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  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 12, 2013
LECOM welcomes dental students

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine will welcome its second class of dental students today.

  • East County
  • News
Tim Holliday
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • November 3, 2011
Neighbors: Tim Holliday

When he was a teenager, Tim Holliday joked that whenever he had children, he would send them off to an island to be raised by a nanny.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • February 6, 2013
Details about Manatee superintendent interviews released

The Manatee County School District released more details about the interview process for its six superintendent finalists today.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch Communities’ 3D “community Xplorer map” was awarded a gold award for best innovative use of technology at the Southeast Building Conference’s 42nd annual Aurora Awards.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • July 28, 2021
Lakewood Ranch's 3D map earns gold award

Lakewood Ranch's 3D Community Xplorer Map earns Aurora Award from builders.

  • East County
  • News
Mia Morton, who is 6, always can look at the bee pin when she's missing her mother, Stephanie Morton. Courtesy photo.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 2, 2021
Manatee County mom stays connected to daughter with pin

Mill Creek mother designs a pin for her daughter to wear to ease separation anxiety.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Todd Mathes, Benderson's director of development, addresses the board.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 30, 2015
Commission approves UTC expansion

Sarasota County commissioners today granted Benderson Development the approvals it needs to build more retail and commercial structures at its University Town Center project.

  • East County
  • News
The town's contractors have dredged sand throughout the summer.
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • September 27, 2021
Longboat Key finishes beach renourishment projects

The projects cost the town of Longboat Key $36,063,214 to move about 1 million cubic yards of sand.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kennedy McClain and Piper Carson hold the preschool's mural.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • March 31, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Perfect summer day

First Presbyterian preschoolers today painted a mural depicting their perfect summer day.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Chris Christie
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • December 18, 2020
2022 RCLA Town Hall Lecture Series lineup announced

The rescheduled series starts on Jan. 17.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 3, 2012
BRE hosting 'Uniform Fair'

Braden River Elementary is hosting its annual uniform fair today and Saturday.

  • East County
  • News
Prospective tenant Roberta Echard chats with Grand Living residents Judy Albert and Marji Tronvold, who both moved in Oct. 1.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 23, 2019
Grand opening for Lakewood Ranch retirement community

Grand Living at Lakewood Ranch opens in Sarasota County.

  • East County
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 22, 2018
An alternative for the arts

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall could find a home at the Sarasota Fairgrounds.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 6, 2010
Superintendent challenges FCAT grades

The Florida Department of Education today released Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results. The Manatee County Schools Superintendent Tim McGonegal is questioning the accuracy of the results.

  • East County
  • Schools
The Sarasota Police Department shared this image, reportedly of Ryan Flanzer at the 1350 Main condo building today.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 5, 2018
UPDATE: Downtown condo shooting suspect turns himself in

The Sarasota Police Department said Ryan M. Flanzer barricaded himself in a bayfront hotel before surrendering.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Allegiant will begin its new flights out of Sarasota in November.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 13, 2019
Allegiant adds eight flights from SRQ

New destinations from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport include Knoxville, Tenn., St. Louis, Mo., Louisville, Ky. and other Midwestern cities.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. Courtesy photo
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2015
More parallels of history

Polish Jews called themselves ‘voices from the abyss.’ Today those voices are also Christian and Muslim.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Ross
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • January 29, 2014
Your Neighbor: Joni Ross

Longboat Key resident Joni Ross has been teaching Pilates for 18 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • March 29, 2022
This Week in A+E: March 31 to April 6

Festivals dot the landscape, including Chalk, Film and La Musica, in an action-packed week of Sarasota arts and entertainment.

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  • Things To Do
ODA senior Tristan McWilliam stands atop the podium after his 1,600 meter run in the Class 1A championships. McWilliam won the race in 4:17.97.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 15, 2022
ODA senior earns gold in the Class 1A boys 1,600-meter run at state championships

Distance runner Tristan McWilliam wins the area's only state track gold medal; Lakewood Ranch High's Grace Marston earns silver.

  • East County
  • Sports
“Andrew believes that health care should be a fundamental right, not a privilege … " — From Democrat  candidate Andrew  Gillum’s website
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 27, 2018
Health care is not a right

Let’s just call all that what it is: socialized, government-controlled  medicine.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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