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The Siesta Key Village Association is pursuing a partnership with SCAT to install a trolley on the island by December.
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 6, 2016
Siesta Key trolley plans roll forward

The Siesta Key Village Association hopes to have a trolley service installed on Siesta Key by December — and the group is already working to attract riders.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • July 12, 2012
My View: City sadly fiddles with registry

Talk about fiddling while Rome burns. The city of Sarasota is facing a series of crises threatening to escalate further.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kathryn Parks |
  • May 21, 2013
Local celebrities perform at Players Theatre fundraiser

Local celebrities perform at Players Theatre fundraiser

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Nadon |
  • October 5, 2016
Film review: 'Deepwater Horizon'

Peter Berg's harrowing film focuses on the lives affected by the disaster, rather than its environmental effects.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 6, 2011
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIPS: Hitting the driver with more confidence

This week, Longboat Key Club and Resort Director of Golf Terry O'Hara shares tips for hitting a driver with more confidence.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Mall at University Town Center named Kimberly Dominguez, fourth from left, its marketing and sponsorship director.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 6, 2014
The Mall at University Town Center selects a marketing director

Lakewood Ranch resident and marketing executive Kimberly Dominguez named marketing and sponsorship director for The Mall at University Town Center.

  • East County
  • News
  • By April Doner |
  • January 17, 2012
Colorful Immersion: Darcy Little's "Grand Arena," SartQ's "Avante-Garden"

Colorful Immersion: Darcy Little's "Grand Arena," SartQ's "Avante-Garden"

  • Arts + Culture
Thais Fernandes applies fake blood to her fake cut.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • October 28, 2015
How to have a horrific Halloween

Lakewood Ranch High School’s Mustang Players get dead-on tips for scary makeup.

  • East County
  • Schools
Preia Hayes, 9, and sister, Iyleigh, 6, with Lilly Gerling, 4, and sister Grace, 6 enjoy a rare sunny day at a Longboat beach.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • August 19, 2015
Outlook sunny with Longboat tourism

With the unusual downpour the Key has seen in recent weeks, are tourists taking a rain check on their visits?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2012
Bashaw stride for cancer research

Bashaw Elementary School students Sept. 14 and Sept. 21 raised $225 for the school's team, The Can Do Core Crew, that will be participating in the American Cancer Society's Making Strides for Breast Cancer Walk.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • July 8, 2018
Lionfish Derby takes a stab at invasive species population

The Fifth Annual Sarasota Lionfish Derby organized by Mote Marine Laboratory raises awareness about the invasive species.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Venetian-inspired estate features a three-story main house.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • February 17, 2017
Longboat Key property to become most expensive listing in tri-county history

The estate is set to hit the market in March.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Angie Stringer sits with a group of kindergarten and first-grade girls at a summer program. The girls had a fairy tale day and dressed up like princesses.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • July 29, 2015
Conversation with Angie Stringer

The new executive director of Girls Inc. isn't new to the organization.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2009
Cops Corner

Police caught a Bradenton man with a stone crab and four blue crabs in a bucket.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Commissioner Pat Zunz, pictured at the Longbeach Village bus stop, keeps an eye on the Manatee County School District, including the $10 million and the handful of children the town sends to it. Photo by Heather Merriman
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 27, 2015
Q+A with Pat Zunz

Longboat Key Commissioner Pat Zunz has represented District 5 for four years and previously served on the Planning and Zoning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Poppy Green said the Remote Area Medical clinic will be accepting signups from medical volunteers through Oct. 1.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • September 5, 2018
Clinic comes to East County

Remote Area Medical hopes local doctors make an appointment to volunteer at the clinic.

  • East County
  • News
The new building, a project that began in June, will be occupied in November.
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • October 3, 2016
Bashaw Elementary improvements reach new stage

A $14.7 million upgrade has administrators and teachers excited about the future.

  • East County
  • News
City Parking Manager Mark Lyons said sustainability is a top priority for his department.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 24, 2015
Special event garage parking to come at a price

Searching for ways to reduce a $500,000 deficit in the parking fund, the city will begin to charge residents to park at downtown garages during special events.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mary GrandPre and Paula Murray pose with the 2012 Bradenton Blues Fest poster.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 31, 2013
Harry Potter artist to make poster for Bradenton Blues Festival

Sarasota-based artist Mary GrandPre has signed on for a second year of creating the Bradenton Blues Fest poster with proceeds benefiting 'Blues in the Schools.'

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • April 11, 2019
Ian Bremmer talks geopolitics in Sarasota

Bremmer rounded out the 2019 RCLA Town Hall Lecture Series at the Van Wezel.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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