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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 24, 2019
Campers enjoy stable environment at Myakka farm

Mini horses offer summer learning, fun for campers in Myakka.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • April 7, 2010
La Musica festival adds folksy to its repertoire

The festival kicks off its 24th season with a regional premiere by a contemporary composer with a flair for fairy tales.

  • Arts + Culture
Steve and Catherine Price will open a second Harvest United Methodist Church 17 years after they opened their first church. Courtesy photo
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • September 3, 2014
Church to open second location

Seventeen years after launching Harvest United Methodist Church in East Manatee, the congregation is expanding to the west.

  • East County
  • News
Colton and Kinley McGill want to spread happiness throughout their community with their drawings. “It’s kind of like trick-or-treat, but we bring the treat to the people," Colton McGill says. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 29, 2020
Message of happiness in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch siblings initiate 'Project Happy' by drawing pictures and delivering them to neighbors to spread happiness.

  • East County
  • News
Judy and Glynn Armitage in 2014.
  • By Amelia Hanks |
  • February 12, 2019
Longtime St. Armands Santa Glynn Armitage dies at 82

Shop owner and member of the Circle board of directors recalled as a man who put family first.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Mike Cavaliere |
  • March 5, 2014
Common Nonsense: Every day's a bad hair day

Common Nonsense: Every day's a bad hair day

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • May 30, 2012
Observe this: Golden Returns

Observe this: Golden Returns

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Southwest Airlines serves 19 destinations from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • August 11, 2021
July sets another record at SRQ

Traffic up more than 100% from pre-COVID-19 levels.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • April 9, 2018
Edith Morse

Edith May Morse, a resident of Longboat Harbour Condos for over forty years, passed away on March 28, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Smoking was banned on the beach until 2013, when a judge determined the county didn't have the authority to regulate tobacco use.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 8, 2016
Siesta strikes up no-smoking conversation

State law prohibits the county from enforcing a smoking ban on Siesta Key Beach, but residents are still working to curb the impacts of tobacco.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • February 17, 2022
Joyce Lee Tankersley

Joyce Lee Tankersley, passed away in Sarasota FL on February 6, 2022 with her loving husband Art by her side.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
The students' video focused on coral reef and how it is dying. File photo
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • April 16, 2020
SMA students win national video competition

Students at Sarasota Military Academy won for their video on coral reefs.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Michael Dunaway will use his years as a film writer and journalist to curate future Sarasota Film Festivals.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • January 11, 2015
Sarasota Film Festival announces new programming team

Film journalist and writer Michael Dunaway of Paste Magazine is named new programming director and will lead a new team to organize the Sarasota festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Photo by Pam Eubanks Although Rob Satori is known locally as the "Sinatra guy," he also impersonates musical icons such as Van Morrison, Jimmy Buffet and Sammy Davis.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 23, 2014
Piano Man

East County resident Rob Satori's passion for music began when he started piano lessons as a child. Now, he composes music. 'I never know where the ideas are going to come from,' he says.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Built in 2000, Unit 52 of Tessera has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 3,315 square feet of living area. (File photo)
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 10, 2022
Tessera condo tops sales at $3.4 million

A Tessera condo on South Palm Avenue tops the week's sales at $3.4 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Director Peter Amster explores the recesses of theatrical arts at the Asolo Repertory Theatre.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • December 29, 2014
Match made in heaven

Peter Amster distills 'The Matchmaker' into its essence.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • February 19, 2020
New pickleball courts open at Bayfront Park, some players say more needed

Two pickleball-only courts were completed at Bayfront Park last week. Players are grateful, but say it may not be enough.

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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 20, 2010
Cancer Support Community opens Ranch facility

The organization celebrated the grand opening of its new five-acre campus with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 19.

  • East County
  • News
Lake Club's Kevin Swan, left, said he is a die-hard Disney fan who ran into a complete day of employee apathy May 4.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • May 16, 2019
Lakewood Ranch resident receives Mickey Mouse treatment

A Life Story Foundation's Kevin Swan has a rough day at Disney World.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • May 30, 2017
Theater review: 'The Remnant'

'The Remnant' offers a cure for Vietnam War amnesia.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
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