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Tara Golf and Country Club resident holds a sign to protest the proposed settlement agreement at a public hearing on the settlement agreement in March 2019. Manatee County commissioners delayed the decision. File photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 4, 2019
Tara development case still unsettled in Manatee County

Manatee County commissioners consider land regulation changes.

  • East County
  • News
The Fillmore Drive lot is 1.98 acres and can hold 268 cars in the lot and in the adjacent curbside paid spaces.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 8, 2022
Sarasota parks plans to develop St. Armands lot

Commissioners vote 4-1 to take no action on proposals to build on city-owned parking lot.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This home at 4034 Roberts Point Road, Siesta Key, tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Built in 1990, it has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,599 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 25, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for May 8-12 in Sarasota, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Siesta Key home on Roberts Point Road tops the week’s sales at $5.6 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Grant Hill.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 8, 2020
East County Athlete of the Week:Grant Hill

The Braden River junior talks scoring goals and watching soccer videos for research.

  • East County
  • Sports
Sarasota County commissioners agreed to make the public safety campus on Cattlemen Road the priority rather than any more expansion downtown.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • February 19, 2015
County halts downtown service expansion

During discussion of long-term planning for Sarasota County facilities, commissioners agreed: no more money into the Ringling Corridor.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Elizabeth Bergmann — Photo by Barbara Banks
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 21, 2018
Sarasota Contemporary Dance kicks off new performance series with brave dancer

"Coming to Myself" is a saga of self-actualization created and performed by Juilliard School graduate Elizabeth Bergmann to start off Sarasota Contemporary Dance's new In Studio Performance Series.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • September 19, 2019
Traffic a key issue in suit against Promenade

Siesta Key residents say the project will only exacerbate issues near U.S. 41 and Stickney Point Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rachel Weeks, pictured with her daughters, Hailey, left, and Audrey, right, is eager to better navigate her community with her guide dog, Plum.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 20, 2017
Guide dog gives new leash on life

Service dog provides Lakewood Ranch mom with new opportunities.

  • East County
  • News
Plans for phase one of the Selby Gardens master plan include the construction of the Jean Goldstein Welcome Center.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 11, 2021
Selby Gardens receives $1 million donation for master plan

Jean Weidner Goldstein, a member of the Selby Gardens board of trustees, gifted the money to the nonprofit’s endowment amid a campus renovation effort.

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

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Four portables have been hauled away from William H. Bashaw Elementary School in preparation for its new addition.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • June 1, 2016
District cuts tie between impact fees, sales tax

Caveat that would reduce impact fees upon passing of school sales tax removed.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Joe Hendricks |
  • November 8, 2012
Election Day in Sarasota: How it played out

Election Day in Sarasota: How it played out

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 12, 2010
Klauber: Colony needs to see the light

Colony owner/chairman Murf Klauber told the Code Enforcement Board that the town's turtle-lighting ordinance puts guests at risk.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Traffic begins backing up as a Manatee County transit bus stops a few hundred yards south of the intersection of Gulf Drive and Cortez Road.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 16, 2019
Longboat leaders lobby for action on Bradenton Beach intersection

Longboat leaders, Bradenton Beach mayor successfully ask FDOT to include a hard-to-fix junction on a list of possible sites to consider for fix-up. But nothing is certain.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 21, 2020
Longboat Key Turtle Watch has a bash with trash

The group participated in International Coastal Cleanup and removed 370 pounds of refuse from the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
After the orchestra reiterated its belief that land in Payne Park was essential for the group to remain in the city, Sarasota City Manager Marlon Brown said he believed both parties should be willing to compromise. File photo.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 6, 2021
Orchestra, city engage in venue conversation

Although the orchestra initially pushed for action from the City Commission, both parties met last month for a private discussion about a music hall in Payne Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By June LeBell |
  • February 1, 2016
Music review: 'Aida'

Verdi’s 'Aida' Sails into Sarasota Opera House.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Lynn Larson, pictured outside of her Country Club Shores home, is originally from Picayune, Miss. She and her husband, Jim, moved to Longboat Key permanently in 2002.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 16, 2016
Lynn Larson: Voice for change

Commissioner Lynn Larson reflects on her six years of service.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 23, 2020
Deputies, police officers take motorcyclist into custody

Man detained on Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
(Photo courtesy  of Scott Gerber Main) Street property owners and businesses in downtown Sarasota prepared for the worst last week.
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 10, 2020
Reflections …

That we avoided violence shows that demonstrators saw its irrationality and our officials were proactive, not reactive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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