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  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • June 18, 2019
Sarasota County School Board approves new cell phone policy

The policy provides different regulations for students based on their educational stage.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 21, 2011
Commission plans search strategy

It's been 14 years since Longboat Key was without a permanent town manager.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • In Memoriam |
  • April 15, 2019
Robert M. “Bob” Dutton, Sr.

Robert M. Dutton, Sr. passed away on February 23, 2019 under hospice care at home.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • April 26, 2018
Sheriff's Office hopes to add second helicopter

An extra set of wings would mean the Sheriff's Office could be in the air all the time, even when one is down for maintenance.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Columnist . |
  • April 26, 2018
Readers offer up ideas on Van Wezel

Upgrade? Replace? Honor? A wide range of suggestions.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 7, 2012
Bond issues create charter controversy

With a top charter official unable to be bonded, the city of Sarasota has been violating its own charter requirement for more than two years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mayor Jim Brown made that statement over and over again at Monday night’s commission meeting during discussion of a telecommunications agenda item about Comprehensive Plan amendments being transmitted to the state for review.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 5, 2013
Cell tower debate echoes through Town Hall

Residents and town commissioners got hung up on language in Comprehensive Plan changes and turned a discussion into a two-hour cell tower debate Monday night.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dr. Anne Chauvet and Solange Chauvet
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • November 15, 2012
High Tea at High Noon

High Tea at High Noon

  • Black Tie
"It opened my eyes that people are out there that really need help," said Can Food Drive organizer Christina Meiser, 15, about seeing homeless people outside the Salvation Army five years ago.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 8, 2011
River Club youth hold can drive

Fifteen-year-old Christina Meiser will collect canned goods in the River Club community this weekend for the Salvation Army.

  • East County
  • News
Although the county's regulations currently prohibit on-site transactions at Ted Sperling Park, officials are working to change that rule.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 23, 2016
County proposes allowing payments at Lido park

The county and city are working on a potential rule change at Ted Sperling Park that would allow commercial operators to accept payments on-site.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • September 1, 2016
Signs of a Struggle

Signs advertising Mike Cosentino’s efforts to reopen a portion of Beach Road on Siesta Key now speckle Siesta Key Village, but complaints filed to Sarasota County suggest not everyone on the island is sold on the initiative.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
A scene from "Shank's Mare," Tom Lee's most recent production that combines Western and traditional Japanese puppetry techniques.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • October 7, 2015
Asia Arrives at RIAF

In its first themed program, the seventh annual Ringling International Arts Festival will present a blend of historic and modern Asian performances.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jack Short |
  • November 24, 2015
Bee Ridge Marathon may get Korean barbecue from street vendor

A food trailer could bring Bulgogi, Kimchi and potato noodles to the Marathon gas station at 2791 Bee Ridge Rd.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2015
What's happening: Week of Feb. 19, 2015

Siesta Key property target of Craigslist scam

  • Sarasota
  • News
Manager Ryan Bender and co-owning brothers, Austin and Adam  Myara.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 22, 2016
Cuban restaurant slated for Southside Village

Mojo’s Real Cuban aims to open in the former Fleet Feet space on South Osprey Avenue within the next three months.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 7, 2009
Inn on the Beach: an in-depth look

Inn on the Beach unit owners have spent millions of dollars upgrading their hotel, which has increased assessed values. Its occupancy levels were up 15% this summer compared to 2007. years ago. and. By comparison, The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort suspended hotel operations Sunday, Sept. 27, after its board refused to assess unit owners.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • April 16, 2015
Longboat Harbour gets cheesy

Pizza filled the tables and the stomachs of Longboat Harbour residents at the community’s annual pizza party on April 16.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
On March 3, members and officials of the YMCA celebrated the opening of the facility’s new $2.1 million, 13,000-square-foot addition, which has been under construction since September.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • December 24, 2012
Year in review: March 2012, 'Ranch YMCA unveils expansion'

The Lakewood Ranch YMCA opened its new fitness center to the public March 3.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • October 13, 2016
Benderson pitches Osprey redevelopment project

Benderson Development Company is working to finish redeveloping the Shoppes at Casey Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Kevin Costello
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 18, 2016
Art as Philosophy

Kevin Costello's new installation, "Sojourn into the Anthropocene," explores global warming.

  • Arts + Culture
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