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File photoODA senior Austin Hoppe was named MVP for football and baseball as well as the Thunder’s male athlete of the year.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • May 20, 2015
Sidelines: East County 5.21.2015

Local sports news.

  • East County
  • Sports
Tanner Thatcher, a Braden River High School senior, talks about the school's JROTC program.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 11, 2015
Heater: Have faith in our future veterans

Have faith in our future veterans

  • East County
  • News
After a 90-day period during which the SPD focused on sound enforcement, Chief Bernadette DiPino suggested the end of the special sound detail, leaving noise regulations in the hands of regular patrol officers.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 12, 2013
Residents, businesses sound off on downtown

After the City Commission threatened harsh punishments for downtown noise violations, the owner of one nightclub is calling for a more measured discussion.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mykayla Krom rehearses the opening scene of “Brunibár.”
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • November 11, 2015
Sarasota Youth Opera stands up and sings out against bullying

The Sarasota Youth Opera battles bullying with ‘Brundibár.’

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 30, 2016
For the love of the game

Dolores Levy started a tennis group about six years ago, but it's turned into something bigger than she planned.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Carlos Beruff, 58-year-old founder, owner and CEO of Medallion Home, officially announced Monday his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by presidential candidate Marco Rubio.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 29, 2016
Carlos Beruff declares candidacy for U.S. Senate

The Manatee County developer has officially entered the 2016 race.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • August 11, 2015
"Why Can't I Be You?" by Llywelyn Jones wins the Players Theatre's 2015 New Play Festival

The play depicting the story of a famous rock star and his stalker will receive a full-stage production from August 23 to 28, 2016.

  • Arts + Culture
Village residents say the boat has been tipped on its side for more than two months.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • April 10, 2013
Overturned boat on north-end of Key reaches tipping point

The owner of a tipped sailboat will have five days to remove the boat that Villagers say has been broken down for more than two months in town waters near the north end.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • March 3, 2014
Parks board explores funding options

The city's board of Parks, Recreation and Environmental Protection is reaching out to community members to evaluate alternative methods of paying for park maintenance.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Lakewood Ranch High girls cross country team won the Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic Oct. 9.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 10, 2010
Lady Mustangs win fourth invitational of the season

The Lakewood Ranch High girls cross country team continued its winning ways Oct. 9, taking first place in the Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic held at the Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando.

  • East County
  • Sports
Santa rode in parade in style during the 2012 Siesta Key’s Light Up the Village parade.
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • July 19, 2013
SKVA initiates Christmas parade planning

Association members held their first Light up the Village meeting this week

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Saks Fifth Avenue Sarasota General Manager Joel Ellzey took his current position in March of 2013, after leaving the Saks location in Tampa.
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 26, 2015
UTC Saks GM takes new job

Saks Fifth Avenue Sarasota General Manager Joel Ellzey oversaw the luxury fashion retailer's move from Westfield Southgate Mall to the Mall at University Town Center during his tenure.

  • Sarasota
  • News
On the nights they work late, Jenny Acheson and Dale Rieke will sleep in the loft above his drafting table. Heidi Kurpiela.
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • May 23, 2012
Dale Rieke and Jenny Acheson: Partners in art

Dale Rieke and Jenny Acheson are growing their passion for photography, furniture and each other in a spacious Sarasota studio north of downtown Sarasota.

  • Arts + Culture
Stuart Roth, founder of the Center of Faith and Freedom, said the organization will create more general videos so they can be used by non-profits throughout the country rather than just for specific not-for-profits.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • October 20, 2010
Ranch's Stuart Roth named 'Humanitarian of the Year'

Stuart Roth was awarded the C. John A. Clarke Humanitarian of the Year Award Oct. 15 by the Lakewood Ranch Community Fund.

  • East County
  • News
John D. MacDonald's Siesta Key home was the birthplace of the Florida crime novel.
  • By Robert Plunket |
  • December 9, 2014
Home of the Month: The Deep Blue Goodbye

John D. MacDonald's Siesta Key home was the birthplace of the Florida crime novel.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 2, 2014
TWIS Asks: Lil Buck

TWIS Asks: Lil Buck

  • Arts + Culture
Courtesy photo. Favorite banned books on display at the Fruitville Public Library.
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • September 28, 2015
Read at your own risk

Banned Book Week runs through Oct. 3 at Sarasota County Libraries and participating bookstores.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
In his latest death-defying stunt, Nik Wallenda will traverse Longboat Key's power lines to celebrate the March referendum.
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • March 30, 2016
Nik Wallenda plans power walk

In his latest death-defying stunt, Nik Wallenda will traverse Longboat Key's power lines to celebrate the March referendum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • August 14, 2014
Vertical Horizon

Five hotels stand poised to spring up throughout downtown Sarasota, as early as next fall.

  • Sarasota
  • News
At low tide, Commissioner Phill Younger says that concrete teeth, or baffling, used to help stop the flow of sand to hold a beach, are non-existent right now in the seaward sections of the groins that jut into the Gulf. (Kurt Schultheis)
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 23, 2015
Sand saving groins questioned

Two groins installed to hold sand on the north end of Longboat Key will be left alone for now. But commissioners made it known Monday they want frequent updates on their performance before more sand is placed there.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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