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Sue Kerr shows off a totem project featuring dogs.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 7, 2018
Art's on fire in Lakewood Ranch

Waterlefe resident's ceramics art on display during Spring Arts Show at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

  • East County
  • News
The board of FCCI Insurance Group terminated CEO Craig Johnson May 12.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 12, 2020
Insurance firm reverses course, fires CEO for alleged battery on police officers

The termination of Craig Johnson, who has maintained he will be vindicated, comes one day after he was granted a leave of absence.

  • East County
  • News
Denver Inopiquez, a Marine Corps veteran and Manatee Technical College barbering student cuts Bradenton resident Joe Brice's hair during the 21st annual Manatee County Stand Down.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • November 6, 2019
Career marine adjusts to new life in Lakewood Ranch

Marine Corps veteran adjusting to life in Lakewood Ranch after 21 years in the military

  • East County
  • News
Andy Eubanks University Parkway does not have streetlights between the entrance to University Park and Honore Avenue.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 2, 2014
MPO inquires about lighting along University

The Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization will explore its options to secure state funding for additional streetlights along University Parkway.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 8, 2013
Police review FRS pension plan alternative

The Longboat Key Police Department Union will take a proposal the town offered to its union members for review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • March 23, 2021
Longboat Island Chapel welcomes new members

The chapel welcomed nine new members at a brunch meeting after service.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • June 30, 2021
Paradise Center on Longboat Key holds matinee test run

A few members came to enjoy an afternoon inside and watched "Downton Abbey."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Joel Murrill, homeless for more than two years, took advantage of an incredible set of coincidences to create a new life for himself.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 29, 2010
TOP STORY, JULY: Life-changing decisions

Living on Sarasota's streets for two years, 54-year-old Joel Murrill had little hope of breaking free. But helping others finally paid off for the former airline mechanic.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Paid parking began in the garage on March 13.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 26, 2019
St. Armands leaders monitor paid parking

More than a month into the implementation of paid parking on St. Armands Circle, city officials continue to report positive trends.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Attendees fill their plates with salad, hush puppies, friend and grilled fish, coleslaw and key lime pies at last year’s fish fry.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • October 21, 2015
Historical Society casts net for fish fry

The Longboat Key Historical Society will hold its 11th annual Old Thyme Fish Fry on Oct. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Trisha Robinson-Antonelli. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 12, 2017
Paws step up for charity

Restaurant offers clammy introduction

  • East County
  • News
BJ, a permanent resident at Save Our Seabirds, was hit by a car and is unable to fly. Her enclosure is specially-designed to allow her to optimum mobility. (Miri Hardy)
  • By Miri Hardy |
  • September 3, 2021
Bird of the week: Red-tailed hawk

If you've never seen one, you've likely heard a red-tailed hawk either in the wild or as a sound effect on TV.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Andre Johnson is the new boys basketball coach at Booker High.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 9, 2021
Booker High announces changes in athletic department

Former AD Phil Helmuth is retiring, while former boys basketball Coach Markus Black is taking a position at the University of Arkansas

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Tim Brewer fires up the team.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 9, 2017
ODA football's culture coordinator instills uplifting spirit

The team is using positive psychology to get a mental edge.

  • East County
  • Sports
Nate Jacobs, Samone A. Hicks, Joseph Holt, Amy Jo Connours, and Leon Pitts in Choral Artists of Sarasota’s production of “Too Hot to Handel.”
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • December 4, 2017
Choral Artists of Sarasota reimagine Handel

Choral Artists of Sarasota reprise joyful gospel interpretation of Handel’s ‘Messiah.’

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 1, 2021
Longboat Island Chapel delights with Christmas in the Garden

The chapel's Friendship Garden currently hosts more than a dozen decorated trees.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Lakewood Ranch boys soccer team didn't play its best game, but it walked away from its district title matchup against visiting Riverview High with a 3-2 win, and that's all that matters to coach Vito Bavaro.Â
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • February 2, 2018
Lakewood Ranch boys soccer wins sixth-straight district title

It is the first program in school history to accomplish the feat.

  • East County
  • Sports
Chris McComas had to do substantial research on getting the right sand for the volleyball complex at Waterside Place of Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 27, 2021
New volleyball complex close to opening in Lakewood Ranch's Waterside Place

155 dump trucks deliver the goods in creating Waterside volleyball courts in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch's Kevin Conway, Sarasota's Dean Anderson, tournament honoree Christopher Gordon, service dog Blaze and Heritage Harbor's Nick Gyeszat go off the first tee at the fifth annual Rosedale Golf Classic April 4.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 4, 2018
Rosedale Golf Classic helps change a life in Bradenton

East County community support raises more than $100,000 for Homes for Our Troops.

  • East County
  • News
Former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort General Manager Katie Moulton says helping parties achieve settlements as a professional mediator allows her to be with people again, and it just might help her heal from the one legal dispute she couldn’t settle.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 28, 2015
Top Story — August: Where is Katie Moulton now?

Five years after the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort’s closing, longtime general manager Katie Moulton and owner Murf Klauber still talk Colony every day.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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