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Teri Mirikitani, Melissa Rixon and Christi McGuire,say each of them had moments they wanted to give up on their book project, but those moments never happened at the same time. That allowed them to encourage each other and succeed
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 8, 2017
The write idea

Women publish book on struggles of motherhood.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Michelle Bianchi-Pingel of The Players Center for Performing Arts, and Carli Kasten, daughter of LWRBA director Heather Kasten, show off a pair of pink Mossberg 20 gauge shotguns.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 9, 2017
Lakewood Ranch business types take shot at connection

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

  • East County
  • News
City Engineer Alex DavisShaw said the city and county will work together to coordinate traffic signals.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 16, 2017
City, county team up on traffic-timing project

The city and county are spending $1.8 million on an effort to coordinate traffic signals, a project officials hope will pay off by early 2018.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock discusses town issues with the Longboat Observer.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 24, 2015
Bullock bytes: Town manager sounds off

Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock sits down with the Longboat Observer to discuss town issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota County and the city recently renamed  Bay Island Park in honor of Nora Patterson.
  • By Jack Short |
  • August 26, 2015
Patterson announces bid for state Senate

Nora Patterson said she will run for Florida Senate in 2016 if Detert vacates her seat.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • March 18, 2016
UPDATE: UF partnership a community effort

The University of Florida has asked for a $1 million grant from the county to establish a local engineering educational hub.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Library volunteer Linda Weiss works with the card catalogue, one of the features many love about the library.
  • By Jack Short |
  • March 30, 2016
Library seeks to plot future

Where will the Longboat Library’s next chapter take place? For now, the library will stay put, but even town officials aren’t sure if it will someday move to a town center.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Wolverton shows off his ring and other Oklahoma Sooner memorabilia.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • April 20, 2016
A Sooners ring...60 years later

Woody Wolverton's new national championship ring brings the University of Oklahoma's back-to-back victories full circle.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Frank Rupertus chats with Herb Dolan while delivering a meatball sample.
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 16, 2015
Wawa has arrived

With the grand opening of Wawa on State Road 64, and more on the way, the northern gas station invasion has officially begun in East County.

  • East County
  • News
Pomona's sister restaurant Lila will be almost be its complete opposite. Affordable, organic vegetable-based menu items with an open kitchen design so guests can view the chefs and staff prepare their food.
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • December 11, 2015
Pomona owners go green in former Bullet Hole space

Pomona owners Ryan Boeve and Arthur Lopes will open Lila, an affordable, organic and vegetable-focused restaurant, in late spring 2016.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • December 11, 2015
Selby Gallery celebrates one last time

Sarasota artists, and Ringling College students and faculty reminisced inside the Selby Gallery Wednesday night just before its slated demolition in January.

  • Arts + Culture
Marlee Matlin and, via FaceTime, Camryn Manheim
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 17, 2015
Black Tie & Tales

Black Tie & Tales

  • Black Tie
Stephen Suau, who said the Fruitville Initiative was his brainchild in 2002, and Wade Matthews, the conservation chair for Sarasota Audubon Society, discuss Sarasota County commissioners denying an amendment to the Fruitville Initiative on Oct. 28.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 4, 2015
Side of Ranch column: Jay Heater

Political menu offers two sides, ends with bad taste

  • East County
  • News
Residents gathered Saturday at the Sarasota Farmers Market in opposition to the proposed sale of the grassy strip near Pineapple Park.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 4, 2016
City strikes Pineapple Park land deal

The Sarasota City Commission agreed to sell a piece of land along Lemon Avenue — which could mean doom or good fortunes for the nearby park, depending on who you ask.

  • Sarasota
  • News
St. Armands Circle merchants are concerned about parking shortages, particularly during peak season.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 18, 2015
Circle leaders stress urgency on garage

St. Armands Business Improvement District members want the city to hit the gas pedal toward a new parking structure.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Hostess Pauline Joerger and u201cretiringu201d Palm Ball event Co-Chairwoman Ariane Dart. Photo by Cliff Roles.
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • May 6, 2015
Black Tie & Tales 5.7.15

Catch up on this week's social news with Black Tie & Tales!

  • Black Tie
Commissioners will decide in February whether a referenda to bury above-ground utilities Key-wide will be presented to the voters. File photo
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 6, 2015
2015 Issues to Watch: Underground utilities

The year 2015 could be the one in which the Longboat Key electorate flips the power switch for a multimillion-dollar underground utilities project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • February 16, 2015
Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 16

Week's best bets: Monday, Feb. 16

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Joe Gruters, Republican Party of Sarasota County chairman, says he would prefer if political parties stayed out of nonpartisan local races.
  • By David Conway |
  • February 25, 2015
What's the party line on nonpartisan races?

The involvement of political parties in the City Commission race is not a new phenomenon, but some individuals are calling for an end to the partisan input.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Although some work has begun on the forthcoming Taco Bus and Evie’s location in the 1500 block of Main Street, the developers have halted construction as they await a city-ordered traffic study.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 12, 2015
Awaiting traffic study, Main Street project stalls

The people behind the downtown Evie’s and Taco Bus are hitting pause — and blaming the city for the delay.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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