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Hixon, right
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 16, 2014
Brown seeks smaller planning and zoning board ddboard

Could the nine-member Longboat Key Planning Board become the Fantastic Five or Magnificent Seven?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • December 16, 2014
City leases land scrutiny from Chapman

Sarasota Vice Mayor Susan Chapman wants to re-examine city lease agreements with groups such as Mote and Save Our Seabirds. Many of the leases are $10 a year or less.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sales of the company's Grand Villa home series will begin in October.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • July 8, 2014
WCI purchases Rosedale homesites

The developer has acquired 150 homesites in The Links at Rosedale.

  • East County
  • News
Katie Wray, Michelle Last and Emily Perez are relying on their faith and belief in one another to carry them this season.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • September 4, 2013
Fresh Faces: Emily Perez, Michelle Last and Katie Wray

Lakewood Ranch High seniors Emily Perez and Michelle Last and junior Katie Wray are adjusting to their new role as the leaders of the Lakewood Ranch High girls cross-country team.

  • East County
  • Sports
The proposed dredging of Big Pass is a long-standing point of tension between Lido and Siesta keys.
  • By David Conway |
  • January 10, 2017
Challenges mount against Big Pass dredge permit

Siesta residents and others are challenging the state’s initial approval of a proposed Lido Key renourishment effort, while Lido residents are preparing to defend the project.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2015
District starts year with fresh logo

The Sarasota County School District this week unveiled a new logo, which will debut as school begins Monday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kaye Warr |
  • February 4, 2012
Get to Know the Sarasota Opera: Michael Sakir

Get to Know the Sarasota Opera: Michael Sakir

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • December 4, 2013
New apartment complex planned for Lakewood Ranch

Davis Development plans to build 270 apartment units at State Road 70 and Pope Road.

  • East County
  • News
WANTED: Australian pines, dead. REWARD: Up to $1,500.
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • October 26, 2017
Longboat proposes bounty for Australian pines

Town officials are sick of Australian pines, so they're offering up to $1,500 to cut them down.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Randy Moore, director of the Sarasota Bay Water Festival
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • October 24, 2012
Sarasota Bay Water Festival celebrates the bay

The Sarasota Bay Water Festival will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Ken Thompson Park. The festival will celebrate the importance of Sarasota Bay to our environment, economy and quality of life.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michael Corbino Jr.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 1, 2016
Top Story — December: Former pro racer Michael Corbino Jr., 27, dies in crash

Corbino, 27, of Longboat Key, died Nov. 29 after he lost control of his motorcycle and hit a tree while traveling northbound on South Tamiami Trail.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Photo by Nolan Peterson The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to renourish 1.6 miles of Lido Beach.
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • March 20, 2014
The Army Corps sounds off on dredge backlash

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives say their intentions have been unfairly represented in the debate swirling around a proposed project to mine Big Pass for Lido Beach sand.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 2, 2011
Heritage Harbour residents: budget methodology flawed

Many residents of Heritage Harbour continue to oppose changes in the assessment methodology used for the 2012 fiscal year budget.

  • East County
  • News
The Manatee County School District released a schedule to refund internal school accounts.
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • August 21, 2013
District releases schedule to pay back schools

The repayment plan released by the Manatee County School District Tuesday promises to return 100% of the funds borrowed from individual school internal accounts by 2015.

  • East County
  • Schools
Lakewood Ranch senior Joel Ferguson and his younger brother, Jason, have been playing soccer together for the past 10 years.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 25, 2012
Lakewood soccer squad benefits from brotherly love

Co-captains Joel and Jason Ferguson hope to lead the second-seeded Mustangs to a district title and beyond in their final season together.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • February 19, 2014
Raising the Intensity

Lakewood Ranch High set a school record with five wrestlers qualifying for the Class 2A Wrestling Championships Feb. 14 and Feb. 15.

  • East County
  • Sports
East County's Mike Lowe, Manatee County Sheriff's Office Capt. Bob Mealy and Tara's Bob Dallesandro visit during National Coffee with a Cop Day.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 7, 2016
'Coffee with a Cop' stories not all sugar-coated

Side of Ranch Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 16, 2012
Athlete of the WeeK: Tyler Dauphinee

Lakewood Ranch High senior Tyler Dauphinee hit a three-run double in the bottom of the first inning propelling the Mustangs to a 4-1 victory over Winter Haven in the Class 6A -Region 3 finals May 11.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 3, 2009
County looks to reduce overtime

Sarasota County officials say they've made a concerted effort to cut overtime costs. While some departments are seeing success, others have incurred more overtime than last year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Giovani Perez and Virginia Tuells perform together as Duo Fusion. Courtesy photo
  • By Sammi Fisher |
  • July 4, 2018
Circus Arts Conservatory gives audience an intimate version of big-top talent

The Summer Circus Spectacular gives audiences an up close and personal circus experience at Historic Asolo Theater.

  • Arts + Culture
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