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  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 4, 2011
Buffalo Creek LL registration dates set

Buffalo Creek Little League Baseball and Softball will hold open registration for its upcoming fall season from 6-8 p.m., Aug. 19 and 26 and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Aug. 20 and 27.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 6, 2011
FULL STORY: Parking garage murals approved

With a 3-2 vote Monday, the Sarasota City Commission approved a $25,000 Palm Avenue parking garage mural project.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • June 19, 2015
This weekend in Sarasota: Friday, June 19

This weekend in Sarasota: Friday, June 19

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Piero Rivolta
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 14, 2011
Scene & Heard

La Musica lures in ladies; Rivolta rejoices; Musical director gets up close and personal; Nokomis man peddles his cigar box guitars

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • February 12, 2018
Pulitzer Prize winner inspires audience to help national leaders get it right

Historian Jon Meacham was the second speaker in the Ringling College Library Association’s Town Hall Lecture Series on the 2018 calendar.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
ODA point guard Zi Burns believes the team needs to work on its ball control in order to become a state contender.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 15, 2020
Prose and Kohn: Fire Burns in ODA sophomore guard

The Thunder have received a boost in ball control with her arrival.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 10, 2010
Kiwanians plan to flip for breakfast

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key will hold its annual pancake breakfast Saturday, March 20, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tyler Marshall, center, became the first Pirate to sign a scholarship to play soccer in college.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • April 11, 2012
Senior inks Braden River's first soccer scholarship

Braden River's Tyler Marshall signed a national letter-of-intent to play soccer for West Virginia Wesleyan College April 3.

  • East County
  • Sports
Dakin Dairy Farms, a multi-generational dairy farm in Myakka City, will celebrate five years in business Saturday.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • October 4, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Dakin Dairy Farms Farm Festival

This Saturday festival - celebrating five years of agritourism - includes a mac and cheese cook-off, 5K Ranch & Kids Run, games, food, artists, demonstrations and live music.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 2, 2014
Marijuana clinic seeks to light up Longboat Key

APRIL FOOLS' - The Grass is Greener LLC has more than a budding interest in opening a Longboat office if a medical marijuana ballot initiative passes in November.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
C.J. Ramsey (the Beast) and Zach Herman (Gaston), middle, act out a fight scene while Jouse Rivera (Cogsworth), Ryan O’Dell (Lumière), Sierra Schwabach (Mrs. Potts) and Emma Slotabec (Belle) watch.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • April 7, 2011
Middle-school drama takes center stage

Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences students will perform the musical, 'Beauty and the Beast,' at 7 p.m. April 15 and 16, at the Booker High School Auditorium.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team will play in the Class 6A state semifinals Nov. 13 in Kissimmee.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 10, 2012
Lady Mustangs gallop into state semifinals

The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team cruised to a 25-18, 25-20, 25-21 victory over Winter Haven in the Class 6A-Region 3 finals Nov. 10.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Katie Johns |
  • February 20, 2019
Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour to showcase seven houses

The annual Home Tour will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A county surveyor's photo showing part of the property owned by the Ginsberg-Klemmt.
  • By Jack Short |
  • December 8, 2015
Parking resolution a blow to submerged land owners

The owners of submerged lots off Siesta Circle hoped required parking for a proposed dock could be satisfied by space on the right of way.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
NHL Hall of famer Phil Esposito. Photo courtesy of the Longboat Key Club.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • September 14, 2016
Hockey greats hit the links for charity

The Phil Esposito Family Foundation hosted its 8th annual ESPO tournament over the weekend.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 18, 2012
Out-of-Door debuts student-directed play

Theater students at The Out-of-Door Academy will perform a student-directed play called 'Paper Candles' Jan. 18-20, in the school's Black Box Theater, 5950 Deer Drive, Sarasota.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • January 18, 2012
The Furniture Warehouse partners with area food banks

From Friday, Jan. 20 to Monday, Jan. 23, the All Faiths Food Bank of Sarasota and Desoto Counties, along with the Manatee Food Bank and the Harry Chapin Food Bank are teaming up with The Furniture Warehouse to collect canned food.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A JP Morgan Chase bank branch planned for Longboat Key has been downsized.
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • September 19, 2016
JP Morgan Chase exercises Longboat Key bank option after three-year delay

The new bank site is expected to open in the third quarter of 2017.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • July 8, 2018
Samantha's Friends get together for brunch

The annual Southeastern Guide Dogs fundraiser was hosted July 8 at Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club.

  • Black Tie
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 30, 2017
Opera patrons get taste of downtown

Guests took the stage at the Sarasota Opera to sample food from the best of downtown Sarasota's restaurant scene.

  • Black Tie
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