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George Fernandez
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • April 11, 2018
Longboat residents excited about gas station proposal

The hopeful developer of an abandoned gas station at the north end of Longboat Key was welcomed and encouraged about his project at a north end community meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 27, 2012
County bucks CLUCK request

Unwilling to add another burden to Sarasota County code enforcement, county commissioners declined to revise an ordinance against chicken keeping.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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  • By Ashley Pawelczyk |
  • October 1, 2014
Let's talk locks: Shape up — picking the right hairstyle

Let's talk locks: Shape up — picking the right hairstyle

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
A rendering presented by Sarasota Bayfront Now was not enough to win over city commissioners, who quickly signaled their disinterest in the plan. Courtesy rendering
  • By David Conway |
  • November 13, 2014
WELCOME BACK: Bayfront Proposals

As one group attempts to facilitate a citywide conversation, other parties have tried to stake their claim to the bayfront.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 6, 2019
Coyote incident in Lakewood Ranch sends cautionary message

Walkers beware: They are out there.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
This home in Waterlefe features four bedrooms and four baths.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 9, 2011
Waterlefe home sells for $515,000

Robert Ciricillo, New York, sold his home at 923 Fish Hook Cove to William and Kathleen Vernal of Moon Township, Pa., for $515,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Michelle Donato learns to walk at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • December 2, 2014
Key college student takes steps toward recovery

Michelle Donato proved doctors wrong who told her she might never walk again. Her next goal: to dance again.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Korean War Veterans march down Main Street during the 2017 Memorial Day Parade.
  • By Whitney Elfstrom |
  • May 17, 2019
What to do in Sarasota on Memorial Day Weekend

Here are a few events to attend Memorial Day weekend to honor those who died in military service.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Actor Steven Labine, as Capt. Wattage, shares his energy-saving tips with Inspector Iona Badge, played by Michaela Shapiro, during a performance at Braden River Elementary School
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 31, 2018
Capt. Wattage lights up learning

FPL performance teaches about conserving energy.

  • East County
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • November 3, 2021
Jean Boyce Carleton

Jean Boyce Carleton, a beloved wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and friend, passed away quickly and peacefully under Hospice care, of pneumonia on October 27th, 2021, at the age of 96 years old.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Thomas Pizzi plays the grand piano he'll use during his performance at the April 27 concert.
  • By Andrew Atkins |
  • April 24, 2019
Jazzing it up at Living Lord Lutheran Church

Lakewood Ranch church plans concert of professional jazz musicians.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • November 3, 2014
Curtain Call: Getting made up for 'The Addams Family'

Curtain Call: Getting made up for 'The Addams Family'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By John Ewing |
  • February 14, 2012
A Preview of Darwin's On 4th Brewery

A Preview of Darwin's On 4th Brewery

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 23, 2011
Orlando company to build new apartments

P.A.C. Land Development will build Lost Creek Resort Apartments, a 272-unit complex across from Manatee Technical Institute.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Donna Swan |
  • October 13, 2010
Deal Us In

Is it hopeless?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
File photo. Barry Nicholson of Reverend Barry & Funktastic Soul Featuring the Hellacious Horns during the 2015 Giving Hunger the Blues.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • October 27, 2016
Your Sarasota Calendar: Giving Hunger the Blues

Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Oct. 27.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Peggy Messick worked in the war office at the Pentagon in 1942, during World War II.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • March 28, 2013
Your Neighbor: Peggy Messick

Growing up in the small town of Lead, S.D., Peggy Messick never imagined herself working in the Pentagon, but, at 18 years old, that was exactly what she was doing.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Marnie Matarese |
  • October 21, 2009
My View

'You’ll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again!'

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Bodybar Pilates is coming to Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 31, 2021
Lakewood Ranch's Waterside Place adds Pilates studio

Bodybar Pilates studio joins the lineup at Waterside Place in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
The Summerfield Information Center was constructed in 1995 and currently houses the Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp. and office space for some information center employees.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 5, 2014
Residents want center ... if the price is right

The Summerfield Information Center could become a hub for the community, but residents want to know what it will cost.

  • East County
  • News
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