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The Sarasota City Commission must bake budget decisions and consider suspending water and sewer impact fees today at City Hall.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 6, 2011
Commission makes budget decision today

Sarasota city commissioners must review a list of $844,091 in additional budget cuts before approving a budget on first reading today at City Hall.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jan and Tim Solomon have owned Key Sailing for 14 years.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 21, 2020
Sarasota couple celebrates 45 years of smooth sailing

Jan and Tim Solomon, owners and operators of Key Sailing, have been together for 45 years.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • September 15, 2018
Lakewood Ranch football shut out in Homecoming game

The Mustangs fell 65-0 to defending state champion Venice High

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 4, 2010
New rules govern garage door replacements

The Manatee County Building Department is offering a new process for permitting and inspecting garage door replacements.

  • East County
  • News
Two men called deputies after 22-year-old Robert Rutledge and 17-year-old Earnest Arnold robbed the pair at gunpoint during a presciption-pill transaction.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 23, 2013
Deputies arrest robbery suspects

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested two men after a drug deal gone awry Saturday, July 20.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • May 14, 2015
Election results bring change to City Commission

The city of Sarasota is seeing a changing of the guard this week, setting the stage for a shake-up on what had become a harmonious board.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • March 27, 2012
World Class Senior Challenge upcoming

National 70s champion Joe Bachmann and Fred Farzanegan will face off in the Gettel Nissan Tennis Series World Class Senior Challenge April 7.

  • East County
  • Sports
One of the city’s proposed economic development funding opportunities would create a matching grant program for commercial storefront upgrades.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 5, 2018
City considers economic development ideas

The city has more than $2 million set aside for economic development. Now, officials have to determine the best way to spend it.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Indigo's Jim and Rosemarie Coon earned the Family of the Year award for the Knights of Columbus in Florida.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 13, 2019
Great Knights (of Columbus) in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch couple, representing Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church, earn Knights of Columbus' Family of the Year award for Florida.

  • East County
  • News
Officials expect The Mall at University Town Center to bring more than 2,000 permanent jobs to the area, as well as about 1,000 construction jobs.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 17, 2013
Permit sets off vertical construction of mall

Sarasota County gave Taubman Centers the go-ahead to build the shell of The Mall at University Town Center.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • September 25, 2013
Manatee commissioners adopt status quo millage

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners adopted a 2013-14 budget that keeps property values the same and sets aside money from higher property values to the sheriff's office.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 20, 2014
Meritage plans 475-home community

Meritage officials say they hope to break ground on the Lakewood Ranch project in the first quarter.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch’s Jenn Lockwood and other players of virtual cornhole use two cameras to showcase their turn. One camera focuses on the throw, and the other focuses on where the beanbag lands.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 21, 2020
Calendar: Virtually Social

When the coronavirus outbreak canceled events, LWR Communities got to work to keep the community connected online.

  • LWR Life
TWIS Happy Hour Guide: Carmel Café and Wine Bar
  • By Nicole Thompson |
  • January 13, 2014
TWIS Happy Hour Guide: Carmel Café and Wine Bar

TWIS Happy Hour Guide: Carmel Café and Wine Bar

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By John McGuire |
  • February 16, 2017
Vehicle strikes bicyclist on Longboat Key roadway

Longboat Key emergency personnel have closed one lane of traffic on the 2200 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 15, 2015
TWIS Asks: KT Curran and Brad Bryan of 'When the Party Ends'

TWIS Asks: KT Curran and Brad Bryan of 'When the Party Ends'

  • Arts + Culture
David Randall has competed in the 2009, 2010 and 2015 World Championships.
  • By Katie Johns |
  • September 12, 2018
David Randall uses barrier islands as training path

Island-hopping athlete and his hand cycling relay team win the World Championships in Italy. He trains on Longboat Key and Anna Maria Island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A pump-out boat removes sewage from boats moored in phase one of the mooring field.
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • May 21, 2013
Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project

Commissioners also voted to uphold a maintenance-dredging ordinance but requested a report on ways to improve the ordinance.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • July 20, 2015
Jebco plans North Trail condo project

Fresh off development of the Q townhomes on Ringling Boulevard, Jebco Ventures has submitted preliminary plans for more than 150 condominiums on North Tamiami Trail.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • July 21, 2011
Teenager hooks winning tarpon

Siesta Key residents Trevor Cowieson is the youngest participant to win the Sarasota Sportfishing Angler's Club annual Tarpon Tournament.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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