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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 22, 2010
Islandside hearings continued for one week

Longboat Key Club Attorney John Patterson asked for and received a week reprieve from the Islandside hearings Friday so the club can possibly bring back 'a better project.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo Jeff Daly and Colleen and Pete Collandra hope to open by the first week in April.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 19, 2014
Longbeach Cafe coming to the menu for Whitney Beach Plaza

By the first week in April, Pete and Colleen Collandra and Jeff Daly hope to open the new restaurant, which will serve breakfast and lunch.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Proposed options for the reallocation and reprioritization of the Local Government Infrastructure Sales Tax Program are on the county agenda Tuesday.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 23, 2012
County commissioners discuss road project priorities Tuesday

Commissioners will also discuss a new 911 Emergency Operations Center on county-owned property at 1301 Cattlemen Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"The subject matter crosses a lot of aesthetic boundaries, and people find a certain richness of the subject matter," Virginia Hoffman says.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 20, 2013
Unfiltered Nature: Virginia Hoffman

Photographer Virginia Hoffman hopes taking a photo means aging historic Florida sites will be preserved.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 27, 2015
Weekend's best bets: Friday, Feb. 27

Weekend's best bets: Friday, Feb. 27

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
North end Longboat Key resident Gianna Sparks, 13, gets on the bus every school day at the intersection of Broadway and Gulf of Mexico Drvie for a 30-minute ride to King Middle School in northwest Bradenton.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 20, 2016
The $33.07 million lesson

With just 86 students enrolled in Sarasota and Manatee county schools, Longboat Key taxpayers pay a hefty bill for education.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By R. James Beam |
  • June 6, 2012
My View: Bain Capital orchestrated financial disaster

This is in rebuttal to the May 31 editorial entitled "Don't fall for steelworker' sob."

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Cardinal Mooney High volleyball coach Kristen Batt founded SOURCE Volleyball Academy as a way to grow the sport of volleyball and allow athletes the opportunity to train full-time.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • June 19, 2014
Source for Success

Cardinal Mooney High volleyball coach Kristen Batt recently founded SOURCE Volleyball Academy, which will officially launch this fall.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Albert Robinson of Navigant, formerly with the FBI, said assistant superintendent Jim Drake was responsible for the budget as its direct manager.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 15, 2013
Manatee School audit: Former assistant superintendent at fault

Auditors blamed former assistant superintendent Jim Drake for the Manatee County School Board's 2011-12 $3.4 million budget deficit, but faulted him for incompetence - not criminal or illegal activity.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 6, 2010
Paid parking reconsidered

City commissioners are asking downtown groups for their opinions on supporting parking operations with ad valorem taxes or paid parking.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 18, 2012
SFF Film Review: 'Alps'

Alps is a snowy, bleak and icy film.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 1, 2011
Bank takes Lakewood bowling alley site

Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch said it still is committed to bringing an entertainment hub to the community.

  • East County
  • News
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  • By Eddie Kirsch |
  • April 17, 2012
April 17: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The benches were pulled out of the park last summer after residents and business owners complained they attracted transients and panhandlers who intimidated them and didn't allow them to stroll into nearby shops
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 5, 2012
Five Points benches will remain removed

Sarasota city commissioners agreed Monday that putting benches back in Selby Five Points Park will only recreate a problem that has disappeared.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Senior Jeff Casseus rallies his teammates before the start of Braden River's Preseason Kickoff Classic at Booker Aug. 26.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 26, 2011
Pirates sail past Tornadoes

The Braden River High football team defeated Booker High 17-6 in its annual Preseason Kickoff Classic Aug. 26.

  • East County
  • Sports
Bill and Judy Carman plan to enjoy retirement after their store closes.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 22, 2010
Carman's Shoes to close Dec. 29

The family-owned shoe-and-handbag store has been a Circle landmark for 45 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2010
Grandmaster earns appointment

The World Taekwondo Changmookwan Association recently appointed Grandmaster Craig Balliette, owner of Lakewood Ranch Taekwondo Academy, to the position of director to all certification and seminars through the World Changmookwan.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 3, 2010
Hagaman inks national letter-of-intent

Lakewood Ranch High senior Kristen Hagaman signed a national letter-of-intent this afternoon to play soccer for Mercer University.

  • East County
  • Sports
Beth and Barry Williamson walk the mall as their main form of exercise. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • June 3, 2015
Retired East County couple laps UTC for Healthy Walkers Program

For one East County couple, the journey of 300 miles begins at UTC’s Cheesecake Factory.

  • East County
  • News
The Elling O. Eide Charitable Foundation is building a library to house its namesake’s tens of thousands Chinese books.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 19, 2014
County approves Eide museum proposal

Sarasota County commissioners today unanimously approved the rezone of 58 acres of bayfront property slated to board scholars studying one of the largest collections of Chinese literature in the world.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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