from plane crash in Myakka

Small plane ends up in the Myakka River, but the pilot is not injured.

  • East County
  • News
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