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  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 17, 2012
Summer homework yields full fall schedule at Ed Center

The Longboat Key Education Center's fall semester begins Oct. 22, and offers many new programs, along with perennial favorites.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Braden River running back Brian Battie stiff arms a teammate during practice.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 8, 2018
Focus returns to football during preseason practice

Goals are in place for area high school teams

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 15, 2017
Start over on Lido Beach

All Lido Key residents wanted was an updated pavilion, restaurant and pool. But here it is six years later, and the city has faltered again. That seems to be a recurring theme.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Tom Aposporos sees his role as chamber president as being a resource for all member businesses.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 5, 2011
7 in 11: Tom Aposporos

The Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce president puts his politics, business and theater background to work.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
New College students Maria Phillips, Alan Sachnowski, Kade Needham, Krystaal McClain, Christian Metzger and Sivens Glaude sit on the bayfront dock in July. Courtesy photo.
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • August 23, 2012
Seawall restoration honors past, builds for future

A new seawall, dock and lagoon have restored the waterfront at New College of Florida.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent, back, a self-described hands-on manager, wasn’t allowed to oversee the election as a candidate.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • August 16, 2012
Dent dominates supervisor race

The race for Sarasota Supervisor of Elections ended in a landslide, with incumbent Kathy Dent nearly tripling the votes of Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Lakewood Ranch’s Coleen Campbell and Nicole Grant go up for a block against Naples Gulf Coast.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • November 13, 2013
Lasting Legacy

The Lakewood Ranch volleyball team saw its season come to an end with a 3-0 loss to Naples Gulf Coast Nov. 9.

  • East County
  • Sports
Access is restricted to a building and a parking garage  near the hospital campus on Arlington Street.
  • By David Conway |
  • August 21, 2019
Street reopens near hospital after gas leak

Arlington Street was closed between U.S. 41 and Osprey Avenue while authorities responded to the gas leak.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • October 28, 2019
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church hosts silent scary movie

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was accompanied on the organ.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Police investigate suspicious incidents.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • October 16, 2013
Daily Headlines: Oct. 16, 2013

Today's Stories: Sarasota Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation respond to suspicious incidents; East County Publix set to open; Old friends unite for Doctor Idol; and MORE!

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Observer sports reporter Ryan Kohn attends his first Fly Dance Fitness class.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • December 4, 2017
The weight of the (hip-hop) world

One reporter's harrowing journey through a Fly Dance Fitness workout.

  • Health
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 17, 2018
Cellular technology company answers call for better cell service in Lakewood Ranch

USA Cran hopes to build small cell towers in Lakewood Ranch within a year.

  • East County
  • News
Cheyenne Stubbs runs the Sailors' offense against Southeast High.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 31, 2019
Transfer guard helps Sailors basketball enjoy waves of success

She played at Braden River High last season

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Longboat Key Mayor Terry Gans and Town Manager Dave Bullock commented on FDOT'   s Cortez Road project on Tuesday evening.
  • By John McGuire |
  • May 12, 2017
Longboat Key leaders speak out on Cortez Road project

FDOT is considering changes to the intersection of Cortez Road and 119th Street West.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bayfront Park is expected to be complete in June.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 17, 2017
Longboat groups roll out their wish lists

Longboat leaders hear from citizens about what they'd like to see in the coming year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The first formal concert of the FWCS Youth Orchestra was held in 1960. Pictured is the Youth Orchestra in rehearsal in 1978.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • September 4, 2013
Orchestra celebrates instrumental moments

In an economy with orchestras facing musician strikes, closures and bankruptcy, the current news for orchestras is not always positive.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Beach Book Review: 'Lexicon' by Max Barry
  • By Alexis Orgera |
  • July 31, 2013
Beach Book Review: 'Lexicon' by Max Barry

Read Alexis Orgera's book review of 'Lexicon' by Max Barry.

  • Arts + Culture
The current Longboat Key Publix store will close after Easter 2012 and re-open December 2012 if the application is approved. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 28, 2011
TOP STORY, JULY: Publix plans

Publix Super Markets Inc. submitted July 6 a preliminary application to the town outlining a teardown and rebuild of Avenue of the Flowers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • July 2, 2013
Greetings from ... New York City!

Follow singer Maria Wirries on her first trip to The Big Apple.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • December 8, 2019
Blessing of the Fleet brings Bird Key Yacht Club members together

The event lit up Sarasota Bay behind the Bird Key Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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