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Cardinal Mooney sophomore Brady Zaun delivers a pitch against Out-of-Door Academy in a regional quarterfinal game on April 21 that the Cougars won 6-4.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • April 23, 2025
The best Sarasota prep sports stories of the spring

The Sarasota area had an abundance of stories worth celebrating this spring.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
DJ Harpole, the band director, and Nohemi Perez, the orchestra director, have worked at Carlos E. Haile Middle School for three years, building their students' passion and motivation for music.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • September 4, 2025
Can't beat the new music teachers at Carlos E. Haile Middle

Orchestra director Nohemi Perez and band director DJ Harpole have rebuilt the program and their students' passion for music.

  • East County
  • Schools
Residents gather sandbags on Longboat Key before Hurricane Ian.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • August 21, 2025
Next sandbag filling on Longboat Key is Sept. 4

The next opportunity to fill sandbags is scheduled for 8-11 a.m. Sept. 4 at the Broadway Beach Access, 100 Broadway St.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key beaches were relatively empty before Hurricane Helene.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • September 25, 2024
Evacuation ordered for Longboat Key ahead of Hurricane Helene

As Tropical Storm Helene strengthened into a hurricane around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Longboat Key officials advised residents that an evacuation order was in effect for residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
J. Jeremy T. Whatmough (1934-2025)
  • In Memoriam |
  • August 5, 2025
J. Jeremy T. Whatmough

On July 21, 2025, J. Jeremy T. Whatmough passed away at home surrounded by his family.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Braden River freshman Maddie Kasch has proved to be a team leader in the box score and the dugout in her debut season with the varsity softball team.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • April 28, 2025
East County Athlete of the Week: Maddie Kasch

Kasch, a freshman, is a captain and top hitter for Braden River softball.

  • East County
  • Sports
A group of Tara residents dons red shirts and takes a tour bus to Manatee County's Administration Building May 8 to oppose a development project.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • May 20, 2025
Organized Manatee resident group wins out over builder again

County commissioners voted 5-2 to deny a proposal for one of the last parcels in the Tara community.

  • East County
  • News
Emily Ann Brooks takes center stage in Florida Studio Theatre's "Dames at Sea."
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • June 16, 2025
'Dames at Sea' director makes a splash at Florida Studio Theatre

Former theater kid Ben Liebert has directed eight shows in the past year at FST.

  • Arts + Culture
A profile portrait of Lillian Blades, who is originally from the Bahamas, in her Atlanta studio.
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • June 25, 2025
Lillian Blades' first solo exhibition sparkles and shines at Sarasota Art Museum

The Atlanta artist's curtain-like assemblages draw on African, Caribbean and Southern influences.

  • Arts + Culture
Officers investigate report of fishermen spitting in Gulf
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • May 27, 2025
Officers investigate report of fishermen spitting in Gulf

The complainant said the group was throwing objects and spitting in the water, prompting police response. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Modeled after mangrove roots, this concrete paneling provides habitat for aquatic critters to nestle in along the shore at Bayfront Park.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • July 22, 2025
Pioneering 'living wall' project comes to Longboat's Bayfront Park

Meant to encourage filter-feeder growth along the bayshore, this innovative project is breaking ground on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jeremy Whatmough poses with Virginia Sanders in this 2013 photo. Whatmough, a former town commissioner and mayor, died on July 21.
  • By Michael Harris |
  • July 29, 2025
Former Longboat Key mayor and community statesman dies

Jeremy Whatmough was involved with Town Commission, Kiwanis and Longboat Key Garden Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The home at 2127 Lusitania Drive was built in 2006 and has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,870 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 18, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for September 1-5 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Phillippi Gardens home on Lusitania Drive tops the week's sales at $2.68 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Melody Reedy is one of several Manatee County residents to hold up signs during the land use meeting Oct. 5, 2023 in an attempt to stop commissioners from cutting wetland protections out of the Comprehensive Plan.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 9, 2025
Senate Bill 180 handcuffs Manatee County commissioners

Florida legislators' actions might have stripped commissioners' attempts to make voter-supported changes.

  • East County
  • News
The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners vote 6-1 to join a legal action that challenges Senate Bill 180.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 8, 2025
Manatee County joins pending lawsuit to challenge Senate Bill 180

Commissioner Mike Rahn warned that the move will likely come with consequences.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • November 27, 2024
Longboat Key hosts annual Toys for Tots campaign through Dec. 9

Through Dec. 9, residents can drop off donations at three locations around the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Breeze OnDemand operates in three zones of Sarasota County much like private ride-sharing services and delivers riders door to door, though not necessarily solo or non-stop.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 4, 2025
New fares for Sarasota's Breeze OnDemand begin July 1

The proposal to make rides free for 80-and-older passengers could reappear in 2026.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Paradise Center, located at 546 Bay Isles Road, has until August to raise funding to move to a new space after its rent went up under new ownership.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • August 8, 2025
The Paradise Center continues fundraising

The community center is set to move from its current location at the end of August, later moving to Longboat Island Chapel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Joan M. Durante Park offers scenic views of Sarasota Bay.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 1, 2025
Longboat hopes to buy underwater land for $10,000 (or less)

The submerged acreage could help with a high-profile town sewer project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
'Save the Mira Mar' is inappropriate form of horse trading
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • May 21, 2025
'Save the Mira Mar' is inappropriate form of horse trading

Seaward's development plan rests on two shaky pillars that lacks an economic need and historic preservation, a reader says.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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