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Results for: Cityfurnish App Referral code "CF6201271388" Get 500rs Bonus

  • By Rick Wielgorecki |
  • March 7, 2012
Home & Garden: Don't get bamboozled

For a long time in my horticultural career, I avoided bamboo like the plague. All I knew about it was that it grew impossibly high and that it spread like wildfire.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 23, 2012
Organizers gear up for special-needs prom

Woodland The Community Church will host the Night with the Stars Prom for individuals with special needs June 8.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • May 3, 2012
Neighbors: Juliette Beer

Juliette Beer has been in the event-planning business for more than 40 years. Her artistic talent, as well as her efforts to build relationships with clients, has earned her a national client base.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Sara Moone |
  • June 8, 2012
This Song in Sarasota: "What I Like About You Is You're Rock Bottom" by The Wallies

This Song in Sarasota: "What I Like About You Is You're Rock Bottom" by The Wallies

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Amanda Landesberg |
  • June 18, 2012
Get to know Canta Rana Peruvian Fusion Cuisine

Get to know Canta Rana Peruvian Fusion Cuisine

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Lisa Nisenson |
  • June 19, 2012
Upward Mobility

Upward Mobility

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  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • June 20, 2012
In case of a disaster, the town helps residents to be prepared

Hurricane season runs June through November. But, the time to act is when it is still sunny, according to speakers at the Public Outreach meeting held Friday, June 15, at Longboat Key Town Hall.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 22, 2011
Advisory board recommends downtown grants stay in place

Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board believes downtown grants need more time to catch on before they are rescinded.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 28, 2011
Anglers earn bragging rights, remorse about the ones who got away

As the first woman member of the Lakewood Ranch Anglers Club, Jeanette Wirz has had to keep her fishing skills finely honed, earning herself many fishing accolades over the years.

  • East County
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  • By Christopher Miller |
  • July 27, 2011
Ranch teen wins martial arts tourney

For the second year, Tiffany Butz, 13, was crowned champion of the 12-13 age division of the U.S. Open Martial Arts Challenge tournament July 1-2, in Orlando.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 31, 2011
Bed-tax figures suggest Key is getting sleepier

Longboat Key is getting sleepier, according to the latest bed-tax collection figures. The island's share of collections of tourist development taxes - which are paid on rentals of less than six months - is down compared to other communities in both Sarasota and Manatee counties for the most recent nine months for which figures are available.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 25, 2011
Student earns camp's high honor

The Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch seventh-grader Brandon Luckett was named the MVP of Football University's football camp in both March and April.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 14, 2011
Rosedale residents open course, hearts to students

Members of the Rosedale Golf & Country Club treated children from Moody Elementary School to lunch and golfing at the course Dec. 6 and 8.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 17, 2011
Proposed cell tower gets mixed signals at meeting

Approximately 50 people attended a community meeting at Longboat Island Chapel to discuss a proposal for a 150-foot unipole cellular tower.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • August 11, 2011
Siesta Village maintenance responsibilities to be specified

As Sarasota County staff and the Siesta Key Village Maintenance Corp. work on revising the ordinance governing Village upkeep, the parties have agreed the changes will spell out clearly which entity does what.

  • Siesta Key
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  • By Robin Roy |
  • March 17, 2011
Candidates prepare for runoff

City Commission candidates Willie Shaw and Linda Holland have two months to secure as many votes as possible to wrap up the District 1 race.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 28, 2012
Thunder hurdler races toward title

ODA senior Brian Ragone hasn't lost a 300-meter hurdle race so far this season.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 29, 2012
Legoman Land lands on Siesta

APRIL FOOLS - Sarasota County officials approved construction of a new Legoman Land theme park on Siesta Key Beach, due to the success of LEGOLAND Theme Park, in Winter Haven.

  • Siesta Key
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 6, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Michael Staikos

Cardinal Mooney sophomore Michael Staikos has been playing goalkeeper since he was 9 years old.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • December 20, 2012
Street artist, MTO, reveals new mural

School Avenue's Sarasota Fight and Fitness Club is the home of MTO's newest mural.

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