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Tyranny of Trump's tariffs
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 30, 2025
Tyranny of Trump's tariffs

Who is ripping off whom in international trade. How can Donald Trump know more about tariffs than 250 years of economic evidence? Tariffs punish everyone.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Theresa Pelayo celebrates crossing the finish line alongside her daughter, Luna Pelayo, on Saturday morning at the Taste of ODA 5K.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • February 9, 2025
Out-of-Door Academy's first 5K raises funds for its athletics program

ODA's first-year goal was easily met as 143 runners participated.

  • East County
  • Schools
Sarasota City Hall.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 20, 2025
Sarasota begins drafting the next two-year strategic plan

Meticulous wordsmithing of the mission and vision statements sets the tone for the list of project goals for city's 2026 blueprint.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Out-of-Door Academy football team has made a habit out of setting high expectations just four years removed from not having enough players to finish a season.
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • May 6, 2025
Out-of-Door Academy football readies for 'best season'

The Thunder are armed with seasoned seniors and promising underclassmen.

  • East County
  • Sports
The rehabilitation hospital will be on Lake Osprey Drive.
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 6, 2025
$30M rehab hospital breaks ground in Lakewood Ranch

The 40-bed rehabilitation facility is expected to open in 2026.

  • East County
  • News
Christian Galicia serves Zac and Trey Yovanovich at Siesta Key Oyster Bar on Oct. 22.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • October 24, 2024
Siesta Key slowly comes back to life

Two weeks after Hurricane Milton hit Sarasota, business owners say there's still further to go before Siesta Key returns to normal, while patrons and the community continue to offer support.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
An aerial view of the park space proposal pitched by developer Quay 1 and 9, for which it would donate Quay Block 9 to the city if Kolter Urban would agree to donate what is now the former Hyatt Regency employee parking lot.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 26, 2025
Kolter declines Quay developer's overture for park space

The developer of One Park extended an offer to give Block 9 in The Quay to the city if Kolter Urban would donate a connecting portion of the Hyatt redevelopment site.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jim Howell and Jack McCaffrey are students at Florida Studio Theatre. McCaffrey studied animation and design at the Ringling College of Art and Design.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • April 28, 2025
Free acting class series coming to Lakewood Ranch Library

Florida Studio Theatre employees will lead classes on Improv for All, Acting Foundations, Reader’s Circle and Intro to Playwriting.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Mark Vengroff if finishing what his father started at One Stop Housing.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 6, 2025
Mark Vengroff finds his one last career stop the most rewarding

The managing partner of One Stop Housing came from Los Angeles to fulfill his father's legacy of providing affordable housing for the working class.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Memorial Hospital has been ranked among the nation's best by Newsweek.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2025
SMH makes Newsweek's list of top hospitals

Newsweek has rated Sarasota Memorial Hospital among the nation's best in five categories of specialty care.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Resident reports dog on the loose, results in meeting the neighbor
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • January 28, 2025
Resident reports dog on the loose, results in meeting the neighbor

A woman was worried about a big dog on the loose, and the police call ended in her meeting a new neighbor who owned the dog. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
In a 2022 report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sea levels along U.S. coastlines are predicted to rise as much as 1 foot by 2050.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • March 5, 2024
Town moves ahead on ordinance to increase maximum seawall height

No minimum height can be established at present, but Longboat Key town staff recommended a greater maximum height allowance to address resiliency.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Construction for the Country Club Shores turn lane project began in mid-February.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • June 13, 2025
Country Club Shores turn lane construction ahead of schedule

The project is on track to be 60% complete by the end of June, meaning the contractors are ahead of schedule based on the Dec. 31 deadline.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
“Bag Work” by Tanaka Yu Fukuromono, “Red Vessel” by Ogawa Machiko, and “Untitled (Crushed Asahi Beer Box)” by Mishima Kimiyo  are part of the “Radical Clay” exhibit at The Ringling through May 11.
  • By Su Byron |
  • March 28, 2025
Add these 5 sizzling arts events to your spring calendar

Theater, art and a walk in a musician’s garden highlight our top arts picks.

  • Arts + Culture
Chef José Martinez of Maison Blanche hops in the cab of a fire engine after he and Juan Gomez join the Rotary Club of Longboat Key in preparing a special thank-you lunch to members of Fire Station 2 with Longboat Key Fire Rescue.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • June 24, 2025
Maison Blanche continues pandemic-era firehouse tradition

The high-end French restaurant was one of several that joined the Rotary Club of Longboat Key in feeding the island's first responders.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota Choral Society performs Handel's Messiah.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • November 27, 2024
Sarasota Choral Society celebrates 80 years

The choral society, founded in 1944, carries on the annual tradition of performing the Christmas portion of Handel's "Messiah."

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
With the elementary portion of Lake Manatee K-8, right, opening in August 2025, and the middle school portion, being constructed on the left, opening in August 2026, the School District of Manatee County needs to redistrict in 2025.
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 2, 2025
Redistricting among issues Manatee schools will face in 2025

With five new schools opening by 2027, the School Board of Manatee County will have to approve new school zones.

  • East County
  • Schools
Ringling College of Art and Design film students Ella Satterfield, Beau Agrawal and Almendra Kovac worked on the documentaries.
  • By Eric Snider |
  • January 26, 2025
Documentaries chronicling Longboat environment set to make waves

Buzz is percolating over a unique program that paired local college film students with a Rotary Club to document some Longboat Key-centric ecology success stories.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The new SPD Mobile Command Center arrived at police headquarters with a motorcycle escort.
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 4, 2025
SPD Mobile Command Center reports for duty

The new mobile center goes into action after an 18-month wait following its approval.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Stillpoint Mission past president Gene Tischer and current president Gary Scott pick up donations from Longboat Island Chapel for this month's Gather and Give drive.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • April 21, 2025
Longboat Island Chapel aids food pantry when needed most

Stillpoint Mission leaders accepted food donations and a monetary contribution from the church during the most recent Gather and Give.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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