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Kyle Scott Battie is leading the incumbent in District 1, while Liz Alpert and Erik Arroyo are ahead of the top vote-getters in the August primary for Districts 2 and 3. File photos
  • By David Conway |
  • November 3, 2020
Battie, Alpert, Arroyo win City Commission races

Two newcomers and one incumbent are set to claim the three district seats on the Sarasota City Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Chris Albright, a board member of the Sarasota Republican Club, fist bumps Tommy Gregory, who won a second term representing District 73 in the Florida House of Representatives.
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • November 4, 2020
No close calls in East County elections in races for Manatee County commission seats, Manatee school board and District 73 representative

Mary Foreman unseats incumbent Dave Miner in the Manatee school board race while State Representative Tommy Gregory earns a second term for District 73. Manatee County commission races are runaways.

  • East County
  • News
Cyndi Seamon and Ann Tannen wear PPE when recording nests near each other in July 2020.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • November 9, 2020
Turtle season closes strong on Longboat Key

Turtles had their fourth-best nesting year in 2020, barely acknowledging a pandemic is still raging above water.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch High School's Kevin Everhart and Andrew Legutko practice parking during drivers education. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • October 27, 2021
Teen drivers in Lakewood Ranch focus on safety on the road

Drivers education instructor says advanced technology in cars can be a hindrance for new drivers.

  • East County
  • News
Color me beautiful: colored crayons are Art Venti's tools of the trade in the art world.
  • By Andréa Martone |
  • August 26, 2021
Art on art: Colored pencils are his tools to success

Colored pencils were Venti's first art materials as a child and, in 50 years of investigating almost every medium available to artists, a Sarasota landscape artist has come full circle.

  • Arts + Culture
Eighth grader Hope Li finds comfort in the crash pad.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • April 13, 2023
Nolan Middle sensory room provides solace for disabled students

The new sensory room, funded by the school's parent-teacher organization, helps relieve students' anxiety and provides a calming environment.

  • East County
  • Schools
Mote executives say that now construction of the new aquarium has gone vertical, corporate sponsorships are a greater possibility.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 15, 2023
New Mote aquarium construction goes vertical for fall 2024 opening

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium executives are elated that the $132 million Science Education Aquarium project at Nathan Benderson Park has hit its vertical construction stage.

  • East County
  • News
Don Janezic, president of the Manatee Library Foundation; Tammy Parrott, the Manatee County library services services manager; and Sue Ann Miller, president of the Friends of the Lakewood Ranch Library, hold a $200,000 check that was presented to library services.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 1, 2023
Nonprofits fill the shelves of the Lakewood Ranch Library

Friends of the Lakewood Ranch Library and the Manatee Library Foundation presented $200,000 toward books.

  • East County
  • News
Views of the water can be found throughout  the home.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 19, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Jan. 2-6 for Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Nokomis, Osprey

A Sapphire Shores home on South Shore Drive tops the week's sales at $6.35 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
The No. 18 hole at Lakewood National Golf Club often sees big crowds during the LECOM Suncoast Classic.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 25, 2023
Volunteer opportunities at Suncoast Classic open as schedule shifts

The Korn Ferry Tour's stop in Lakewood Ranch stop will in mid-April.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Proceeds from Angela Massaro-Fain's Bacio di Cucina (A Kiss from the Kitchen) go to the nonprofit Sisterhood for Good.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 14, 2021
Lakewood Ranch author offers a taste of tradition with Bacio di Cucina

Lakewood Ranch's Angela Massaro-Fain honors her grandmother's cooking secrets in a new book, Bacio di Cucina.

  • East County
  • News
Mindy Kauffman at the future site of Boo's Ice House and Dog Bar in the Rosemary District.
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 27, 2022
Opening date for Rosemary District dog bar delayed

The owners behind what they believe will be the "doggiest space to hang out" battle various construction delays.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
A streetlight is pictured in the Country Club Shores neighborhood.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • February 8, 2021
Longboat Key sticking with approved streetlights despite resident criticisms

Part of Longboat Key's undergrounding project calls for the installation of new streetlights.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2009
Our View

Capital flow decides our future

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • August 19, 2009
Sarasota Ballet announces its 2009-10 season

The local company brings back old favorites, partners with the Asolo and furthers its reputation for dancing Sir Frederick Ashton's ballets.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 13, 2010
Commissioners express Comprehensive Plan issue

The Town Commission voted 6-1 Friday to move forward with the Islandside project, despite concerns from commissioners about the town's Comprehensive Plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Sandy Gilbert |
  • June 24, 2009
My View: Landau-Younger approach is a better way

Corporate budget experts Lenny Landau and Phil Younger have provided the town of Longboat Key with a budget-format tool that focuses on actual expenses, not fuzzy budgets.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 6, 2010
Political sign issues arise

Longboat Key District 1 commission candidate Lee Pokoik and town officials have been sparring over the placement of his campaign signs and the wording of his sign.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The front elevation of Westwater Construction’s Lake Club mansion features a variety of textures and heights.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 29, 2012
The blueprint to living large

In the Lake Club, Lakewood Ranch's most private and upscale gated community, five ultra-luxury homes are planned this year or under construction. The largest is a 19,926-square-foot home being built by Westwater Construction.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • July 25, 2012
BACKSTAGE PASS: Man at work

As Florida Studio Theatre's general manger for two years, James Lemons is a jack-of-all-trades. As the company moves along on its new Gompertz Theatre project, Lemons' job has become even more hands-on.

  • Arts + Culture
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