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  • By Robert Plunket |
  • September 20, 2017
Three things

All about the land

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Chris Poulos, left, and Charles Leduc opened the first CaddyShanks in January in the East County.
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 27, 2010
CaddyShanks founders ready to expand

Two hospitality industry entrepreneurs think they're on to the next big thing in sports and family entertainment. They think big.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo Currently, the only Artspace development in Florida is the Sailboat Bend lofts in Fort Lauderdale.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 23, 2014
Artist lobbies for live/work project

Veronica Morgan wants to bring a group to Sarasota that would outline how best to develop artist housing on the North Trail.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"He wasn't supposed to die," said Joy Kerrivan, holding a picture of her late son, William Rohrer. "He was supposed to grow old." Rohrer died of a drug overdose in October 2016.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 19, 2018
Campaign targets drug abuse

Drug Free Manatee begins campaign to fight 'everyone's problem' and share how recovery is possible.

  • East County
  • News
Manatee County's Emergency Operations Center has been de-escalated as Hurricane Dorian's path is expected to shift it northward.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 31, 2019
Manatee County scales down hurricane watch

Manatee County scales down hurricane watch as Hurricane Dorian's path is expected to take it northward.

  • East County
  • News
The biggest concern most city governments have about permitting dispensaries is crime. But even so, there is a lot of evidence that dispensaries are not magnets for crime.
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • March 9, 2017
City rules for medical marijuana dispensaries

Legal dispensaries move millions of dollars of local, black-market marijuana sales to people with severe medical conditions into legal, taxpaying, job-creating businesses.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Saivetz at the Nov. 11 Veterans Day parade
  • By Bradford Saivetz |
  • November 18, 2014
My View

A veteran reflects on Operation Cobra

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Longboat Key Mayor Jack Duncan and Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Carolyn Mason praised each other's commissions Monday for working well together.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 7, 2015
Town updates Sarasota County on top priorities

Town Manager Dave Bullock told two sets of commissioners Monday in Sarasota that beach projects are a top priority, followed by several other issues in fiscal 2016.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This week’s FYI Friday features news about a possible indoor surf park, a raging fire on Lido Key and more!
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 22, 2015
FYI Friday - Your weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The city is working to update its master plan for Payne Park, and hopes to engage with the public to help guide the management of all city parks. File photo
  • By David Conway |
  • October 16, 2014
City seeks feedback on parks

With parks in Sarasota subsisting on basic maintenance, city staff members hope to better gauge the needs of the public - and could consider alternate funding methods to meet those needs.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Three tennis center courts are undergoing work to upgrade the irrigation system. Photos taken Aug. 29, 2019 by Nat Kaemmerer.
  • By Sten Spinella |
  • August 30, 2019
Longboat Key overhauls three tennis courts

The project should be done within the next 3-4 weeks.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jack Littman-Quinn |
  • March 22, 2012
Chef Darwin: Inspired by Life

Chef Darwin: Inspired by Life

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
Hope Hahn, Hollie Parks and Tina Wahlers
  • By Heather Merriman Saba |
  • April 24, 2015
A Taste of New Orleans Interactive Dinner and Auction

Guests attended Lakewood Ranch YMCA's 'A Taste of New Orleans' Interactive Dinner and Auction on Friday, April 24, at Polo Grill and Bar's Fete Ballroom.

  • Black Tie
"At the end of the show, there's all these confetti cannons that go off in the London production," Jake Mills says. "I cried tears of joy, and I felt so happy."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • November 13, 2013
Spotlight: Jake Mills becomes the Strangely Flatulent

Jake Mills stars in Florida Studio Theatre's "Spamalot," which runs through Jan. 11.

  • Arts + Culture
Tom Freiwald
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • February 20, 2019
Longboat group likes the idea of water quality summit

Summit plan is still in its infancy. Could be held in April

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Hope Hahn leads bikers Ron Whittle, Larry Ivers and Tom Schneberger in their exercise class.
  • By Andrew Atkins |
  • February 20, 2019
YMCA bike class may have chain reaction

The first words of Stevie Wonder’s R&B hit — “Very superstitious / Writing’s on the wall… ” — pumped out of the speakers and into the room filled with rows of stationary bikes.

  • Health
The current plans for a Cocoanut Avenue streetscape project would remove parking along the median, replacing it with a reduced number of spaces along the widened sidewalks.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 7, 2016
City plots Cocoanut Avenue improvement project

The city is preparing to embark on another major downtown streetscape redesign, with several interested stakeholders keeping a close eye on the plans.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"I pay attention to a lot of film fests," says Allison Koehler, pictured here in SFF's education classroom. "I think the quality of our festival is right up there with Sundance and SXSW."
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 6, 2011
Sonic youth

Allison Koehler makes sure area students get the red-carpet treatment during SFF's youthFEST.

  • Arts + Culture
(Courtesy of Cliff Roles) Ringling College of Art and Design President Larry Thompson uses an excavator to kick off  construction of the new library.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 17, 2015
Work starts on new Ringling College library

Ringling College of Art and Design President Larry Thompson this morning donned a hardhat, strapped into an excavator and kicked off demolition of the site where the school’s new $16 million will sit.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo. Whitney Stewart.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • October 8, 2015
Congratulations, Cadet

Sarasota Military Academy alumna Whitney Stewart named Boys & Girls Club of America National Youth of the Year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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