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The speed table is designed to slow down drivers using Orange Avenue as a detour while the Osprey Avenue bridge is closed.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 8, 2016
Orange Avenue residents lobby for speed table

The city installed a temporary speed table to slow down drivers in a residential area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Otus |
  • December 18, 2013
Ask Otus: The Sarasota Audubon's Christmas Bird Count

Otus Rufous, an Eastern Screech-owl, was born on Siesta Key and is a full-time resident there. An avid hunter, accomplished vocalist and genuine night owl, Otus is a keen observer of our local wildlife and knows many of nature's secrets. Otus will answer your questions about our amazing wildlife, but only if you Ask Otus.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Terry O’Connor |
  • September 2, 2016
Familiar Longboat Key builder proposes to build 10 new island homes

Brista Homes of Sarasota wants to develop $1.35M property purchased from Mote Scientific Foundation

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Longboat Key Club
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 6, 2015
Mark Walsh: No vote on Islandside could bring more traffic

Ocean Properties’ Mark Walsh says voters should check ‘yes’ on their May 12 referendum ballots if they don’t want more traffic on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 30, 2021
Siesta Key home tops weekly sales at $3.4 million

The home was the top real estate transaction for the week of July 19-23.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
City Hall is taking a business-friendly approach to new businesses with a new welcome packet program.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 12, 2011
City starts welcome package program

Starting this month, the city of Sarasota is sending welcome packages to any new business that applies for a permit within city limits.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • May 29, 2018
Braden River names new girls basketball coach

Stephanie Smith will lead the Pirates next season.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 9, 2019
Cops Corner: Just out for a little doggie me time

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • January 2, 2019
Cops Corner: They're not suspicious, they're just fine

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Senior Jordan Post receives his sign.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • April 23, 2020
Cardinal Mooney surprises seniors with signs

Staff members delivered yard signs to all 133 seniors.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By The Insider |
  • April 21, 2012
Sarasota Film Festival: IN CONVERSATION WITH TODD SOLONDZ SUNDAY NOON AT SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOL! Dark Horse star Jordan Gelber speaks about Solondz! Solondz Film Retrospective!

Sarasota Film Festival: IN CONVERSATION WITH TODD SOLONDZ SUNDAY NOON AT SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOL! Dark Horse star Jordan Gelber speaks about Solondz! Solondz Film Retrospective!

  • Arts + Culture
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
  • News
Photo by Matthew Holler
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 25, 2019
'Cherry Docs' explores the impact of a hate crime at Florida Studio Theatre

FST's gripping production faces hatred and intolerance head-on.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
Jeffrey Biegel couldn’t hear as a toddler, which he refers to as his “reverse Beethoven” phenomenon. Courtesy photo
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • February 9, 2018
Key Chorale's latest concert will feature acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Biegel

The symphonic chorus will perform Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War” with six soloists and Beethoven's "Choral Fantasy" with pianist Jeffrey Biegel.

  • Arts + Culture
Do you know a Siesta Key resident who should be featured as
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • March 1, 2012
Neighbors: Al Smith

After becoming one of the best-known journalists in Kentucky, Al Smith came back to Sarasota, to visit his childhood home.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Workers at the Sarasota Agricultural Fair plan to sanitize surfaces and rides to address coronavirus-related concerns, but the event is set to go on as scheduled.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 12, 2020
Major Sarasota events reverse course, announce cancellations

Representatives for the Sarasota Fair and Nathan Benderson Park said Thursday upcoming events are not being canceled or postponed because of COVID-19 concerns. On Friday, both organizations said the events are now off.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 8, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Free ride

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Unit 101 condominium at 4955 Gulf of Mexico Drive  was built in 2007. It has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,122 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 19, 2021
Positano condo unit sells for $4.1 million

Built in 2007, the condo is the top seller in the Longboat Key area for the week of Dec. 6-10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Beginning Wednesday, up to crossing guards will work at St. Armands Circle intersections as part of a state trial program.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 10, 2016
FDOT tests St. Armands Circle crossing guards

On Wednesday, the state agency began stationing a series of “pedestrian traffic managers” at crosswalks along the Circle in a quest to address congestion issues.

  • Sarasota
  • News
"If you throw a party, your friends come and you know everybody's had a great time. Then you go, 'That was great!'" Georgia Court says about owning Bookstore1Sarasota. "You feel really good about having done that. Well, I get to do that every day."
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 1, 2013
With Rhyme and Reason: Georgia Court

Georgia Court, owner of Bookstore1Sarasota, initiated a visit from U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin and poet Naomi Shihab Nye for a new weekend event called PoetryLife.

  • Arts + Culture
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