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Results for: Funded Futures Network Promo Code "SKV50" Get 50% Off On All Plans

  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 10, 2014
Business Briefs

Goodwill Manasota earns state kudos; Bright House Networks to add 155 Manatee jobs

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 5, 2021
Aptly named Tennis for Fun program starts at Longboat Key Public Tennis Center

Tennis for Fun program is part of the Special Olympics, and the Longboat site already has three athletes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2017
Sarasota's review process is working

There is a sad naiveté to STOP!’s purpose.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 24, 2014
Commission seeks to seat new members

Who will be the next Longboat Key Town commissioners? The first candidates emerge.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • May 14, 2015
Q+A with Elizabeth Van Riper

As chairwoman of the city’s Public Art Committee, Elizabeth Van Riper helps advise the City Commission on how to use developers’ funds to add fine artwork to the public realm.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • December 21, 2017
Impending departmental cuts concerning community

Residents are worried about what budget cuts will mean for the county's libraries, but the County Commission will have to cut millions to ensure there's no budget deficits in the next year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 20, 2016
USA Swimming flushed by local YMCA

Lakewood Ranch Blackfins forced to find a new competitive environment.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 16, 2010
Search suspended for missing boater

The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a search for a man who fell off a commercial fishing boat 10 miles off Longboat Key's shores.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 26, 2018
Fulfilling a fantasy: O's fans travel to Sarasota for week of nostalgia

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 9, 2023
Sarasota Fast Break: 02.09.23

Sarasota Fast Break: 02.09.23

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 6, 2025
Downtown Master Plan Committee kicks off with procurement debate

Led by chairman Howard Davis, some of the 13-member Sarasota Downtown Master Plan Update Committee challenge the process of selecting a consultant to help guide the update of the 2020 plan.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • December 19, 2013
Resident to help fund roundabout

Although he's reluctant to step into the spotlight, Lido Key resident Ernie Kretzmer has agreed to help fund the city's construction of a downtown roundabout.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 1, 2012
County taps Derr for roadway repair

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection stalled plans to repair a portion of Beach Road that buckled early this week from erosion.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • August 21, 2024
SunCoast Blood Centers give Lakewood Ranch students glimpse at medical field

The students started as volunteers and were hired to work in the blood lab.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 17, 2019
More apartments planned for Lakewood Ranch

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch seeks changes to its master plan for the Lakewood Centre DRI and moves apartments closer to Eagle Trace community.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • August 23, 2023
Emergency management team details town's hurricane prep

Longboat Key's fire chief, Public Works director and chief of police explain their departments’ roles in storm preparation and response.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 24, 2015
Rissler joins new team with Nathan Benderson Park nonprofit

A lifelong athlete and sports enthusiast, Nicole Rissler joins the Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Inc. (SANCA) team as its chief operating officer.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 13, 2022
Longboat Key resident aims to raise COPD awareness

Deanna Rollyson was diagnosed with COPD and is starting an effort to help other women with the disease.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • April 17, 2014
County School Board looks to hire lobbyist

Sarasota County School Board members claim the district needs a more vocal presence in Tallahassee.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 3, 2013
LOOKING AHEAD: Transportation Crossroads

Deficiencies in its public transit fleet and road maintenance funding complicate the county's transportation goals in 2013.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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