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Jo. Photo by Harriet Sokmensuer
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • September 18, 2014
Your Neighbor | Jenny Jo

Since rediscovering the hula-hoop as an adult, Jo has started a hula-hoop program called Hoops of Fun.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 27, 2016
Country Club Village home sells for $1.17 million

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 11-15

  • East County
  • Real Estate
The plaza at 3170 Gulf of Mexico Drive has 3,200 square feet of living space and houses the mid Longboat Key real estate office of Michael Saunders & Co.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 10, 2015
Michael Saunders sells mid-Key plaza for $800,000

The Saunders Family Limited Partnership, a Florida limited partnership of Michael Saunders & Company Inc., sold the commercial plaza at 3170 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Fox 41 July 6.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Resident Martin Hyde has called the new email system an obfuscation of public records.
  • By David Conway |
  • April 26, 2018
City officials discuss public access to emails

At least two people have raised concerns about a new system that changes the ability to read emails to and from city employees.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Stephanie Hannum |
  • August 5, 2009
Progressive dinner

Take a trip around the world with the numerous eclectic and authentic restaurants in the Gulf Gate area.

  • Arts + Culture
Cynthia Sayer. Courtesy.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 16, 2013
Scene & Heard

Learning the trivia behind the musical; Jazzed about Cynthia Sayer album

  • Arts + Culture
Janet Nutting and Jamie Aymerich
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 31, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Fright Night Round 2

St. Armands was transformed into a Halloween town on Monday and packed with hundreds of creatures, superheroes, animals and a whole fruit basket's worth of fruit items for Fright Night. Zombies that were once Sarasota High School students swarmed around St. Armands Circle, bringing hundreds of gawkers to watch their apocalyptic performance of Thriller later in the evening.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • March 6, 2014
Big Pass debate faces the music

A performance of the Beatles song 'Let It Be' on an organ towed out to the Big Pass shoal highlights mounting opposition to a proposed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Marmalade Salon and Boutique staff member Jenna Dilorenzo and owner Nikki Mayforth help Ava Custer and Fallon Rossano make seashell necklaces.
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • March 29, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Southside Elementary Celebrate Learning Day

Southside Elementary PTO put on Celebrate Learning Day Thursday, March 28 to let children learn in a fun and interactive way. Community organizations like Mote Marine Aquarium, Florida Studio Theater, Spanish Point, Brown's Grove, Jungle Gardens and the Sarasota Film Festival were stationed in different zones where they interacted with the children and taught them lessons about Florida. Square 1 Burgers and Nancy's BBQ donated lunch and Brown's Grove supplied children with samples of orange juice.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • October 2, 2017
Town advances marijuana dispensary ban

Commission looks to block any dispensaries from opening on the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2011
Our View: This is the best we can do?

Seriously? The sign on this page is the best that Sarasota County could come up with not only to celebrate the Siesta Key Beach's top national ranking but to commemorate it for future visitors?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 13, 2016
Orchestrating Enlightenment

A fear-free-guide to classical music appreciation.

  • Arts + Culture
The city chose the intersections it determined to be the most dangerous to house the cameras.
  • By David Conway |
  • July 18, 2013
City stands behind red-light cameras

A year-and-a-half after the first cameras were installed, Sarasota is satisfied with the effectiveness of its red-light camera program.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch Marauders 8U travel baseball team won back-to-back titles in November.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • December 5, 2013
Marauders win pair of championships

The Lakewood Ranch Marauders 8U travel baseball teams won back-to-back championships Nov. 17 and 24.

  • East County
  • Sports
Tobin was one of 24 artists selected in the state of Florida to participate in the Creative Capital workshop, designed to promote art as a business.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • August 2, 2017
Painter Kevin Tobin promotes the business of art

Painter Kevin Tobin wants artists to translate their passion into success.

  • Arts + Culture
Bishop Frank Dewane and Father Fausto Stampiglia enter beneath the swords of the Knights of Columbus.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • October 22, 2015
La bella vita: Father Fausto celebrates 80

St. Martha Catholic Church pastor Father Fausto Stampiglia turns 80 surrounded by friends and parishioners.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office says it has investigated roughly 30 home burglaries since April, including nine in East County.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • November 21, 2013
Country Club West looking for neighborhood watches

A rash of home burglaries along the Interstate 75 corridor has Lakewood Ranch officials and residents on guard.

  • East County
  • News
The historical society is racing to raise $70,000 by the end of the year.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • August 1, 2018
Fundraising efforts pull at Longboat wallets

Three major fundraising efforts are raising money for town improvements this summer: the Historical Society, the Longboat Key Foundation and pickleball players

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • April 17, 2012
Obituary: Robert L. White

Robert L. White, of Longboat Key and St. Louis, died April 4, his birthday. He was 88.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Loren Mayo |
  • May 6, 2010
Sea turtle nests spotted in Sarasota County

Mote Marine Sea Turtle Patrol found the first two sea turtle nests in Sarasota County this week.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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