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State Sen. Greg Steube has filed two bills that have rankled Sarasota and Manatee counties’ municipalities.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 25, 2017
Steube tax bill may cost Longboat thousands

Sen. Greg Steube submits legislation that will cap business tax payments at $25.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Rubber ducks are 10-inches so they can be easily identified by their respective owners.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 30, 2019
Jiggs Landing has its ducks in a row in Manatee County

Jiggs Landing in Bradenton holds rubber duck race.

  • East County
  • News
Nick Kyrgios won the Sarasota Open men's singles title earlier this year, held at the Tennis Gardens at the Longboat Key Club.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 1, 2014
Sarasota Open champion upsets Nadal at Wimbledon

Unseeded Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios knocked off Rafael Nadal, the No. 1 ranked men's tennis player in the world, at Wimbledon today.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • May 6, 2021
Cops Corner: Sarasota 5.6.21

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Members of the city’s ad-hoc committee on the penny tax extension shared information with the public and solicited feedback at a Sept. 16 meeting at Arlington Park.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 22, 2021
Sarasota city, county leaders out to sell voters on optional sales tax

Officials are conducting public outreach as a precursor to a planned referendum on a 15-year extension of Sarasota’s infrastructure sales tax.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Photo courtesy of New York Post
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • October 3, 2018
'Ideal Home' is the hilarious gay adoption story you didn't know you needed

It's impossible not to love this Fabulous Independent Film Festival (organized by Harvey Milk Festival) flick.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • May 26, 2021
Sarasota Ministerial Association meets at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church

The organization celebrated its 20th anniversary on May 26.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
sirardsfalafel
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • October 3, 2013
A Sweet Surprise at Sirard's Chocolate Café

A Sweet Surprise at Sirard's Chocolate Café

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 29, 2014
Crunch the numbers: R. Luke Dubois turns data into art

Crunch the numbers: R. Luke Dubois turns data into art

  • Arts + Culture
Ashley Moody and Rick Wells. Photo by Brendan Lavell.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • May 26, 2021
Attorney general presents award to Manatee County Sheriff's Office

Florida attorney general presents Back the Blue Award to Manatee County Sheriff's Office

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Jillian Cicalese, left, Madeleine Maby, Amber McNew, Tina Stafford, and Peggy Roeder are ready to pick up the slack and save the hometown theater in "Into the Breeches!" (Photos by Cliff Roles)
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 27, 2020
Asolo Rep steps 'Into the Breeches!' for lighthearted yet thoughtful nostalgia

Women write a page in our cultural history when they man up to save their community theater during World War II

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • May 8, 2018
Siesta Breeze Trolley funding extended for two years

The county will pay for 25% of the trolley's operating costs. FDOT and a federal grant will pay for the rest.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
"Straight White Men" runs through March 1 at Florida Studio Theatre.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • December 17, 2018
'Straight White Men' offers an oblique, outsider’s perspective on privilege at FST

Korean-American playwright Young Jean Lee wrote a play about straight white men from the non-white female perspective.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Chris Fowler (right) will be honored at the 14th-annual Dick Vitale Gala. Photo courtesy ESPN.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 1, 2019
Chris Fowler 'very flattered' by Dick Vitale Gala honor

ESPN's Chris Fowler said he is 'very flattered' by receiving his Dick Vitale Gala honor.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 13, 2018
Cops Corner: You've got (creepy) mail

Police reports from around Longboat Key

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 5, 2021
New owners expect to keep Longboat compound a family getaway

11-bedroom property sold recently for $6.75 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Twinkle will rock My Hometown Fest.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 20, 2020
Concert at Premier could be glimpse of future in Lakewood Ranch

Reverend Barry and the Funk joins Twinkle to rock the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch on Halloween night.

  • East County
  • News
Three Things: Brand New
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • October 15, 2014
Three Things: Brand New

If you want a brand-new house but don't want to live in a brand-new community, you're in luck. All over town, in Sarasota's great old neighborhoods, there's a building boom going on.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
"It's important I know what happens on stage," says Natalia Nicol, Sarasota Orchestra's patron services manager. "I don't want to be in the dark when patrons start talking about how amazing the show was."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 15, 2014
Backstate Pass: Lady of the house Natalia Nicol

Natalia Nicol makes sure every Sarasota Orchestra patron ends the night on a high note.

  • Arts + Culture
Students write and revise their solo theater performances after interviewing their elders. Photo courtesy.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • February 11, 2021
SaraSolo, Booker Middle program creates a connection

The Bridge program partners middle school students with elders to create solo theater performances based on each other's lives.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
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